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Thomas More women’s basketball finishes No. 2 nationally in NCAA Division III attendance for 2018-19


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Thomas More University finished No. 2 nationally in NCAA Division III women’s basketball average home attendance in 2018-19, according to a report by the NCAA.

In 11 home games during the 2018-19 season, the Saints finished with a total attendance of 9,384, an average of 853. Thomas More trailed only Hope (Mich.) College, which averaged 954 fans in 13 home games.

Thomas More — which won the NCAA Division III national championship with a 33-0 record — also led the nation in four statistical categories. The Saints were first in scoring margin (+28.9), field goal percentage (51.8), free throw percentage (78.5) and won-loss percentage (100.0).

Thomas More University finished No. 2 nationally in NCAA Division III women’s basketball average home attendance in 2018-19. The Saints also captured the NCAA Division III national title with a 33-0 record. (TMU photo)

The Saints made their fourth appearance in the NCAA Division III Final Four in the last five years en route to the national championship, which was their third in the last five years. During Thomas More’s NCAA title run, the Saints defeated five Top 25 teams in their six tournament games.

The Saints captured the national championship on March 16 when they defeated third-ranked Bowdoin College, 81-67, in Salem, Virginia.

Thomas More transitions to the NAIA and the Mid-South Conference for the 2019-20 season.

NKU PLAYERS HONORED BY NABC: Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball players Dantez Walton, Zaynah Robinson, Drew McDonald and Tre Cobbs have each earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court. They received the award by holding cumulative GPAs above a 3.20 at the conclusion the season.

Recognition on the Honors Court for the four Norse follows the men’s basketball program earning the Team Academic Excellence Award after averaging a cumulative 3.10 team GPA last year, which included a 3.09 GPA in the fall semester and 3.11 spring mark. To be considered for the team award, the NABC requires a 3.0 GPA averaged across the two semesters.

McDonald and Walton paced the Norse in the classroom, as the duo also earned Horizon League All-Academic honors this year. McDonald, a three-time academic all-league honoree, posted a 3.40 GPA as a marketing major.

This is the second-straight NABC Honors Court accolade for McDonald, who also earned distinction as a member of the DI-AAA ADA Scholar Team and Google Cloud Academic All-District IV honoree, while also being one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award. Walton collected his first all-academic and NABC Honors Court awards with a 3.63 mark in organizational leadership.

Cobbs and Robinson joined Walton as first-time honorees. Cobbs holds a 3.37 GPA in organizational leadership, while Robinson sported a 3.85 GPA as a integrative studies major in NKU’s graduate program.

NKU posted a 26-9 record this past season and captured the Horizon League championship. The Norse advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years and lost to eventual national runner-up Texas Tech in the first round.

(Information compiled from Thomas More, NKU Athletics Communications and staff reports)


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