After a 27-7 regular season and an Atlantic Sun championship, the No. 14 seeded Belmont Bruins went to Nationwide Arena looking to defeat a Georgetown Hoyas team that defeated them in the NCAA Round of 64 in 2007.
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While a number of Belmont fans made it to Nationwide Arena in Columbus, hundreds of students and alumni cheered the Bruins on from the Curb Event Center.
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Big crowd at the Curb Event Center watching the Belmont- Georgetown game. #ncaa http://pic.twitter.com/Wumm6m52
The No. 3 seed Georgetown Hoyas took control of the game early, despite two early Belmont leads. Solid Georgetown defense and a 10-3 Hoya run put the Bruins in a hole they never climbed out from.
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Wow we are giving away layups like theyre free acoustic eps on Facebook #itsbruintime
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Looks like a couple refs have georgetown in their brackets…. #callgoaltending #itsbruintime
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He’s an angry Byrd. #itsbruintime
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Real coaches wear sweater vests. #outforblood. A whole new team will show up for the second half when he’s done. #itsbruintime
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That comeback never happened for the Bruins, who were outscored 38-32 in the second half. Georgetown made 61 percent of their baskets during the game, including 41 percent of their 3-pointers. Belmont made 39 and 37 percent of their respective shots during the game.
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I guess we need Ryan Gosling on the team if we want to Drive the ball in. #itsbruintime
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#Belmont down by double digits, crowd at Curb Event Center keeping the faith. #itsbruintime #ncaa
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Despite 17 points from Blake Jenkins and 12 points from Ian Clark, the Bruins’ deficit never got smaller than nine points in the final minutes. The Hoyas went on a late 12-5 run, giving them an eventual 74-59 win and a trip to the Round of 32 Sunday.
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Seeing those shots of Blake and Ian makes me want to cry. So proud of them! #belmonttilidie
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Blah. We tried. One day we will make it to the next round! One day! #belmonttilidie
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