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Wood, Belmont beat SIU-Edwardsville 78-61 in OVC tourney

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) JaCobi Wood came off the bench to score 19 points to carry No. 1 seed Belmont to a 78-61 win over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tourney on Wednesday night.

Wood shot 4 for 6 on 3-pointers.

Caleb Hollander had 17 points for Belmont (25-3). Grayson Murphy added 13 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals. Luke Smith had 10 points.

Leaders
Points:	M. Adewunmi	13.0
Rebounds:	M. Adewunmi	6.1
Assists:	C. Carter	3.7
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	M. Adewunmi	73.7%
3P%:	No qualifiers
Steals:	C. Carter	1.4
Blocks:	P. Pepple Jr.	2.5

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Gonzaga	24-0
2	Baylor	21-1
3	Illinois	20-6
4	Michigan	19-3
5	Iowa	20-7
6	Alabama	21-6
7	Houston	21-3
8	Arkansas	21-5
9	Ohio State	18-8
10	West Virginia	18-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Gonzaga	24-0
2	Baylor	21-1
3	Illinois	20-6
4	Michigan	19-3
5	Alabama	21-6
6	Iowa	20-7
7	Houston	21-3
8	Arkansas	21-5
9	West Virginia	18-8
10	Ohio State	18-8
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Ohio Valley Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Belmont	18-2	26-4
Morehead State	17-3	23-7
Eastern Kentucky	15-5	22-7
Jacksonville State	13-6	18-9
Austin Peay	10-10	14-13
Murray State	10-10	13-13
Southeast Missouri State	9-11	11-16
SIUE	7-12	9-17
Eastern Illinois	6-14	9-18
UT Martin	6-14	8-16
Tennessee Tech	5-15	5-22
Tennessee State	3-17	4-19
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	65.7 (296)
Rebounds:	8.9 (240)
Assists:	13.0 (192)
FG%:	44.1% (178)
FT%:	68.0% (263)
3P%:	31.8% (271)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	73.0 (254)
Rebounds:	23.9 (273)
Assists:	15.4 (314)
FG%:	45.2% (259)
FT%:	68.3% (66)
3P%:	33.7% (184)