Bellarmine to the NCAA DII Final Four

[Lawnboy13]

Bellarmine University - Knights roll into Final 4 with 92-72 win over Orediggers

 

 

Former NewCath & 2016 9th Region POY, Ben Weyer, made his presence felt by contributing 11 points, seven rebounds and swatting three Oredigger shots.

 

The Knights now move on to the play the top-seeded Fairmont Fighting Falcons in tomorrow's first semifinal game that will tip at 6 p.m. CDT (7 p.m. EDT). Fairmont thrashed Rollins 86-68 in today's first quarter final game. Tomorrow's semifinals will be televised to a national audience on CBS Sports Network with Steve Lappas and Andrew Catalon on the call.

[mcpapa]

Orediggers. Has to be one of the best nicknames out there.

[tcjkbt]

Orediggers. Has to be one of the best nicknames out there.

Don't be fooled....I hear they're all engineering majors.

[Clyde]

BU went down by about 10 to Fairmont St. Got down 23 in the first half.

[tcjkbt]

It was a brutal first half for the Knights. They got sped up and out-athlete.

The final Saturday will be Fairmont State (ex-Huggins assistant is the HC) against Northwestern Missouri State, who defeated Lincoln Memorial (TN) in the other semi.

[tcjkbt]

Bellarmine has now won 48 straight home games.

[Oldercoach]

Knights getting strong contributions from NCC's Weyer and Augusta's Brent Bach. The 9-0 Knight's #2 scorer is Weyer at 12+ ppg, and #3 scorer is Bach at 11.5 ppg.

[TAC]

Knights getting strong contributions from NCC's Weyer and Augusta's Brent Bach. The 9-0 Knight's #2 scorer is Weyer at 12+ ppg, and #3 scorer is Bach at 11.5 ppg.

 

Glad to see Bach finally getting his chance to shine. Weyer appears to be at full strength and dominating. Bummed they no longer play CBU now that both are ranked in the top 10.

[Oldercoach]

Glad to see Bach finally getting his chance to shine. Weyer appears to be at full strength and dominating. Bummed they no longer play CBU now that both are ranked in the top 10.

Davenport plays a lot of guys as he tries to develop depth for a post season run. 7 guys at 20+ minutes per game, with Eberhard leading at 25+. Weyer and Bach both are starters in the key rotation. Bach leads 3 pt shooting % at 54% with Weyer right there on a higher volume at 53%. Bach leads team in overall FG% at 59%, while Weyer is an outstanding 53%. The Knights can flat put the ball in the hoop. But those of us from NKy knew our local guys could.

[tcjkbt]

Bellarmine has now won 48 straight home games.

With its win last night over Drury, Bellarmine has now won 53 straight home games.

[tcjkbt]

54 with today's win.