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Egekeze leads Belmont over Austin Peay in OVC semifinal

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Amanze Egekeze hit a career-high nine 3-pointers and tied a career high with 32 points to help No. 2 seed Belmont beat No. 3 seed Austin Peay 94-79 in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on Friday night.

Belmont (24-8) will face top-seeded Murray State in the championship on Saturday.

Egekeze made his first nine attempts from the field, all from 3-point range, with eight of them coming after halftime. He had 29 points in the second half.

Leaders
Points:	A. Ugba	15.7
Rebounds:	T. Taylor	8.6
Assists:	T. Ivory	3.9
FG%:	A. Ugba	54.9%
FT%:	T. Taylor	73.0%
3P%:	Z. Glotta	34.8%
Steals:	D. Gumm	1.2
Blocks:	A. Ugba	1.1

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	31-3
2	Villanova	36-4
3	Xavier	29-6
4	Kansas	31-8
5	Michigan State	30-5
6	Cincinnati	31-5
7	Michigan	33-8
8	Gonzaga	32-5
9	Duke	29-8
10	North Carolina	26-11
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	36-4
2	Michigan	33-8
3	Kansas	31-8
4	Duke	29-8
5	Virginia	31-3
6	Texas Tech	27-10
7	Loyola Chicago	32-6
8	Xavier	29-6
9	Purdue	30-7
10	Gonzaga	32-5
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Ohio Valley Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Murray State	16-2	26-6
Belmont	15-3	24-9
Austin Peay	12-6	19-15
Jacksonville State	11-7	23-13
Tennessee Tech	10-8	19-14
Tennessee State	10-8	15-15
Southeast Missouri State	8-10	14-17
Eastern Illinois	7-11	12-19
Eastern Kentucky	5-13	11-20
UT Martin	5-13	10-21
SIUE	5-13	9-21
Morehead State	4-14	8-21
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	73.9 (167)
Rebounds:	13.1 (17)
Assists:	13.3 (189)
FG%:	45.5% (131)
FT%:	65.1% (336)
3P%:	34.1% (218)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	71.9 (159)
Rebounds:	22.6 (327)
Assists:	12.0 (74)
FG%:	46.4% (290)
FT%:	71.6% (208)
3P%:	36.3% (261)