(Indianapolis, IN) – Smarting from their second straight Ohio Valley Conference tournament loss, the Belmont Bruins took out their frustrations in a National Invitation Tournament game against the Georgia Bulldogs.
Evan Bradds – belmontbruins.com
They buried them with threes. Fourteen of them to be exact. Four Bruins scored in double figures as Belmont (23-6) defeated the Southeastern Conference’s Georgia (19-15) by the score of 78-69. Dylan Windler led the way with 21 points and hitting three trios. Taylor Barnette (15 points) and Amanze Egikeze (14 points) both buried four long distance shots and OVC ‘Player of the Year’ Evan Bradds scored 15 points, grabbed nine rebounds and handed out five assists.
Belmont lost to the Bulldogs in the first round of last year’s NIT, and improved their all-time NIT record to 3-2. It was Belmont’s first postseason win since they won two NIT contests in 2014. Depending on class schedules, the Bruins can just stay in the Peach State. They’ll play Georgia Tech (18-15) Sunday in the NIT’s second round.
Belmont has won at least 20 games for seven straight seasons and 13 times in the past 14 years. Coach Byrd picked up coaching win 754 and Bradds’ 15 points gives him 1,895 for his Belmont career.
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Three more road wins so far in @ValleyHoops as @BradleyUMBB @BelmontMBB & @UIC_MBB capture road wins. Looks like @DrakeBulldogsMB will do so too. #FatherHarry
Well @RacersWBB followed the men's example and swept Iowa in the @ValleyHoops race! Racers are 6-1 & if @BelmontWBB holds on to their Iowa sweep, the Bruins and Racers will be tied for first. What a trip for those two teams! #FatherHarry
After today's action, @EIUWBB is 8-0 in @OVCSports play. 4 teams @usiwbb @TTUWBB @LRTrojans @LindenwoodWBB are tied at 6-2. Six other teams are under .500. Great race to the finish lies ahead. #FatherHarry
Really entertaining game between @BelmontMBB & @UEAthletics_MBB. Under four minutes left in a one point game. Gabriel Pozzato back in the Aces' lineup. Rogers is playing like I've expected. Triples are dropping. It's fun and @kylejpeach bringing it on #ThePlus #FatherHarry
