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With 32 players left, Jason Belmonte-E.J. Tackett showdown set to start Friday at 2024 USBC Masters

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2024 11:00 pm
With 32 players left, Jason Belmonte-E.J. Tackett showdown set to start Friday at 2024 USBC Masters
E.J. Tackett beat Jason Belmonte in one of the greatest matches in PBA Tour history to win the 2023 PBA World Championship. They meet again in the winners bracket of the 2024 USBC Masters on Friday. PBA YouTube screen grab photo illustration.
There are 16 players left in the winners bracket and 16 in the losers bracket heading into Friday’s final day of match play at the 2024 USBC Masters. And there is no question what the marquee match is to start the day at the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas: Jason Belmonte vs. E.J. Tackett in the third round of the winners bracket. Since 2013, Belmonte has been PBA Player of the Year seven times and Tackett twice, with Andrew Anderson in 2018 and Kyle Troup in 2021 the only others to...