BELLEVUE, Neb. - The Bellevue University basketball team hosts College of the Ozarks tonight in the NAIA Game of the Week with first place in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference on the line. Game time is 7:30 p.m. and will take place at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.
Notes for the game and from around the NAIA are available on the NAIA website which can be accessed by clicking here.
Last Meeting:
On Friday, Jan. 23 Bellevue claimed an 82-76 victory at College of the Ozarks to improve to 33-17 all-time against the Bobcats.
Junior Taylor Young led four Bruins in double figures with 20 points as the sixth-ranked Bellevue University men's basketball team held on for an 82-76 Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over No. 15-ranked College of the Ozarks at Keeter Gymnasium.
Young paced BU with 20 points, four rebounds and two assists. Thomas Hammock and Alex Worthen-Harris both poured in 14 points with Worthen-Harris connecting on all seven of his shots. Pogos Trunyan scored 10 points after finishing 3-of-6 from 3-point range.
Ethan Murray led the Bobcats with 22 points. Derek Daniels recorded a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 19 rebounds.
Worthen-Harris hit at all six of his first-half shots, while scoring the Bruins' first eight points and propelling the BU offense with 12 points in the opening period.
After the Bruins broke away from a 27-27 tie with an 11-3 run, the Bobcats countered with seven-straight points to pull to within one point at 38-37 with 27 second left in the first period. Hammock nailed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to give BU a 41-37 edge at halftime.
After a Murray free throw to open the second half, the Bruins scored eight-straight to open up a double-digit lead at 49-38 at the 16:52 mark. Another 3-pointer by Hammock expanded the margin to 16 points at 65-49 with 9:35 remaining.
Bellevue maintained a 15-point (72-57) advantage with just over six minutes left, before Ozarks used a six-point run to slice the lead to single digits at 72-63 at the 3:42 mark.
A 4-point play by Murray brought the Bobcats to within six (76-70) with just over a minute left in the contest. Two more triples by Murray cut the margin to four points (80-76) with 29 seconds remaining. Young connected on a pair of free throws and Ozarks missed three consecutive jumpers to give BU the 82-76 victory.
#3 Bellevue University Game Notes:
- Bellevue is 18-2 against fellow NAIA Division II Opponents
- Bellevue is 2-2 against NAIA Division I Opponents
- Bellevue is 2-0 against non-NAIA Opponents
- Bellevue is 10-1 at home on the season
- Bellevue is 6-2 in true road games on the season
- Bellevue is 6-1 in neutral site games on the season
- Bellevue is 22-2 when scoring 64 or more points
- Bellevue is 0-2 when scoring 52 or fewer points
- Bellevue is 14-3 when allowing 70 or more points
- Bellevue is 8-1 when allowing fewer than 70 points
- Bellevue is 2-1 in overtime games on the season (Nov. 1, Jan. 30, Feb. 10)
- Bellevue is 20-2 when shooting better than 40% from the field
- Bellevue is 2-2 when shooting worse than 40% from the field
- Bellevue is 19-2 when making 6 or more 3-Point Field Goals
- Bellevue is 3-2 when making 5 or fewer 3-Point Field Goals
- Bellevue is 13-1 when out-rebounding their opponent
- Bellevue is 7-3 when being out-rebounded by their opponent
- Bellevue is 2-0 when having the same number of rebounds as their opponent
- Bellevue is 19-3 following a victory
- Bellevue is 2-1 following a loss
- Percy Lemle has thrice been named MCAC Player of the Week (Dec. 8, Dec. 15, Jan. 19)
- Percy Lemle (19.5), Taylor Young (17.3), and Alex Worthen-Harris (10.6) are all averaging double-figures in MCAC games
- Bellevue has secured their 15th consecutive 20-win season
- Bellevue went 6-2 in eight games without Taylor Young (17.7 PPG)
- Thomas Hammock is fourth in school history with 188 career 3-Point Field Goals Made
- Bellevue ranks in Division II
- 22, 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense (.324)
- 26, Scoring Offense per Game (80.31)
- 27, 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (.381)
- 29, 3-Point Field Goals Made (208)
- 30, Total Scoring Offense (2,088)
- 33, 3-Point Field Goals Made per Game (8.00)
- 33, Field Goal Percentage Defense (.425)
- 34, Defensive Rebounds per Game (26.23)
- 34, Scoring Margin (7.73)
- 43, Total Rebounds (949)
- 45, Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.09)
- 46, Field Goal Percentage (.461)
- 47, Free Throw Percentage (.707)
- Thomas Hammock ranks 18th in Division II in Assist/Turnover Ratio (2.83)
- Thomas Hammock ranks 20th in Division II in Total 3-Point Field Goals Made (74)
- Thomas Hammock ranks 25th in Division II in 3-Point Field Goals Made per Game (2.85)
