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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayBellarmine68
Final
HomeNorth Alabama73
Wednesday, February 25, 2026All Gainesville sports
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12T
BELL293968
UNA343973
Final

North Alabama beats Bellarmine 73-68

North Alabama Lions beat Bellarmine Knights 73-68 on Wednesday at CB&S Bank Arena at Flowers Hall.

The first half made the difference: North Alabama outscored Bellarmine 34-29.

North Alabama shot 47% to 47% and won the boards 35-22.

For North Alabama, Donte Bacchus (F): 20. For Bellarmine, Jack Karasinski (F): 23.

North Alabama improves to 9-19. Bellarmine falls to 11-18.

Attendance: 2,251.

Full recap at ESPN: Bacchus' 20 lead North Alabama over Bellarmine 73-68

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#32
BELL · PointsJack Karasinski F23
#5
BELL · AssistsMyles Watkins G2
#32
BELL · ReboundsJack Karasinski F5
#1
UNA · PointsDonte Bacchus F20
#13
UNA · AssistsKevin de Kovachich G4
#1
UNA · ReboundsDonte Bacchus F13
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
S. Donald F2962-40-22-311010012
J. Karasinski F34236-131-610-1250100231
B. Waddell F31115-80-11-240200222
T. Doyle G2783-80-02-241110134
K. Goodin G30123-62-54-411020012
J. Wassler F1821-10-00-020000115
D. Hunter F600-20-10-000100002
M. Wilson Jr. G600-10-00-000000000
M. Watkins G1142-50-00-002020001
G. Whitaker G821-10-00-000100002
Team6823-493-1519-2322586091321

The teams

Schedules, results and news

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Video

Highlights and analysis from ESPN

Corneilous Williams slams it home with authority

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Cortez Graham-Howard with the massive block at the rim

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Brian Waddell with the and-1 bucket

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Cortez Graham-Howard somehow gets the and-1 to fall

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Sam Donald rocks the rim with powerful slam

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Brian Waddell gets the basket plus the foul

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Jack Karasinski with the and-1 bucket

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Donte Bacchus drills bucket vs. Bellarmine Knights

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