Belmont shot very well against the Bucs, going .484 from the field and taking a 25-22 halftime lead. They led 38-37 with 9:11 left, but the Bucs forced several turnovers and got decent offense from SG Gregory Grillo (13 pts) to slowly pull away. The Bucs make the 2nd round for the 3rd time.
Code:
Charleston Southern 55, Belmont 47
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Belmont (24-8, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kevin Oyler C 35 0-2 5-6 1 9 1 3 5
Olin Truax PF 27 1-1 0-0 1 6 0 3 2
Drew Thomas SF 29 1-4 0-0 1 2 2 4 2
Reggie Greenberg SG 35 3-10 2-2 0 3 2 1 9
John Wilkerson PG 25 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 2 6
Omer Tobias SF 22 4-6 0-0 0 1 2 1 9
Philip Mears PG 6 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 8
Matthew Hogg SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
T. Debouvines PF 11 1-2 4-4 0 0 0 2 6
Ward Evenson C 6 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
Turnovers: 25 (K.Oyler 3, O.Truax 5, D.Thomas 2,
R.Greenberg 7, J.Wilkerson 5, O.Tobias 1, P.Mears 1,
W.Evenson 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (K.Oyler 4, J.Wilkerson 1, O.Tobias 1)
Steals: 5 (R.Greenberg 4, P.Mears 1)
3P FGs: 6-14 (D.Thomas 0-2, R.Greenberg 1-7,
J.Wilkerson 2-2, O.Tobias 1-1, P.Mears 2-2)
Charleston Southern (32-2, 18-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jacques Evans C 26 2-5 5-6 3 4 0 4 9
Jared Brown PF 17 0-0 2-2 1 1 0 4 2
Charles Gilstrap SF 25 6-11 0-0 1 2 0 1 12
Victor Hall SG 25 3-7 0-0 0 2 3 0 6
Alphonse Hayes PG 23 1-4 8-8 0 2 2 3 11
Gregory Grillo SG 28 4-12 1-2 3 6 0 3 13
Eugene Crews PF 24 0-3 2-2 1 3 1 1 2
Robert Hunt PG 13 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Levi Kurtz SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenneth White SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Sun Song C 11 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 0
Art Stacey PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 12 (C.Gilstrap 1, V.Hall 2, A.Hayes 4,
G.Grillo 2, R.Hunt 1, K.White 1, S.Song 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 12 (J.Brown 1, C.Gilstrap 3, V.Hall 4, A.Hayes
1, G.Grillo 2, R.Hunt 1)
3P FGs: 5-20 (C.Gilstrap 0-2, V.Hall 0-3, A.Hayes 1-3,
G.Grillo 4-9, R.Hunt 0-2, L.Kurtz 0-1)
Player of Game: SF Charles Gilstrap (CH SO)