Box Score MOREHEAD, Ky. – In a road affair that was never in doubt, the Belmont University women's basketball team set the program's single-game assist record with 35 and reached the century mark for the first time since Feb. 2, 2019, late Thursday afternoon in a 103-50 blowout at Morehead State. Winning their sixth straight, the Bruins improved to 6-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play and 10-5 on the season.
For the first time since Dec. 21, 2017, six different Belmont players reached double figures led by sophomore guard Tuti Jones' 19 points on a perfect 6-for-6 performance from the floor. Fellow sophomore guard Destinee Wells accounted for 10 of the Bruins' 35 assists, setting a career high, while freshman forward Tessa Miller (16) and sophomore guard Blair Schoenwald (14) both reached career marks in scoring.
Freshman guard Kilyn McGuff pulled down a career and game-high nine rebounds and junior forward Cam Browning notched a season-best 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting. Sophomore forward Madison Bartley (15) and senior forward Conley Chinn (10) also reached double-figure scoring, while Jones finished with a season-high tying seven rebounds and six assists. Bartley went 6-for-9 from the floor and 3-for-3 at the free-throw line and Chinn drained both of her three-point attempts, going 4-for-6 overall.
Shooting over 60 percent from the field for the first time since Feb. 21, 2019, Belmont connected on 60.3 percent of its field goal attempts (41-of-68) and went 12-for-26 (46.2 percent) from beyond the arc.
Committing a season-low nine turnovers, the Bruins forced 22 Eagle miscues and scored 32 points off Morehead State's turnovers. Belmont scored 54 points in the paint and held a plus-19 margin on the glass. With 14 offensive boards, the Bruins got 22 second-chance points and nearly matched the Eagles' score off the bench alone with 49 points by Belmont's reserves.
Scoring at least 20 points in all four quarters, the Bruins built a 17-point lead by the end of the opening act and racked up 54 points in the second half.
A pair of Jones free throws gave Belmont a 7-2 lead after the first 105 seconds of play before Morehead State got within two at 7-5. That would be as close as the Eagles would get for the remainder of the day as the Bruins went on a 25-5 run over the next nine-and-a-half minutes of play capped by a Schoenwald three.
A Browning layup with 2:36 to go in the first half completed a 13-0 Belmont run and put the Bruins up 45-12. Belmont took a 49-20 lead into the locker room after shooting 60.6 percent (20-of-33) in the first 20 minutes and going 6-for-13 (46.2 percent) from downtown.
Jones couldn't be stopped in the third quarter, going 5-for-5 from distance as the Bruins outscored the hosts 31-14.
Morehead State outscored Belmont 10-9 across the first four minutes of the fourth quarter but the Bruins ended the game on a 14-6 run with baskets from Miller, Browning, Schoenwald and McGuff.
Belmont shot 60 percent (21-of-35) in the second half and assisted on all 21 of its made field goals.
The Bruins held the Eagles to 34 percent shooting (17-of-50) for the game, including 32 percent (8-of-25) in the first half.
Wells' 10 assists are the most by a Belmont player in a game since Jenny Roy's 10 at Tennessee State on Feb. 13, 2019.
Forward Jada Claude scored a game-high 22 points and collected a team-best seven boards for Morehead State and the Eagles got 13 points from guard Freddy Adams.
Up Next
The Bruins return to the Music City this weekend to host Tennessee Tech Saturday afternoon. Tipoff from inside the Curb Event Center is set for 2 p.m. with the conference home tilt broadcast on ESPN+.
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