
Belmont Bruins at Illinois State Redbirds
· NCAA Men's BasketballWalker and Illinois State knock off Belmont 81-78

Walker added six rebounds for the Redbirds (13-9, 5-6 Missouri Valley Conference). Kinziger shot 8 for 15, including 5 for 11 from beyond the arc to add 22 points. Landon Wolf had 11 points and shot 5 for 11, including 1 for 6 from beyond the arc.
Jonathan Pierre led the Bruins (15-7, 7-4) in scoring, finishing with 27 points. Sam Orme added 20 points for Belmont. Isaiah Walker also had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Illinois State went into halftime leading Belmont 35-31. Kinziger scored 12 points in the half. Chase Walker scored a team-high 13 points for Illinois State in the second half.
Illinois State plays Valparaiso at home on Saturday, and Belmont hosts Evansville on Sunday.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 78 - 81 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 78 - 81 |
2nd 0:00 | Illinois State Defensive Rebound. | 78 - 81 |
2nd 0:00 | Jonathan Pierre missed Three Point Jumper. | 78 - 81 |
2nd 0:02 | Sam Orme Offensive Rebound. | 78 - 81 |
Statistics
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28-64 | FG | 33-64 |
43.8 | Field Goal % | 51.6 |
12-27 | 3PT | 10-31 |
44.4 | Three Point % | 32.3 |
10-13 | FT | 5-14 |
76.9 | Free Throw % | 35.7 |
40 | Rebounds | 35 |
12 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
28 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
17 | Assists | 15 |
2 | Steals | 5 |
3 | Blocks | 2 |
11 | Turnovers | 4 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
11 | Total Turnovers | 4 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
7 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
5 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
30 | Points in Paint | 36 |
14 | Fouls | 16 |
2 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Normal, IL
Attendance: 3,477 | Capacity:
2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
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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 | 15 | 9-23 |