Belmont 75-72 Western Kentucky (20 Dec, 2017) Play-by-Play

Belmont Bruins

8-5, 2-4 away

	1	2	T
BEL	33	42	75
WKU	26	46	72

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

7-5, 5-2 home

TIME		BEL	WKU
19:45	Justin Johnson made Jumper.	0	2
19:18	Seth Adelsperger missed Layup.	0	2
19:18	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:18	Foul on Seth Adelsperger.	0	2
19:04	Foul on Darius Thompson.	0	2
19:04	Darius Thompson Turnover.	0	2
18:47	Austin Luke missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:47	Darius Thompson Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:42	Darius Thompson Turnover.	0	2
18:23	Kevin McClain missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:23	Taveion Hollingsworth Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:13	Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:13	Belmont Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:07	Belmont Timeout	0	2
17:45	Austin Luke missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
17:45	Taveion Hollingsworth Defensive Rebound.	0	2
17:38	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
17:38	Dylan Windler Defensive Rebound.	0	2
17:22	Austin Luke Turnover.	0	2
17:21	Lamonte Bearden Steal.	0	2
17:13	Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
17:13	Justin Johnson Offensive Rebound.	0	2
17:08	Justin Johnson made Layup.	0	4
16:47	Dylan Windler made Layup.	2	4
16:26	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Jumper.	2	4
16:26	Amanze Egekeze Defensive Rebound.	2	4
16:17	Grayson Murphy missed Layup.	2	4
16:17	Mack Mercer Offensive Rebound.	2	4
16:13	Mack Mercer missed Jumper.	2	4
16:13	Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	2	4
15:51	Taveion Hollingsworth made Layup.	2	6
15:27	Mack Mercer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin McClain.	5	6
15:07	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	5	6
15:07	Grayson Murphy Defensive Rebound.	5	6
14:51	Mack Mercer missed Three Point Jumper.	5	6
14:51	Lamonte Bearden Defensive Rebound.	5	6
14:37	Dwight Coleby made Jumper.	5	8
14:15	Foul on Lamonte Bearden.	5	8
14:15	Official TV Timeout	5	8
14:02	Mack Mercer made Layup.	7	8
13:43	Dwight Coleby made Layup. Assisted by Darius Thompson.	7	10
13:26	Dylan Windler missed Three Point Jumper.	7	10
13:26	Kevin McClain Offensive Rebound.	7	10
13:20	Mack Mercer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin McClain.	10	10
12:52	Jake Ohmer missed Layup.	10	10
12:52	Dwight Coleby Offensive Rebound.	10	10
12:46	Dwight Coleby made Two Point Tip Shot.	10	12
12:38	Grayson Murphy missed Layup.	10	12
12:38	Taveion Hollingsworth Defensive Rebound.	10	12
12:32	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Layup.	10	12
12:32	Grayson Murphy Defensive Rebound.	10	12
12:23	Mack Mercer missed Three Point Jumper.	10	12
12:23	Dylan Windler Offensive Rebound.	10	12
12:05	Grayson Murphy missed Three Point Jumper.	10	12
12:05	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	10	12
11:31	Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.	10	12
11:31	Darius Thompson Offensive Rebound.	10	12
11:29	Darius Thompson missed Jumper.	10	12
11:29	Belmont Defensive Rebound.	10	12
11:28	Official TV Timeout	10	12
11:07	Amanze Egekeze made Jumper. Assisted by Burton Sampson.	12	12
11:07	Foul on Justin Johnson.	12	12
11:07	Amanze Egekeze missed Free Throw.	12	12
11:07	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	12	12
10:48	Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.	12	12
10:48	Amanze Egekeze Defensive Rebound.	12	12
10:31	Amanze Egekeze Turnover.	12	12
10:12	Lamonte Bearden Turnover.	12	12
10:11	Austin Luke Steal.	12	12
10:08	Foul on Marek Nelson.	12	12
10:08	Mack Mercer made Free Throw.	13	12
10:08	Mack Mercer made Free Throw.	14	12
10:04	Jake Ohmer Turnover.	14	12
10:04	Amanze Egekeze Steal.	14	12
9:52	Austin Luke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mack Mercer.	17	12
9:33	Foul on Austin Luke.	17	12
9:22	Jake Ohmer missed Jumper.	17	12
9:22	Dylan Windler Defensive Rebound.	17	12
8:52	Austin Luke Turnover.	17	12
8:38	Foul on Mack Mercer.	17	12
8:38	Lamonte Bearden made Free Throw.	17	13
8:38	Lamonte Bearden made Free Throw.	17	14
8:17	Austin Luke Turnover.	17	14
8:16	Taveion Hollingsworth Steal.	17	14
7:54	Official TV Timeout	17	14
7:44	Jake Ohmer missed Three Point Jumper.	17	14
7:44	Dylan Windler Defensive Rebound.	17	14
7:14	Dylan Windler made Jumper.	19	14
6:38	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	19	14
6:38	Amanze Egekeze Defensive Rebound.	19	14
6:24	Foul on Taveion Hollingsworth.	19	14
6:18	Dylan Windler made Three Point Jumper.	22	14
5:56	Jake Ohmer made Jumper.	22	16
5:33	Dylan Windler made Three Point Jumper.	25	16
5:06	Lamonte Bearden missed Three Point Jumper.	25	16
5:06	Dylan Windler Defensive Rebound.	25	16
4:56	Foul on Grayson Murphy.	25	16
4:56	Grayson Murphy Turnover.	25	16
4:40	Dwight Coleby made Dunk. Assisted by Darius Thompson.	25	18
4:23	Nick Hopkins missed Three Point Jumper.	25	18
4:23	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	25	18
4:20	Foul on Grayson Murphy.	25	18
4:11	Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.	25	18
4:11	Amanze Egekeze Defensive Rebound.	25	18
3:57	Nick Hopkins Turnover.	25	18
3:57	Official TV Timeout	25	18
3:39	Justin Johnson made Jumper.	25	20
3:15	Amanze Egekeze missed Layup.	25	20
3:15	Dwight Coleby Block.	25	20
3:13	Darius Thompson Defensive Rebound.	25	20
3:05	Lamonte Bearden missed Layup.	25	20
3:05	Lamonte Bearden Offensive Rebound.	25	20
3:03	Lamonte Bearden made Jumper.	25	22
2:45	Nick Hopkins missed Three Point Jumper.	25	22
2:45	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	25	22
2:27	Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.	25	22
2:27	Dylan Windler Defensive Rebound.	25	22
2:12	Amanze Egekeze made Layup. Assisted by Nick Hopkins.	27	22
1:56	Jake Ohmer made Layup.	27	24
1:38	Nick Hopkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amanze Egekeze.	30	24
1:19	Jake Ohmer missed Jumper.	30	24
1:19	Belmont Defensive Rebound.	30	24
1:00	Kevin McClain made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dylan Windler.	33	24
0:52	Western Kentucky Timeout	33	24
0:43	Darius Thompson missed Jumper.	33	24
0:43	Dylan Windler Defensive Rebound.	33	24
0:32	Austin Luke missed Three Point Jumper.	33	24
0:32	Dwight Coleby Defensive Rebound.	33	24
0:00	Taveion Hollingsworth made Layup.	33	26
0:00	End of 1st half	33	26

E.A. Diddle Arena

1:00 AM, 20 December 2017

Bowling Green, KY

Attendance: 5,156

Referees:
Bret Smith
Roger Ayers
Gary Maxwell

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Drake	0-0	-	4-0
Belmont	0-0	-	4-1
Bradley	0-0	-	4-1
Illinois State	0-0	-	3-1
Missouri State	0-0	-	3-1
Murray State	0-0	-	3-1
Northern Iowa	0-0	-	3-2
UIC	0-0	-	3-2
Indiana State	0-0	-	2-2
Southern Illinois	0-0	-	2-2
Valparaiso	0-0	-	2-2
Evansville	0-0	-	1-4

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Louisiana Tech	0-0	-	4-0
Jacksonville State	0-0	-	4-1
Kennesaw State	0-0	-	4-1
Liberty	0-0	-	4-1
Middle Tennessee	0-0	-	4-1
New Mexico State	0-0	-	3-1
UTEP	0-0	-	3-1
Sam Houston	0-0	-	3-2
Western Kentucky	0-0	-	3-2
Florida International	0-0	-	1-3

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