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, 12:35 am - Associated Press

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

TEMPLE

BELMONT

Data is currently unavailable.

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Memphis	16-2	-	29-6
North Texas	14-4	2	27-9
UAB	13-5	3	24-13
Tulane	12-6	4	19-15
East Carolina	10-8	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	10-8	6	18-16
Temple	9-9	7	17-15
Wichita State	8-10	8	19-15
South Florida	6-12	10	13-19
Tulsa	6-12	10	13-20
UTSA	6-12	10	12-19
Rice	4-14	12	13-19
Charlotte	3-15	13	11-22

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Drake	17-3	-	31-4
Bradley	15-5	2	28-9
Northern Iowa	14-6	3	20-13
Belmont	13-7	4	22-11
Illinois State	10-10	7	22-14
UIC	10-10	7	17-14
Murray State	9-11	8	16-17
Indiana State	8-12	9	14-18
Southern Illinois	8-12	9	14-19
Evansville	8-12	9	11-21
Valparaiso	6-14	11	15-19
Missouri State	2-18	12	9-23

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Belmont Bruins vs Temple Owls

Game Leaders

S. Alston Jr. #10 - TEM

K. McClain #11 - BEL

Game Information

Belmont gets first NCAA tourney win in First Four

Shot Chart

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