Northern Illinois Huskies @ Ball State Cardinals

18-9, 7-7 MAC

Final

	1	2	T
N Illinois NIU	24	35	59
Ball State BALL	24	39	63

Ball State CardinalsBall StateBALL

18-9, 9-5 MAC

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Jaylen KeyJ. Key#15
Marin MaricM. Maric#34
Marshawn WilsonM. Wilson#0
Aaric ArmsteadA. Armstead#23
Travon BakerT. Baker#5
bench
Levi BradleyL. Bradley#42
Andrew ZelisA. Zelis#32
Laytwan PorterL. Porter#2
Austin PaugaA. Pauga#31
Michael OrrisM. Orris#24
Chuks IroegbuC. Iroegbu#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	2	0-6	0-1	2-2	5	1	1	0	2	4	1	3
27	13	5-7	0-0	3-8	11	1	1	1	0	4	7	5
18	1	0-4	0-2	1-4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
31	4	1-13	1-4	1-2	8	1	1	1	0	2	6	2
31	19	6-10	4-7	3-3	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
12	6	2-5	1-2	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
5	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	6	2-5	0-2	2-2	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
17	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	2
	59	18-57	6-20	17-26	38	9	5	6	2	11	27	20
		32%	30%	65%

Ball State Cardinals

starters
Franko HouseF. House#15
Bo CalhounB. Calhoun#12
Ryan WeberR. Weber#33
Jeremie TylerJ. Tyler#22
Francis KiapwayF. Kiapway#0
bench
Nate WellsN. Wells#52
Trey MosesT. Moses#41
Sean SellersS. Sellers#34
Naiel SmithN. Smith#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
22	11	5-9	0-1	1-3	6	4	1	1	0	3	3	5
30	10	3-12	1-4	3-4	15	2	0	0	2	4	11	3
25	4	1-5	1-5	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
32	10	4-11	2-7	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
30	11	4-5	3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	1	0-0	0-0	1-4	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	3
17	6	2-4	0-1	2-3	4	1	2	0	3	0	4	5
21	10	2-6	1-5	5-6	5	2	1	0	0	1	4	1
14	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	2
	63	21-53	8-27	13-22	42	15	11	1	6	10	32	23
		40%	30%	59%

Game Information

Muncie, IN

CBSSN

Referee:Ray Perone

Referee:Bret Wegenke

Referee:Tim Stewart

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

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