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Dec 18, 2021
3 min

Auburn outpaces women’s basketball in a close game on Belmont’s home court

After running low on time and points, Belmont women’s basketball fell to the Auburn Tigers 71-62 on Wednesday night. Facing SEC powerhouse Auburn University at home in the Curb Event Center, the Bruins were in for a fight for the final game of the fall semester. The team returned home for the Auburn game after a tough away loss Dec. 5 against No. 6 University of Louisville, and they filed into the Curb ready to try and rebound against the Power Five school from Alabama. Belmo

Senior Spotlight: Jamilyn Kinney is sticking with her sport to the end

Jessica Mattsson

Dec 9, 2021
4 min

Senior Spotlight: Jamilyn Kinney is sticking with her sport to the end

Jamilyn Kinney’s past, present and future is basketball. And her lifelong dedication to the sport is taking her places. Collecting All-Ohio Valley Conference honors since her sophomore year with the Belmont Bruins and playing a crucial role through the women’s basketball team’s road to the 2019 and 2021 NCAA Tournaments, the senior guard has achieved a lot throughout her athletic career. “Looking back at it now, it’s like, how the heck did I get here?” Kinney said. In Van Bu

Women’s basketball opens at home with a resounding win grounded by strong defense

AJ Wuest

Nov 19, 2021
3 min

Women’s basketball opens at home with a resounding win grounded by strong defense

After a slow start to its first home game of the season, Belmont’s women’s basketball team rose to the occasion to secure a 63-34 victory over Alabama A&M University on Thursday. “It’s great to be home. We did the math and with two scrimmages, we’ve played 13 games since our last home game so I forgot what our white jerseys looked like,” said head coach Bart Brooks. “It was great to be in front of our people, our fans, and I thought we had a good student crowd out tonight.” I

Men’s and women’s basketball open on the road with mixed results

AJ Wuest

Nov 10, 2021
3 min

Men’s and women’s basketball open on the road with mixed results

Belmont’s women’s basketball team shined in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while the men trailed in Athens, Ohio, in the first games of the much anticipated 2021-22 season. Both basketball teams returned to the court Tuesday night with openers on the road. Cruising to a convincing 88-70 victory, the women defeated the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in its opening game, starting out on a high note in the Bruins’ final season with the Ohio Valley Conference. Sophomore forward

SEASON PREVIEW: Women’s basketball will shoot higher than ever in final OVC season

AJ Wuest

Nov 7, 2021
4 min

SEASON PREVIEW: Women’s basketball will shoot higher than ever in final OVC season

The wait is over, and college ball is back. Belmont women’s basketball will begin regular season play Tuesday, facing the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on the road before traveling to the University of Mississippi to take on the Rebels two days later. Although Belmont is heavily favored to win the Ohio Valley Conferenc title in the 2021-22 season — its last go-around before switching to the Missouri Valley Conference — there is some challenging play in store, and the

Former Belmont, Florida coach Cameron Newbauer faces player abuse allegations

Anna Jackson

Oct 4, 2021
2 min

Former Belmont, Florida coach Cameron Newbauer faces player abuse allegations

Former basketball players on the University of Florida women’s team raised allegations of physical and psychological abuse against ex-Gators coach Cameron Newbauer, previously of Belmont University. Newbauer spearheaded women’s basketball for the Bruins from 2013-2017 before his recruitment by UF. He was replaced at Belmont by current women’s head coach Bart Brooks. In a disturbing and detailed report in The Independent Florida Alligator, former Gators recounted their experie

Belmont athletics expected to move to Missouri Valley Conference after nine years in OVC

Sarah Maninger

Sep 27, 2021
2 min

Belmont athletics expected to move to Missouri Valley Conference after nine years in OVC

Belmont University will likely leave the Ohio Valley Conference to join the Missouri Valley Conference as early as next season, according to a report from Extra Points. President Greg Jones is expected to announce the move Tuesday morning, alongside Vice President, Director of Athletics Scott Corley. The switch would mark the second conference realignment in recent years for Belmont athletics after the university broke ties with the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2012 to join the

Meet Kilyn McGuff and Tessa Miller, the fresh faces on Belmont’s women’s basketball team

AJ Wuest

Sep 22, 2021
2 min

Meet Kilyn McGuff and Tessa Miller, the fresh faces on Belmont’s women’s basketball team

Belmont women’s basketball added two fresh faces to the roster after the departure of four players after a widely successful 2020-2021 season. This season, the team welcomes forward Tessa Miller and guard Kilyn McGuff — and they’ve come ready to conquer the court. “Those two freshmen have operated like they’re veterans already,” said women’s head coach Bart Brooks. “We haven’t had to slow anything down for them to catch up. They came in ready, and that’s not an easy thing to

Fall sports preview: A promising schedule lies ahead for Belmont basketball

Landen Secrest

Sep 14, 2021
4 min

Fall sports preview: A promising schedule lies ahead for Belmont basketball

The road to March Madness begins in November — and it looks like it’ll be a tough journey for the Belmont Bruins in the upcoming season. The men’s and women’s basketball schedules, officially released the schedules for the 2021-22 season last week, show some match-ups that promise to be challenging, both at home and away. Both teams will face off against the usual Ohio Valley Conference opponents, and though the non-conference schedules look to be a tougher challenge this sea