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Furman beats Belmont 99-76

AP
Nov 10, 2023

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) JP Pegues had 23 points in Furman's 99-76 win over Belmont on Friday night.

Pegues also contributed nine rebounds and nine assists for the Paladins (2-0). Marcus Foster added 16 points while going 6 of 14 (4 for 9 from 3-point range), and he also had seven rebounds. Pjay Smith Jr. was 5 of 7 shooting, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line to finish with 15 points.

Ja'Kobi Gillespie finished with 21 points and two steals for the Bruins (1-1). Kyler Vanderjagt added 12 points and three steals for Belmont. Jayce Willingham also had 11 points and two blocks.

NEXT UP

Furman takes on Liberty on Thursday, and Belmont hosts Berry on Tuesday.

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1st Half
BELM
Bruins
31
FURM
Paladins
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Malik Dia vs. Tyrese Hughey (Bruins gains possession)
19:49		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses two point layup
19:47		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
19:30	+2	JP Pegues makes two point layup	0-2
19:29		Keishawn Davidson shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
19:29		JP Pegues misses regular free throw 1 of 1
19:29		Tyrese Hughey offensive rebound
19:17		Garrett Hien misses two point jump shot
19:15		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
19:04		Malik Dia misses three point jump shot
19:02		JP Pegues defensive rebound
18:54		Marcus Foster turnover (double dribble)
18:38	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point jump shot (Isaiah Walker assists)	2-2
18:21		Keishawn Davidson blocks Pjay Smith Jr.'s two point jump shot
18:19		Malik Dia defensive rebound
18:10	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup	4-2
17:52		Cade Tyson shooting foul (Garrett Hien draws the foul)
17:52	+1	Garrett Hien makes regular free throw 1 of 2	4-3
17:52		Garrett Hien misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:52		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
17:38		Tyrese Hughey shooting foul (Malik Dia draws the foul)
17:38	+1	Malik Dia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-3
17:38		Malik Dia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:38		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
17:25		Ja'Kobi Gillespie blocks Marcus Foster's two point layup
17:23		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
17:07		Malik Dia misses two point layup
17:05		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
16:57	+2	Garrett Hien makes two point dunk (JP Pegues assists)	5-5
16:39		Malik Dia misses two point jump shot
16:37		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
16:21	+3	Garrett Hien makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	5-8
16:10		Garrett Hien personal foul
16:07	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point jump shot	7-8
15:47	+2	JP Pegues makes two point jump shot	7-10
15:33		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
15:31		Paladins defensive rebound
15:29		TV timeout
15:17		JP Pegues misses two point layup
15:15		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
15:08		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
15:06		Davis Molnar defensive rebound
14:58	+3	Garrett Hien makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	7-13
14:45	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup	9-13
14:24		Garrett Hien turnover (out of bounds)
14:16	+2	Jayce Willingham makes two point layup	11-13
13:55	+2	Ben VanderWal makes two point layup (Carter Whitt assists)	11-15
13:35	+2	Kyler Vanderjagt makes two point layup	13-15
13:24	+2	Carter Whitt makes two point layup	13-17
13:10		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (bad pass) (Davis Molnar steals)
13:05		Ben VanderWal misses three point jump shot
13:03		Kyler Vanderjagt defensive rebound
12:56		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (lost ball) (Pjay Smith Jr. steals)
12:56		Kyler Vanderjagt shooting foul (Pjay Smith Jr. draws the foul)
12:56		Pjay Smith Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:56	+1	Pjay Smith Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-18
12:36		Isaiah Walker turnover (back court violation)
12:23	+2	Cooper Bowser makes two point layup (Carter Whitt assists)	13-20
11:57		Malik Dia misses two point layup
11:55		Cade Tyson offensive rebound
11:52	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point layup	15-20
11:41	+2	Cooper Bowser makes two point dunk	15-22
11:23		Jayce Willingham misses three point jump shot
11:21		Carter Whitt defensive rebound
11:14		Carter Whitt misses two point layup
11:12		Cooper Bowser offensive rebound
11:07		Cooper Bowser misses two point layup
11:05		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
11:01	+2	Isaiah Walker makes two point layup (Keishawn Davidson assists)	17-22
10:46		Davis Molnar misses two point jump shot
10:44		Keishawn Davidson defensive rebound
10:38		Keishawn Davidson misses two point layup
10:36		Malik Dia offensive rebound
10:29		Cooper Bowser blocks Malik Dia's two point layup
10:27		Carter Whitt defensive rebound
10:22	+2	Cooper Bowser makes two point layup (Davis Molnar assists)	17-24
10:08		Ben VanderWal blocks Cade Tyson's two point layup
10:06		Bruins offensive rebound
10:05		TV timeout
9:59		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses three point jump shot
9:57		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
9:41	+3	Tyrese Hughey makes three point jump shot (Marcus Foster assists)	17-27
9:16		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses three point jump shot
9:14		JP Pegues defensive rebound
8:55	+2	Pjay Smith Jr. makes two point layup (Garrett Hien assists)	17-29
8:38		Malik Dia misses two point layup
8:36		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
8:32		Jayce Willingham personal foul
8:19	+2	Marcus Foster makes two point layup	17-31
8:02		Isaiah Walker misses three point jump shot
8:00		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
7:40		Garrett Hien misses two point layup
7:38		Paladins offensive rebound
7:38		TV timeout
7:31	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	17-34
7:10	+2	Brigham Rogers makes two point layup	19-34
6:59		Garrett Hien misses three point jump shot
6:57		Marcus Foster offensive rebound
6:44		Marcus Foster misses two point layup
6:37		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
6:37	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup (Cade Tyson assists)	21-34
6:23		Keishawn Davidson blocks JP Pegues's two point layup
6:21		Brigham Rogers defensive rebound
6:16		Keishawn Davidson misses three point jump shot
6:14		JP Pegues defensive rebound
6:09	+2	Tyrese Hughey makes two point dunk (Pjay Smith Jr. assists)	21-36
5:52		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses two point jump shot
5:50		Pjay Smith Jr. defensive rebound
5:41	+2	Garrett Hien makes two point layup (Pjay Smith Jr. assists)	21-38
5:25		Keishawn Davidson misses two point jump shot
5:23		JP Pegues defensive rebound
5:05		Ja'Kobi Gillespie shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
5:05	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-39
5:05	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-40
4:49		Malik Dia misses two point jump shot
4:47		Davis Molnar defensive rebound
4:42		Ben VanderWal misses three point jump shot
4:40		Davis Molnar offensive rebound
4:35		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
4:33		Malik Dia defensive rebound
4:23		Davis Molnar shooting foul (Kyler Vanderjagt draws the foul)
4:23	+1	Kyler Vanderjagt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-40
4:23	+1	Kyler Vanderjagt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-40
4:02		Marcus Foster turnover (bad pass) (Jake Dykstra steals)
3:44	+2	Kyler Vanderjagt makes two point layup	25-40
3:31		Cooper Bowser turnover (bad pass) (Kyler Vanderjagt steals)
3:20		Win Miller misses three point jump shot
3:18		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
3:10		Jayce Willingham blocks Marcus Foster's two point layup
3:08		Malik Dia defensive rebound
3:02	+2	Malik Dia makes two point layup	27-40
3:00		Paladins 30 second timeout
3:00		TV timeout
2:39		Garrett Hien misses three point jump shot
2:37		Ben VanderWal offensive rebound
2:32		Ben VanderWal misses two point layup
2:30		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
2:27	+2	Malik Dia makes two point layup (Jayce Willingham assists)	29-40
2:23		Kyler Vanderjagt shooting foul (Ben VanderWal draws the foul)
2:23	+1	Ben VanderWal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-41
2:23		Ben VanderWal misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:23		Malik Dia defensive rebound
2:06		Win Miller turnover (bad pass) (JP Pegues steals)
2:01		JP Pegues turnover (out of bounds)
1:53		Marcus Foster personal foul
1:34		Malik Dia misses two point jump shot
1:32		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
1:17		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
1:15		Paladins offensive rebound
1:11		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
1:09		Malik Dia defensive rebound
1:03	+2	Malik Dia makes two point dunk	31-41
0:51	+2	Garrett Hien makes two point layup (JP Pegues assists)	31-43
0:31		Malik Dia misses three point jump shot
0:29		JP Pegues defensive rebound
0:03	+3	JP Pegues makes three point jump shot	31-46
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
BELM
Bruins
45
FURM
Paladins
53

Time		Play	Score
19:49		Garrett Hien misses two point layup
19:47		Keishawn Davidson defensive rebound
19:43	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup	33-46
19:43		JP Pegues shooting foul (Ja'Kobi Gillespie draws the foul)
19:43	+1	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-46
19:26		Garrett Hien turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Kobi Gillespie steals)
19:17		Pjay Smith Jr. personal foul
19:12		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses three point jump shot
19:10		Cade Tyson offensive rebound
19:02	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point layup	36-46
18:43		Garrett Hien turnover (out of bounds)
18:13		Cade Tyson misses two point layup
18:13		Bruins offensive rebound
18:13		Bruins turnover (shot clock violation)
18:02	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (Pjay Smith Jr. assists)	36-49
17:47		Garrett Hien shooting foul (Malik Dia draws the foul)
17:47	+1	Malik Dia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-49
17:47		Malik Dia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:47		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
17:34		JP Pegues turnover (lost ball) (Malik Dia steals)
17:26		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
17:24		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
17:12		Pjay Smith Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Kyler Vanderjagt steals)
17:05	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup	39-49
16:50	+3	Pjay Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	39-52
16:36		Malik Dia misses three point jump shot
16:34		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
16:15	+3	JP Pegues makes three point jump shot	39-55
16:14		Kyler Vanderjagt shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
16:14	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 1	39-56
15:58	+2	Kyler Vanderjagt makes two point layup	41-56
15:51		Jayce Willingham blocks Cooper Bowser's two point layup
15:49		Davis Molnar offensive rebound
15:40		Davis Molnar misses two point layup
15:38		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
15:30	+3	Jayce Willingham makes three point jump shot (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	44-56
15:15		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
15:13		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
15:04		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
15:02		JP Pegues defensive rebound
14:54	+2	Pjay Smith Jr. makes two point jump shot (Davis Molnar assists)	44-58
14:38		Cooper Bowser personal foul
14:38		TV timeout
14:33		Cooper Bowser blocks Ja'Kobi Gillespie's two point layup
14:31		Isaiah Walker offensive rebound
14:28	+2	Isaiah Walker makes two point layup	46-58
14:24		JP Pegues turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Kobi Gillespie steals)
14:18	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup (Cade Tyson assists)	48-58
14:09	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	48-61
13:54		JP Pegues blocks Cade Tyson's two point layup
13:52		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
13:36		Isaiah Walker shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
13:36	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-62
13:36	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-63
13:29	+3	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes three point jump shot	51-63
13:12	+2	Cooper Bowser makes two point dunk (Carter Whitt assists)	51-65
12:54		Cooper Bowser blocks Keishawn Davidson's two point layup
12:52		Carter Whitt defensive rebound
12:46		Ben VanderWal misses three point jump shot
12:44		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
12:40		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses two point layup
12:38		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
12:23	+2	Carter Whitt makes two point layup	51-67
12:23		Ja'Kobi Gillespie shooting foul (Carter Whitt draws the foul)
12:23		Carter Whitt misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:23		Ben VanderWal offensive rebound
12:21	+2	Ben VanderWal makes two point layup	51-69
12:13	+2	Win Miller makes two point jump shot	53-69
12:03		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
12:01		Win Miller defensive rebound
11:53	+3	Keishawn Davidson makes three point jump shot	56-69
11:41		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:39		Keishawn Davidson defensive rebound
11:33	+2	Keishawn Davidson makes two point layup	58-69
11:15		Ben VanderWal misses three point jump shot
11:13		Malik Dia defensive rebound
10:53		Cade Tyson misses two point jump shot
10:51		Cade Tyson offensive rebound
10:50	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point layup	60-69
10:50		Ben VanderWal shooting foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
10:50		TV timeout
10:50	+1	Cade Tyson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	61-69
10:31	+2	Pjay Smith Jr. makes two point jump shot	61-71
10:17		Keishawn Davidson turnover (lost ball) (JP Pegues steals)
10:12	+2	Carter Whitt makes two point layup (JP Pegues assists)	61-73
9:59		JP Pegues personal foul
9:42		Malik Dia misses three point jump shot
9:40		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
9:15		Carter Whitt misses two point jump shot
9:13		Garrett Hien offensive rebound
9:08		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
9:06		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
9:02	+2	Jayce Willingham makes two point dunk (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	63-73
8:56	+3	Pjay Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	63-76
8:46		Garrett Hien shooting foul (Malik Dia draws the foul)
8:46		Malik Dia misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:46		Malik Dia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:46		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
8:39		Carter Whitt misses two point layup
8:35		Tyrese Hughey offensive rebound
8:35	+2	Tyrese Hughey makes two point dunk	63-78
8:27		Carter Whitt personal foul (Ja'Kobi Gillespie draws the foul)
8:27	+1	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-78
8:27	+1	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-78
8:14		Carter Whitt turnover (bad pass) (Kyler Vanderjagt steals)
8:04		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (lost ball) (Carter Whitt steals)
7:59	+2	JP Pegues makes two point layup (Marcus Foster assists)	65-80
7:43		Tyrese Hughey personal foul (Kyler Vanderjagt draws the foul)
7:43		TV timeout
7:43	+1	Kyler Vanderjagt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-80
7:43	+1	Kyler Vanderjagt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-80
7:33	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (Pjay Smith Jr. assists)	67-83
7:07		Marcus Foster shooting foul (Kyler Vanderjagt draws the foul)
7:07	+1	Kyler Vanderjagt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-83
7:07	+1	Kyler Vanderjagt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-83
6:54		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
6:52		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
6:39	+2	Jayce Willingham makes two point layup	71-83
6:17		Carter Whitt misses three point jump shot
6:15		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
6:02		Jayce Willingham misses three point jump shot
6:00		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
5:52		Paladins 30 second timeout
5:52		TV timeout
5:48	+2	JP Pegues makes two point layup	71-85
5:35		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses three point jump shot
5:33		JP Pegues defensive rebound
5:32		Isaiah Walker personal foul
5:11	+2	Marcus Foster makes two point layup	71-87
5:04		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
5:02		Pjay Smith Jr. defensive rebound
4:54		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
4:52		Tyrese Hughey offensive rebound
4:45	+3	JP Pegues makes three point jump shot (Tyrese Hughey assists)	71-90
4:32		Tyrese Hughey shooting foul (Ja'Kobi Gillespie draws the foul)
4:31	+1	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-90
4:31		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:31		JP Pegues defensive rebound
4:23		Ja'Kobi Gillespie personal foul
4:18		Kyler Vanderjagt shooting foul (Pjay Smith Jr. draws the foul)
4:18	+1	Pjay Smith Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-91
4:18	+1	Pjay Smith Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-92
3:48		Bruins turnover (shot clock violation)
3:48		TV timeout
3:20		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
3:18		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
3:11	+2	Jayce Willingham makes two point layup (Isaiah Walker assists)	74-92
2:55		Brigham Rogers personal foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
2:55	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-93
2:55		JP Pegues misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:55		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
2:38		Kyler Vanderjagt misses two point layup
2:36		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
2:21		Garrett Hien turnover (Brigham Rogers steals)
2:21		Jake Dykstra misses two point layup
2:19		JP Pegues defensive rebound
2:17		Paladins 30 second timeout
2:17		Carter Whitt turnover (bad pass) (Isaiah Walker steals)
2:13		Isaiah Walker turnover (out of bounds)
1:59		Carter Whitt misses two point layup
1:57		Ben VanderWal offensive rebound
1:57		Jake Dykstra personal foul (Ben VanderWal draws the foul)
1:57		Ben VanderWal misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:57		Davis Molnar offensive rebound
1:49	+2	Cooper Bowser makes two point dunk (Carter Whitt assists)	74-95
1:33		Jake Dykstra turnover (Cooper Bowser steals)
1:28	+2	Ben VanderWal makes two point dunk (Cooper Bowser assists)	74-97
1:17		Davis Molnar shooting foul (Brigham Rogers draws the foul)
1:17		Brigham Rogers misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:00		Brigham Rogers misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:00		Thomas Tillman defensive rebound
1:00		Jeremy Burr turnover (lost ball) (Win Miller steals)
0:55	+2	Isaiah Walker makes two point layup (Win Miller assists)	76-97
0:34	+2	Cason Collins makes two point layup (Carter Whitt assists)	76-99
0:25		Isaiah Walker misses two point layup
0:23		Jeremy Burr defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Jeremy Burr defensive rebound