Belmont 79 Murray State 66

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

What a good win for Belmont (14-4, 5-2 Ohio Valley) Not only do they get the road win, they hand Murray State (15-3, 6-1 Conf) its first conference loss. Belmont shot 53.2% from the field, including 31.8% from the three point line. They also won the battle of the boards by 4. Leading the way for the winners was, Kevin McClain (Jennings, FL) 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assist. Nick Muszynski (Pickerington, Ohio) added 20 points and and 6 assist.
For Murray State, Ja Morant (Dalzell, SC) dropped in 20 points and he had 9 assist. Shaq Buchanan (Madison, MS) and Tevin Brown (Fairhope, AL) each had 11 points.