Belmont Bruins vs Eastern Kentucky Colonels

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - FINAL

12-20, 7-9 OVC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
E Kentucky EKU	12	16	20	16	64
Belmont BEL	18	20	30	26	94

Belmont BruinsBelmontBEL

27-5, 16-0 OVC

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

starters
Zee WillixZ. Willix#20
Mariah MassengillM. Massengill#3
Alexus CooperA. Cooper#4
Shavontae NaylorS. Naylor#15
bench
Tae'Lour RichardsonT. Richardson #24
Abby WrightA. Wright#44
Madison WoodM. Wood#52
Marcella RochaM. Rocha#1
Shay SolomonS. Solomon#25
Ann JerniganA. Jernigan#5
Ja'Lyn BrooksJ. Brooks#12
Katie PippenK. Pippen#23
Amadi BrooksA. Brooks#22
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	16	6-15	0-5	4-4	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	3
25	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
25	16	8-15	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
34	8	3-5	1-3	1-1	6	0	2	2	0	0	6	1
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	3
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1	0-2	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
	64	28-68	1-11	7-9	33	9	5	2	0	6	27	21
		41%	9%	78%

Belmont Bruins

starters
Lauren ThompsonL. Thompson#14
Sally McCabeS. McCabe#50
Jenny RoyJ. Roy#24
Kylee SmithK. Smith#23
Darby MaggardD. Maggard#33
bench
Maddie WrightM. Wright#55
Frankie JoubranF. Joubran#3
Hannah HarmeyerH. Harmeyer#34
Paris LawsonP. Lawson#21
Sierra JonesS. Jones#12
Kia PerryK. Perry#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	10	4-9	0-1	2-2	7	0	1	0	0	1	6	3
26	11	5-14	0-1	1-2	11	1	1	1	4	5	6	1
31	6	2-3	0-0	2-6	6	5	1	1	1	6	0	1
31	30	10-20	4-11	6-7	7	1	0	0	0	1	6	0
30	22	8-15	3-8	3-3	3	8	0	1	1	0	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
8	2	0-2	0-0	2-2	5	0	2	0	1	2	3	4
23	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	0	0	2	6	1
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	2	1-2	0-1	0-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	94	35-75	8-25	16-24	53	16	5	3	7	19	34	12
		47%	32%	67%

Game Information

Nashville, TN

Referee:Erica Bradley

Referee:Cole Womack

Referee:Jody Cantrell

NCAA Division I

ASUN Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Eastern Kentucky	15-3	-	25-9
Jacksonville	13-5	2	24-9
Central Arkansas	13-5	2	21-11
Stetson	12-6	3	20-12
North Alabama	11-7	4	17-14
Florida Gulf Coast	11-7	4	16-16
West Georgia	10-8	5	18-13
Austin Peay	8-10	7	19-14
Lipscomb	7-11	8	10-20
Queens University	4-14	11	10-20
North Florida	4-14	11	9-21
Bellarmine	0-18	15	2-30

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Murray State	19-1	-	31-4
Belmont	16-4	3	20-12
Illinois State	13-7	6	24-14
Bradley	13-7	6	20-13
Northern Iowa	13-7	6	18-14
Drake	10-10	9	12-20
UIC	9-11	10	14-18
Southern Illinois	7-13	12	10-20
Indiana State	5-15	14	10-22
Evansville	5-15	14	10-25
Valparaiso	0-20	19	0-32

Women's College Basketball News

Optimistic Baker: New NCAA eligibility rules not retroactive

NCAA president Charlie Baker, who is "pretty optimistic" the age-based eligibility proposal will pass, told ESPN that the implementation is not expected to include athletes who graduated or exhausted their eligibility in the 2025-26 season.

19h

Kentucky nabs Florida transfer Me'Arah O'Neal, Shaq's daughter

Me'Arah O'Neal, a standout forward at Florida last season and the youngest daughter of Shaquille O'Neal, announced her commitment to Kentucky.

21h

Women's NCAA basketball transfer rankings for 2026-27 season

The transfer portal is closed. Audi Crooks is headed to Oklahoma State while Addy Brown is bound for UCLA.

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