Posts Tagged ‘men’s basketball’

Bruins knocked out by Hoyas

For the Belmont Bruins, it was the same story with the same unwanted result. In their fifth NCAA tournament bid in seven years, the Bruins fell again during the first round of play, losing to the Georgetown Hoyas 74-59 in the NCAA Midwest Regional’s opening round Friday in Columbus, Ohio. For...

March 16th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

STORIFY: Hoyas handle Bruins in NCAA’s

After a 27-7 regular season and an Atlantic Sun championship, the No. 14 seeded Belmont Bruins went to Nationwide Arena looking to defeat a Georgetown Hoyas team that defeated them in the NCAA Round of 64 in 2007. Share Belmont and Georgetown warming up. Looks a lot like SD State and NC State,...

March 16th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins draw Hoyas in NCAA’s

Waiting has seemingly become common for the Belmont Bruins during the last few days. Eight days after clinching a bid the NCAA tournament, the Bruins were nearly the last team announced to play in the NCAA tournament Sunday evening. “We were wondering if they forgot about us for a second, but...

March 11th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Time to dance: Bruins earn second straight A-Sun title

For the second year in a row, the Belmont Bruins won the Atlantic Sun Conference championship and earned an NCAA tournament bid. Unlike last year, however, the Bruins had to rally to get their chance to go to the Big Dance. One year after winning the conference title game by 41 points, the Bruins had...

March 3rd, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

STORIFY: Bruins dance again

Editor’s Note: The following is a compilation of photos and tweets about the Belmont Bruins’ win in the Atlantic Sun championship Saturday night. Coming into the tournament as the No. 1 seed, Belmont played past an physical ETSU team to head into the championship game. Share Great...

March 3rd, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Second-half rally sends Bruins to A-Sun finals

The Belmont Bruins came out of the locker room a different team in the second half in their Atlantic Sun semifinal. After trailing 31-26 against the East Tennessee State Buccaneers, the Bruins opened the half on a 12-2 run and rarely looked back in their 69-61 win at Mercer University Friday night. The...

March 2nd, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins clinch conference on senior night

The Belmont Bruins edged past the USC Upstate Spartans on senior night with an 88-79 win at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Combined with a Mercer loss, the Bruins clinched a share of the Atlantic Sun regular season championship, their third in a row and fifth in the last seven years. Junior Kerron...

February 20th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Men beat Bucs in homecoming win

In front of a rowdy Curb Event Center crowd of nearly 3,500, the Belmont Bruins defeated the ETSU Buccaneers 80-58 Saturday night for its eighth straight victory. Junior Ian Clark led the Bruins in scoring with 18 points. Four other Bruins also scored in double figures, including Blake Jenkins, who recorded...

February 19th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins plow Peay by 39

The Belmont men’s basketball team’s 26-point win against Lipscomb Friday apparently wasn’t large enough for them. In the latter end of a home-and-home series, the Bruins defeated the Austin Peay Governors 94-55 at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Scott Saunders led all scorers with...

February 6th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins blast Bison in road battle

Drew Hanlen thinks he missed his two best looks during his last regular season Battle of the Boulevard game. If he hadn’t made his first seven three-point shots though, his teammates wouldn’t have gotten on to him for the misses. “I didn’t wanna miss,” he said. “Obviously...

February 3rd, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Johnson and Jenkins lead BU past Ospreys

Led by stellar performances by junior Kerron Johnson and sophomore Blake Jenkins, the Belmont Bruins defeated the North Florida Ospreys 83-69 at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Johnson led the Bruins with 16 points, and Jenkins scored 15 points and made seven rebounds. This was Jenkins’ second...

January 30th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins top physical Dolphin team

Intensity was the name of the game as the Belmont Bruins defeated the Jacksonville Dolphins 85-71 Saturday night. 46 combined fouls were called against both teams, which then led to 57 combined free throws for both teams. Belmont’s grit and overall trust in each other led to the Belmont win, said...

January 28th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins rout Eagles by 42 points

It only took 80 seconds for Belmont to take a lead they would never give up against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Monday night. Seniors Mick Hedgepeth, Drew Hanlen, and Scott Saunders helped Belmont race out to a 7-0 lead in a minute and 20 seconds, a lead that would continue to grow until the Bruins...

January 16th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins blast Stetson with huge second half

When second half started for the Belmont mens’ basketball team Saturday night, they needed to rally from a small two-point deficit to the Stetson Hatters. 90 seconds later, nine points from Drew Hanlen, Ian Clark and Kerron Johnson gave them the lead they would never give up in a 84-71 win against...

January 14th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins struggle with young Lipscomb team

Disregard Lipscomb’s so-called inexperience, and Belmont’s undefeated record in Atlantic Sun play. Part one of this year’s Battle of the Boulevard was just that—a battle where the Belmont Bruins would fall to their cross-town rival 85-74 in front of a crowd of 5,227 at the Curb on Friday night. “We...

January 6th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

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