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Final

Tennessee St 73

(18-14, 11-5 OVC)

Belmont 82

(25-6, 14-2 OVC)

Coverage: ESPNU/WatchESPN

7:00 PM ET, March 8, 2013

Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN

1 2 T
TNST 29 4473
BEL 32 5082

Top Performers

Tennessee State: K. Thornton 22 Pts, 12 Reb, 2 Stl, 1 Blk

Belmont: I. Clark 26 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Blk

Belmont 82, Tennessee St. 73

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ian Clark and Kerron Johnson combined to score 49 points Friday, and Belmont defeated Tennessee State 82-73 in the Ohio Valley Conference semifinals.

Clark hit six 3-pointers en route to 26 points, Johnson finished with 23 points and seven assists, J.J. Mann added 13 points and Blake Jenkins 10 points and seven rebounds for the Bruins, who won their fourth straight regular-season conference championship, the previous three coming in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Belmont (25-6), undefeated at home this season, led 32-29 at intermission and opened the second half on an 11-3 run to pull ahead 43-32. Tennessee State (18-14), which won the previous meeting 80-69, cut it to 66-62 with 5:07 left but was outscored 16-11 from there.

Belmont, which has won its last five games and 16 of 18, made 22 free throws to the Tigers' five.

Kellen Thornton led Tennessee State with 22 points and 12 rebounds.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
TNST
BEL
Points 73 82
FG Made-Attempted 29-61 (.475) 27-60 (.450)
3P Made-Attempted 10-26 (.385) 7-24 (.292)
FT Made-Attempted 5-6 (.833) 21-30 (.700)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 25 (0/0) 12 (0/0)
Largest Lead 9 11

Game Leaders

 
TNST
BEL
PointsK. Thornton 22I. Clark 26
ReboundsK. Thornton 12B. Jenkins 7
AssistsP. Miller 12K. Johnson 7
StealsP. Miller 2J. Mann 4
BlocksR. Covington 5B. Jenkins 1
Team Stats: Tennessee State | Belmont

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 19, 2013 @BEL 78, TNST 66Recap
Feb 14, 2013 @TNST 80, BEL 69Recap
» Mar 8, 2013 @BEL 82, TNST 73Recap

Next 5 Games

TNST
BEL
03/19 @EVAN 8:00pm
 03/09 MURR 7:00pm
03/21 @ARIZ 7:30pm
Complete Schedule: Tennessee State | Belmont

Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Belmont14-226-6
Eastern Kentucky12-424-9
Murray State10-621-10
Jacksonville State8-817-11
Tennessee State11-518-14
Southeast Missouri State8-817-16
Morehead State8-815-18
Tennessee Tech5-1112-17
SIU-Edwardsville5-119-18
Eastern Illinois6-1011-21
Tennessee-Martin5-119-21
Austin Peay4-128-23
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