Smith scores 18 in Bellarmine's 80-68 win against Bowling Green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Billy Smith scored 18 points as Bellarmine beat Bowling Green 80-68 on Saturday.
Smith also contributed three steals for the Knights (1-5). Jack Karasinski added 15 points while going 6 of 9 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) while they also had five rebounds. Ben Johnson shot 4 for 12 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points.
Derrick Butler and Javontae Campbell each scored 21 points for the Falcons (2-4). Youssef Khayat also had 11 points.
Karasinski led his team in scoring with nine points in the first half to help put them up 34-29 at the break. Bellarmine extended its lead to 58-46 during the second half, fueled by an 8-0 scoring run. Smith scored a team-high 12 points in the second half.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | Sam Towns vs. Curt Hopf (Falcons gains possession) | Â | |
19:36 | Â | Youssef Khayat misses two point jump shot | Â | |
19:34 | Â | Curt Hopf defensive rebound | Â | |
19:19 | +2 | Jack Karasinski makes two point hook shot | 0-2 | |
19:02 | +2 | Javontae Campbell makes two point layup | 2-2 | |
18:35 | Â | Tyler Doyle misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â | |
18:33 | Â | Tyler Doyle offensive rebound | Â | |
18:16 | Â | Curt Hopf misses two point layup | Â | |
18:14 | Â | Curt Hopf offensive rebound | Â | |
18:09 | Â | Curt Hopf misses two point layup | Â | |
18:07 | Â | Marcus Johnson defensive rebound | Â | |
18:01 | Â | Marcus Johnson misses two point layup | Â | |
17:59 | Â | Marcus Johnson offensive rebound | Â | |
17:54 | Â | Marcus Johnson misses two point layup | Â | |
17:52 | Â | Curt Hopf defensive rebound | Â | |
17:45 | Â | Ben Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
17:43 | Â | Sam Towns defensive rebound | Â | |
17:34 | +3 | Marcus Johnson makes three point jump shot (Trey Thomas assists) | 5-2 | |
17:13 | Â | Billy Smith misses three point jump shot | Â | |
17:11 | Â | Derrick Butler defensive rebound | Â | |
16:49 | +3 | Derrick Butler makes three point jump shot (Sam Towns assists) | 8-2 | |
16:33 | +3 | Curt Hopf makes three point jump shot (Tyler Doyle assists) | 8-5 | |
16:06 | Â | Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:04 | Â | Curt Hopf defensive rebound | Â | |
15:38 | +2 | Ben Johnson makes two point driving bank jump shot | 8-7 | |
15:17 | Â | Javontae Campbell turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
15:17 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
14:51 | Â | Ben Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:49 | Â | Derrick Butler defensive rebound | Â | |
14:20 | Â | Jamai Felt turnover (bad pass) (Billy Smith steals) | Â | |
14:15 | +2 | Billy Smith makes two point driving layup | 8-9 | |
13:58 | Â | Braelon Green misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â | |
13:56 | Â | Ben Johnson defensive rebound | Â | |
13:44 | Â | Ben Johnson misses two point layup | Â | |
13:42 | Â | Jamai Felt defensive rebound | Â | |
13:36 | Â | Dylan Branson shooting foul (Wilguens Jr. Exacte draws the foul) | Â | |
13:36 | +1 | Wilguens Jr. Exacte makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-9 | |
13:36 | +1 | Wilguens Jr. Exacte makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-9 | |
13:24 | +3 | Jack Karasinski makes three point jump shot (Dylan Branson assists) | 10-12 | |
12:47 | Â | Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:45 | Â | Dezmond McKinney personal foul | Â | |
12:29 | Â | Derrick Butler misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:27 | Â | Jack Karasinski defensive rebound | Â | |
12:18 | Â | Sam Towns shooting foul (Dylan Branson draws the foul) | Â | |
12:18 | +1 | Dylan Branson makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 10-13 | |
12:18 | +1 | Dylan Branson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-14 | |
12:06 | +3 | Derrick Butler makes three point jump shot (Marcus Johnson assists) | 13-14 | |
11:41 | Â | Dylan Branson misses two point driving finger roll layup | Â | |
11:39 | Â | Trey Thomas defensive rebound | Â | |
11:34 | Â | Landin Hacker blocks Trey Thomas's two point driving layup | Â | |
11:32 | Â | Dylan Branson defensive rebound | Â | |
11:23 | +2 | Landin Hacker makes two point driving floating jump shot | 13-16 | |
11:03 | Â | Myles Watkins personal foul | Â | |
11:03 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
10:48 | Â | Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:46 | Â | Youssef Khayat offensive rebound | Â | |
10:45 | Â | Falcons 30 second timeout | Â | |
10:43 | Â | Jack Karasinski personal foul | Â | |
10:34 | Â | Marcus Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Jack Karasinski steals) | Â | |
10:27 | +2 | Jack Karasinski makes two point dunk | 13-18 | |
10:16 | Â | Dylan Branson blocks Trey Thomas's two point jump shot | Â | |
10:14 | Â | Jack Karasinski defensive rebound | Â | |
10:05 | Â | Kenyon Goodin misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:03 | Â | Derrick Butler defensive rebound | Â | |
9:44 | Â | Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:42 | Â | Dylan Branson defensive rebound | Â | |
9:35 | Â | Jack Karasinski misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:33 | Â | Youssef Khayat defensive rebound | Â | |
9:27 | Â | Youssef Khayat misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:25 | Â | Myles Watkins defensive rebound | Â | |
9:01 | +2 | Billy Smith makes two point jump shot | 13-20 | |
8:37 | Â | Jack Karasinski shooting foul (Marcus Johnson draws the foul) | Â | |
8:37 | +1 | Marcus Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-20 | |
8:37 | +1 | Marcus Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 15-20 | |
8:18 | Â | Ben Johnson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
8:16 | Â | Braelon Green defensive rebound | Â | |
8:03 | Â | Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:01 | Â | Ben Johnson defensive rebound | Â | |
7:42 | Â | Landin Hacker misses three point jump shot | Â | |
7:40 | Â | Braelon Green defensive rebound | Â | |
7:18 | Â | Derrick Butler misses two point driving layup | Â | |
7:16 | Â | Curt Hopf defensive rebound | Â | |
7:03 | +2 | Tyler Doyle makes two point hook shot | 15-22 | |
6:49 | +2 | Javontae Campbell makes two point driving layup | 17-22 | |
6:35 | +2 | Billy Smith makes two point cutting layup (Ben Johnson assists) | 17-24 | |
6:16 | Â | Derrick Butler misses three point stepback jump shot | Â | |
6:14 | Â | Curt Hopf defensive rebound | Â | |
6:09 | Â | Derrick Butler shooting foul (Tyler Doyle draws the foul) | Â | |
6:09 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
6:09 | +1 | Tyler Doyle makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 17-25 | |
6:09 | +1 | Tyler Doyle makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-26 | |
5:46 | +2 | Javontae Campbell makes two point driving layup | 19-26 | |
5:29 | Â | Ben Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Javontae Campbell steals) | Â | |
5:24 | +2 | Javontae Campbell makes two point driving layup | 21-26 | |
5:05 | Â | Billy Smith turnover (lost ball) | Â | |
5:05 | Â | Knights 30 second timeout | Â | |
4:49 | Â | Jamai Felt misses two point layup | Â | |
4:47 | Â | Dylan Branson defensive rebound | Â | |
4:45 | Â | Jamai Felt personal foul | Â | |
4:32 | Â | Dylan Branson turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
4:15 | +2 | Javontae Campbell makes two point driving layup | 23-26 | |
4:02 | +2 | Jack Karasinski makes two point reverse layup (Dezmond McKinney assists) | 23-28 | |
3:45 | Â | Javontae Campbell turnover (traveling) | Â | |
3:45 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
3:26 | Â | Javontae Campbell shooting foul (Dezmond McKinney draws the foul) | Â | |
3:26 | +1 | Dezmond McKinney makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 23-29 | |
3:26 | +1 | Dezmond McKinney makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 23-30 | |
2:57 | Â | Javontae Campbell misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:55 | Â | Marcus Johnson offensive rebound | Â | |
2:51 | +3 | Trey Thomas makes three point jump shot (Marcus Johnson assists) | 26-30 | |
2:32 | Â | Curt Hopf turnover (traveling) | Â | |
2:21 | +2 | Javontae Campbell makes two point driving layup | 28-30 | |
1:53 | Â | Ben Johnson misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â | |
1:51 | Â | Marcus Johnson personal foul | Â | |
1:50 | Â | Dylan Branson turnover (bad pass) (Trey Thomas steals) | Â | |
1:45 | Â | Kenyon Goodin personal foul (Sam Towns draws the foul) | Â | |
1:45 | Â | Sam Towns misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
1:45 | +1 | Sam Towns makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 29-30 | |
1:32 | Â | Trey Thomas personal foul | Â | |
1:15 | Â | Dylan Branson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:13 | Â | Derrick Butler defensive rebound | Â | |
0:52 | Â | Derrick Butler misses three point jump shot | Â | |
0:50 | Â | Myles Watkins defensive rebound | Â | |
0:39 | Â | Javontae Campbell shooting foul (Landin Hacker draws the foul) | Â | |
0:39 | Â | Landin Hacker misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
0:39 | +1 | Landin Hacker makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 29-31 | |
0:12 | Â | Marcus Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Billy Smith steals) | Â | |
0:02 | +3 | Ben Johnson makes three point jump shot | 29-34 | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |