NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Belmont University men's basketball returns to game action Saturday vs. Pepperdine.
Belmont defeated Milwaukee, 82-63, Wednesday. Senior Amanze Egekeze (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) scored a career-high 32 points while junior Dylan Windler (Indianapolis, Ind.) posted his eighth double-double.
Freshman Nick Hopkins (Fayetteville, Tenn.) added 12 points for his fifth double figure scoring game of the season.
Belmont Coordinator of Academic Services and Sport Ministry Jordan Holm is a 2009 Pepperdine graduate. Holm is currently in Grand Goâve, Haiti on a mission trip with a group of Belmont student-athletes.
Belmont is very familiar with Pepperdine Director of Athletics Dr. Steve Potts. Dr. Potts held the same position at Lipscomb University - two miles from Belmont in Nashville - from 2000 to 2008.
Jan van Breda Kolff, who coached Belmont assistant coach James Strong for three seasons at Vanderbilt ('00), coached at Pepperdine from 1999-2001.
This marks the second meeting between Belmont and Pepperdine. Belmont won last season, 85-77, at Firestone Fieldhouse.
Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. CT from the Curb Event Center. The game will be broadcast on OVC Digital Network. The live play-by-play of Voice of the Bruins Kevin Ingram can be heard on the Bruin Sports Network. In-game updates will be available via Twitter @BelmontMBB.
Pepperdine at Belmont Game Notes
