In front of a national television audience and a packed crowd of 4,813 at the Curb Event Center, one Belmont Bruin stole the show in the men’s basketball team’s 81-62 victory against the Ohio Bobcats Saturday night. After fighting through a knee sprain in the first half, senior guard Ian Clark scored 18 points and passed Wes Burtner to become the Bruins’ all-time leading scorer in the NCAA era with 1,835 points. “I didn’t know about it until everyone started getting antsy tow

Days before playing conference foe Murray State in a nationally televised game, the Belmont men’s basketball team received votes in two national polls and were scheduled to play a nationally televised home game. On Monday, the Bruins received a vote in the Associated Press top 25 poll and six more in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. In the coaches’ poll, they received more votes than teams like Kentucky, Middle Tennessee and UCLA. That night, the Bruins were also scheduled to pla