February 26, 2007
Men's and Women's Basketball Enter Tournament Play With Big Wins
Belmont's men's and women's basketball teams earned big wins going into their respective Atlantic Sun conference tournaments for a potential bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament.
The Belmont women's basketball team picked up its third Atlantic Sun regular season title in four years and extended its home win streak to 23 games with its come-from-behind win against Gardner-Webb Saturday night. The Bruins knocked off the Bulldogs 54-51 and improved to 15-1 in the conference. Belmont wraps up its regualar season with two away games. The Bruins will take on Jacksonville on March 1 and North Florida on March 3.
Belmont's men's basketball team wrapped up the regular season with a 74-54 win at North Florida Saturday afternoon. Belmont has now won 20 games for the third time in the last four seasons. The Bruins will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and will play No. 7 Gardner-Webb Thursday at noon CST in Johnson City, Tenn.
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