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03/13 03:43 CDT Belmont Bruins play in MVC Tournament against the Evansville Purple Aces Belmont Bruins play in MVC Tournament against the Evansville Purple Aces By The Associated Press Evansville Purple Aces (8-24, 6-15 MVC) vs. Belmont Bruins (20-11, 16-4 MVC) Coralville, Iowa; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Belmont and Evansville play in the MVC Tournament. The Bruins' record in MVC games is 16-4, and their record is 4-7 in non-conference games. Belmont ranks sixth in the MVC in rebounding with 33.0 rebounds. Quinn Eubank paces the Bruins with 6.7 boards. The Purple Aces are 6-15 against MVC opponents. Evansville gives up 75.8 points to opponents while being outscored by 8.1 points per game. Belmont is shooting 39.7% from the field this season, 4.6 percentage points lower than the 44.3% Evansville allows to opponents. Evansville averages 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Belmont allows. The teams meet for the third time this season. Belmont won 79-73 in the last matchup on Jan. 30. Avery Strickland led Belmont with 23 points, and Georgia Cox led Evansville with 23 points. TOP PERFORMERS: Jailyn Banks is scoring 15.3 points per game with 3.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Bruins. Strickland is averaging 14.8 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 49.5% over the last 10 games. Sydney Huber is shooting 33.5% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Purple Aces, while averaging 8.4 points. Camryn Runner is averaging 20.1 points, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 8-2, averaging 74.2 points, 36.0 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 9.9 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.3 points per game. Purple Aces: 3-7, averaging 72.6 points, 30.0 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.1 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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