NCAAB

Belmont Bruins at Illinois State Redbirds

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Belmont Bruins
26-5, 11-3 Away
Final
74 - 81
Illinois State Redbirds
20-11, 13-2 Home

Kinziger scores 16 to lead Illinois State over Belmont 81-74

Kinziger added six assists for the Redbirds (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley Conference). Boden Skunberg scored 15 points, going 4 for 6 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the free-throw line. Ty Pence scored 14.

Tyler Lundblade led the Bruins (26-5, 16-4) with 17 points. Jabez Jenkins added 14 points, six rebounds and three steals. Jack Smiley had 11 points and four assists.

Pence scored 10 points in the first half and Illinois State went into halftime trailing 40-38. Illinois State pulled off the victory after a 12-2 second-half run erased a six-point deficit and gave them the lead at 71-67 with 3:41 left in the half. Skunberg scored 12 second-half points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 74 - 81
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 74 - 81
2nd 0:01 Ty Pence Defensive Rebound. 74 - 81
2nd 0:04 Drew Scharnowski misses free throw 2 of 2 74 - 81
2nd 0:04 Belmont Deadball Team Rebound. 74 - 81

Statistics

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27-54 FG 25-53
50 Field Goal % 47
11-26 3PT 12-27
42 Three Point % 44
9-16 FT 19-23
56 Free Throw % 83
28 Rebounds 31
10 Offensive Rebounds 10
18 Defensive Rebounds 21
17 Assists 16
5 Steals 4
3 Blocks 3
9 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 1
9 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 10
10 Fast Break Points 4
30 Points in Paint 22
21 Fouls 18
11 Largest Lead 7
6 Lead Changes 6
77 Percent Led 16

Game Information

Venue: CEFCU Arena

Location: Normal, IL
Attendance: 6,149 | Capacity:

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

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