Four women’s teams from Kentucky, one men’s squad advance in NAIA basketball tournament

The state of Kentucky sent 11 basketball teams to the men’s and women’s NAIA national tournaments that opened around the country Friday.

Of those 11, five survived and advanced to Saturday’s second round while the other six saw their seasons come to an end.

Thomas More was the only one of four men’s teams to move beyond the opening round of 64 teams playing at 16 sites around the nation.

The women fared better, with Campbellsville, Thomas More, Midway and Pikeville securing victories.

All five winners were scheduled to take the court again Saturday. After that, a top 16 men’s teams and a top 16 women’s teams would still be left standing, ready to move on to the final sites of Kansas City, Mo., and Sioux City, Iowa, respectively, to decide things next weekend.

Here is a look at how teams from Kentucky fared on Friday.

Men

Huntington (Ind.) 80, Georgetown 69: The No. 5-seeded Tigers played No. 12 Huntington to a 40-40 draw in the first half, but the Indiana squad pulled away in the final 20 minutes at Montgomery, Ala.

Kyran Jones led Georgetown (25-8) with 29 points and nine rebounds. Derrin Boyd added 13 points, and Cam Brooks-Harris scored 10.

Georgetown’s shooting went cold after halftime. The Tigers hit 53.1 percent before the break and only 30.6 afterward. The Tigers finished 4-for-21 from three-point range to Huntington’s 11-for-18.

Thomas More 81, Grand View (Iowa) 74: No. 2 seed Thomas More put together some hot shooting from three-point range to sink No. 15 seed Grand View at Crestview Hills.

The Saints (28-4) made 12 of 22 three-point attempts (54.5 percent), getting three makes from distance from Ryan Batte and two each from Reid Jolly, Casey George and Garren Bertsch. Batte led Thomas More with 21 points, Jolly had 20, and Jacob Jones scored 14.

Grace (Ind.) 73, Cumberlands 71: No. 7 seed Grace blew most of a 15-point lead in the game’s final five minutes but held on for the two-point win over No. 10 Cumberlands at Bourbonnais, Ill.

Jahi Hinson scored 26 points and Lamar Harris had 24 to lead Cumberlands (20-13), which suffered from an ice-cold shooting night. The Patriots were 26-for-71 from the field (36.6 percent) and 5-for-23 from three-point range (21.7 percent).

Stillman (Ala.) 67, Union 56: Londell King scored 30 points on 12-for-15 shooting to lead No. 7 seed Stillman past No. 10 Union at Crestview Hills.

Three players for Union (25-9) scored in double figures: Terrin Hamilton (18), Markelle Turner (15) and Blake Ervin (15).

Union trailed 37-24 at halftime, fell behind by as many as 18 early in the second half then rallied to get within two twice. The last time came with 17 seconds remaining after a Turner layup made it 64-62, but Stillman was able to close out the win at the free-throw line.

Women

Southern Oregon 65, Georgetown 59: The Tigers started cold and finished cold in their opening-round defeat at Newhall, Calif.

No. 7 seed Georgetown (22-12) made only two of their first 17 shots and trailed by as many as 12 in the second quarter to No. 10 Southern Oregon (29-5). After spending almost the entire night digging out of that hole and finally grabbing a late lead, the Tigers failed to score in the game’s final 2:07, watching a three-point lead evaporate into a six-point loss.

Jazzmyn Elston had 19 points and seven rebounds for Georgetown. Madison Darnell contributed 14 points and seven boards.

Campbellsville 85, Rochester (Mich.) 72: No. 1 seed Campbellsville made light work of No. 16 Rochester as Lauren Lee put up 19 points to lead 10 Tigers who scored in the opening-round matchup at Bowling Green.

Ashlee McGeorge scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Campbellsville (30-4). Maddy Boyle had 10 points.

Thomas More 89, Haskell (Kan.) 42: The No. 1-seeded Saints led 22-6 after one quarter, 47-16 at halftime and coasted to an opening-round victory over a No. 16 seed at home.

Taylor Clos scored 17 points in 19 minutes and Alex Smith added 14 points and seven rebounds for Thomas More (27-4).

Midway 80, Northwestern (Iowa) 75: Jalyn Jackson’s three-pointer with 56 seconds left put Midway in front for good, and the No. 11 seed Eagles held on for their first-ever NAIA national tournament victory in the school’s first-ever appearance at Marion, Ind.

Jackson, a freshman from Campbell County, made three of six three-point attempts and finished with 15 points, five assists and four rebounds. Dezeree White led the Eagles (26-7) with 26 points. Allyson Callahan and Jill Goldey scored 14 each.

Pikeville 51, Indiana Tech 44: The No. 12-seeded Lady Bears stunned No. 5 seed Indiana Tech at Bryan, Tenn.

Morgan Stamper led Pikeville (16-13) with 14 points, Mary Englert had 13 and Sierra Feltner added 10 as UPike made its free throws (17 of 20) to seal the victory on a night it shot 0-for-19 from three-point range. Indiana Tech didn’t fare much better from beyond the arc (1-for-14) but suffered through a 9-for-17 night at the foul line.

Rust (Miss.) 76, Cumberlands 74: Shay Johnson made a layup with six seconds left to lift Rust to an opening-round victory at Lakeland, Fla.

Cumberlands, a No. 8 seed, overcame a 12-point deficit to tie the game twice in the fourth quarter but saw its season end at 20-13 to No. 9 seed Rust (26-3).

Channing Lewis led Cumberlands with 19 points, Kassie Monday added 18, Abbi Douglas finished with 13 and Kaylie Monday had 11.

Carroll (Mont.) 69, Lindsey Wilson 50: The No. 3-seeded Saints (26-7) broke open a two-point game at halftime with a 22-9 third quarter burst featuring four three-point baskets and put away No. 14 seed Lindsey Wilson at New Orleans.

Maleigha Oldham and Hailey Ison topped the Blue Raiders (16-16) with 13 and 12 points, respectively.