Akron Zips @ Ball State Cardinals
| TIME | PLAY | AKR | BALL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | Payton Sparks missed Layup. | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:41 | Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:36 | Tavari Johnson missed Layup. | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:36 | Payton Sparks Block. | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:30 | Ball State Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:12 | Jaylin Sellers made Jumper. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:49 | Enrique Freeman Turnover. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:36 | Jarron Coleman missed Jumper. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:32 | Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:31 | Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks. | 0 | 4 | |
| 18:09 | Sammy Hunter missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 4 | |
| 18:05 | Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 4 | |
| 18:02 | Jaylin Sellers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. | 0 | 7 | |
| 17:59 | Akron Timeout | 0 | 7 | |
| 17:45 | Greg Tribble made Jumper. | 2 | 7 | |
| 17:27 | Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 2 | 7 | |
| 17:23 | Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 2 | 7 | |
| 16:56 | Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper. | 2 | 7 | |
| 16:54 | Demarius Jacobs Defensive Rebound. | 2 | 7 | |
| 16:54 | Foul on Nate Johnson. | 2 | 7 | |
| 16:32 | Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Layup. | 2 | 7 | |
| 16:29 | Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound. | 2 | 7 | |
| 16:20 | Greg Tribble made Jumper. | 4 | 7 | |
| 15:59 | Foul on Nate Johnson. | 4 | 7 | |
| 15:59 | Official TV Timeout | 4 | 7 | |
| 15:59 | Payton Sparks missed Free Throw. | 4 | 7 | |
| 15:59 | Ball State Deadball Team Rebound. | 4 | 7 | |
| 15:59 | Payton Sparks made Free Throw. | 4 | 8 | |
| 15:33 | Foul on Mickey Pearson Jr.. | 4 | 8 | |
| 15:33 | Greg Tribble missed Free Throw. | 4 | 8 | |
| 15:33 | Akron Deadball Team Rebound. | 4 | 8 | |
| 15:33 | Greg Tribble made Free Throw. | 5 | 8 | |
| 15:08 | Jarron Coleman missed Jumper. | 5 | 8 | |
| 15:05 | Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound. | 5 | 8 | |
| 15:04 | Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Layup. | 5 | 8 | |
| 15:01 | Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:56 | Trendon Hankerson missed Layup. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:53 | Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:34 | Jarron Coleman missed Layup. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:31 | Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:28 | Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:23 | Jarron Coleman Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 8 | |
| 14:01 | Foul on Greg Tribble. | 5 | 8 | |
| 13:57 | Foul on Greg Tribble. | 5 | 8 | |
| 13:41 | Jaylin Sellers Turnover. | 5 | 8 | |
| 13:41 | Amani Lyles Steal. | 5 | 8 | |
| 13:38 | Foul on Jalen Windham. | 5 | 8 | |
| 13:38 | Nate Johnson made Free Throw. | 6 | 8 | |
| 13:38 | Nate Johnson made Free Throw. | 7 | 8 | |
| 13:24 | Payton Sparks Turnover. | 7 | 8 | |
| 13:24 | Amani Lyles Steal. | 7 | 8 | |
| 13:21 | Foul on Payton Sparks. | 7 | 8 | |
| 13:21 | Amani Lyles made Free Throw. | 8 | 8 | |
| 13:21 | Amani Lyles made Free Throw. | 9 | 8 | |
| 13:07 | Jaylin Sellers missed Layup. | 9 | 8 | |
| 13:07 | Amani Lyles Block. | 9 | 8 | |
| 13:07 | Ball State Offensive Rebound. | 9 | 8 | |
| 13:02 | Jarron Coleman missed Three Point Jumper. | 9 | 8 | |
| 12:58 | Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 8 | |
| 12:55 | Tavari Johnson missed Jumper. | 9 | 8 | |
| 12:49 | Jalen Windham Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 8 | |
| 12:34 | Foul on Sammy Hunter. | 9 | 8 | |
| 12:23 | Basheer Jihad Turnover. | 9 | 8 | |
| 12:01 | Enrique Freeman missed Jumper. | 9 | 8 | |
| 11:58 | Demarius Jacobs Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 8 | |
| 11:43 | Jarron Coleman missed Layup. | 9 | 8 | |
| 11:40 | Basheer Jihad Offensive Rebound. | 9 | 8 | |
| 11:39 | Basheer Jihad made Layup. | 9 | 10 | |
| 11:14 | Foul on Demarius Jacobs. | 9 | 10 | |
| 11:14 | Official TV Timeout | 9 | 10 | |
| 11:14 | Greg Tribble made Free Throw. | 10 | 10 | |
| 11:14 | Greg Tribble made Free Throw. | 11 | 10 | |
| 10:59 | Demarius Jacobs made Layup. | 11 | 12 | |
| 10:41 | Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman. | 14 | 12 | |
| 10:06 | Jarron Coleman missed Layup. | 14 | 12 | |
| 9:59 | Jalen Windham Offensive Rebound. | 14 | 12 | |
| 9:59 | Jalen Windham made Layup. | 14 | 14 | |
| 9:43 | Enrique Freeman made Layup. | 16 | 14 | |
| 9:26 | Basheer Jihad made Layup. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. | 16 | 16 | |
| 9:12 | Foul on Jalen Windham. | 16 | 16 | |
| 9:02 | Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:59 | Sammy Hunter Offensive Rebound. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:53 | Tavari Johnson Turnover. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:35 | Luke Bumbalough Turnover. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:17 | Trendon Hankerson Turnover. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:17 | Demarius Jacobs Steal. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:08 | Foul on Amani Lyles. | 16 | 16 | |
| 8:06 | Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:40 | Amani Lyles missed Layup. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:36 | Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:21 | Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:16 | Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:13 | Trendon Hankerson missed Layup. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:13 | Jaylin Sellers Block. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:07 | Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:06 | Foul on Amani Lyles. | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:06 | Official TV Timeout | 16 | 18 | |
| 7:06 | Payton Sparks made Free Throw. | 16 | 19 | |
| 7:06 | Payton Sparks made Free Throw. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:50 | Kobe Mitchell Turnover. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:50 | Jarron Coleman Steal. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:42 | Payton Sparks Turnover. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:42 | Tavari Johnson Steal. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:36 | Kobe Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:32 | Ball State Defensive Rebound. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:17 | Jaylin Sellers Turnover. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:17 | Enrique Freeman Steal. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:09 | Greg Tribble missed Layup. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:05 | Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound. | 16 | 20 | |
| 6:04 | Enrique Freeman made Layup. | 18 | 20 | |
| 5:52 | Jarron Coleman made Layup. | 18 | 22 | |
| 5:31 | Nate Johnson made Jumper. | 20 | 22 | |
| 5:03 | Jaylin Sellers missed Layup. | 20 | 22 | |
| 5:00 | Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound. | 20 | 22 | |
| 4:39 | Greg Tribble made Layup. | 22 | 22 | |
| 4:20 | Jaylin Sellers made Layup. | 22 | 24 | |
| 3:56 | Kobe Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper. | 22 | 24 | |
| 3:53 | Akron Offensive Rebound. | 22 | 24 | |
| 3:53 | Official TV Timeout | 22 | 24 | |
| 3:44 | Foul on Demarius Jacobs. | 22 | 24 | |
| 3:21 | Foul on Tavari Johnson. | 24 | 24 | |
| 3:21 | Demarius Jacobs made Free Throw. | 24 | 25 | |
| 3:21 | Demarius Jacobs made Free Throw. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:50 | Enrique Freeman missed Layup. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:46 | Sammy Hunter Offensive Rebound. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:41 | Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:35 | Darian Owens-White Defensive Rebound. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:28 | Jaylin Sellers missed Three Point Jumper. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:26 | Basheer Jihad Offensive Rebound. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:26 | Foul on Sammy Hunter. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:26 | Basheer Jihad missed Free Throw. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:25 | Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:12 | Tavari Johnson missed Jumper. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:07 | Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound. | 24 | 26 | |
| 2:04 | Enrique Freeman made Jumper. | 26 | 26 | |
| 1:50 | Jaylin Sellers Turnover. | 26 | 26 | |
| 1:50 | Enrique Freeman Steal. | 26 | 26 | |
| 1:40 | Sammy Hunter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson. | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:37 | Ball State Timeout | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:19 | Basheer Jihad missed Three Point Jumper. | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:14 | Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound. | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:07 | Jaylin Sellers missed Jumper. | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:07 | Enrique Freeman Block. | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:06 | Jarron Coleman Offensive Rebound. | 29 | 26 | |
| 1:06 | Ball State Turnover. | 29 | 26 | |
| 0:50 | Trendon Hankerson Turnover. | 29 | 26 | |
| 0:50 | Darian Owens-White Steal. | 29 | 26 | |
| 0:38 | Darian Owens-White made Layup. | 29 | 28 | |
| 0:18 | Foul on Payton Sparks. | 29 | 28 | |
| 0:18 | Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. | 30 | 28 | |
| 0:18 | Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. | 31 | 28 | |
| 0:07 | Foul on Basheer Jihad. | 31 | 28 | |
| 0:07 | Basheer Jihad Turnover. | 31 | 28 | |
| 0:03 | Tavari Johnson Turnover. | 31 | 28 | |
| 0:00 | End of 1st half | 31 | 28 | |
| 0:00 | Demarius Jacobs made Jumper. | 31 | 30 | |
Game Information
Muncie, IN
Referee:Jon Campbell
Referee:John Floyd
Referee:Mason Siler
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Mid-American ConferenceMid-American Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH) | 12-0 | - | 25-0 |
| Akron | 11-1 | 1 | 20-5 |
| Kent State | 10-3 | 2.5 | 19-7 |
| Bowling Green | 7-6 | 5.5 | 16-10 |
| Toledo | 7-6 | 5.5 | 13-13 |
| Ohio | 7-6 | 5.5 | 13-13 |
| Massachusetts | 6-7 | 6.5 | 15-11 |
| Buffalo | 5-7 | 7 | 15-10 |
| Central Michigan | 4-8 | 8 | 8-17 |
| Western Michigan | 3-9 | 9 | 9-16 |
| Northern Illinois | 3-9 | 9 | 8-16 |
| Ball State | 3-9 | 9 | 8-17 |
| Eastern Michigan | 3-10 | 9.5 | 9-17 |
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