NASHVILLE, Tenn — (ESPN CLARKSVILLE) Steve Harris scored a career-best 20 points but it couldn’t offset Belmont’s second –half three- point shooting as Austin Peay dropped an 83-59 Ohio Valley Conference decision, Saturday night, at the Curb Event Center.
The loss dropped the Govs to 10-10 overall and 5-3 in the OVC while first-place Belmont improved to 15-6 overall, 7-1 in the OVC.
Harris, starting in place of an illness-stricken Dayton Gumm, scored double figures for the first time in 12 games with his first career 20-point outing on 7-of-15 shooting. Unfortunately, he was the only Gov in double figures.
Meanwhile, Belmont, which scored the final five points of the first half to lead, 31-26, at intermission, connected on 9-of-13 from three-point range in the second half. Belmont was so hot from the three point-point line in the second half that even a student, Tucker Brown, hit a midcourt shot at the 8-minute timeout to earn tuition for a semester.
The Bruins finished 14-of-24 from three-point land, seven coming from junior forward Dylan Windler, who had 31 points. Four other Bruins also scored in double figures.
Belmont converted 9-of-13 three pointers in the second half. With Gumm out of the lineup, the Governors went 0-of-3 from three in the second half. As a result, a five-point halftime deficit grew to double digits during the early stages of the second half. APSU finished the night just 1-of-10 from three while Belmont scored more than half of their points from behind the arc.