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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

Final
HomeBelmont87
Saturday, February 21, 2026All Meridian sports
FinalFinalESPN+Play by play
12T
INST254570
BEL394887
Final

Belmont beats Indiana State 87-70

Belmont Bruins beat Indiana State Sycamores 87-70 on Saturday at Curb Event Center Arena.

The first half made the difference: Belmont outscored Indiana State 39-25.

Belmont shot 51% to 44% and won the boards 35-33.

For Belmont, Jack Smiley (G): 18. For Indiana State, Ian Scott (F): 16.

Belmont improves to 25-4. Indiana State falls to 10-19.

Attendance: 3,644.

Full recap at ESPN: Smiley scores 18 off the bench, Belmont takes down Indiana State 87-70

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#23
INST · PointsIan Scott F16
#4
INST · AssistsBruno Alocen G7
#23
INST · ReboundsIan Scott F11
#2
BEL · PointsJack Smiley G18
#8
BEL · AssistsDrew Scharnowski F4
#3
BEL · ReboundsIsaiah West G7
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
I. Scott F36168-110-00-0112212290
M. Harding C1700-30-10-030201031
B. Alocen G3041-41-31-247221044
X. Hall G2983-62-50-053120140
S. Young G18145-112-72-201100003
D. Vorst C2142-40-10-020301022
H. Harding C200-00-00-000000000
S. Waerstad Nordheim G451-30-03-300000000
J. Van Buggenhout G1152-50-31-100120001
C. Huttenlocker G100-00-00-000000000
C. Bean G300-00-00-011000100
C. Wagner G28145-154-100-023110111
Team7027-629-307-83317138572612

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