Evansville Purple Aces @ Belmont Bruins

15-16, 6-14 MVC

Final

	1	2	T
Evansville EVAN	26	40	66
Belmont BEL	38	45	83

Belmont BruinsBelmontBEL

19-12, 12-8 MVC

Evansville Purple Aces

starters
Joshua HughesJ. Hughes#11
Yacine ToumiY. Toumi#10
Gage BobeG. Bobe#0
Antonio ThomasA. Thomas#2
Kenny Strawbridge Jr.K. Strawbridge Jr.#20
bench
Dakota CandlerD. Candler#32
Sekou KalleS. Kalle#22
Michael DayM. Day#33
Weston AignerW. Aigner#40
Tyler MyersT. Myers#12
Braylon JacksonB. Jackson#5
Chuck Bailey IIIC. Bailey III#4
Tanner CuffT. Cuff#1
Cam HaffnerC. Haffner#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	13	5-10	3-8	0-0	7	3	4	1	2	1	6	3
14	4	2-7	0-0	0-0	6	0	2	0	0	2	4	2
20	7	2-8	1-7	2-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
32	11	4-7	1-2	2-2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
31	14	5-14	0-4	4-4	8	3	0	1	0	5	3	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	3	1-6	0-2	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
26	2	1-6	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	2	0	1	3	2
18	10	4-6	2-4	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
	66	25-68	7-28	9-10	37	11	10	5	2	11	26	18
		37%	25%	90%

Belmont Bruins

starters
Malik DiaM. Dia#4
Cade TysonC. Tyson#10
Ja'Kobi GillespieJ. Gillespie#0
Jayce WillinghamJ. Willingham#5
Keishawn DavidsonK. Davidson#3
bench
Brigham RogersB. Rogers#21
Win MillerW. Miller#2
Keith RobbinsK. Robbins#24
Jake DykstraJ. Dykstra#23
Kyler VanderjagtK. Vanderjagt#22
Isaiah WalkerI. Walker#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
12	2	1-6	0-4	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	2
29	17	6-10	3-4	2-5	5	1	1	1	0	1	4	2
31	18	7-12	2-4	2-3	5	4	2	2	0	2	3	1
23	11	2-4	2-3	5-6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	2
32	17	5-8	3-6	4-4	6	3	0	0	0	0	6	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	13	6-9	0-0	1-3	5	1	2	1	1	1	4	3
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
21	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	2	4	1	2	0	0	2	0
	83	28-56	11-27	16-23	37	18	11	7	3	5	32	11
		50%	41%	70%

Evansville Purple Aces vs. Belmont Bruins: Game Highlights

1:48

Ja'Kobi Gillespie fights off defender for and-1

0:13

Game Information

Nashville, TN

Referee:Kelly Self

Referee:Randy Heimerman

Referee:Chase Shaw

NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Belmont	12-3	-	22-4
Murray State	10-5	2	18-8
Bradley	10-5	2	17-9
Illinois State	8-6	3.5	16-9
Northern Iowa	8-6	3.5	16-9
UIC	8-6	3.5	13-12
Valparaiso	7-7	4.5	13-12
Drake	6-9	6	12-14
Southern Illinois	5-9	6.5	11-14
Indiana State	3-11	8.5	10-15
Evansville	2-12	9.5	6-19

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