The Thunder men's basketball team played their first back-to-back of the season as they headed to McPherson, Kansas to take on the Central Christian College Tigers. The Thunder would find themselves in a back and forth battle early to be down 40-33 at halftime despite 15 first half turnovers. Ultimately, the Thunder would fall to the Tigers by a final score of 86-63. The Thunder would shot 39.7% from the field, 25.0% from the three-point line, and 61.1% from the free throw line.

The Thunder were lead offensively by senior, Cody Mericle who scored 10 points on 5-7 shooting and junior Landon Gray who hit three three-pointers to total 11 points. Junior, Xavier Lucas would do his part on the glass grabbing 10 rebound on the night to go along with six points. With the loss, the Thunder fall to 1-4 on the season.

The Thunder will be on the road for back-to-back games next week when they travel to Kansas City, Missouri to take on the Avila University Eagles on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:00 PM. Then on Wednesday, November 13th, the Thunder will travel back to McPherson to play the McPherson College Bulldogs at 7:30 PM.

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