Ball State Cardinals @ SIU Edwardsville Cougars

3-6, 0-3 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Ball State BALL	41	28	69
SIUE SIUE	39	43	82

SIU Edwardsville CougarsSIUESIUE

6-4, 3-1 Home

Ball State Cardinals

starters
Mickey Pearson Jr.M. Pearson Jr.#3
Payton SparksP. Sparks#5
Fatt HillJ. Hill#1
Juanse GorositoJ. Gorosito#4
Ethan Brittain-WattsE. Brittain-Watts#2
bench
Mason JonesM. Jones#24
Zane DoughtyZ. Doughty#54
Ben HendriksB. Hendriks#34
TJ BurchT. Burch#22
Joey HartJ. Hart#20
Jeremiah HernandezJ. Hernandez#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	7	3-9	1-4	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
18	8	3-5	0-0	2-3	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	3
32	5	2-15	1-6	0-0	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	2
35	17	6-12	5-9	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	3
14	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	8	4-4	0-0	0-1	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	1
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	13	5-5	0-0	3-4	6	0	2	0	0	2	4	2
12	6	2-5	0-0	2-2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
18	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
6	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	69	27-63	8-23	7-10	27	14	8	3	1	9	18	17
		43%	35%	70%

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

starters
Arnas SakenisA. Sakenis#34
Ring MalithR. Malith#0
Brian Taylor IIB. Taylor II#11
Ray'Sean TaylorR. Taylor#3
Desmond PolkD. Polk#2
bench
Myles ThompsonM. Thompson#21
Darrion BakerD. Baker#4
Declan DillonD. Dillon#5
Jordan PickettJ. Pickett#6
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
26	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	14	1	1	0	3	4	10	2
36	24	7-13	1-4	9-10	10	1	3	1	0	5	5	3
37	13	5-8	1-2	2-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
31	27	9-22	7-15	2-2	4	3	2	1	0	0	4	2
33	6	2-5	2-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	5	2-4	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
11	0	0-2	0-0	0-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	82	28-57	11-24	15-21	42	11	10	3	3	13	29	11
		49%	46%	71%

Game Information

Edwardsville, IL

Referee:Eric Lowe

Referee:Bryan Washer

Referee:JP Primm

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	11-0	-	24-0
Akron	10-1	1	19-5
Kent State	8-3	3	17-7
Ohio	7-5	4.5	13-12
Toledo	6-5	5	12-12
Massachusetts	6-6	5.5	15-10
Bowling Green	5-6	6	14-10
Buffalo	4-7	7	14-10
Northern Illinois	3-7	7.5	8-14
Ball State	3-7	7.5	8-15
Eastern Michigan	3-8	8	9-15
Central Michigan	3-8	8	7-17
Western Michigan	2-8	8.5	8-15

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UT Martin	11-3	-	19-6
Tennessee State	10-4	1	16-8
Southeast Missouri State	10-4	1	15-10
SIU Edwardsville	9-5	2	16-9
Lindenwood	9-5	2	15-10
Morehead State	9-5	2	13-12
Eastern Illinois	6-8	5	10-15
Little Rock	6-8	5	9-16
Tennessee Tech	5-9	6	10-15
Southern Indiana	2-12	9	5-19
Western Illinois	0-14	11	4-21

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