Belmont Bruins vs Temple Owls

MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - EAST REGION - FIRST FOUR

23-10

Final

	1	2	T
Temple TEM	31	39	70
Belmont BEL	37	44	81

Belmont BruinsBelmontBEL

27-5

Belmont gets first NCAA tourney win in First Four

Kevin McClain scored 29 points and led the decisive second-half run as Belmont got its first NCAA tournament win, pulling away to an 81-70 victory on Tuesday and ending Temple coach Fran Dunphy's career in the First Four.

Mar 20, 2019, 03:35 pm - Associated Press

--TEM

100%

--BEL

According to ESPN Analytics

Kevin McClain missed Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Michael Benkert missed Three Point Jumper.
J.P. Moorman II made Jumper.
Nick Muszynski missed Layup.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Free Throw.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Free Throw.
Nick Muszynski made Layup. Assisted by Kevin McClain.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Dylan Windler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Muszynski.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Jumper.
Michael Benkert made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Grayson Murphy.
Quinton Rose missed Three Point Jumper.
Dylan Windler missed Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose made Layup. Assisted by Nate Pierre-Louis.
Seth Adelsperger made Layup. Assisted by Kevin McClain.
Justyn Hamilton made Jumper.
Seth Adelsperger made Layup. Assisted by Grayson Murphy.
Justyn Hamilton missed Jumper.
Quinton Rose made Free Throw.
Quinton Rose made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton missed Layup.
Seth Adelsperger missed Layup.
Justyn Hamilton made Layup. Assisted by Nate Pierre-Louis.
Kevin McClain missed Three Point Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Jumper.
Nick Muszynski made Jumper.
J.P. Moorman II made Layup. Assisted by Justyn Hamilton.
Quinton Rose made Layup.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinton Rose.
J.P. Moorman II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shizz Alston Jr..
Nick Muszynski missed Layup.
Damion Moore missed Layup.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Jumper.
Nick Muszynski made Jumper. Assisted by Michael Benkert.
Damion Moore missed Layup.
Kevin McClain missed Three Point Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Jumper.
Dylan Windler missed Three Point Jumper.
Grayson Murphy made Jumper.
Grayson Murphy made Layup. Assisted by Dylan Windler.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Grayson Murphy missed Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Jumper.
Kevin McClain made Layup. Assisted by Nick Muszynski.
Alani Moore II made Three Point Jumper.
Grayson Murphy made Layup.
Alani Moore II missed Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Jumper.
Grayson Murphy missed Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton missed Layup.
Kevin McClain made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Grayson Murphy.
J.P. Moorman II missed Jumper.
Michael Benkert missed Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Jumper.
Grayson Murphy made Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton made Dunk. Assisted by Shizz Alston Jr..
Grayson Murphy missed Layup.
J.P. Moorman II missed Three Point Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Layup. Assisted by J.P. Moorman II.
Adam Kunkel missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin McClain made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Benkert.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin McClain made Layup. Assisted by Grayson Murphy.
Ernest Aflakpui missed Layup.
Michael Benkert made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dylan Windler.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Jumper.
Nick Muszynski made Layup.
Quinton Rose missed Free Throw.
Quinton Rose missed Free Throw.
Quinton Rose made Layup.
Nick Muszynski missed Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Pierre-Louis.
Kevin McClain missed Layup.
Dylan Windler missed Three Point Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Dunk.
Kevin McClain missed Layup.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Pierre-Louis.
Kevin McClain missed Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Three Point Jumper.
Ernest Aflakpui made Layup. Assisted by Shizz Alston Jr..
Nick Muszynski made Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Jumper.
Nick Muszynski made Layup. Assisted by Grayson Murphy.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Dunk.
Michael Benkert missed Three Point Jumper.
Ernest Aflakpui made Layup. Assisted by Shizz Alston Jr..
Seth Adelsperger made Free Throw.
Seth Adelsperger missed Free Throw.
Dylan Windler missed Layup.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Jumper. Assisted by Shizz Alston Jr..
Dylan Windler missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin McClain made Layup.
Nick Muszynski made Jumper.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Jumper.
Kevin McClain made Layup.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton missed Jumper.
Michael Benkert made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Muszynski.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Grayson Murphy missed Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Layup.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Free Throw.
Adam Kunkel missed Free Throw.
Adam Kunkel made Free Throw.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Jumper.
Nick Hopkins made Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose missed Jumper.
Kevin McClain made Three Point Jumper.
Quinton Rose made Layup.
Michael Benkert missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin McClain missed Free Throw.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Jumper.
Nick Muszynski made Layup.
Adam Kunkel made Free Throw.
Adam Kunkel made Free Throw.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Free Throw.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Free Throw.
Dylan Windler made Layup. Assisted by Grayson Murphy.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Free Throw.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
J.P. Moorman II missed Three Point Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Layup.
Nick Muszynski missed Layup.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Layup.
Shizz Alston Jr. made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Layup.
Grayson Murphy missed Free Throw.
Grayson Murphy made Free Throw.
Nate Pierre-Louis missed Jumper.
Ernest Aflakpui missed Layup.
Ernest Aflakpui made Layup.
Ernest Aflakpui made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Shizz Alston Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Adam Kunkel made Free Throw.
Adam Kunkel made Free Throw.
Nate Pierre-Louis made Layup.
Kevin McClain missed Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
J.P. Moorman II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Pierre-Louis.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Kevin McClain made Free Throw.
Justyn Hamilton missed Layup.

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NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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

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