Dec 19, 2018 - Western Kentucky at Belmont - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

12/19/2018 Belmont v. Western Kentucky Game Preview

	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	(5-6, 2-5 away)
	Belmont Bruins	(9-1, 5-0 home)

December 19, 2018 at 7:30 PM ET
Non-Conference Regular Season

Curb Event Center Arena
Nashville, Tennessee

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2018-2019 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Western Kentucky	34	40.6	71.4	25.1	56.2	.447	5.9	17.9	.327	15.4	21.3	.724	9.5	26.2	35.8	12.3	6.9	5.1	13.7	15.5
Belmont	33	40.3	86.9	31.6	63.5	.498	10.4	27.9	.372	13.4	18.1	.737	8.1	29.3	37.4	19.5	6.7	3.8	11.4	15.4
WKU Opponents	34	40.6	69.3	25.1	60.0	.419	8.4	24.5	.345	10.5	15.4	.686	9.5	23.4	32.9	13.1	5.9	3.7	12.9	18.1
BLMNT Opponents	33	40.3	73.9	27.1	63.9	.424	7.7	22.5	.341	12.0	17.2	.696	9.3	25.0	34.3	12.2	6.1	3.5	12.4	16.7

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 19, 2017	Belmont	Western Kentucky	75 - 72	Belmont	Non-Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Nov 19, 2016	Western Kentucky	Belmont	69 - 90	Belmont	Non-Conference Regular Season	Curb Event Center Arena
Nov 18, 2015	Western Kentucky	Belmont	85 - 90	Belmont	Non-Conference Regular Season	Curb Event Center Arena
Nov 22, 2014	Belmont	Western Kentucky	64 - 63	Belmont	Non-Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena

2018-2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Hollingsworth	L. Bearden	J. Savage	J. Anderson	C. Bassey
Lim PT	J. Ohmer	D. Murray		M. Nelson	M. Diagne
Lim PT	D. Banton			T. Smith	M. Horton
Lim PT	J. Gambrell, Jr.

2018-2019 Belmont Bruins Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	G. Murphy	K. McClain	M. Benkert	D. Windler	N. Muszynski
Rotation	N. Hopkins			D. Sabin	S. Adelsperger
Lim PT	A. Kunkel	T. Pierson	M. Mercer	C. Hollander
Lim PT	G. Suedekum
Lim PT	M. Mayernick

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
4	Josh Anderson	SF	34	29.9	12.1	4.5	9.5	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	2.7	3.9	.710	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.7	1.7	0.7	2.2	2.7
20	Dalano Banton	PG	31	15.1	3.4	1.3	3.1	.402	0.3	1.2	.216	0.6	1.1	.559	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.5	0.5	1.7	0.9
23	Charles Bassey	PF	34	31.4	14.6	5.5	8.8	.627	0.3	0.6	.450	3.2	4.2	.769	2.9	7.1	10.0	0.7	0.8	2.4	2.9	2.6
1	Lamonte Bearden	G	23	29.0	9.2	3.0	7.1	.417	0.7	1.9	.386	2.6	3.7	.694	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.5	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.6
12	Moustapha Diagne	C	13	7.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	.118	0.1	0.8	.091	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.6
10	Jeremiah Gambrell, Jr.	PG	4	5.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	.167	0.2	1.5	.167	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5
11	Taveion Hollingsworth	PG	34	36.8	14.4	5.1	12.3	.418	1.4	4.5	.318	2.7	3.5	.771	1.0	3.4	4.4	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.4
14	Matthew Horton	F	10	4.1	1.1	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.2	.417	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.2
13	DeSean Murray	F	8	20.4	9.5	3.1	7.1	.439	0.4	0.9	.429	2.9	3.8	.767	2.1	2.4	4.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2
14	Marek Nelson	GF	18	13.7	2.7	0.9	2.4	.364	0.2	0.4	.375	0.7	1.1	.650	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.7
21	Jake Ohmer	G	28	10.9	1.6	0.5	2.2	.246	0.5	1.7	.277	0.1	0.1	.667	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9
2	Jared Savage	GF	34	35.7	12.2	3.7	10.3	.364	2.4	6.5	.360	2.4	2.9	.818	0.5	4.3	4.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5
00	Tolu Smith	F	34	10.1	3.3	1.2	2.1	.583	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.571	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5

Belmont Bruins Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
50	Seth Adelsperger	C	33	12.5	4.8	1.7	2.6	.663	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.0	.667	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.5
24	Michael Benkert	SG	32	22.6	4.4	1.4	3.5	.389	1.1	3.1	.350	0.6	0.7	.818	0.4	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.9
42	Rilee Epley	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Caleb Hollander	F	26	16.6	7.0	2.8	6.6	.427	1.2	3.6	.319	0.2	0.6	.400	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.6
14	Nick Hopkins	PG	33	16.8	6.6	2.1	5.2	.405	1.7	4.3	.387	0.7	0.7	.957	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1
5	Adam Kunkel	G	25	9.3	2.3	0.7	2.1	.321	0.4	1.6	.275	0.5	0.6	.867	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9
1	Mitch Listau	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	Michael Mayernick	G	11	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.7
11	Kevin McClain	SG	33	33.4	16.8	5.6	12.1	.464	2.1	5.8	.366	3.4	4.9	.702	0.5	3.2	3.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.2	1.8
25	Mack Mercer	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Grayson Murphy	G	33	29.8	9.6	4.0	8.2	.491	0.8	2.3	.355	0.8	1.5	.562	0.7	3.7	4.4	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.5	2.2
33	Nick Muszynski	C	32	24.9	14.7	6.2	10.2	.604	0.2	0.7	.381	2.1	2.7	.779	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.7	0.6	2.2	1.6	2.0
20	Tate Pierson	G	28	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.2	0.7	.316	0.2	0.3	.625	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
21	Derek Sabin	F	18	4.6	1.8	0.7	0.9	.706	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.600	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.6
4	Garrett Suedekum	G	15	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	.167	0.1	0.2	.333	0.1	0.1	.500	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.7
3	Dylan Windler	SF	33	33.2	21.3	7.4	13.6	.540	3.0	7.1	.429	3.5	4.2	.847	1.9	8.9	10.8	2.5	1.4	0.6	2.1	2.1

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Last 9 Games

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