Bellarmine vs Army 3/22/21 - College Basketball Invitational Picks & Predictions

The Bellarmine Knights play the Army Black Knights on Monday in the quarterfinals of the CBI tournament at Ocean Center in Dayton Beach, Florida. The Bellarmine Knights finished the regular season 13-7 overall and 10-3 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Knights were defeated by Stetson in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament 73-70. Dylan Penn was the leading scorer for Bellarmine in the loss.

Pedro Bradshaw was the leading scorer and rebounder for Bellarmine during the regular season with averages of 15.4 points at 6.9 rebounds per game, while Dylan Penn was the second-leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 13.0 points and 3.7 assists per game. Bellarmine scored an average of 74.3 points per game while shooting 51.5% overall and 37.4% from 3-point territory.

Army ended the regular season 12-9 overall and 7-7 in the Patriot League and was second to Colgate in the North division of the league. The Black Knights were defeated by Loyola (MD) 67-63 in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament. The leading scorer for Army in the loss was Jalen Rucker with 21 points but the Black Knights shot only 41.4% overall and were outrebounded 38-27.

Lonnie Grayson was the leading scorer during the regular season for Army with an average of 12.7 points per game, while Nick Finke was the leading rebounder with an average of 6.1 per game and Jalen Rucker was the leader in assists with an average of 2.7 per game. Army finished the regular season with a scoring average of 72.0 points per game, while shooting 46.0% overall and 33.1% from 3-point territory.