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03/13 03:43 CDT Belmont Bruins play in MVC Tournament against the Evansville
Purple Aces
Belmont Bruins play in MVC Tournament against the Evansville Purple Aces
By The Associated Press
Evansville Purple Aces (8-24, 6-15 MVC) vs. Belmont Bruins (20-11, 16-4 MVC)
Coralville, Iowa; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Belmont and Evansville play in the MVC Tournament.
The Bruins' record in MVC games is 16-4, and their record is 4-7 in
non-conference games. Belmont ranks sixth in the MVC in rebounding with 33.0
rebounds. Quinn Eubank paces the Bruins with 6.7 boards.
The Purple Aces are 6-15 against MVC opponents. Evansville gives up 75.8 points
to opponents while being outscored by 8.1 points per game.
Belmont is shooting 39.7% from the field this season, 4.6 percentage points
lower than the 44.3% Evansville allows to opponents. Evansville averages 7.1
made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Belmont
allows.
The teams meet for the third time this season. Belmont won 79-73 in the last
matchup on Jan. 30. Avery Strickland led Belmont with 23 points, and Georgia
Cox led Evansville with 23 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jailyn Banks is scoring 15.3 points per game with 3.5 rebounds
and 3.6 assists for the Bruins. Strickland is averaging 14.8 points and 3.7
rebounds while shooting 49.5% over the last 10 games.
Sydney Huber is shooting 33.5% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per
game for the Purple Aces, while averaging 8.4 points. Camryn Runner is
averaging 20.1 points, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 8-2, averaging 74.2 points, 36.0 rebounds, 14.1 assists,
9.9 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 61.3 points per game.
Purple Aces: 3-7, averaging 72.6 points, 30.0 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 7.1
steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 77.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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