The Thunder women's basketball team had their home opener on Friday morning when they welcomed the Southwestern Adventist University Knights to Manhattan. The Thunder would lead the whole game until the Knights would hit a three to tie the game at 52 to force overtime. The Knight would hit two threes to start the extra period and outscore the Thunder 13-5 to pull away in overtime and the Thunder would fall in a thriller, 65-57. The Thunder would shoot 42.6% from the field, 35.3% from the three-point line, and 50.0% from the free throw line. The Thunder were led by junior, Nekayla Williams who had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds on 9-20 shooting from the field. Redshirt freshman, Madison Ellis would hit five threes to tally 15 points. Freshman, Macayla Hines would stuff the stat sheet with a near triple-double of nine points, eight rebounds, and nine assists to go along with four steals.

The Thunder will be on the road for their next game to play the Union Adventist University Warriors on Thursday, November 14th at 6:00 PM in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Thunder men's basketball team had the afternoon game of the double header with just as much excitement as the women's game. The Thunder would jump out to a 6-0 lead to start the game and would be up by nine with 6:48 left in the first half. The Knights would battle back and it would be a 44-41 game at the half. A back and forth affair in the second half would ensue, but the Thunder would find themselves up six with 1:53 remaining in the second half. A missed front end of an one and one would give the Knights the ball down two with a chance to take the lead. The Knights would tie the game at 89 with nine seconds left where the Thunder a two shots to win, but could not convert. The Thunder would score a layup with two seconds left to secure their first win of the season. The Thunder would shoot 47.1% from the field, 24.1% from the three-point line, and 46.2% from the free throw line. The Thunder would out rebound the Knights by 20 and have 24 assists as a team. Sophomore, Davis Rokey would record another double-double with 32 points and 17 rebounds on 13-21 shooting from the field and also have five assists. Along with Rokey, four other Thunder players would score in double figures. Senior, Micah Lovett would have 19 points and five assists, while junior Xavier Lucas would have his first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Cody Mericle and Jaxon Hurla would both chip in with 11 points apiece. With the win, the Thunder move to 1-3 on the young season.

The Thunder will be on the road tomorrow to play the Central Christian College Tigers at 6:00 PM in McPherson, Kansas.

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