Belmont Bruins at Evansville Purple Aces
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Tyler Lundblade's 21 points leads Belmont over Evansville 83-78
Lundblade shot 5 of 8 from the field, including 3 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 8 for 8 from the line for the Bruins (11-1, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Drew Scharnowski added 14 points while shooting 7 of 9 from the field and added 10 rebounds. Sam Orme had 11 points.
The Purple Aces (4-8, 0-1) were led in scoring by Trent Hundley, who finished with 20 points off the bench. Evansville got 17 points from Leif Moeller. AJ Casey also put up 12 points and three steals.
Belmont went into halftime ahead of Evansville 41-30. Lundblade put up 11 points in the half. Belmont turned a five-point second-half lead into a 13-point advantage with an 8-0 run to make it a 51-38 lead with 16:04 left in the half. Lundblade scored 10 second-half points in the matchup.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 83 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 83 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Tyler Lundblade makes free throw 2 of 2 | 83 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Tyler Lundblade makes free throw 1 of 2 | 82 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Foul on Trent Hundley. | 81 - 78 |
Statistics
 BEL |
 EVAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-58 | FG | 23-61 |
| 48 | Field Goal % | 38 |
| 9-21 | 3PT | 12-32 |
| 43 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 18-25 | FT | 20-24 |
| 72 | Free Throw % | 83 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 14 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 20 |
| 22 | Fouls | 19 |
| 15 | Largest Lead | 0 |
| 0 | Lead Changes | 0 |
| 99 | Percent Led | 0 |
Game Information
Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,039 | Capacity:
2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 12-3 | - | 22-4 |
| Murray State | 10-4 | 1.5 | 18-7 |
| Bradley | 10-5 | 2 | 17-9 |
| Illinois State | 8-6 | 3.5 | 16-9 |
| UIC | 8-6 | 3.5 | 13-12 |
| Northern Iowa | 7-6 | 4 | 15-9 |
| 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 |