(WAYNESBURG, Pa.) – Junior guard/forward Sydney Moss (St. Albans, W.Va./Boone County (Ky.)) scored a season-high 42 points tonight (Wednesday, December 3, 2014) to lead the No. 2/3-ranked Thomas More College women's basketball team to an 89-68 win over Waynesburg University in both teams' Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) opener at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

With the win, the Saints improve 5-0 overall and 1-0 in the PAC.  With the loss, the Yellow Jackets fall to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the PAC.

Thomas More jumped out to an early 27-12 lead with 9:49 to play in the first half when junior forward Alexa Santamaria (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) made a lay-up.  Waynesburg answered with a 5-1 run capped by a Rebecca Kerr three-point play to cut the lead to 28-17 with 7:06 to play in the opening half.  The Saints responded with a 12-2 run to increase the lead to 40-19 on a Moss lay-up with 5:06 to play in the half.  The Yellow Jackets closed out the half on a 15-9 run to cut the Saints' lead to 49-34 at halftime.

The Saints opened the second half on a 16-11 run to extended the lead to 65-45 with 13:33 to play in the game when junior forward Sam Cady (St. Anthony, Minn./St. Anthony Village) made a lay-up.  Waynesburg used a 23-16 run capped by an Abby Knetzer lay-up to cut the lead to 81-68 with 1:54 to play in the game.  That would be as close as Waynesburg would come as Thomas More closed out the game on an 8-0 run capped by two free-throws by senior guard Sydni Wainscott (Erlanger, Ky./Simon Kenton) with 23-seconds to play in the game for the 89-68 victory.

Moss just missed her third-straight double-double as she finished the game with nine rebounds.  Joining her in double-figure scoring was Cady with 14 points and Santamaria with 13 points.  Helping on the boards was senior guard Stephanie Krusling (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) with eight rebounds and Santamaria with seven.  Wainscott led the team in assists with six, while junior guard Olivia Huber (Woodlawn, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) led the team in steals with six.

Thomas More returns to action on Saturday (December 6) when it hosts Westminster College at 1 p.m. at the Connor Convocation Center.