Lipscomb beats Belmont 88-75 in Battle of the Boulevard

NASHVILLE - Lipscomb defeated Belmont 88-75 on Tuesday night at Allen Arena, according to the official box score, to take the 153rd Battle of the Boulevard. The Bisons improved to 2-2, while the Bruins fell to 2-1.

Lipscomb led 40-32 at halftime and outscored Belmont 48-43 in the second half. Devyn Martin paced the Bisons with 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting, Titas Sargiunas scored 17 and Takai Simpkins added 16. Lipscomb made 9 of 28 three-pointers and went 35-of-64 from the field.

Jack Smiley led Belmont with 23 points, Jabez Jenkins had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Bruins, and Aleksa Ristic and Vincent Neugebauer each finished with 10. Belmont had a 37-30 rebounding edge for the game. The attendance was 3,577.

Lipscomb is scheduled to play at Western Carolina on Saturday.

Source: Official box score, Lipscomb Athletics; official box score, Belmont Athletics