By GREG MENGELT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Senior guard Dylan Penn scored 25 points and led Bellarmine to its third straight win Saturday with a 77-71 win at Lipscomb.

Penn (Evansville/Memorial) also led the Knights with eight assists, pulled down four boards and swiped two steals in the victory, which is Bellarmine’s seventh in nine games.

Bellarmine (9-8) is now 3-0 in the Atlantic Sun, tied with Jacksonville State atop the standings.

Junior guard Alec Pfriem (Cincinnati) added 16 points and senior guard CJ Fleming had 11 on Saturday. Senior guard Juston Betz, a former Providence star, finished with seven points, five assists and team highs of eight boards and three steals.

Lipscomb (8-11), who entered the season as one of the A-10 favorites, has now lost three consecutive games and falls 1-3 in the A-Sun. The Bisons were led by freshman guard Will Pruitt’s 21 points and sophomore guard K.J. Johnson’s 16. The Knights held Lipscomb’s top three scorers — Ahsan Asadullah, Jacob Ognancevic and Greg Jones — to a combined 18 points on 7 of 16 shooting.

Bellarmine, which has now won seven of its last nine after a brutal early schedule, hosts 8-9 North Alabama on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game, which will be played at Freedom Hall, is scheduled for 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN Plus.