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JACKSONVILLE, Fl. \u2013 A team that consistently relies on its offense to win games, Bellarmine University men’s basketball turned up the defensive pressure down the stretch, securing an 82-79 win over Jacksonville in the opening round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship at UNF Arena.<\/p>\n
After allowing just 32 points in the first half, the Knights (13-18, 7-11 ASUN) had their work cut out for them in the second half as Jacksonville brought its offense to another level. With Down one point with 3:53 left in the game, Bellarmine brought it’s a game on defense, not allowing another Dolphin basket for the remainder of play.<\/p>\n
On the offensive end, it was redshirt senior Brian Waddell<\/a> who delivered the go-ahead basket. The forward slipped behind the Jacksonville defense on the baseline before delivering a two-handed slam to put Bellarmine ahead 80-79. Following the bucket, freshman Sam Donald<\/a> delivered two free throws to push the lead to three.<\/p>\n Bellarmine dominated the first half of play and was once again led by the ASUN’s leading scorer, senior Jack Karasinski<\/a>. The forward turned in all 10 of Bellarmine’s first points, including two threes. After a back-and-forth affair early, sophomore Tyler Doyle<\/a> extended the Knights’ lead 26-17 after hitting a contested three and tough driving layup on back-to-back possessions.<\/p>\n With 2:12 left in the opening half, BU went on a run, scoring 10 straight points to go up 17, the largest lead of the half before a final JU bucket sent Bellarmine into the locker room with a 47-32 lead.<\/p>\n The Knights opened the second half on another heater, scoring six straight points to push the lead to a game-high 19 at 56-37.<\/p>\n From there, Jacksonville (12-20, 7-11 ASUN) started chipping away before going on a red-hot 16-0 run to storm back and take a 64-62 lead. The Dolphins continued to maintain control for the next few minutes before Bellarmine locked in on defense, resulting in the final run to give the Knights the 82-79 victory.<\/p>\n Karasinski finished the contest with a game-high 31 points, adding five rebounds and an assist. Waddell turned in an efficient 15-point performance on 5-of-8 shooting while collecting a team-high seven boards. Doyle added 14 points and game-high seven assists while redshirt sophomore Kenyon Goodin<\/a> rounded out the group with 11 points, hitting three of his five three-point attempts.<\/p>\n Jacksonville was led by impressive performances out of its youthful backcourt duo of freshman Hayden Wood and sophomore Chris Lockett. Wood turned in 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting, adding six rebounds and two assists. Lockett was one point behind, recording 22 with four rebounds and led Jacksonville’s second half surge, scoring 13 points in the stanza.<\/p>\n The Knights will continue their ASUN Championship run on Friday, March 6, taking on Central Arkansas at VyStar Arena at 12 pm E.T.<\/p>\n For more coverage of Bellarmine athletics, follow BUKnights on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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