The Thunder women's and men's basketball team took a midweek trip to Belton, Missouri to take on the Calvary University Warriors. The women's team would be facing the #5 ranked Warriors to open the evening. The Thunder would hang with the Warriors for the first 20 minutes and trail 27-25 at the half. A back and forth third and fourth quarters would lead to a close game down the stretch. The Thunder would not be able to convert on the offensive end and the Warriors would close out the game with some free throws to seal the victory 61-51. With the defeat, the Thunder fall to 4-11 overall, 1-4 in the Midwest Christian College Conference, and 2-2 in the NCCAA Central Region.

The women will play their next game on Thursday, January 23rd at home against the Union Adventist University Warriors at 6:00 PM.

The #8 ranked men's team would take on the Warriors in the second game of the doubleheader on Tuesday evening. The Thunder would come out rolling taking an early 31-11 lead. The Warriors would go on a little run to end the half to cut the lead to 13 after 20 minutes. The Thunder would start the second half slow, but would turn it up defensively and close out the Warriors by a score of 82-48. With the victory, the Thunder move to 0.500 at 9-9, 4-1 in the MCCC, and 4-0 in the Central Region.

The men will play their next game on Friday, January 24th when they travel to Louisville, Kentucky to play the #9 ranked Boyce College Bulldogs at 6:00 PM.

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