NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Indiana State men's basketball dropped the first game of its two-game road swing, this one at Belmont, 77-75. The Sycamores fell to 13-16, 7-11 MVC while Belmont improved to 19-10, 11-7 MVC.
 
Derek Vorst broke open the scoring two minutes into the game with a three-pointer. Only three total more baskets were made through the media timeout with Belmont leading, 6-5.
 
Indiana State missed the next four shots, but Camp Wagner found Bruno Alocen under the rim wide open for a layup to end the scoring drought at the 13:41 mark. In the next possession, Wagner came up with the steal and was rewarded with the triple at the other end off a pass from Jaden Daughtry, putting the Sycamores ahead again 10-9 with 13:13 on the clock.
 
Through this point in the game, there were 10 total turnovers combined, Indiana State with four and Belmont with six.
 
The game's turnover party continued, as Indiana State grew to a six-point lead off a layup by Daughtry and a triple by Jayan Walker, both off Belmont turnovers. Indiana State held a 15-9 lead with 11:56 to play.
 
Another scoring drought by Indiana State allowed Belmont to take a 17-15 lead with 9:45 to play. Following seven-straight misses, Wagner made an elbow fadeaway jumper to end this drought to tie the game at 17 each with 7:12 to go.
 
After the Sycamores held a 19-17 lead off a K'mani Doughty jumper, Belmont used a 7-0 run to go up 24-19 with just over five minutes to play. Doughty drained a three-pointer off the left wing to cut the score 24-22 before the under-four media timeout was called at 3:39.
 
Down 26-22, Daughtry drove the lane and made a short floater in front of the rim, and in the next possession he found Josiah LeGree for a layup off a baseline back cut to tie the game at 26-26 with 1:37 remaining in the half.
 
Daughtry finished off the glass with 22 seconds remaining in the half, then Walker forced a Bruin turnover to send Indiana State into the locker room at half ahead 28-26. The Sycamore defense held Belmont scoreless in the last 3:24 of the half to allow Indiana State to take the lead on a 6-0 run.
 
At the half, Indiana State shot 32.4% (12-for-37) from the field and 21.1% (4-for-19) from three, despite having several good that just didn't fall. Belmont shot 37.0% (10-for-27) from the field and 45.5% (5-for-11) from deep. The first half saw 17 total turnovers, 10 by Belmont and seven by the Sycamores.
 
Similar to the first half, Vorst scored first for the Sycamores on a putback dunk. After four Bruin points, Vorst banked a layup off the glass and Doughty followed up with a three-pointer two possessions later. A floater by the Bruins tied the ballgame at 35-35 at the first media timeout of the half with 15:46 on the clock.
 
The Sycamores tied their largest lead of the game with three-straight buckets. Wagner drained a corner three, Vorst found Aaron Gray on a backdoor cut and dunk, then Wagner drained another triple off the top of the key. Indiana State held a 45-39 lead with 13:39 remaining.
 
Wagner found a little spark and made his third-straight three pointer, this one from the right corner in front of his bench. Following the basket, Belmont tied the game with just under 11 minutes to play off a 7-0 run in the next 90 seconds of action.
 
Wagner moved his streak up to five threes in a row to push Indiana State back up five points, 55-50 with 9:48 to play. Following a dunk by the Bruins, Alocen scored his first basket of the half with a three-pointer from the left side. Indiana State led 58-52.   

Samage Teel got his first bucket in the game with 7:45 on the clock, giving Indiana State their largest lead of the game, 60-52. Belmont in the next three minutes went on an 9-0 run to take the 61-60 lead.
 
Belmont climbed all the way back and took a four-point, 67-63 advantage with a 15-3 run from the 7:45 mark to 2:27 on the clock.
 
Doughty personally gave the Sycamores the lead with his own 5-0 run, 68-67, with 1:34 remaining. He made a pair of free throws then drained his third three-pointer of the game.
 
Two free throws by Belmont gave them a 71-68 lead with 51 seconds to play. The Sycamores had the ball with 30 seconds left in the game in a three-point, 72-69 deficit before a turnover, foul and a pair of free throws put the Bruins up 74-72.
 
The game played out with three free throws by Belmont and another three-pointer by Wagner, but it was Belmont that earned the 77-75 victory.
 
Camp Wagner led the game in scoring 31 points on 11-of-23 shooting from the field and 9-of-18 from three. He chipped in three rebounds, two steals, and an assist. K'mani Doughty scored 13 points with four rebounds and three assists. Samage Teel finished with 11 assists and six rebounds with two points. Derek Vorst added nine points and nine rebounds.
 
News & Notes

• Camp Wagner set career highs in both points (31), three-pointers (9), and field goals made (11). He tied the individual single-game three-point record with nine three-pointers. It's been done only twice in program history (Marico Stinson, 12/30/06 and Cooper Neese, 3/3/23).
  • His nine three-pointers set a new record by a Belmont visiting opponent.
• Derek Vorst grabbed a career-high nine rebounds, which tied for the game high.
• Samage Teel tied his career high in assists with 11.
• K'mani Doughty grabbed all four of his rebounds on the offensive glass.
• All players that got into the game for the Sycamores (9) grabbed at least two rebounds.
• Indiana State recorded 19 assists, the most in the last five games.
• The trend of making 28 field goals continued, as Indiana State finished 28-of-72 from the field. The team has made 28 field goals in five of the last seven games.
• Indiana State made 15 three pointers, the most in the last five games, to tie the season high. This marks the fourth time this season the team made 15 threes.
• Going 4-of-6 from the free throw line as a team, it marked the lowest amount of attempts on the season.
• The 41 rebounds are the most in the last six games.
• Recording eight steals marks the most in the last nine games (10 against Illinois State on January 21).

 
Up Next
Indiana State plays at Murray State on Tuesday, February 25 with an 8 p.m. ET tip off.
 
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