The Thunder men's basketball team had their home opener on Tuesday night when they welcomed the #24 ranked team in the NAIA, the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes, to Manhattan. The Thunder would fall behind early, but would battle back to be up 30-29 at the half. A back and forth affair would ensue in the second half, but the Thunder would find themselves up seven with 10:02 remaining. Second chance opportunities and late free throws would push the Coyotes ahead and the Thunder would come up short in the end falling 70-62. The Thunder would hold the Coyotes to 31.3% shooting from the field and 19.0% from the three-point line, where the Coyotes were shooting 45.8% from three through their first two games.

Individually the Thunder were led by junior, Jaxon Hurla who had 20 points and five rebounds. Sophomore, Davis Rokey had 14 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks, while senior, Micah Lovett had 12 points, three rebounds, five assists, and two steals to fill the stat sheet. Junior, Xavier Lucas had a near double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder. The shooting splits for the Thunder would be 33.3% from the field, 26.9% from the three, and 50.0% from the free throw line.

The Thunder will host their first NCCAA opponent, the Southwestern Adventist University Knights, on Friday, November 8th at 12:00 PM at Howie's Activity Center.

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