NCAAB

Murray State Racers at Belmont Bruins

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Murray State Racers
13-5, 4-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 79
Belmont Bruins
14-6, 8-2 Home

Belmont rallies past Murray State, 79-72, claims 1st in OVC

The Bruins, Racers and Austin Peay were all tied at 5-1 atop the conference going into Thursday's action. The Governors lost to Tennessee State.

The Racers held a 32-38 advantage at intermission and Ja Morant's 3 with 12:20 left gave Murray State a 51-50 lead, but Nick Hopkins sparked a 12-2 run that put the Bruins solidly in charge.

Windler was 5 of 8 and Luke hit 4 of 6 from distance to lead Belmont (14-6, 6-1), with Mack Mercer adding 15 points.

Jonathan Stark scored 19 points to lead Murray State (13-5, 5-2). Terrell Miller Jr. added 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Jalen Dupree added 12 points and grabbed 13 boards.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 79
2nd 0:00 Murray State Deadball Team Rebound. 72 - 79
2nd 0:00 Jonathan Stark missed Three Point Jumper. 72 - 79
2nd 0:06 Burton Sampson made Free Throw. 72 - 79
2nd 0:06 Burton Sampson made Free Throw. 72 - 78

Statistics

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28-67 FG 29-57
42 Field Goal % 51
9-25 3PT 14-30
36 Three Point % 47
7-12 FT 7-9
58 Free Throw % 78
38 Rebounds 32
15 Offensive Rebounds 7
23 Defensive Rebounds 25
12 Assists 15
5 Steals 2
4 Blocks 4
9 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 2
9 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 8
0 Fast Break Points 4
32 Points in Paint 28
14 Fouls 10
5 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Venue: Curb Event Center Arena

Location: Nashville, TN
Attendance: 2,354 | Capacity:

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25
Full Standings