JVILLE

BELLAR

Bellarmine wins ASUN, hands NCAA bid to Jacksonville State

AP
Mar 09, 2022

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine Knights defeated Jacksonville Dolphins 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Tuesday, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State.

The Knights, in the second of a four-year transition to D-1, became heroes in Jacksonville, Alabama. Top-seeded JSU fell at home 54-51 to the Dolphins on Saturday, but since Bellarmine is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, the Gamecocks will go dancing.

Bellarmine, a recent Division II power and 2011 champion, defeated Liberty, the other ASUN division champion, 53-50 on the road on Saturday. Jacksonville, which joined the ASUN in 1998, was seeking its first league championship and first NCAA berth in 36 years.

Bellarmine (20-13) made 11 of 12 free throws in the last two minutes with Fleming perfect on eight, to hold off Jacksonville, which made 5 of 8 field goals, two of them 3s, down the stretch.

Jordan Davis scored 22 points for the Dolphins (21-10), which lost the only regular-season meeting 76-73 in overtime in the same building, and Osayi Osifo and Tyreese Davis had 11 each.

Penn, Juston Betz and Curt Hopf hit consecutive 3-pointers to give Bellarmine a 9-4 lead and Sam Devault added back-to-back triples as the Knights started red hot. Penn's layup midway through the first half made it 28-10 with the Knights going 10 of 14, seven of the baskets behind the arc.

Jacksonville battled back to get within 36-26 at the half, despite going 0 of 10 from 3-point range compared to 9 of 16 for Bellarmine.

The Dolphins hit six 3s in the second half and shot 50% but could get no closer than six.

The Knights finished shooting 50% overall and were 12 of 25 from 3-point range and 15 of 17 from the foul line.

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1st Half
JU
Dolphins
26
BELLAR
Knights
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Mike Marsh vs. Curt Hopf (Knights gains possession)
19:37		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
19:35		Mike Marsh defensive rebound
19:14	+2	Osayi Osifo makes two point dunk (Kevion Nolan assists)	2-0
18:41		CJ Fleming misses two point jump shot
18:39		Tyreese Davis defensive rebound
18:13		Mike Marsh misses two point hook shot
18:11		Osayi Osifo offensive rebound
18:07	+2	Osayi Osifo makes two point putback layup	4-0
17:44	+3	Dylan Penn makes three point jump shot (CJ Fleming assists)	4-3
17:17		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
17:15		Juston Betz defensive rebound
17:04	+3	Juston Betz makes three point jump shot (Dylan Penn assists)	4-6
16:42		Kevion Nolan misses two point jump shot
16:40		Dylan Penn defensive rebound
16:31	+3	Curt Hopf makes three point jump shot (Dylan Penn assists)	4-9
16:20		Dolphins 30 second timeout
16:20		TV timeout
16:13	+2	Bryce Workman makes two point layup (Kevion Nolan assists)	6-9
15:54	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point hook shot	6-11
15:34		Bryce Workman misses two point layup
15:32		Mike Marsh offensive rebound
15:29		Tyreese Davis misses three point jump shot
15:27		Juston Betz defensive rebound
15:23		Ethan Claycomb misses three point jump shot
15:21		Knights offensive rebound
15:02		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
15:00		Osayi Osifo defensive rebound
14:29		Dolphins turnover (shot clock violation)
14:24		Curt Hopf offensive foul (Osayi Osifo draws the foul)
14:24		Curt Hopf turnover
14:11	+2	Osayi Osifo makes two point reverse layup (Kevion Nolan assists)	8-11
13:55		Juston Betz misses two point layup
13:53		Tyreese Davis defensive rebound
13:49		Osayi Osifo offensive foul
13:49		Osayi Osifo turnover
13:43	+3	Sam Devault makes three point jump shot (Ethan Claycomb assists)	8-14
13:25		Bryce Workman offensive foul (Ethan Claycomb draws the foul)
13:25		Bryce Workman turnover
13:08	+3	Sam Devault makes three point jump shot (CJ Fleming assists)	8-17
12:42	+2	Gyasi Powell makes two point pullup jump shot	10-17
12:09	+3	CJ Fleming makes three point pullup jump shot	10-20
11:44		Kevion Nolan misses three point jump shot
11:42		Dylan Penn defensive rebound
11:36	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point driving layup	10-22
11:36		Bryce Workman shooting foul (Dylan Penn draws the foul)
11:34		TV timeout
11:34	+1	Dylan Penn makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-23
11:23		Tyreese Davis misses three point jump shot
11:21		Dylan Penn defensive rebound
10:56	+3	Garrett Tipton makes three point jump shot (Juston Betz assists)	10-26
10:29		Osayi Osifo misses two point hook shot
10:27		Rod Brown offensive rebound
10:23		Gyasi Powell misses three point jump shot
10:21		Tyreese Davis offensive rebound
10:23		Jump ball. (Dolphins gains possession)
10:09		Gyasi Powell misses two point jump shot
10:07		Rod Brown offensive rebound
10:02		Rod Brown misses two point layup
10:00		Dylan Penn defensive rebound
9:37	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point driving layup	10-28
9:04		Rod Brown misses three point jump shot
9:02		Tyreese Davis offensive rebound
9:00	+2	Tyreese Davis makes two point putback layup	12-28
8:38		Ethan Claycomb turnover (lost ball) (Gyasi Powell steals)
8:35		CJ Fleming personal foul (Gyasi Powell draws the foul)
8:33		Curt Hopf shooting foul (Osayi Osifo draws the foul)
8:33	+1	Osayi Osifo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-28
8:33	+1	Osayi Osifo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-28
8:09		Sam Devault misses two point turnaround hook shot
8:07		Rod Brown defensive rebound
7:45		George Pridgett misses three point jump shot
7:43		Garrett Tipton defensive rebound
7:23		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
7:21		Garrett Tipton offensive rebound
7:05		Ethan Claycomb misses three point jump shot
7:03		Jordan Davis defensive rebound
6:38		Ethan Claycomb shooting foul (Jordan Davis draws the foul)
6:38		TV timeout
6:38	+1	Jordan Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-28
6:38	+1	Jordan Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-28
6:14		CJ Fleming misses two point jump shot
6:12		Kevion Nolan defensive rebound
5:54	+2	Mike Marsh makes two point hook shot	18-28
5:33		Sam Devault misses three point jump shot
5:31		Jordan Davis defensive rebound
5:29		Bash Wieland personal foul (Jordan Davis draws the foul)
5:11	+2	Mike Marsh makes two point hook shot	20-28
4:55		Dylan Penn misses two point driving layup
4:53		Kevion Nolan defensive rebound
4:24	+2	Mike Marsh makes two point turnaround hook shot	22-28
4:01	+3	CJ Fleming makes three point step back jump shot	22-31
3:25		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
3:23		Juston Betz defensive rebound
3:08	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point hook shot	22-33
2:38		Tyreese Davis misses three point jump shot
2:36		Juston Betz defensive rebound
2:11	+3	Sam Devault makes three point jump shot (Ethan Claycomb assists)	22-36
1:42		TV timeout
1:38		Juston Betz personal foul (Kevion Nolan draws the foul)
1:29	+2	Rod Brown makes two point layup (Kevion Nolan assists)	24-36
1:28		Juston Betz shooting foul (Rod Brown draws the foul)
1:28		Rod Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:28		Ethan Claycomb defensive rebound
1:01		Dylan Penn misses two point fadeaway jump shot
0:59		Osayi Osifo defensive rebound
0:44		Kevion Nolan misses three point jump shot
0:42		Juston Betz defensive rebound
0:39		Osayi Osifo personal foul (Juston Betz draws the foul)
0:09		Sam Devault misses three point jump shot
0:07		Gyasi Powell defensive rebound
0:03		Gyasi Powell misses two point layup
0:01		Mike Marsh offensive rebound
0:01	+2	Mike Marsh makes two point putback layup	26-36
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
JU
Dolphins
46
BELLAR
Knights
41

Time		Play	Score
19:35	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point layup	26-38
19:12		Jordan Davis misses two point jump shot
19:10		Knights defensive rebound
18:56		Curt Hopf misses two point jump shot
18:54		Tyreese Davis defensive rebound
18:28		Tyreese Davis misses two point jump shot
18:26		Juston Betz defensive rebound
18:16		Dylan Penn misses two point jump shot
18:14		Kevion Nolan defensive rebound
18:00	+2	Kevion Nolan makes two point jump shot (Tyreese Davis assists)	28-38
17:30		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
17:28		Tyreese Davis defensive rebound
17:19	+2	Jordan Davis makes two point layup (Tyreese Davis assists)	30-38
16:51		Juston Betz misses two point layup
16:49		Juston Betz offensive rebound
16:49		Osayi Osifo personal foul (Juston Betz draws the foul)
16:46		Mike Marsh personal foul (Curt Hopf draws the foul)
16:28		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
16:26		Bryce Workman defensive rebound
16:10		Kevion Nolan misses three point jump shot
16:08		Dylan Penn defensive rebound
15:59	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point jump shot	30-40
15:36		Tyreese Davis misses three point jump shot
15:34		Juston Betz defensive rebound
15:25	+2	CJ Fleming makes two point layup	30-42
15:04		Curt Hopf personal foul (Kevion Nolan draws the foul)
15:04		TV timeout
14:50	+3	Jordan Davis makes three point jump shot	33-42
14:25		Bryce Workman personal foul (Juston Betz draws the foul)
14:10		Dylan Penn misses three point jump shot
14:08		Bryce Workman defensive rebound
13:48		Bryce Workman turnover (lost ball) (Juston Betz steals)
13:21		Dylan Penn misses two point layup
13:19		Bryce Workman defensive rebound
13:00		Rod Brown turnover (Juston Betz steals)
12:53	+2	Juston Betz makes two point layup	33-44
12:32		Juston Betz personal foul (Kevion Nolan draws the foul)
12:23	+3	Gyasi Powell makes three point jump shot (Kevion Nolan assists)	36-44
12:24		Sam Devault personal foul (Rod Brown draws the foul)
12:23		TV timeout
12:13	+2	Jordan Davis makes two point jump shot	38-44
11:58		Rod Brown personal foul (CJ Fleming draws the foul)
11:53	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point layup	38-46
11:38	+2	Jordan Davis makes two point jump shot	40-46
11:04	+2	CJ Fleming makes two point jump shot	40-48
10:36	+2	Gyasi Powell makes two point layup	42-48
10:17	+3	Juston Betz makes three point jump shot (Dylan Penn assists)	42-51
9:58		Gyasi Powell misses three point jump shot
9:56		Juston Betz defensive rebound
9:56		Juston Betz turnover (lost ball) (Rod Brown steals)
9:51		Gyasi Powell turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Claycomb steals)
9:40	+3	CJ Fleming makes three point jump shot (Juston Betz assists)	42-54
9:27		Dolphins 30 second timeout
9:27		TV timeout
9:12		Juston Betz shooting foul (Tyreese Davis draws the foul)
9:12	+1	Tyreese Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-54
9:12	+1	Tyreese Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-54
8:54	+2	Dylan Penn makes two point layup	44-56
8:35	+2	Osayi Osifo makes two point layup (Gyasi Powell assists)	46-56
8:10		CJ Fleming misses two point jump shot
8:08		CJ Fleming offensive rebound
7:47		Tyreese Davis shooting foul (CJ Fleming draws the foul)
7:47		TV timeout
7:47	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 1 of 3	46-57
7:47	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 2 of 3	46-58
7:47	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 3 of 3	46-59
7:34		Gyasi Powell misses three point jump shot
7:32		Dylan Penn defensive rebound
7:08		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
7:06		Ethan Claycomb offensive rebound
6:59	+2	Ethan Claycomb makes two point layup	46-61
6:46		Jordan Davis misses two point jump shot
6:44		Bryce Workman offensive rebound
6:44		Ethan Claycomb shooting foul (Bryce Workman draws the foul)
6:44	+1	Bryce Workman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-61
6:44	+1	Bryce Workman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-61
6:18		Ethan Claycomb misses three point jump shot
6:16		Kevion Nolan defensive rebound
5:58		Ethan Claycomb shooting foul (Osayi Osifo draws the foul)
5:58	+1	Osayi Osifo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-61
5:58		Osayi Osifo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:58		Curt Hopf defensive rebound
5:38		CJ Fleming misses three point jump shot
5:36		Bryce Workman defensive rebound
5:29		Jordan Davis misses two point layup
5:27		Ethan Claycomb defensive rebound
4:55		Dylan Penn misses two point jump shot
4:53		Ethan Claycomb offensive rebound
4:49		Ethan Claycomb turnover (George Pridgett steals)
4:38		George Pridgett misses two point layup
4:36		Bryce Workman offensive rebound
4:31	+3	Jordan Davis makes three point jump shot (Bryce Workman assists)	52-61
4:23	+2	Garrett Tipton makes two point layup (Dylan Penn assists)	52-63
3:58		Kevion Nolan misses two point jump shot
3:56		Kevion Nolan offensive rebound
3:49		Kevion Nolan misses two point jump shot
3:47		Curt Hopf defensive rebound
3:35		Kevion Nolan personal foul
3:35		TV timeout
3:17	+3	CJ Fleming makes three point jump shot	52-66
3:01	+3	Tyreese Davis makes three point jump shot (Jordan Davis assists)	55-66
2:46		Kevion Nolan personal foul (Ethan Claycomb draws the foul)
2:46		Ethan Claycomb misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:46		Osayi Osifo defensive rebound
2:35		Kevion Nolan misses three point jump shot
2:33		Osayi Osifo offensive rebound
2:24		Dylan Penn shooting foul (Kevion Nolan draws the foul)
2:24		Kevion Nolan misses regular free throw 1 of 3
2:24	+1	Kevion Nolan makes regular free throw 2 of 3	56-66
2:24	+1	Kevion Nolan makes regular free throw 3 of 3	57-66
2:10		Knights 30 second timeout
1:55		Ethan Claycomb offensive foul (Osayi Osifo draws the foul)
1:55		Ethan Claycomb turnover
1:46	+2	Jordan Davis makes two point layup	59-66
1:46		Juston Betz shooting foul (Jordan Davis draws the foul)
1:46	+1	Jordan Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 1	60-66
1:41		Jordan Davis personal foul (CJ Fleming draws the foul)
1:41	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-67
1:41	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-68
1:30		Kevion Nolan misses three point jump shot
1:28		Osayi Osifo offensive rebound
1:17		Dolphins 30 second timeout
1:12		Kevion Nolan misses three point jump shot
1:10		CJ Fleming defensive rebound
1:08		Tyreese Davis personal foul (CJ Fleming draws the foul)
1:08	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-69
1:08	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-70
1:01	+2	Jordan Davis makes two point jump shot	62-70
0:52		Jordan Davis personal foul (Ethan Claycomb draws the foul)
0:56	+1	Ethan Claycomb makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-71
0:56		Ethan Claycomb misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:56		Bryce Workman defensive rebound
0:39		Curt Hopf shooting foul (Tyreese Davis draws the foul)
0:39	+1	Tyreese Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-71
0:39	+1	Tyreese Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-71
0:30		Tyreese Davis personal foul (Dylan Penn draws the foul)
0:30	+1	Dylan Penn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-72
0:30	+1	Dylan Penn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-73
0:24		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
0:22		Dolphins offensive rebound
0:19	+3	Kevion Nolan makes three point jump shot (Jordan Davis assists)	67-73
0:16		Tyreese Davis personal foul (CJ Fleming draws the foul)
0:16	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-74
0:16	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-75
0:08	+2	Tyreese Davis makes two point layup (Jordan Davis assists)	69-75
0:06		Jordan Davis personal foul (CJ Fleming draws the foul)
0:08	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-76
0:06	+1	CJ Fleming makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-77
0:03	+3	Jordan Davis makes three point jump shot	72-77
0:00		End of period

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Jordan Davis makes three point jump shot