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Final · Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · Curb Event Center Arena, Nashville, TN · attendance 1,413 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

Belmont rolled past Southern Indiana 72-54

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Mon, Nov 2, 2026

Belmont rolled past Southern Indiana 72-54 at Curb Event Center Arena.

Jack Smiley led Belmont with 24 points. Kaden Brown had 12 points and 4 3-pointers for Southern Indiana. Eoin Dillon led all players with 8 rebounds for Belmont.

Belmont had 40 points in the paint to Southern Indiana's 26. Belmont covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 7.2 points.

Scoring · Belmont: Jack Smiley 24, Jabez Jenkins 10, Vincent Neugebauer 7, Ethan Sage 7, Eoin Dillon 6, Kayden Fish 6, Isaiah West 5, Aleksa Ristic 5, Matthew Zobrist 2. Southern Indiana: Kaden Brown 12, Josiah Dunham 11, Johann Pautsch 7, Yesan Warren 7, Ari Gooch 6, Fredy-Salam Sylla 4, Didier Maleng 4, Afan Trnka 3.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

USI 65, BEL 90model score

-25.2model spread (home)

154.9model total

7.2points off the final margin

FavoriteBEL -17.57.7 Won Under 155.50.6 Won

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
Close	-17.5	155.5	-2400	1200	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin +18 (home) ATS BEL covered Total 126 → under

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
USI	–	132	1	same
BEL	non-OVC team, not tracked

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

Team stats

Stat	USI	BEL
FG	20-61	27-52
FG%	33	52
3PT	4-21	6-20
3P%	19	30
FT	10-19	12-19
FT%	53	63
Rebounds	41	36
Offensive rebounds	16	7
Defensive rebounds	25	29
Assists	7	11
Steals	12	10
Blocks	3	3
Turnovers	19	19
Points off turnovers	18	27
Fast break points	8	12
Points in paint	26	40
Fouls	17	20
Largest lead	0	19
Possessions (est.)	73.0	73.0
Points per 100 possessions	73.9	98.6

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

Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Kaden Brown G	29	12	4-15	4-10	0-0	2	6	0	7	0	1	1
Afan Trnka G	25	3	1-3	0-2	1-2	0	2	1	2	2	1	3
Josiah Dunham G	24	11	4-7	0-0	3-3	1	3	1	2	3	0	0
Fredy-Salam Sylla G	13	4	2-4	0-1	0-2	1	3	1	0	2	0	0
Didier Maleng F	12	4	1-3	0-0	2-5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Johann Pautsch	22	7	3-8	0-0	1-4	5	6	2	1	0	1	1
Donovan Hunter	22	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	1	6	1	1	1	0	3
Ari Gooch	18	6	3-8	0-2	0-0	2	4	1	1	2	0	2
Yesan Warren	15	7	2-3	0-0	3-3	2	3	0	1	1	0	3
Maksym Hryshchuk	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams	5	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
LA Hayes	5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Alem Fejzic	3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malachi Knight	DNP
Josh Smith	DNP

Belmont Bruins

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Jack Smiley G	36	24	10-18	2-6	2-2	0	3	4	1	2	0	2
Eoin Dillon F	28	6	2-8	1-5	1-2	2	8	0	2	1	0	1
Isaiah West G	28	5	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	8	1	3	0	0	2
Vincent Neugebauer C	27	7	3-3	0-0	1-3	1	2	2	5	2	3	5
Jabez Jenkins G	19	10	3-4	0-1	4-5	2	4	1	2	1	0	3
Ethan Sage	19	7	2-4	1-3	2-4	2	3	0	0	1	0	2
Matthew Zobrist	15	2	1-2	0-1	0-1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
Kayden Fish	13	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	3	1	3	1	0	3
Aleksa Ristic	12	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0
Cooper Haynes	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gersmehl	DNP
Cooper Knowles	DNP
Graydon Lemke	DNP
Eli Brown	DNP