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Malik Dia only played 16 minutes in Belmont’s loss to Drake. Photo by Landen Secrest.
Once again picking through box scores attempting to explain three defeats:
The most important statistic from Belmont’s 84-69
loss to Drake was 20. That’s the number of consecutive victories Drake
has on its home court. It’s tied with Houston for the longest active
streak in the country. An upset could only have been classified as major
if it had happened.
There were other reasons for the defeat. Fouls limited Malik Dia to
16 minutes, Cade Tyson to 25 and Jayce Willingham to 16. Plus, the
Bruins uncharacteristically didn’t shoot well. Dia was 3 of 10, Tyson 3
of 8 and the team was 26 of 63 (41 percent). They only made 7 of 24
threes.
The Bruins, not a great rebounding team, had 13 offensive rebounds
but were only able to parlay that into four points (see: Bad shooting).
Drake shot 30 for 58, but Belmont did a nice job on the Bulldogs’
star Tucker DeVries, making him earn his 21 points on 5-of-16 shooting.
So, the rest of the Bulldogs were 25 for 42, 59 percent.
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