NCAAB

Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Belmont Bruins

· OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
16-17, 5-10 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
50 - 60
Belmont Bruins
25-7, 13-1 Home

Belmont advances to OVC title game with win over E. Kentucky

The Bruins play Murray State on Saturday for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Four Belmont starters scored early, and Michael Bankert's two free throws with 9:16 left before intermission gave the top-seeded Bruins a 20-9 lead. Russhard Cruickshank's three-point play brought the fourth-seeded Colonels with 22-16. Belmont went to the break up 30-21 and were never threatened in the second half.

Cruickshank scored 15 and Jomaru Brown 12.

Both teams struggled shooting as Belmont (25-7) made just 22 of 65 (33.8%) including 7 of 30 from 3-point range. The Colonels (16-17) finished 29.9% from the field (20 of 67), were 5 of 22 from beyond the arc and missed seven of 12 foul shot attempts.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 50 - 60
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 50 - 60
2nd 0:05 Tre King Defensive Rebound. 50 - 60
2nd 0:05 Seth Adelsperger missed Free Throw. 50 - 60
2nd 0:05 Foul on Jomaru Brown. 50 - 60

Statistics

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20-67 FG 22-65
30 Field Goal % 34
5-22 3PT 7-30
23 Three Point % 23
5-12 FT 9-10
42 Free Throw % 90
46 Rebounds 49
14 Offensive Rebounds 12
32 Defensive Rebounds 37
6 Assists 14
7 Steals 7
2 Blocks 4
12 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 13
6 Fast Break Points 4
24 Points in Paint 26
12 Fouls 17
3 Largest Lead 19

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Capacity:

2025-26 United Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Utah Valley 14-4 - 25-9
California Baptist 13-5 1 25-9
Utah Tech 11-7 3 19-15
UT Arlington 9-9 5 18-14
Southern Utah 6-12 7 10-22
Tarleton State 5-13 9 14-18
Abilene Christian 5-13 9 14-19

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