CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY – The UIndy women's basketball dropped its fifth consecutive game to open the 2025 season on Monday, falling to unbeaten Thomas More, 70-52.

Autumn Rucker followed up on her career-best scoring performance on Saturday, with yet another impressive 11 point outing, leading all Greyhound scorers. 11 of the 12 Greyhounds who saw action in tonight's contest scored, 10 of those 12 made at least one basket.

INS & OUTS
The Greyhounds got everyone involved in the first half, as the team had eight different points scorers. Patricia Chikamba paced the way for UIndy with five points, while three others had four; Graycie Poe, Rucker, and freshman Taylor Van Meter. Jaelynne Murray connected on the lone three pointer in the first half for the Greyhounds.

The Saints connected on exactly 50% (14-28) of their shots in the first half, and were led by Rylee Leonard's 10 points, and Izzy Rotert's eight points to take a 12 point lead into the break.

Halie Gilbert got in on the action in the second half, grabbing four points of her own, while Chikamba and Rucker combined for 11 points over the final 20 minutes of action.

The Saints opened up the second half on an 18-8 run, and used that run to propel them to a 27 point lead in the 4th quarter, its largest of the game. The Hounds were able to cut into the lead over the final minutes, but it was not enough as Thomas More took the 70-52 win.

INSIDE THE BOX
- Rucker and Chikamba each had three steals on Sunday, with the team recording 11 thefts on 15 Panther miscues.
- Similar to Saturday, the Greyhounds got a lot of production from its bench, scoring 26 bench points in today's contest.
- Poe and Chikamba tied for the team lead in boards with six each.
- Queen Baker scored her first two points of the season. 

UP NEXT
UIndy will begin its GLVC season next Monday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m., on the road against Lewis, before finally heading home for its next home GLVC contest at Nicoson Hall.