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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayDrake100
Final
HomeBelmont79
Friday, March 6, 2026Curb Event CenterAll Meridian sports
FinalFinalESPN+Play by play
12T
DRKE4852100
BEL413879
Final

Drake routs Belmont 100-79

Drake Bulldogs rolled past Belmont Bruins 100-79 on Friday at Enterprise Center.

The second half made the difference: Drake outscored Belmont 52-38.

Drake shot 60% to 42% and won the boards 33-29.

For Drake, Jalen Quinn (G): 31. For Belmont, Aidan Noyes (F): 19.

Drake improves to 14-19. Belmont falls to 26-6.

Attendance: 8,068.

Full recap at ESPN: Quinn scores 31, No. 9 seed Drake beats No. 1 seed Belmont 100-81 in MVC Tournament quarters

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

Top performers

#3
DRKE · PointsJalen Quinn G31
#1
DRKE · AssistsOwen Larson G8
#1
DRKE · ReboundsOwen Larson G8
#4
BEL · PointsAidan Noyes F19
#5
BEL · AssistsEoin Dillon F6
#8
BEL · ReboundsDrew Scharnowski F8
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
O. Federiko F1800-00-00-010011010
O. Larson G36258-114-75-588100170
E. Shetlar G37124-62-42-263110062
A. Alia G1562-42-30-022010020
J. Quinn G39318-192-813-1634421123
G. Goodbary F1972-20-03-422010024
W. Exacte F420-10-12-210100012
I. Carr F742-20-00-040001043
J. Thomas G25135-71-32-222000111
Team10031-5211-2627-31332186342915

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