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Final · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · Allen Arena, Nashville, TN · attendance 3,577 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

Lipscomb beat Belmont 88-75

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Tue, Nov 10, 2026

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Lipscomb beat Belmont 88-75 at Allen Arena.

Knoxville, Tennessee, native Devyn Martin led Lipscomb with 23 points. Jack Smiley had 23 points and 5 3-pointers for Belmont. Jabez Jenkins led all players with 10 rebounds for Belmont.

Lipscomb covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 16.0 points.

Scoring · Lipscomb: Devyn Martin 23, Titas Sargiunas 17, Takai Simpkins 16, Mateo Esmeraldo 11, Kennedy Okpara 11, Truman Byrne 5, Hugo Tidare 3, Josh Scott 2. Belmont: Jack Smiley 23, Jabez Jenkins 14, Vincent Neugebauer 10, Aleksa Ristic 10, Matthew Zobrist 5, Kayden Fish 5, Isaiah West 4, Cooper Haynes 2, Charlie Gersmehl 2.

Lipscomb's teams wear purple and gold, and the school's mascot is the LU Bison.

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What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

BEL 76, LIP 73model score

+3.0model spread (home)

149.4model total

16.0points off the final margin

UnderdogLIP +3.50.5 Won Under 157.58.1 Lost

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Open (first seen)	+4.5	159.5			our snapshots
Latest	-11.0	165.5	-100000	11011	our snapshots (4 books)
Close	+3.5	157.5	142	-170	Draft Kings via ESPN

Margin +13 (home) ATS LIP covered Total 163 → over

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
BEL	non-MAC team, not tracked
LIP	2	0	–	same

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	BEL	LIP
FG	30-66	35-64
FG%	45	55
3PT	6-19	9-28
3P%	32	32
FT	9-12	9-10
FT%	75	90
Rebounds	37	30
Offensive rebounds	14	6
Defensive rebounds	23	24
Assists	15	19
Steals	6	8
Blocks	1	4
Turnovers	13	9
Points off turnovers	11	15
Fast break points	14	18
Points in paint	44	50
Fouls	16	10
Largest lead	2	13
Possessions (est.)	70.7	71.8
Points per 100 possessions	106.1	122.6

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

Belmont Bruins

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Jack Smiley G	36	23	8-18	5-10	2-2	0	3	1	2	1	0	1
Jabez Jenkins G	31	14	6-12	0-0	2-3	4	10	0	2	0	0	4
Ethan Sage G	24	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	5
Vincent Neugebauer C	23	10	5-8	0-0	0-0	3	4	0	3	1	0	0
Isaiah West G	19	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	0	1	0	5
Aleksa Ristic	25	10	4-10	1-4	1-2	0	5	7	2	0	0	1
Matthew Zobrist	19	5	2-5	0-2	1-1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0
Kayden Fish	11	5	2-4	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Cooper Haynes	7	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gersmehl	6	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Cooper Knowles	DNP
Eoin Dillon	DNP
Graydon Lemke	DNP
Eli Brown	DNP

Lipscomb Bisons

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Takai Simpkins G	34	16	6-15	2-5	2-2	0	4	3	1	0	1	0
Mateo Esmeraldo G	34	11	3-8	1-5	4-4	0	5	5	3	3	0	1
Titas Sargiunas F	32	17	7-12	3-8	0-0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1
Devyn Martin F	26	23	10-13	0-2	3-4	1	5	3	1	1	0	2
Kennedy Okpara F	20	11	5-8	1-2	0-0	1	4	1	0	1	3	1
Hugo Tidare	20	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Josh Scott	14	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	4	1	1	1	0	2
Truman Byrne	14	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1
Vuk Visnjic	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Luke Jack	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Groth	DNP
Sawyer Dotson	DNP
Hendrix Loughridge	DNP
Or Ashkenazi	DNP
Kellen Quinn	DNP
Zion Wells	DNP