On a night when fans showed up to see new faces in a new venue, a couple of Bluejay veterans kicked off the 2017 edition of the Omaha Metro Summer League in style.
Khyri Thomas and Ronnie Harrell Jr. went head-to-head on Court 3 in the nightcap at the Iowa West Field House in Council Bluffs. Thomas, a junior guard coming off a breakout season in which he won a share of the Big East’s award for Defensive Player of the Year along with Villanova’s Josh Hart and Mikael Bridges, dropped a game-high 39 points (26 after halftime) in his Daeges Lawncare-sponsored team’s 111-99 win over Harrell’s EQ School of Hair squad.