The Thunder men's basketball team opened their season over the weekend in McPherson, Kansas at the Central Christian College (KS) Classic for Christ. The Thunder would start their season on Friday with a matchup with NAIA opponent the Sterling College Warriors. Both would be playing their first game of the season. The Thunder would fall behind early, but would battle back to cut the Warriors lead to 11 with two minutes left in the first half. The Warriors would finish the half on a 6-1 run to take a 39-23 in the half. The Thunder would be down by as much as 20 in the second half and would get it to single digits with 2:35 remaining. There would be too much ground to make up in too little time and the Thunder would drop their season opener to the Warriors, 73-58. Redshirt-senior, Jordan Carter would lead the way for the Thunder with 16 points on 7-15 shooting from the field and 2-5 shooting from the three-point line. The Thunder would shoot 35.1% from the field, 20.0% from the three-point line, and 72.2% from the free throw line.

The Thunder would have a quick turnaround as they would play the host the Central Christian College (KS) Tigers. The Thunder would respond well and jump out to a 8-2 lead early. The Tigers used a 15-0 run to take a 10-point lead with 6:32 remaining in the half. The Thunder struggled to score for the final 10 minutes of the half, but would only trail 35-23 headed into halftime. The Thunder would get it back down to single digits multiple times in the second half, but could not stop the hot shooting Tigers and would fall 81-66. Redshirt-junior, Davis Rokey would have 13 points on 6-12 shooting from the field, to go along with seven rebounds for the Thunder. The Thunder would shoot 37.7% from the field, 20.0% from the three-point line, and 62.5% from the free throw line. The Thunder start the season off 0-2.

The Thunder will play their next game on the road against the Missouri Valley University Vikings on Saturday, November 7th at 7:00PM in Marshall, Missouri.

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