2020-21 Ball State Basketball
2020-21 Ball State Basketball Schedule (subject to change) 2020-21 Ball State Basketball NOVEMBER Ball State Cardinals (3-3, 1-0) 11/25/20 at Northern Kentucky L, 74-73 at DECEMBER Western Michigan Broncos (2-4, 1-0) 12/2/20 at Michigan L, 84-65 12/5/20 UIC W, 68-66 12/8/20 at Northern Illinois * W, 79-70 (OT) Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 2 p.m. ET 12/12/20 ILLINOIS STATE W, 82-66 University Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. 12/19/20 at Indiana State L, 67-57 12/22/20 at Western Michigan * E3 2 p.m. Video: ESPN3 (Conor Clitgen, Wayne Hinton) Radio: 96.7 / 104.9 FM (Joel Godett, David Eha) JANUARY Twitter/Instagram: @BallStateMBB 1/2/21 OHIO * CBS SN 3 p.m. 1/5/21 WESTERN MICHIGAN * TBA TBA 1/9/21 at Buffalo * TBA TBA 1/12/21 at Bowling Green * TBA TBA Opportunity For 2-0 Start On The Line 1/16/21 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * TBA TBA It may seem early for an important conference game, but the Ball State men’s basketball 1/19/21 at Miami (Ohio) * TBA TBA team has a golden opportunity at Western Michigan Tuesday afternoon. A win would make 1/22/21 at Ohio * CBS SN 7 p.m. the Cardinals 2-0 in the league with two road wins before the first of the new year. Western 1/26/21 KENT STATE * TBA TBA Michigan could also get out to a 2-0 league start. Tuesday’s contest is the last of the calendar 1/30/21 at Akron * TBA TBA year for both teams.
FEBRUARY 2/2/21 BUFFALO * TBA TBA 2/6/21 TOLEDO * TBA TBA Opening Tip 2/9/21 at Central Michigan * TBA TBA 2/13/21 at Eastern Michigan * TBA TBA 2/16/21 BOWLING GREEN * TBA TBA Ball State Western Mich. 2/20/21 AKRON * TBA TBA 2020-21 Record 3-3, 1-0 2-4, 1-0 2/27/21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * TBA TBA Head Coach James Whitford Clayton Bates Career Record (Years) 110-121 (8th) 2-4 (1st) MARCH Record at School (Years) 110-121 (8th) 2-4 (1st) 3/2/21 EASTERN MICHIGAN * TBA TBA Leading Scorer K.J. Walton (19.0) B. Artis White (14.5) 3/5/21 at Toledo * TBA TBA Leading Rebounder Miryne Thomas (5.8) T. Wright / G. Lee (7.3) March 11-13 MAC Championship ! TBA TBA BSU-WMU Series Record Tied 67-67 (BSU is 21-44 at WMU) March 18-28 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA Last Meeting BSU 71, Western Michigan 61 (2-24-20 at BSU) Series Streak Ball State (BSU won 3 of last 4) APRIL April 3-5 NCAA Final Four (Indianapolis, IN) TBA
* MAC game ! MAC Championship at Cleveland, Ohio Home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Worthen Arena Possible Ball State Starters (Based On Last Game) Ppg Rpg Apg Other #5 - G - Ishmael El-Amin (Sr. - 6-3, 180) 17.2 3.0 3.5 1.8 Stl pg * Preseason 2nd Team All-MAC; 3rd team All-MAC last year; 80.8% at FT line #2 - G - Luke Bumbalough (So. - 6-1, 180) 5.0 1.8 1.2 62 career 3FG Communications Contacts * Led all conference freshmen in minutes played in league games; also had Ball State football offer Primary Contact: Josh Rattray #1 - G - K.J. Walton (R-Sr. - 6-3, 200) 19.0 5.5 1.3 .560 FG email: [email protected] cell: 919-605-2445 * Double figures in every game this season; has 982 career points #0 - F - Miryne Thomas (R-Jr. - 6-8, 200) 6.6 5.8 0.8 6-13 3FG Secondary Contact: Tyson Mathews * Former amateur boxer who may be strongest on the team; season-high 13 points vs. NIU email: [email protected] cell: 765-716-7235 #12 - F - Brachen Hazen (R-Sr. - 6-8, 210) 7.5 5.2 0.3 .571 2FG * Double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds) in win over Illinois State 2020-21 Ball State Cardinals No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Miryne Thomas F 6-8 200 R-Jr. Cleveland, Ohio / Central Catholic (Md. Eastern Shore) 1 K.J. Walton G 6-3 200 R-Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. / Brownsburg (Missouri) 2 Luke Bumbalough G 6-1 180 So. New Castle, Ind. / New Castle 3 Teemu Suokas G 6-2 185 Fr. Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki Basketball Academy 4 Josh Bryan G 6-5 185 So. Muncie, Ind. / Delta (UIndy) 5 Ishmael El-Amin G 6-1 180 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Hopkins 11 Jarron Coleman G 6-5 205 R-So. Indianapolis, Ind. / Cathedral 12 Brachen Hazen F 6-8 210 R-Sr. Columbia City, Ind. / Columbia City (Arkansas) 13 Kani Acree G 6-6 185 R-So. Carbondale, Ill. / Carbondale Community 15 Zach Gunn F 6-6 210 R-Jr. Fishers, Ind. / Hamilton Southeastern 23 Reggie Jones F 6-7 210 R-Sr. Marion, Ind. / Marion (Western Michigan & Tulsa) 24 Jalen Windham G 6-5 180 So. Indianapolis, Ind. / Ben Davis (Creighton) 25 Chris Robinson G 6-2 185 So. Indianapolis, Ind. / Pike (IU Northwest) 34 Ben Hendriks C 6-10 215 So. Mississauga, Ontario / Orangeville Prep 44 Blake Huggins C 6-10 245 R-Jr. Union City, Tenn. / Obion County Central
Coaching Staff Pronunciation Guide Head Coach: James Whitford (Wisconsin, 1994); 8th season 0 Miryne Thomas (MY-run) Associate Head Coach: Jason Grunkemeyer (Miami Ohio, 2001); 8th season 2 Luke Bumbalough (BUM-buh-low) Assistant Coach: Ben Botts (Purdue Fort Wayne, 2011); 3rd season 3 Teemu Suokas (TAY-ah-moo SUE-oh-kas) Assistant Coach: Matt Crenshaw (IUPUI, 2004); 3rd season 5 Ishmael El-Amin (el-ah-MEEN) Director of Basketball Operations: Kindon Crowder (Ball State, 2014); 4th season 11 Jarron Coleman (juh-RON) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Collin Michael (Buffalo, 2017) 12 Brachen Hazen (BRACK-en) Athletic Trainer: Neal Hazen (Ball State, 1986) 13 Kani Acree (kuh-NYE A-kree)
The Starting 5 - The Top 5 Storylines For This Game 1. A KEY CONFERENCE GAME ... IN DECEMBER It’s not often teams have a conference game in December with the added importance that Tuesday’s game will carry. Ball State can put itself in prime standings position and would be the only team in the league with a 2-0 record and two road wins. After the holidays, Ball State plays its next two games at home against Ohio and Western Michigan. WMU is also shooting for a 2-0 start, but with two home wins.
2. AMONG THE TOP SCORING DUOS IN THE LEAGUE It was clear coming into the season Ball State’s strength would lie in its experienced backcourt - and that has been true. K.J. Walton and Ishmael El-Amin form the third-highest scoring duo in the conference with a combined 36.2 points per game. Akron’s Loren Jackson and Enrique Freeman combine for 37.3 points per game but Akron has only played three games. Walton has scored double figures in every game this season and 18+ points four times. El-Amin scored 20 points a week ago vs. Illinois State and had 22 in the overtime win at Northern Illinois. Walton and El-Amin together account for 51.2% of BSU’s scoring.
3. CARDS AND BRONCOS - THE SERIES Ball State and Western Michigan have played each other in basketball since 1932, when Branch McCracken coached the Cardinals to a 35-31 win over Western Mich- igan. The all-time series is exactly even with 67 wins on each side. The Cardinals have won three of the last four and six of the last 10 against WMU. Ball State is 7-4 against Western Michigan dating back to 2016, including a MAC tourney win in 2017.
4. HIT THE HOLIDAYS ON A HIGH NOTE Teams around the country always strive to win the last game before the holiday, assuming the team will have some sort of a break between games. The Cardinals won the last game before Christmas in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Last year, the Cardinals won a neutral-site game over Portland on Christmas Day as part of a four-game swing that saw the Cards go 2-2 and beat Georgia Tech. Following Tuesday’s game, Ball State won’t play again until January 2, a span of 11 days between games.
5. NOT PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK OF CARDS Ball State has been bitten by the injury bug in the preseason. Notably, 2020 MAC Freshman of the Year Jarron Coleman is out after having foot surgery in October. Transfer Reggie Jones, who scored 723 career points at Western Michigan and Tulsa, is also out with a lower body injury. Additionally, many players have missed practice time for various reasons in a very disjointed offseason.
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 #0 | Miryne Thomas #1 | K.J. Walton #2 | Luke Bumbalough #3 | Teemu Suokas #4 | Josh Bryan R-Jr. | F | 6-8 | 200 R-Sr. | G | 6-3 | 200 Fr. | G | 6-1 | 180 Fr. | G | 6-2 | 185 So. | G | 6-5 | 185 Cleveland, Ohio Indianapolis, Ind. New Castle, Ind. Helsinki, Finland Muncie, Ind.
#5 | Ishmael El-Amin #11 | Jarron Coleman #12 | Brachen Hazen #13 | Kani Acree #15 | Zach Gunn Sr. | G | 6-3 | 180 R-So. | G | 6-5 | 205 R-Sr. | F | 6-8 | 210 R-So. | G | 6-6 | 185 R-Jr. | F | 6-6 | 210 Minneapolis, Minn. Indianapolis, Ind. Columbia City, Ind. Carbondale, Ill. Fishers, Ind.
#23 | Reggie Jones #24 | Jalen Windham #25 | Chris Robinson #34 | Ben Hendriks #44 | Blake Huggins R-Sr. | F | 6-7 | 210 So. | G | 6-5 | 180 So. | F | 6-2 | 185 So. | C | 6-10 | 215 R-Jr. | C | 6-10 | 245 Marion, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Mississauga, Ontario Union City, Tenn.
James Whitford Jason Grunkemeyer Ben Botts Matt Crenshaw Kindon Crowder Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations 8th Season 8th Season 3rd Season 3rd Season 4th Season
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 2020-21 Ball State Basketball @BallStateMBB JAMES WHITFORD WHITFORD FILE Head Coach | 8th Season BALL STATE (2013-Present) RECORD: 110-121 Ball State Highlights 2 postseason appearances • Owns a 95-70 record the 5 seasons before this, averaging 19 wins per year • First true road win over a top-10 team in program history ARIZONA (No. 9/8 Notre Dame; Dec. 5, 2017) (2009-13) • Beat Notre Dame twice in back-to-back years RECORD: 96-43 • Won MAC West Division co-championships in 2016, 2017, 2020 3 postseason appearances • CIT appearances in 2016 and 2017 • One of just three coaches to win 100 games at Ball State (Jim Hinga, Ray McCallum) 2011 NCAA Elite Eight • Guided the nation’s fourth-largest turnaround in 2015-16 (from 7-23 to 21-14) • Has signed 10 Indiana All-Stars (BSU signed only three in the decade before his arrival) XAVIER • Won his 100th game at Ball State with 71-62 win over Miami (Ohio) last year (2005-09) RECORD: 103-35 Key Wins At Ball State Highlights 4 NCAA appearances Ball State 80, #8 Notre Dame 77 (12/5/17) Ball State 65, Georgia Tech 47 (12/18/19) 2008 NCAA Elite Eight
1st win: 73-53 over Taylor (11/12/13) MIAMI (Ohio) 50th win: 109-100 over Central Michigan in OT (2/18/17) (1994-2005) 100th win: 71-62 over Miami (1/18/20) RECORD: 211-130
5 postseason appearances WHITFORD’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD Year School Record Conf. Finish Postseason POSTSEASON 2013-14 Ball State 5-25 2-16 6th-West ---- 2014-15 Ball State 7-23 2-16 6th-West ---- APPEARANCES AS A 2015-16 Ball State 21-14 10-8 1st-West CIT 2016-17 Ball State 21-13 9-7 T-4th CIT COACH 2017-18 Ball State 19-13 11-7 1st-West ---- 2018-19 Ball State 16-17 6-12 T-7th ---- BALL STATE 2019-20 Ball State 18-13 11-7 1st-West ---- CIT - 2 (2016, 2017) 2020-21 Ball State 3-3 1-0 Totals (8th season) 110-121 53-74 ARIZONA (asst.) WHITFORD’S ASSISTANT COACHING RECORD NCAA - 2 (2011, 2013) NIT - 1 (2012) Year School Record Conf. Finish Postseason 1994-95 Miami (OH) 23-7 16-2 1st NCAA 1st Round 1995-96 Miami (OH) 21-8 12-6 3rd NIT XAVIER 1996-97 Miami (OH) 21-9 13-5 T-1st NCAA 1st Round 1997-98 Miami (OH) 17-12 9-9 2nd-East ---- NCAA - 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 1998-99 Miami (OH) 24-8 15-3 1st-East NCAA Sweet 16 1999-00 Miami (OH) 15-15 8-10 6th-East ---- 2000-01 Miami (OH) 17-16 10-8 5th-East ---- MIAMI (Ohio) 2001-02 Miami (OH) 13-18 9-9 4th-East ---- NCAA - 3 (1995, 1997, 1999) 2002-03 Miami (OH) 13-15 11-7 2nd-East ---- 2003-04 Miami (OH) 18-11 12-6 2nd-East ---- NIT - 1 (1996) 2004-05 Miami (OH) 19-11 12-6 1st-East NIT 2005-06 Xavier 21-11 8-8 T-7th NCAA (64) 2006-07 Xavier 25-9 13-3 T-1st NCAA (32) EDUCATION 2007-08 Xavier 30-7 14-2 1st NCAA (8) 2008-09 Xavier 27-8 12-4 1st NCAA (16) B.A. in Political Science 2009-10 Arizona 16-15 10-8 4th ---- 2010-11 Arizona 30-8 14-4 1st NCAA (8) Wisconsin ‘94 2011-12 Arizona 23-12 12-6 4th NIT 2012-13 Arizona 27-8 12-6 T-2nd NCAA (16) B.A. in Sports Studies Totals (8th season) 400-208 Miami (Ohio) ‘96
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CARDINAL NOTES Ball State vs. WMU JAMES WHITFORD Top Scoring Duos In The MAC Series Tied at 67 Head Coach | 8th Season At 36.2 points per game, K.J. Walton and Ish El-Amin form the third-highest scoring duo in the MAC. First-ever meeting: Jan. 16, 1932 Here are the top five scoring duos in the MAC: 1. L. Jackson and E. Freeman, Akron 37.3 ppg (3 games) Last 10 Meetings 2. J. Williams and J. Graves, Buffalo 37.1 ppg (6 games) 2/25/20 Ball State 71, WMU 61 * 3. K.J. Walton and Ish El-Amin 36.2 ppg (6 games) 2/8/20 WMU 68, Ball State 64 4. J. Preston and D. Wilson, Ohio 35.1 ppg (6 games) 3/2/19 Ball State 60, WMU 58 5. M. Nuga and D. Pippen, Kent State 34.8 ppg (4 games) 2/9/19 Ball State 79, WMU 59 * 2/23/18 WMU 87, Ball State 80 Last Time The Cards Won In K-zoo 1/13/18 WMU 73, Ball State 58 Ball State won 60-58 at WMU two years ago. K.J. Walton scored 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting 3/9/17 Ball State 66, WMU 63 (n) and Tayler Persons led the team with 18 points. The game was tied at halftime and the Cardinals 2/25/17 WMU 80, Ball State 55 led for the final 19:17 of the game and led 55-47 with 5:22 left. With the game tied at 55, Brachen 1/28/17 Ball State 84, WMU 78 * Hazen dunked and the Cardinals made three free throws to ice the game. 2/6/16 Ball State 75, WMU 71 (ot) * Cards Perched Atop The MAC West Winning games like Tuesday’s game is how Ball State has won the MAC West division in 2016, * at Ball State 2018 and 2020. BSU went 11-7 in conference play last year and tied atop the division with Northern Illinois, but Ball State won both meetings over NIU to break the standings tie. Ball State 2020-21 MISCELLANEOUS won four of its last five games last year before the season was stopped short. STATISTICS 2-0 MAC Start So Important Tuesday’s game certainly carries impact, and history over the last decade explains why. BSU has Stat BSU Opp. started 2-0 in conference play just four times since the 2009-10 season: 2009-10, 2010-11, Pts Per Game off TOs 14.3 13.7 2011-12, 2019-20. 2nd Chance Pts Per Game 8.8 11.2 Charity Work Pts in Paint Per Game 30.3 31.2 Ball State is one of the best teams in the country at getting to the foul line. The Cards average a Fast Break Pts 8.7 8.8 league-best 24.3 foul shots per game and rank 46th nationally in free throws attempted per field Bench Scoring 17.5 25.5 goal attempt. BSU shot 34 free throws against UIC and 39 in an overtime win at Northern Illinois. Dunks Deep Bench Hazen 2, Thomas 1 James Whitford has commented that this is the deepest roster he has coached at BSU. That’s been reflected in the amount of bench minutes being used. The Cardinals are 36th nationally in bench Opponent Dunks: 12 minutes percentage, with nearly 38% of the available minutes going to non-starters. The nationa average for that stat is 30.6%. Charges Taken Hazen 3, Gunn 3, El-Amin 2, Thomas 1 Opponent Charges: 4
And 1’s Walton 3, El-Amin 2, Hazen 1, Gunn 1, Tale of the Tape Windham 1
Ball State CATEGORY WMU FTs after And 1: 6 of 8 (.750) 70.7 POINTS PER GAME 63.5 71.2 OPP. POINTS PER GAME 64.3 Control Opening Jump Ball .410 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .441 3 of 6 .439 OPP. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .398 .283 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .362 .285 OPP. 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .277 .651 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .602 -3.2 REBOUNDING MARGIN +1.3 +2.2 TURNOVER MARGIN -3.0 This is the 100th season of Ball State basketball
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CARDINAL NOTES 100th Season For Ball State Basketball This very strange season happens to be the 100th varsity men’s basketball campaign at BSU. Ball State’s all-time record through 99+ seasons is 1,252-1,157-1 (the single tie came in 1923). The Cardinals have posted 45 seasons at .500 or better and 12 20-win seasons (2 under James Whitford).
2020-21 MAC Standings Turnover Outlier In Terre Haute (As of Monday morning) BSU committed 20 turnovers in the loss at Indiana State, including 13 in the first half. That number is the highest of the season and uncharacteristic of a team that does a good job MAC Overall taking care of the ball. BSU is still 60th nationally in turnover percentage, committing 1. Ball State 1-0 3-3 a mistake just 17% of the time. Bowling Green 1-0 5-2 Toledo 1-0 6-3 Consider Our Composure Kept Western Michigan 1-0 2-4 Twice over the last three games, Ball State has come under pressure in tight games. 5. Buffalo 1-1 3-3 And twice, the Cards have delivered. Against UIC on Dec. 5, BSU saw a 16-point 6. Kent State 0-0 3-1 lead disappear but found a 10-2 run and hit free throws to ice the game. The opposite Akron 0-0 2-1 happened at Northern Illinois, when the Cards were down 10 but came back and won by Ohio 0-0 4-2 scoring the first 11 points of overtime. 9. Central Michigan 0-1 4-4 Miami 0-1 3-3 Eastern Michigan 0-1 1-2 Northern Illinois 0-1 1-5 AROUND THE WORLD Here is a visual of Ball State’s long-range shooting this MAC Preseason Poll season around the 3-point arc: 1. Bowling Green (132 points) 2. Ohio (117) RIGHT CORNER 3. Akron (115) 2-for-6 RIGHT WING 4. Buffalo (109) .333 10-for-39 5. Ball State (104) .256 6. Toledo (93) 7. Kent State (65) 8. Eastern Michigan (57) 9. Miami (48) 10. Northern Illinois (43) 11. Central Michigan (40) 12. Western Michigan (13) TOP OF KEY 7-for-34 .206 Upcoming MAC Schedule (Times listed ET) Tuesday, Dec. 22 Ball State at Western Michigan - 2 p.m. Northern Illinois at Toledo - 2 p.m. LEFT WING Ohio at Akron - 2 p.m. 17-for-52 Buffalo at St. Bonaventure - 4 p.m. .327 LEFT CORNER 3-for-7 .429
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CARDINAL NOTES BSU’S RECORD WHEN....
Local Stars Find A Home At BSU At Home ...... 2-0 In the college hoops season in basketball-crazed Indiana, Ball State and Indiana have kept the On Road ...... 1-3 most guys home. Ball State and Indiana are tied with nine homegrown players on their roster, Neutral ...... 0-0 the most in the state. There are 135 Division I players who played high school ball in Indiana. In overtime ...... 1-0 Against ranked teams ...... 0-0 Most Indiana Natives On Roster In games decided by 5 pts or less ...... 1-1 Ball State - 9 In games decided by 6-10 pts ...... 1-1 Indiana - 9 In games decided by 11-20 pts ...... 1-1 Purdue - 8 In games decided by 21+ pts ...... 0-0 Indiana State - 7 Leading at Half ...... 2-0 Who’s Coming In? Tied at Half ...... 0-0 Ball State basketball bolstered both its frontcourt and backcourt in the early signing period, Trailing at Half ...... 1-3 adding 6-9 Payton Sparks and 6-4 Jaylin Sellers. Both will suit up for the Cardinals in 2021. BSU shoots 50% or better ...... 0-0 BSU shoots worse than 50% ...... 3-3 Payton Sparks: 6-9 center from Winchester, Ind. 21.9 ppg, 12.4 rpg as a junior BSU shoots better/same as opp...... 1-2 Jaylin Sellers: 6-4 combo guard from Montgomery, Ala. Tri-City Player of the Year Opp. shoots better than BSU ...... 2-1 Opp. shoots 50% or better ...... 0-1 Guarding The Boards Opp. shoots worse than 50% ...... 3-3 BSU has two outstanding rebounding guards in K.J. Walton and Jarron Coleman. Walton averages 4.7 rebounds per game in 47 games at Ball State. He’s grabbed nine rebounds in a game four BSU out-rebounds opp...... 2-0 times and grabbed 18 in the season’s first two games. Coleman, when he returns from a foot Opp. out-rebounds BSU ...... 0-3 injury, is 6-5 and had four 9-rebound games as a freshman. Teams tied in rebounding ...... 1-0
BSU shoots 70% or better on FTs ...... 1-0 Portal Success - 5 Transfers In Rotation BSU has more/same FT attempts ...... 3-0 Ball State has had a lot of recent success in the transfer market, as five players who figure to Opp. has more FT attempts ...... 0-3 be notable in the rotation this season are transfers. K.J. Walton (Missouri) and Brachen Hazen BSU shoots 40% or better on 3s ...... 0-0 (Arkansas) come from SEC schools, while Miryne Thomas was a MEAC All-Rookie pick at BSU shoots less than 40% on 3s ...... 3-3 Maryland-Eastern Shore. Two transfers making their BSU debut this year are Jalen Windham BSU has more/same TO than opp...... 0-3 (Creighton) and Reggie Jones (Western Michigan, Tulsa). BSU has fewer TO than opp...... 3-0
Waived In Just In Time BSU scores 90 pts or more ...... 0-0 Ball State got good news a week before the season when Jalen Windham was issued immediate BSU scores 80-89 pts ...... 1-0 eligibility for this season. He came to BSU this offseason after playing in 16 games at Creighton. BSU scores 70-79 pts ...... 1-1 Windham’s arrival was bumpy, as he didn’t have access to a gym for long stretches of time. BSU scores 60-69 pts ...... 1-1 Once he caught up to speed with his new teammates, Winhdam should be an impact shooter BSU scores 50-59 pts ...... 0-1 BSU scores less than 50 pts ...... 0-0 for Ball State. Walk-on and Muncie native Josh Bryan was also issued a waiver coming from Opp. scores 90-plus pts ...... 0-0 Division II UIndy. Opp. scores 80-89 pts ...... 0-1 Opp. scores 70-79 pts ...... 1-1 Call In The Closers Opp. scores 60-69 pts ...... 2-1 Ball State closed its overtime game at NIU about as well as you can. The Cards shot 4-for-4 (2- Opp. scores 50-59 pts ...... 0-0 for-2 from 3-pt) and 6-for-8 at the foul line in blitzing the home team. The Cardinals, who trailed Opp. scores less than 50 pts ...... 0-0 in the game for 33:24 of game clock, scored the first 11 points of the overtime. In November ...... 0-1 Taking Care Of The Rock In December ...... 3-2 Early in the season, having veteran guards has paid off in that BSU has been successful not In January ...... 0-0 committing turnovers. The Cardinals are +1.8 in turnover margin and commit a conference- In February ...... 0-0 In March ...... 0-0 low.10.5 miscues per game. Metrically, Ball State is 30th nationally in turnover percentage, giving the ball away just 15% of the time.
Ish’s Leadership Off The Court This past June following the killing of George Floyd, Ishmael El-Amin organized a peaceful protest in Muncie. Nearly 3,000 people attended and marched from the BSU campus to downtown Muncie.
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2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Team Game-by-Game as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 BALL STATEAll gamesTEAM GAME-BY-GAME
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A TO BLK STL PTS AVG at Northern Ky. 11/25/2020 73-74 L 28-64 .438 6-23 .261 11-21 .524 15 24 39 39.0 21 11 9 4 7 73 73.0 at Michigan 12/02/2020 65-84 L 24-61 .393 7-20 .350 10-16 .625 7 19 26 32.5 18 7 13 1 5 65 69.0 UIC 12/05/2020 68-66 W 20-52 .385 2-18 .111 26-34 .765 8 28 36 33.7 17 9 10 2 5 68 68.7 at Northern Ill. 12/08/2020 79-70 Wot 22-54 .407 10-29 .345 25-39 .641 14 26 40 35.3 22 13 10 1 4 79 71.3 Illinois St. 12/12/2020 82-66 W 30-65 .462 9-28 .321 13-20 .650 10 30 40 36.2 13 16 12 1 10 82 73.4 at Indiana St. 12/19/2020 57-67 L 21-58 .362 5-20 .250 10-16 .625 9 28 37 36.3 22 6 20 5 9 57 70.7 Total 424 145-354 .410 39-138 .283 95-146 .651 63 155 218 36.3 113 62 74 14 40 424 70.7 Opponents 427 157-358 .439 35-123 .285 78-117 .667 67 170 237 39.5 131 69 87 12 29 427 71.2
Ball St. Averages Games Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game Pct game game game ratio game game 6 70.7 41.0 28.3 65.1 36.3 10.3 12.3 0.8 6.7 2.3
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2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Opponents Game-by-Game as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 OPPONENTAll games TEAM GAME-BY-GAME
Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A TO BLK STL PTS AVG at Northern Ky. 11/25/2020 73-74 L 27-65 .415 8-28 .286 12-23 .522 20 23 43 43.0 20 16 9 0 5 74 74.0 at Michigan 12/02/2020 65-84 L 33-59 .559 4-15 .267 14-19 .737 9 32 41 42.0 18 12 13 4 4 84 79.0 UIC 12/05/2020 68-66 W 23-54 .426 5-18 .278 15-21 .714 6 28 34 39.3 27 9 13 2 2 66 74.7 at Northern Ill. 12/08/2020 79-70 Wot 25-60 .417 5-19 .263 15-21 .714 14 25 39 39.3 28 10 14 1 3 70 73.5 Illinois St. 12/12/2020 82-66 W 28-65 .431 9-25 .360 1-5 .200 9 31 40 39.4 21 11 19 3 6 66 72.0 at Indiana St. 12/19/2020 57-67 L 21-55 .382 4-18 .222 21-28 .750 9 31 40 39.5 17 11 19 2 9 67 71.2 Total 427 157-358 .439 35-123 .285 78-117 .667 67 170 237 39.5 131 69 87 12 29 427 71.2 Ball St. 424 145-354 .410 39-138 .283 95-146 .651 63 155 218 36.3 113 62 74 14 40 424 70.7
Opponents Averages Games Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game Pct game game game ratio game game 6 71.2 43.9 28.5 66.7 39.5 11.5 14.5 0.8 4.8 2.0
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 2020-21 Ball State Basketball @BallStateMBB 2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 1/4 Team High/Low Analysis as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 BALL STATEAll games SEASON HIGHS Ball St. - Game Highs POINTS 82 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 79 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 73 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 68 UIC (12/05/2020) 65 at Michigan (12/02/2020) FIELD GOALS MADE 30 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 28 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 65 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 64 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .462 (30-65) Illinois St. (12/12/2020) .438 (28-64) at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 3 PT FG MADE 10 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 9 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 29 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 28 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .350 (7-20) at Michigan (12/02/2020) .345 (10-29) at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) FREE THROWS MADE 26 UIC (12/05/2020) 25 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 39 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 34 UIC (12/05/2020) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .765 (26-34) UIC (12/05/2020) .650 (13-20) Illinois St. (12/12/2020) REBOUNDS 40 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 40 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) ASSISTS 16 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 13 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) STEALS 10 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 9 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) BLOCKED SHOTS 5 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 4 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) TURNOVERS 20 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 13 at Michigan (12/02/2020) FOULS 22 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 22 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020)
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 2020-21 Ball State Basketball @BallStateMBB 2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 3/4 Team High/Low Analysis as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 BALL STATEAll games SEASON LOWS Ball St. - Game Lows POINTS 57 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 65 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 68 UIC (12/05/2020) 73 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 79 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) FIELD GOALS MADE 20 UIC (12/05/2020) 21 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 52 UIC (12/05/2020) 54 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .362 (21-58) at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) .385 (20-52) UIC (12/05/2020) 3 PT FG MADE 2 UIC (12/05/2020) 5 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 18 UIC (12/05/2020) 20 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 20 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .111 (2-18) UIC (12/05/2020) .250 (5-20) at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) FREE THROWS MADE 10 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 10 at Michigan (12/02/2020) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 16 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 16 at Michigan (12/02/2020) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .524 (11-21) at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) .625 (10-16) at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) .625 (10-16) at Michigan (12/02/2020) REBOUNDS 26 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 36 UIC (12/05/2020) ASSISTS 6 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 7 at Michigan (12/02/2020) STEALS 4 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 5 UIC (12/05/2020) 5 at Michigan (12/02/2020) BLOCKED SHOTS 1 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 1 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 1 at Michigan (12/02/2020) TURNOVERS 9 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 10 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 10 UIC (12/05/2020) FOULS 13 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 17 UIC (12/05/2020)
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 2020-21 Ball State Basketball @BallStateMBB
2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 2/4 Team High/Low Analysis as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 OPPONENTAll games SEASON HIGHS Opponent - Game Highs POINTS 84 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 74 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 70 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 67 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 66 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 66 UIC (12/05/2020) FIELD GOALS MADE 33 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 28 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 65 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 65 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .559 (33-59) at Michigan (12/02/2020) .431 (28-65) Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 3 PT FG MADE 9 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 8 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 28 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 25 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .360 (9-25) Illinois St. (12/12/2020) .286 (8-28) at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FREE THROWS MADE 21 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 15 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 15 UIC (12/05/2020) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 28 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 23 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .750 (21-28) at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) .737 (14-19) at Michigan (12/02/2020) REBOUNDS 43 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 41 at Michigan (12/02/2020) ASSISTS 16 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 12 at Michigan (12/02/2020) STEALS 9 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 6 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) BLOCKED SHOTS 4 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 3 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) TURNOVERS 19 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 19 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) FOULS 28 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 27 UIC (12/05/2020)
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 2020-21 Ball State Basketball @BallStateMBB
2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 4/4 Team High/Low Analysis as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 OPPONENTAll games SEASON LOWS Opponent - Game Lows POINTS 66 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 66 UIC (12/05/2020) 67 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 70 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) 74 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FIELD GOALS MADE 21 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 23 UIC (12/05/2020) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 54 UIC (12/05/2020) 55 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .382 (21-55) at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) .415 (27-65) at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 3 PT FG MADE 4 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 4 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 15 at Michigan (12/02/2020) 18 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 18 UIC (12/05/2020) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .222 (4-18) at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) .263 (5-19) at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) FREE THROWS MADE 1 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 12 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 5 Illinois St. (12/12/2020) 19 at Michigan (12/02/2020) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .200 (1-5) Illinois St. (12/12/2020) .522 (12-23) at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) REBOUNDS 34 UIC (12/05/2020) 39 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) ASSISTS 9 UIC (12/05/2020) 10 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) STEALS 2 UIC (12/05/2020) 3 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) BLOCKED SHOTS 0 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 1 at Northern Ill. (12/08/2020) TURNOVERS 9 at Northern Ky. (11/25/2020) 13 UIC (12/05/2020) 13 at Michigan (12/02/2020) FOULS 17 at Indiana St. (12/19/2020) 18 at Michigan (12/02/2020)
Ball State at Western Michigan - 12/22/20 Career/Season Highs #0 Miryne Thomas Minutes F | 6-8 | 200 | R-Jr. Career: 35, vs. Florida A&M (2/5/18 for UMES) Cleveland, Ohio | Central Catholic 2020-21: 28, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) (Md. Eastern Shore) Points Career: 21, at Bethune Cookman (2/10/18 for UMES) * Won Western Pennsylvania Athletic League 2020-21: 13, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) Golden Gloves in 2012 at age 13 * Strongest player on the team Rebounds * Had 19-0 boxing record Career: 16, vs. Savannah State (1/13/18) 2020-21: 8, vs. UIC (12/5/20) *2018 MEAC All-Rookie Team Assists Career: 3 (2x), last at NC A&T (1/3/18 for UMES) 2020-21: 2, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS: Has started all 4 games in which he’s been active ... Tied for team lead with 5.8 rebounds per game ... Scored his Ball State high of 13 points in win at Northern Illinois (Dec. 8). Field Goals Made Career: 8, vs Hampton (1/6/18) 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 18 games off the bench … Saw action in 11 conference games, includ- 2020-21: 3 (2x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) ing 9 of the final 10 as he emerged down the stretch … Scored a season-high 14 points in the season-ending victory at Northern Illinois that clinched a share of the MAC West Division championship … Scored 9 points and Field Goal Attempts pulled down a season-best 8 rebounds in the previous game against Central Michigan. Career: 15 (2x), last at Howard (2/12/18) 2020-21: 6, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20)
BEFORE BALL STATE: Named to the MEAC All-Rookie Team at UMES ... Finished third on the team in 3-point Field Goals scoring with 11.1 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 7.8 rebounds per game (5th in the MEAC) Career: 3 (2x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) ... Sat out 2018-19 season after transferring ... Averaged 18 ppg and 10 rpg as a high school senior, earning 2020-21: 3, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) second team all-state honors. 3-point Attempts Career: 6, at Old Dominion (11/27/17 for UMES) 2020-21: 5, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20)
Free Throws Made Career: 7 (2x), last at Beth. Cookman (2/10/18 for UMES) Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min 2020-21: 4, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at Northern Ky. (11/25) * 3-4 1-2 2-4 0-3-3 2 9 0 1 0 0 16 at Michigan (12/2) --DNP-- Free Throw Attempts UIC (12/5) * 0-5 0-2 1-2 2-6-8 2 1 1 2 0 0 26 Career: 8 (6x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at No. Illinois (12/8) * 3-5 3-4 4-8 1-4-5 4 13 1 1 0 0 28 Illinois State (12/12) * 1-6 1-3 2-4 2-5-7 1 5 2 1 0 1 21 2020-21: 8, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at Indiana St. (12/19) * 2-4 1-2 0-0 2-4-6 3 5 0 2 0 2 18 Ohio (1/2) Steals Western Mich. (1/5) Career: 2 (5x), last vs. Florida A&M (2/5/18 for UMES) at Buffalo (1/9) 2020-21: 1, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) at Bowling Green (1/12) No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) Blocks at Ohio (1/23) Career: 2, vs Norfolk State (2/24/18) Kent State (1/26) 2020-21: 0 at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) Ball State When Thomas... at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) Season Career at Western Mich. (2/23) Double-Figure Scoring 1-0 2-0 Central Mich. (2/27) Eastern Mich. (3/2) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 at Toledo (3/5) Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 1-0 1-0 15+ Point Games 0-0 0-0
THOMAS CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 (at UMES) 29-27 764 26.3 116-265 .438 8-51 .157 83-127 .654 72-154 226-7,8 99-7 25 73 11 17 323 11.1 2019-20 18-0 139 7.7 16-37 .432 7-22 .318 15-18 .833 9-22 31-1.7 24-0 6 8 3 6 54 3.0 2020-21 5-5 109 21.8 9-24 .375 6-13 .462 9-18 .500 7-22 29-5.8 12-0 4 7 0 3 33 6.6 At Ball State 23-5 248 10.8 25-61 .410 13-35 .371 24-36 .667 16-44 60-2.6 36-0 10 15 3 9 87 3.8 TOTALS 52-32 1012 19.5 141-326 .433 21-86 .244 107-163 .656 88-198 286-5.5 135-7 35 88 14 26 410 7.9
Career/Season Highs #1 K.J Walton Minutes G | 6-3 | 200 | R-Sr. Career: 38, vs. Kent State (2/2/19) Indianapolis | Brownsburg (Missouri) 2020-21: 34, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) Points * One of the best overall athletes in the nation Career: 28, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) * Confirmed 45-inch vertical jump 2020-21: Same * Played 2 seasons at Missouri before transferring to BSU Rebounds Career: 13, vs. Auburn, 3/08/2017 (for Missouri) 2020-21: 11, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20)
Assists Career: 4, at Ole Miss, 2/23/2016 (for Missouri) 2020-21: 3 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS: Averaging 19.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game ... Combined with Ish El-Amin for 36.2 points per game, 3rd-highest duo scoring in the league ... Scored career-high 28 at NKU with 11 rebounds Field Goals Made (Nov. 25) ... Led Ball State in points (20) and rebounds (7) at Michigan (Dec. 2) ... Scored 25 and had a 3-point Career: 12, at Central Michigan (1/19/19) play in the final minute in win over UIC (Dec. 5). 2020-21: 11, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20)
Field Goal Attempts 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Limited to 10 games because of an ankle injury … Averaged 7.8 points per game Career: 21, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) and ranked second on the team with 5.0 rebounds per game before being sidelined ... 16 points and hit 8-of-8 free 2020-21: Same throws in the win over Indiana State at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis (Nov. 17) ... 12 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals in 32 minutes vs. Northern Kentucky (Nov. 20). 3-point Field Goals Made Career: 3, at LSU, 3/01/2016 (for Missouri) 2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS: Played in 32 games, missing just one to injury, and made 30 starts … Finished third 2020-21: 0 on the team in scoring at 13.0 points per game and added 4.3 rebounds per contest … Ranked 1st among MAC guards and 8th among all MAC players in field goal percentage at 53.0 percent … Ranked 3rd in the league at 3-point Attempts 1.8 steals per game in MAC play … Scored double figures in 25 games and reached the 20-point mark 5 times. Career: 4 (2x), last vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 2020-21: 1, vs. UIC (12/5/20) BEFORE BALL STATE: Spent 2 seasons at Missouri … Played in all 63 games for the Tigers during that period and made 24 starts ... Averaged 6.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game as a sophomore in Free Throws Made 2016-17 ... Sat out 2017-18 season after transferring ... 2015 Indiana All-Star ... Averaged 19.7 ppg as a high Career: 9 (3x), last vs. UIC (12/5/20) school senior. 2020-21: 9, vs. UIC (12/5/20)
Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min Free Throw Attempts at Northern Ky. (11/25) * 11-21 0-0 6-10 6-5-11 2 28 1 0 0 2 33 Career: 12, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 at Michigan (12/2) * 9-15 0-0 2-3 2-5-7 1 20 0 0 0 2 27 2020-21: 10 (3x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) UIC (12/5) * 8-13 0-1 9-10 1-2-3 2 25 3 2 2 1 30 at No. Illinois (12/8) * 5-9 0-0 8-10 0-2-2 4 18 1 1 0 0 34 Steals Illinois State (12/12) * 4-8 0-0 2-4 1-3-4 3 10 3 4 1 4 26 Career: 4 (3x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) at Indiana St. (12/19) * 5-9 0-0 3-5 1-5-6 2 13 1 4 0 1 30 2020-21: 4, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) at Western Mich. (12/22) Ohio (1/2) Western Mich. (1/5) Blocks at Buffalo (1/9) Career: 2 (5x), last vs. UIC (12/5/20) at Bowling Green (1/12) 2020-21: 2, vs. UIC (12/5/20) No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) at Ohio (1/23) Ball State When Walton... Kent State (1/26) at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Season Career Toledo (2/6) Double-Figure Scoring 3-3 20-15 at Central Mich. (2/9) at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-1 0-1 Bowling Green (2/16) Double-Double 0-1 0-1 Akron (2/20) Leads BSU in Points 2-2 5-6 Central Mich. (2/27) Eastern Mich. (3/2) Leads BSU in Rebs 0-2 3-2 at Toledo (3/5) 15+ Point Games 2-2 11-4 8+ Rebound Games 0-1 3-4
WALTON CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 (at Mizzou) 31-7 427 13.8 50-115 .514 11-30 .367 54-78 .692 24-34 58-1.9 35-0 27 23 2 14 165 5.3 2016-17 (at Mizzou) 32-17 608 19.0 69-175 .394 5-23 .217 70-116 .603 44-62 106-3.3 53-0 31 37 0 37 213 6.7 2018-19 32-30 856 26.8 157-296 .530 1-11 .091 100-142 .704 53-85 138-4.3 75-2 29 61 11 43 415 13.0 2019-20 10-5 208 20.8 29-65 .446 0-4 .000 20-34 .588 19-31 50-5.0 11-0 7 11 3 9 78 7.8 2020-21 6-6 180 30.0 42-75 .560 0-1 .000 30-42 .714 11-22 33-5.5 12-0 9 11 3 10 114 19.0 At Ball State 48-41 1244 25.9 228-436 .523 1-16 .063 150-218 .688 83-138 221-4.6 100-2 45 83 17 62 607 12.6 TOTALS 111-65 2279 20.5 345-722 .478 17-69 .246 274-412 .665 151-234 385-3.5 186-2 103 140 19 113 985 8.9 Career/Season Highs #2 Luke Bumbalough Minutes G | 6-1 | 180 | So. Career: 36, at Central Michigan (1/25/20) New Castle, Ind. | New Castle 2020-21: 32, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) Points * Stepped into a bigger role as a freshman Career: 18, vs. Howard (11/23/19) when K.J. Walton was injured 2020-21: 13, at Michigan (12/2/20) * Standout wide receiver in HS, also had offer to play football at Ball State Rebounds Career: 3 (5x), last vs. Central Michigan (3/3/20) * Basketball, however, is his favorite sport 2020-21: 2 (3x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) * 2019 Indiana All-Star with teammate Jalen Windham Assists Career: 5, vs. Defiance (11/5/19) Has started every game of the season ... scored 13 points at Michigan (Dec. 2). 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS: 2020-21: 3, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20)
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Led all MAC freshmen in minutes played during conference play (519 total, 28.9 per Field Goals Made game) … His 56 3-pointers for the year led all rookies in the league and ranked third on BSU’s all-time freshman Career: 6, vs. Howard (11/23/19) 3FG list behind only Sean Sellers (66, 2014-15) and Zavier Turner (61, 2013-14) … Averaged 7.0 points per game 2020-21: 4, at Michigan (12/2/20) and reached double figures 9 times … Registered season highs with 18 points and 6 made 3-pointers in win over Howard in December, helping the Cardinals to a school-record 21 treys as a team. Field Goal Attempts Career: 11, vs. Howard (11/23/19) BEFORE BALL STATE: Indiana Mr. Basketball finalist and an Indiana All-Star as a senior … AP All-State 2020-21: 9, at Michigan (12/2/20) First Team, IBCA Supreme 15 All-State and IBCA Academic All-State… Finished his career as the second leading scorer in school history (1,717 points) behind only Steve Alford … Averaged 31.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 3-point Field Goals Made assists per game as a senior, ranking second in the state in scoring … Shot 49 percent from the floor and 42 Career: 6, vs. Howard (11/23/19) percent from 3-point range … Indiana Junior All-Star after a junior season in which he averaged 20.0 points, 5.9 2020-21: 3, at Michigan (12/2/20) rebounds and 4.0 assists while helping New Castle to a semistate appearance … Also held a football scholarship 3-point Attempts Career: 10, vs. Howard (11/23/19) 2020-21: 5 (3x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min at Northern Ky. (11/25) * 0-6 0-4 0-2 1-1-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 32 at Michigan (12/2) * 4-9 3-5 2-3 0-1-1 1 13 2 0 0 0 27 Free Throws Made UIC (12/5) * 2-7 1-5 0-2 0-2-2 1 5 0 0 0 1 26 Career: 5, at Central Michigan (1/25/20) Illinois State (12/12) * 1-4 1-3 0-2 1-1-2 1 3 3 1 0 0 27 2020-21: 2, at Michigan (12/2/20) at Indiana St. (12/19) * 3-7 1-5 0-0 0-1-1 0 7 0 1 0 0 23 at No. Illinois (12/8) * 1-6 0-3 0-0 0-3-3 0 2 1 1 0 0 28 Free Throw Attempts at Western Mich. (12/22) Career: 7, at Central Michigan (1/25/20) Ohio (1/2) 2020-21: 3, at Michigan (12/2/20) Western Mich. (1/5) at Buffalo (1/9) Steals at Bowling Green (1/12) No. Illinois (1/16) Career: 2 (4x), last vs. Eastern Michigan (2/22/20) at Miami (1/19) 2020-21: 1, vs. UIC (12/5/20) at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) Blocks at Akron (1/30) Career: 1 (3x), last vs. UTEP (12/23/19) Buffalo (2/2) 2020-21: 0 Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Ball State When Bumbalough... Akron (2/20) Central Mich. (2/27) Season Career Eastern Mich. (3/2) at Toledo (3/5) Double-Figure Scoring 0-1 7-3 Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 1-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 20+ Point Games 0-0 0-0 Makes 4 3FG 0-0 5-1
BUMBALOUGH CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 31-23 809 26.1 66-198 .333 56-167 .335 29-46 .630 5-34 39-1.3 46-0 46 26 3 17 217 7.0 2020-21 6-6 164 27.3 11-39 .282 6-25 .240 2-9 .222 2-9 11-1.8 4-0 5 4 0 1 30 5.0
TOTALS 37-29 973 26.3 77-237 .325 62-192 .323 31-55 .564 7-43 50-1.3 50-0 51 30 3 18 247 6.7 Career/Season Highs #3 Teemu Suokas Minutes G | 6-2 | 185 | Fr. Career: 14, at Michigan (12/2/20) Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki Basketball Acad. 2020-21: Same
*First European-born player in Ball State history Points Career: 3, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) * Whitford says Suokas may be 2nd-fastest on team 2020-21: Same * Coached in Finland by former Utah star and NBA player Hanno Mottola Rebounds Career: 2, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: Same
Assists Career: 2, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) * PRONOUCNED TAY-AH-MOO (Teammates call him “Tee-Moo”) 2020-21: Same
Field Goals Made BEFORE BALL STATE: Played with the Finland junior national team and with HBA-Marsky of the Helsinki Basketball Academy … Led HBA-Marsky to a 21-0 record in the 2019-20 season before the postseason was Career: 1, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) canceled because of COVID-19 … Scored 9 ppg for Finland U16 team in 2017 ... Averaged 8.9 ppg on Finland 2020-21: Same U18 team in 2019 ... Led his team with 12.1 points and 3.8 assists per game while also averaging 1.1 steals per game … Shot 50.3 percent from the floor and led the league at 44.8 percent from 3-point range … Played for Field Goal Attempts Team Finland in the European Championships at both the U16 and U18 levels. Career: 2 (3x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: Same
3-point Field Goals Made Career: 1, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) 2020-21: Same
3-point Attempts Career: 2 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: Same
Free Throws Made Career: 0 2020-21: 0
Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min Free Throw Attempts at Northern Ky. (11/25) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Career: 0 at Michigan (12/2) 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 2020-21: 0 UIC (12/5) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 at No. Illinois (12/8) 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 Steals Illinois State (12/12) 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 Career: 0 at Indiana St. (12/19) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 at Western Mich. (12/22) 2020-21: 0 Ohio (1/2) Western Mich. (1/5) Blocks at Buffalo (1/9) Career: 0 at Bowling Green (1/12) 2020-21: 0 No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) at Akron (1/30) Ball State When Suokas... Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) Season Career at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 0-0 Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Central Mich. (2/27) Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Eastern Mich. (3/2) Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 at Toledo (3/5) Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 15+ Point Games 0-0 0-0 4+ Made 3FG 0-0 0-0
SUOKAS CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2020-21 6-0 46 7.7 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-5 5-0.8 4-0 4 1 0 0 3 0.5
TOTALS 6-0 46 7.7 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-5 5-0.8 4-0 4 1 0 0 3 0.5
Career/Season Highs #5 Ishmael El-Amin Minutes G | 6-3 | 180 | Sr. Career: 40, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) Minneapolis, Minn. | Hopkins 2020-21: Same Points * Oldest of 7 children Career: 24, vs. Loyola Chicago (12/3/19) * Father, Khalid, played in the NBA and started 2020-21: 22, vs. UIC (12/5/20) at PG for UConn’s 1999 national title team * Led and organized a peaceful protest in June 2020 Rebounds that drew 3,000 people in Muncie Career: 9, vs. Toledo (1/3/20) 2020-21: 6, vs. UIC (12/5/20)
Assists Career: 7, at Eastern Michigan (1/14/20) * 2020-21 2nd Team Preseason All-MAC 2020-21: 4 (3x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) * 2019-20 3rd Team All-MAC Field Goals Made Career: 7 (6x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS: Preseason 2nd team All-MAC ... Scored 22 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and made 2020-21: 7, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) 11 of 12 FTs in win over UIC (Dec. 5) ... 18 points in a career-high 40 minutes in OT win at Northern Illinois (Dec. 8) ... Scored 20 points on 6-for-12 shooting in win over Illinois State (Dec. 12). Field Goal Attempts Career: 20, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) 2020-21: Same 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: All-MAC 3rd Team selection … One of only two players (Kyle Mallers) to start all 31 games … Ranked second on the team in scoring (13.8 ppg), assists (2.3 apg) and steals (1.1 spg) … His 77 made 3-pointers ranked 3rd on BSU’s single-season chart behind only Chris Williams (90) and Patrick Jackson 3-point Field Goals (77) from the 2001-02 season … 5th in the MAC in 3-point percentage (.393) among players with at least 100 Career: 5 (2x), last vs. Western Michigan (2/25/20) attempts … Scored in double figures 24 times and reached the 20-point mark 4 times … Registered a career-high 2020-21: 4, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 24 points against Loyola Chicago and had his best-ever MAC scoring output with 22 points in the home win over Northern Illinois. 3-point Attempts Career: 11 (2x), last vs. Central Michigan (3/3/20) 2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS: Averaged 6.9 points per game … His 36.8 percent clip from 3-point range was the 2020-21: 10, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) best of any player on the team with at least 50 attempts … Limited to just 5 MAC games because of injury. Free Throws Made BEFORE BALL STATE: 4-star prospect by the major recruiting services … Rated as the 7th-best player in Career: 11, vs. UIC (12/5/20) Minnesota’s 2017 class by 247Sports … Played AAU basketball for D1 Minnesota on the Adidas circuit ... Led high 2020-21: Same school team to a 31-1 record and state title in 2017. Free Throw Attempts Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min Career: 12, vs. UIC (12/5/20) at Northern Ky. (11/25) * 6-13 2-6 1-1 0-1-1 5 15 3 4 0 4 35 2020-21: Same at Michigan (12/2) * 5-17 0-5 0-0 0-0-0 2 10 4 4 0 2 31 UIC (12/5) * 5-14 1-5 11-12 0-6-6 2 22 4 2 0 0 34 at No. Illinois (12/8) * 7-20 3-10 1-2 1-4-5 2 18 4 2 0 2 40 Steals Illinois State (12/12) * 6-12 4-8 4-4 0-1-1 1 20 3 1 0 1 32 Career: 4, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) at Indiana St. (12/19) * 6-19 2-9 4-7 0-3-3 2 18 3 5 0 2 35 2020-21: Same at Western Mich. (12/22) Ohio (1/2) Blocks Western Mich. (1/5) Career: 1 (11x), last at Toledo (2/29/20) at Buffalo (1/9) at Bowling Green (1/12) 2020-21: 0 No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) Ball State When El-Amin... at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) Season Career at Central Mich. (2/9) Double-Figure Scoring 3-3 22-15 at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Central Mich. (2/27) Leads BSU in Points 2-1 6-5 Eastern Mich. (3/2) Leads BSU in Assists 2-2 3-4 at Toledo (3/5) 20+ Point Games 2-0 5-1
EL-AMIN CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 31-0 579 18.7 52-141 .369 18-56 .321 29-40 .725 7-55 62-2.0 39-0 47 39 3 17 151 4.9 2018-19 19-1 414 21.8 47-100 .470 25-68 .368 12-20 .600 2-30 32-1.7 25-0 19 22 3 13 131 6.9 2019-20 31-31 1007 32.5 149-347 .429 77-196 .393 54-71 .761 11-86 97-3.1 63-0 72 63 6 34 429 13.8 2020-21 6-6 207 34.5 35-95 .368 12-43 .279 21-26 .808 1-17 18-3.0 14-1 21 18 0 11 103 17.2
TOTALS 87-38 2207 25.4 283-683 .414 132-363 .364 116-157 .739 21-188 209-2.4 141-1 159 142 12 75 814 9.4 Career/Season Highs #11 Jarron Coleman Minutes G | 6-5 | 205 | R-So. Career: 34, at Toledo (2/29/20) Indianapolis | Cathedral 2019-20: Same Points * 2020 MAC Freshman of the Year Career: 20, vs. IUPUI (12/7/19) * Broke bone in foot in practice, expected to miss 2019-20: Same non-conference games * Nickname is ‘Boogie’ Rebounds Career: 9 (4x), last vs. Bowling Green (2/15/20) * 2019-20: Same
Assists Career: 8, at Eastern Michigan (1/14/20) 2019-20: Same PRONOUNCED ‘Juh-RON’ Field Goals Made Career: 8, vs. Eastern Michigan (2/22/20) 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Named the MAC Freshman of the Year, headlining the MAC All-Freshman Team … 2019-20: Same played in all 31 games and made 25 starts … Started final 23 games of the season at point guard … Ranked 1st Field Goal Attempts among MAC freshmen during conference play in scoring (10.2 ppg), rebounding (5.4 rpg) and assists (3.2 apg) … Career: 14 (2x), last vs. Bowling Green (2/15/20) His 288 points ranked 10th on BSU’s all-time freshman scoring list … His four highest-scoring MAC games came 2019-20: Same in the final month of the season: 19 against Eastern Michigan, 18 at Toledo, 17 versus Bowling Green and 15 at Buffalo … His season high of 20 points came in non-conference play against IUPUI ... Handed out a season-best 3-point Field Goals Made eight assists in the win at Eastern Michigan … Ball State’s second-leading rebounder in conference play at 5.4 Career: 3 (2x), last at Georgia Tech (12/19/19) boards per game. 2019-20: Same 3-point Attempts BEFORE BALL STATE: Named an Indiana All-Star as a senior while averaging 17.2 points, 4.1 assists and Career: 6, at Toledo (2/29/20) 2.5 steals per game as a senior … Helped Cathedral win the City Tournament championship … Hlossomed in 2019-20: Same his junior season, raising his scoring average more than 10 full points to 19.7 points per game … Named to the Indiana Junior All-Star Team … A standout in the summer of 2017 for Spiece Indy Heat, ranking in the top five Free Throws Made on the Nike EYBL circuit in steals … Rated as the No. 7 player in the state of Indiana’s 2018 class by 247Sports. Career: 6 (2x), last at Northern Illinois (3/6/20) 2019-20: Same Free Throw Attempts Career: 7 (2x), last at Toledo (2/29/20) Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min 2019-20: Same at Northern Ky. (11/25) --DNP-- at Michigan (12/2) --DNP-- Steals UIC (12/5) --DNP-- at No. Illinois (12/8) --DNP-- Career: 3 (2x), last at Western Michigan (2/8/20) Illinois State (12/12) --DNP-- 2019-20: Same at Indiana St. (12/19) --DNP-- Ohio (1/2) Blocks Western Mich. (1/5) Career: 2, at Kent State (2/4/20) at Buffalo (1/9) 2019-20: Same at Bowling Green (1/12) No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) Ball State When Coleman... at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) Season Career at Central Mich. (2/9) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 6-9 at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Akron (2/20) Double-Double 0-0 0-0 at Western Mich. (2/23) Leads BSU in Points 0-0 1-0 Central Mich. (2/27) Eastern Mich. (3/2) Leads BSU in Assists 0-0 3-3 at Toledo (3/5) 15+ Point Games 0-0 3-3 6+ Assists 0-0 1-0
COLEMAN CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 31-25 790 25.5 109-239 .456 26-80 .325 44-67 .657 25-123 148-4.8 56-1 91 83 8 27 268 9.3 2020-21 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 31-25 790 25.5 109-239 .456 26-80 .325 44-67 .657 25-123 148-4.8 56-1 91 83 8 27 268 9.3 Career/Season Highs #12 Brachen Hazen Minutes F | 6-8 | 210 | R-Sr. Career: 27, vs. Appalachian State (11/18/18) Columbia City, Ind. | Columbia City (Arkansas) 2020-21: 23 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) Points * 5th-yr senior who has battled various injuries at BSU Career: 15, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 * Whitford calls him a ‘fun-loving guy who loves life’ 2020-21: 14, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) * Married Jayla Wigent on Aug. 1, 2020 * Indiana All-Star in 2016 Rebounds Career: 11, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: Same
Assists Career: 6, vs. IUPUI, 12/7/19 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS: Captured starting role in frontcourt ... Scored 12 points in win over UIC (Dec. 5) ... 2020-21: 1 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) Had first career double-double with 14 & 11 vs. Illinois State (Dec. 12). Field Goals Made Career: 6, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 30 games off the bench, missing just one to injury … Averaged 4.0 2020-21: 5, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) points and 3.8 rebounds as the Cardinals’ 6th man … Scored his season high of 10 points in wins over Georgia Tech and Howard … His highest-scoring MAC games came with 8 points in the home win over defending MAC Field Goal Attempts champion Buffalo and at Toledo … Pulled down a career-best 10 rebounds at Kent State to help BSU to its first Career: 8, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) road win over the Golden Flashes since 1999 … Ranked 2nd on the team with 14 blocked shots for the season 2020-21: Same … Led the team from the foul line in conference play at 89.3% … Made 29 of his last 32 free throws. 3-point Field Goals Made Career: 3, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 Played 14 games as a true freshman at Arkansas in 2016-17 ... An all-state player BEFORE BALL STATE: 2020-21: 0 at Columbia City … Averaged 16.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game as a senior … Indiana All-Star in 2016 ... Rated among the top 50 small forwards in the country by 247Sports. 3-point Attempts Career: 6, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 2020-21: 2, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20)
Free Throws Made Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min at Northern Ky. (11/25) * 0-3 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 Career: 7, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at Michigan (12/2) 1-4 0-1 5-6 2-0-2 4 7 0 1 0 1 16 2020-21: Same UIC (12/5) * 4-6 0-0 4-6 4-3-7 2 12 1 2 0 2 20 at No. Illinois (12/8) * 1-1 0-0 7-8 2-6-8 3 9 0 1 1 0 23 Free Throw Attempts Illinois State (12/12) * 5-8 0-1 4-7 3-8-11 2 14 1 2 0 2 23 Career: 8, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at Indiana St. (12/19) * 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 2 2 0 3 2 2 16 2020-21: Same Ohio (1/2) Western Mich. (1/5) at Buffalo (1/9) Steals at Bowling Green (1/12) Career: 2 (7x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) No. Illinois (1/16) 2020-21: 2 (3x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) at Miami (1/19) at Ohio (1/23) Blocks Kent State (1/26) Career: 3 (2x), last at UIC, 11/13/19 at Akron (1/30) 2020-21: 2, at Indiana State (12/19/20) Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Ball State When Hazen... Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) at Western Mich. (2/23) Season Career Central Mich. (2/27) Double-Figure Scoring 2-0 6-0 Eastern Mich. (3/2) Double-Figure Rebounds 1-0 2-0 at Toledo (3/5) Double-Double 1-0 1-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 2-0 4-0 8+ Rebound Games 2-0 6-0
HAZEN CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 (at Arkansas) 14-0 42 3.0 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 2-10 12-0.9 5-0 2 4 8 0 3 0.2 2018-19 17-2 307 18.1 34-59 .576 8-18 .444 21-35 .600 17-52 69-4.0 35-0 7 20 6 5 97 5.7 2019-20 30-2 457 15.2 38-92 .413 10-33 .303 35-47 .745 22-92 114-3.8 54-0 26 38 14 14 121 4.0 2020-21 6-5 114 19.0 12-25 .480 0-4 .000 21-29 .724 11-20 31-5.2 14-0 2 10 3 7 45 7.5 At Ball State 53-9 878 16.6 84-182 .462 18-57 .316 78-115 .678 52-174 226-4.3 103-0 35 68 23 26 263 5.0 TOTALS 67-9 920 13.7 85-188 .452 18-59 .305 79-119 .664 54-184 238-3.5 108-0 37 72 31 26 266 4.0 Career/Season Highs #13 Kani Acree Minutes G | 6-6 | 185 | R-So. Career: 28, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) Carbondale, Ill. | Carbondale 2020-21: Same Points * Nickname is ‘Ace’ Career: 11, vs. IUPUI (12/7/20) * Has Ace of Spades tattooed behind his right ear 2020-21: 8, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20)
Rebounds Career: 9, at Toledo (2/29/20) 2020-21: 4 (2x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20)
Assists Career: 5, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) 2020-21: Same 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 25 games off the bench … Averaged 4.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting 81.5 percent from the free throw line … Played in all but 1 MAC game, Field Goals Made seeing action in the final 17 … Scored a season-high 11 points in the win over IUPUI … Had his highest Career: 3 (6x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) scoring MAC game with 10 points at Central Michigan. 2020-21: 3, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) Field Goal Attempts Career: 8, vs. Portland (12/25/19) BEFORE BALL STATE: 2-time all-conference player at Carbondale, including a first-team selection 2020-21: 7, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) as a junior … Played in only 8 games as a senior, averaging 19 ppg before suffering a season-ending injury … Averaged 15.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as a junior … Earned All-South and team 3-point Field Goals Made MVP honors that year … Played his AAU basketball for Team RWA ... Sat out 2018-19 season as redshirt. Career: 2 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: 2, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20)
3-point Attempts Career: 6, vs. Portland (12/25/19) 2020-21: 4, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min at Northern Ky. (11/25) 2-7 0-4 0-0 0-3-3 2 4 5 0 0 1 27 at Michigan (12/2) * 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 Free Throws Made UIC (12/5) 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-4-4 4 0 0 2 0 0 11 Career: 4 (2x), last vs. Central Michigan (3/3/20) at No. Illinois (12/8) 1-4 0-2 1-2 2-2-4 1 3 2 1 0 1 22 2020-21: 1 (2x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) Illinois State (12/12) 3-5 2-3 0-0 0-3-3 1 8 2 0 0 1 20 at Indiana St. (12/19) 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 2 0 0 7 Free Throw Attempts at Western Mich. (12/22) Career: 4 (3x), last vs. Central Michigan (3/3/20) Ohio (1/2) 2020-21: 2 (2x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) Western Mich. (1/5) at Buffalo (1/9) at Bowling Green (1/12) Steals No. Illinois (1/16) Career: 2 (2x), last vs. Western Michigan (2/25/20) at Miami (1/19) 2020-21: 1 (3x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) Blocks at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Career: 1 (3x), last vs. Central Michigan (3/3/20) Toledo (2/6) 2020-21: 0 at Central Mich. (2/9) at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Ball State When Acree... Akron (2/20) Central Mich. (2/27) Eastern Mich. (3/2) Season Career at Toledo (3/5) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 2-0 Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Assists 0-1 0-1 Plays 18+ Minutes 2-1 6-5
ACREE CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 25-0 327 13.1 34-83 .410 9-42 .214 22-27 .815 21-46 67-2.7 24-0 18 20 3 11 99 4.0 2020-21 6-1 104 17.3 6-19 .316 2-12 .167 2-4 .500 2-14 16-2.7 11-0 8 8 0 3 16 2.7
TOTALS 31-1 431 13.9 40-102 .392 11-54 .204 24-31 .774 23-60 83-2.6 35-0 26 28 3 14 115 3.7 Career/Season Highs #15 Zach Gunn Minutes F | 6-6 | 210 | R-Jr. Career: 28, vs. Kent State (2/2/19) Fishers, Ind. | Hamilton Southeastern 2020-21: 24, at Michigan (12/2/20) Points * Missed all of last season with ankle injury Career: 17, vs. Tiffin (11/27/18) * Whitford calls him an ‘elite catch-and-shoot player’ 2020-21: 6 (3x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) * Indiana All-Star in 2017 Rebounds Career: 9, at Buffalo (1/29/19) 2020-21: 5, at Michigan (12/2/20)
Assists Career: 4, vs. Toledo (2/17/18) 2020-21: 2, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) 2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 27 games, missing 6 to a bad ankle … Played 14.3 minutes per game and averaged 5.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game … Shot 82.1 percent from the free Field Goals Made throw line and .358 from 3-point range … Scored a career-high 17 points against Tiffin, hitting a Career: 5 (3x), last vs. Tiffin (11/27/18) season-high 4 3-pointers … Hit 4 treys again 2 games later in win at Loyola Chicago … Scored in 2020-21: 2 (2x), last at Michigan (12/2/20) double figures 8 times. Field Goal Attempts Career: 13, vs. Kent State (3/8/18) 2020-21: 4, at Michigan (12/2/20) BEFORE BALL STATE: All-time leading scorer and rebounder in the history of a Hamilton Southeastern High School program which boasts former Indiana Mr. Basketball selections Gary 3-point Field Goals Made Harris (2012) and Zak Irvin (2013) ... Averaged 21.1 points and 8.5 boards as a senior … Named Career: 5, vs. Kent State (3/8/18) to the Indiana All-Star Team … Also an Indiana Junior All-Star ... Rated among the top 10 Indiana 2020-21: 2 (2x), last at Michigan (12/2/20) prospects in the class of class of 2017. 3-point Attempts Career: 11, vs. Kent State (3/8/18) 2020-21: 4, at Michigan (12/2/20) Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min at Northern Ky. (11/25) 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 6 1 0 0 0 6 at Michigan (12/2) 2-4 2-4 0-0 1-4-5 1 6 0 0 1 0 24 Free Throws Made UIC (12/5) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Career: 5 (2x), last at Bowling Green (1/15/19) at No. Illinois (12/8) 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2-2 4 4 2 0 0 0 9 2020-21: 1, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) Illinois State (12/12) 2-6 1-3 1-1 0-2-2 1 6 1 1 0 0 13 at Indiana St. (12/19) 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-2-4 5 2 0 0 0 0 12 Free Throw Attempts at Western Mich. (12/22) Career: 6 (2x), last at Bowling Green (1/15/19) Ohio (1/2) 2020-21: 2, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) Western Mich. (1/5) at Buffalo (1/9) at Bowling Green (1/12) Steals No. Illinois (1/16) Career: 1 (9x), last vs. Ohio (1/12/19) at Miami (1/19) 2020-21: 0 at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) Blocks at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Career: 3, at Bucknell (11/22/17) Toledo (2/6) 2020-21: 1, at Michigan (12/2/20) at Central Mich. (2/9) at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Ball State When Gunn... Akron (2/20) Central Mich. (2/27) Eastern Mich. (3/2) Season Career at Toledo (3/5) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 5-7 Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 18+ Point Games 0-0 0-0 4+ Made 3FG 0-0 3-1
GUNN CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 25-0 359 14.4 40-110 .364 23-72 .319 21-27 .778 12-58 70-2.8 53-0 18 24 9 5 125 5.0 2018-19 27-0 386 14.3 44-110 .400 34-95 .358 23-28 .821 10-67 77-2.9 50-0 11 9 2 4 145 5.4 2020-21 6-0 76 12.7 8-17 .471 6-13 .462 2-3 .667 3-13 16-2.7 14-1 4 1 1 0 24 4.0
TOTALS 58-0 821 14.2 92-237 .388 63-180 .350 46-58 .793 25-138 163-2.8 117-1 33 34 12 9 294 5.1 Career/Season Highs #23 Reggie Jones Minutes F | 6-7 | 210 | R-Sr. Career: 38, at Central Michigan (3/3/18 for WMU) Marion, Ind. | Marion (Western Mich., Tulsa) 2019-20: 30, vs. SE Louisiana (11/20/19) Points * Indiana native playing for his 3rd college team Career: 27, vs. Cleveland State (12/6/17 (for WMU) * Has been limited in preseason due to injury 2019-20: 19, at UT-Arlington (11/9/19) * 2017 MAC All-Freshman Team at Western Michigan Rebounds Career: 9, at Miami (1/6/18 for WMU) 2019-20: 8, vs. SE Louisiana (11/20/19)
Assists Career: 5 (4x), last at Ball State (2/23/18 for WMU) 2019-20: 3, vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/4/19) 2016-18: Played at Western Michigan Field Goals Made 2019-20: Played at Tulsa Career: 7 (3x), last at Ball State (2/23/18 for WMU) 2019-20: 5 (2x), last vs. South Carolina St. (11/27/19) Field Goal Attempts BEFORE BALL STATE: Played 2 seasons at Western Michigan and one at Tulsa ... Averaged Career: 15, at Central Michigan (3/3/18 for WMU) 9.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals for his career at WMU ... MAC All-Freshman Team 2019-20: 11, at UT-Arlington (11/9/19) selection on the Broncos’ 2016-17 team that shared the league’s West Division championship with Ball State ... Sat out 2018-19 and played 26 games (7 starts) last year at Tulsa ... No. 10 recruit in the state 3-point Field Goals Made of Indiana by ESPN coming out of high school ... Led Marion to state title in 2016 and scored 25 points in Career: 5, vs. South Carolina St. (11/27/19 at Tulsa) the championship game. 2019-20: Same 3-point Attempts Career: 8 (5x), last at Central Mich. (3/3/18 for WMU) 2019-20: 8, vs. South Carolina St. (11/27/19)
Free Throws Made Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min Career: 9, vs. Cleveland State (12/6/17 for WMU) at Northern Ky. (11/25) --DNP-- at Michigan (12/2) --DNP-- 2019-20: 6, at UT-Arlington (11/9/19) UIC (12/5) --DNP-- Free Throw Attempts Illinois State (12/12) --DNP-- Career: 10 (2x), last at UT-Arlington (11/9/19 at Tulsa) at Indiana St. (12/19) --DNP-- 2019-20: 10, at UT-Arlington (11/9/19) at No. Illinois (12/8) --DNP-- Ohio (1/2) Steals Western Mich. (1/5) at Buffalo (1/9) Career: 4, at Central Michigan (3/3/18 for WMU) at Bowling Green (1/12) 2019-20: 2, vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/4/19) No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) Blocks at Ohio (1/23) Career: 2 (3x), last vs. SE Louisiana (11/20/19) Kent State (1/26) 2019-20: 2, vs. SE Louisiana (11/20/19) at Akron (1/30) Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) Ball State When Jones... at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) Season Career at Western Mich. (2/23) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 0-0 Central Mich. (2/27) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Eastern Mich. (3/2) at Toledo (3/5) Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 20+ Point Games 0-0 0-0 4+ Made 3FG 0-0 0-0
JONES CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 (at WMU) 32-14 736 23.0 111-247 .449 36-89 .404 43-59 .729 12-99 111-3.5 62-0 73 58 10 37 301 9.4 2017-18 (at WMU) 32-6 755 23.6 113-296 .382 38-129 .295 59-73 .808 27-97 124-3.9 58-0 67 65 9 30 323 10.1 2019-20 (at Tulsa) 26-7 341 13.1 33-104 .317 20-61 .328 13-19 .684 7-42 49-1.6 26-0 21 17 3 11 99 3.8 2020-21 TOTALS 80-27 1832 22.9 257-647 .397 94-279 .337 115-161 .714 46-238 284-3.6 146-0 161 140 22 78 723 9.0 Career/Season Highs Minutes #24 Jalen Windham Career: 25, at Indiana State (12/19/20) G | 6-5 | 180 | So. 2020-21: Same Indianapolis | Ben Davis (Creighton) Points Career: 14, vs. Midland (12/28/19) * 2019 Indiana All-Star with Luke Bumbalough 2020-21: 10, at Indiana State (12/19/20) * Received NCAA eligibility waiver week Rebounds before season Career: 5, vs. Kennesaw State (11/5/19) * Whitford calls him an elite shooter who can 2020-21: 3 (3x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) also make plays off the dribble Assists Career: 1 (3x), last vs. Midland (12/28/19) 2020-21: 0 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Played freshman season at Creighton in 2019-20 ... Appeared in 16 games for a Blue Jays squad that finished the year ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll, shared Field Goals Made the Big East regular season championship and piled up 24 wins. Career: 6, vs. Midland (12/28/19) 2020-21: 3, at Indiana State (12/19/20)
An Indiana All-Star in 2019 along with now-BSU teammate Luke Field Goal Attempts BEFORE BALL STATE: Career: 12, vs. Midland (12/28/19) Bumbalough ... Helped Ben Davis to the Indiana Class 4A state championship in 2017 and a state 2020-21: 9, at Indiana State (12/19/20) runner-up finish in 2019 ... Shot 45 percent from 3-point range during his sophomore campaign and 46 percent as a junior ... Connected on 37 percent as a senior while raising his scoring average to a 3-point Field Goals Made career-best 17.9 points per game ... AP All-State selection that year and a second-team choice on the Career: 2 (4x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) ALL-USA Central Indiana Super Team. 2020-21: 2 (2x), at Indiana State (12/19/20) 3-point Attempts Career: 6 (2x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) 2020-21: 6, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20)
Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min Free Throws Made at Northern Ky. (11/25) 2-5 1-3 0-0 1-2-3 0 5 0 2 1 0 10 at Michigan (12/2) 2-8 2-4 0-0 1-2-3 1 6 0 2 0 0 20 Career: 3, vs. Nebraska (12/7/19) UIC (12/5) 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 14 2020-21: 2, at Indiana State (12/19/20) at No. Illinois (12/8) 2-7 1-6 1-1 0-0-0 0 6 0 1 0 0 17 Illinois State (12/12) 3-6 0-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 6 1 1 0 0 16 Free Throw Attempts at Indiana St. (12/19) 3-9 2-4 2-2 0-3-3 2 10 0 0 1 0 25 Career: 3, vs. Nebraska (12/7/19) at Western Mich. (12/22) 2020-21: 2, at Indiana State (12/19/20) Ohio (1/2) Western Mich. (1/5) Steals at Buffalo (1/9) Career: 2, vs. Midland (12/28/19) at Bowling Green (1/12) No. Illinois (1/16) 2020-21: 1, vs. UIC (12/5/20) at Miami (1/19) at Ohio (1/23) Blocks Kent State (1/26) Career: 1 (2x), last at Indiana State (12/19/20) at Akron (1/30) 2020-21: Same Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) Ball State When Windham... at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) Season Career Central Mich. (2/27) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 0-0 Eastern Mich. (3/2) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 at Toledo (3/5) Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 18+ Point Games 0-0 0-0 4+ Made 3FG 0-0 0-0
WINDHAM CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 (at Creighton) 16-0 106 6.6 15-41 .366 7-26 .269 5-6 .833 1-12 13-0.8 4-0 3 8 0 5 42 2.6 2020-21 6-0 102 17.0 13-38 .342 6-22 .273 3-3 1.000 2-7 9-1.5 3-0 0 5 2 1 35 5.8
TOTALS 22-0 208 9.5 28-79 .354 13-48 .271 8-9 .889 3-19 22-1.0 7-0 3 13 2 6 77 3.5 Career/Season Highs #34 Ben Hendriks Minutes C | 6-10 | 215 | So. Career: 14, at Michigan (12/2/20) Mississauga, Canada | Orangeville Prep 2020-21: Same Points * Whitford calls him the team’s Career: 2 (3x), last at Michigan (12/2/20) post player with the most upside 2020-21: 2, at Michigan (12/2/20) * Played hockey until taking up basketball at age 10 Rebounds Career: 5, at Michigan (12/2/20) 2020-21: Same
Assists Career: 2, vs. IUPUI (12/7/19) 2020-21: 0 2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 7 games off the bench … Scored 2 points against both Defiance and IUPUI … Pulled down 2 rebounds on 4 occasions. Field Goals Made Career: 1 (3x), last at Michigan (12/2/20) 2020-21: 1, at Michigan (12/2/20) BEFORE BALL STATE: Played with one of the top Canadian programs for Orangeville Prep … Orangeville’s Most Improved Player and also won team’s leadership award … Made it to the final stage of Field Goal Attempts Career: 3, vs. Defiance (11/5/19) evaluation for Canada’s U17 national team but was unable to play because of injury … Competed for CIA 2020-21: 1, at Michigan (12/2/20) Bounce, Canada’s top AAU team, on the Nike EYBL circuit. 3-point Field Goals Made Career: 0 2020-21: 0
3-point Attempts Career: 0 2020-21: 0 Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min at Northern Ky. (11/25) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 at Michigan (12/2) 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 2 2 0 1 0 0 14 Free Throws Made UIC (12/5) 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Career: 1, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at No. Illinois (12/8) 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 2020-21: Same Illinois State (12/12) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 at Indiana St. (12/19) 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Free Throw Attempts Ohio (1/2) Career: 1, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) Western Mich. (1/5) 2020-21: Same at Buffalo (1/9) at Bowling Green (1/12) No. Illinois (1/16) Steals at Miami (1/19) Career: 1, at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at Ohio (1/23) 2020-21: Same Kent State (1/26) at Akron (1/30) Blocks Buffalo (2/2) Toledo (2/6) Career: 1, vs. Howard (11/23/19) at Central Mich. (2/9) 2020-21: 0 at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Akron (2/20) at Western Mich. (2/23) Ball State When Hendriks... Central Mich. (2/27) Eastern Mich. (3/2) at Toledo (3/5) Season Career Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 0-0 Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 15+ Point Games 0-0 0-0
HENDRIKS CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 7-0 37 5.3 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3-5 8-1.1 6-0 2 4 1 0 4 0.6 2020-21 6-0 41 6.8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 4-9 13-2.2 4-0 0 1 0 1 4 0.7
TOTALS 13-0 78 6.0 3-10 .300 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 7-14 21-1.8 10-0 2 5 1 1 8 0.6 Career/Season Highs Minutes #44 Blake Huggins Career: 22, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) C | 6-10 | 245 | R-Jr. 2020-21: Same Union City, Tenn. | Obion Co. Central Points Career: 10, vs. Delaware State (12/29/18) * Enjoys cooking 2020-21: 6, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) * Didn’t play basketball until he was 6-3 in 8th grade and coach encouraged him to try Rebounds Career: 10, at Buffalo (1/29/19) * Redshirted his true freshman season in 2017-18 2020-21: 8, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) Assists Career: 2, vs. Kent State (2/2/19) 2019-20: 1, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS: Played career-high 22 minutes off bench at NKU and started 2nd half ... had 8 rebounds and 3 blocks ... Made 1st career start at Michigan (12/2) ... Scored season-high 6 points vs. Illinois Field Goals Made State (12/12). Career: 3 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: 3, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) Field Goal Attempts BEFORE 2020-21: Played in 17 games over last 2 years, totaling 32 points and 26 rebounds. Started vs. Kent State in 2018 ...Grabbed 10 rebounds at Buffalo in 2019. Career: 5 (3x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) 2020-21: 3 (2x), last vs. Illinois State (12/12/20)
BEFORE BALL STATE: Averaged 15.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game during his senior 3-point Field Goals Made season while shooting 60 percent from the floor … An all-district and all-region selection … Scored 1,036 points Career: 0 for his high school career, with career averages of 10.4 points and 2.6 blocks per game … Helped his team to 83 2020-21: Same wins over his 4 years, including three 20-win campaigns. 3-point Attempts Career: 0 2020-21: Same Opponent FG 3FG FT O-D-Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min at Northern Ky. (11/25) 2-3 0-0 1-2 5-3-8 5 5 0 0 3 0 22 Free Throws Made at Michigan (12/2) * 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0-0 4 1 0 1 0 0 10 Career: 4, vs. Delaware State (12/29/18) UIC (12/5) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 2020-21: 1 (3x), last at Northern Illinois (12/8/20) at No. Illinois (12/8) 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-0-2 2 1 0 1 0 0 11 Illinois State (12/12) 3-5 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 6 1 1 0 1 15 Free Throw Attempts at Indiana St. (12/19) 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 3 4 0 0 2 2 21 Career: 5, at Buffalo (1/29/19) Ohio (1/2) 2020-21: 4, at Michigan (12/2/20) Western Mich. (1/5) at Buffalo (1/9) Steals at Bowling Green (1/12) Career: 1, vs. Illinois State (12/12/20) No. Illinois (1/16) at Miami (1/19) 2020-21: Same at Ohio (1/23) Kent State (1/26) Blocks at Akron (1/30) Career: 3, at Northern Kentucky (11/25/20) Buffalo (2/2) 2020-21: Same Toledo (2/6) at Central Mich. (2/9) at Eastern Mich. (2/13) Bowling Green (2/16) Ball State When Huggins... Akron (2/20) at Western Mich. (2/23) Central Mich. (2/27) Season Career Eastern Mich. (3/2) Double-Figure Scoring 0-0 1-0 at Toledo (3/5) Double-Figure Rebounds 0-0 0-0 Double-Double 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Points 0-0 0-0 Leads BSU in Rebs 0-0 0-0 15+ Point Games 0-0 0-0 3+ Blocks 0-1 0-1
HUGGINS CAREER STATS Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2018-19 12-1 83 7.0 9-22 .409 0-0 .000 8-15 .533 10-12 22-1.8 12-0 5 3 5 0 26 2.2 2019-20 5-0 12 2.4 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 1-3 4-0.8 2-0 0 2 1 0 6 1.2 2020-21 6-1 88 14.7 7-13 .538 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 11-7 18-3.0 16-1 1 3 5 3 17 2.8
TOTALS 23-2 183 8.0 18-37 .486 0-0 .000 13-28 .464 22-22 44-1.9 30-1 6 8 11 3 49 2.1 2020-21 Ball State Basketball @BallStateMBB
2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Dec 19, 2020 2020-21 BALL STATE BASKETBALLAll games SEASON STATS
Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 3-3 2-0 1-3 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Ball St. 207 201 16 424 NON-CONFERENCE 2-3 2-0 0-3 0-0 Opponents 214 206 7 427
Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 1 WALTON, K.J. 6-6 181:09 30.2 42-75 .560 0-1 .000 30-42 .714 11 22 33 5.5 14 0 9 11 3 10 114 19.0 5 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 6-6 208:21 34.7 35-95 .368 12-43 .279 21-26 .808 1 17 18 3.0 14 1 21 18 0 11 103 17.2 12 HAZEN, Brachen 6-5 105:02 17.5 12-25 .480 0-4 .000 21-29 .724 11 20 31 5.2 14 0 2 10 3 7 45 7.5 0 THOMAS, Miryne 5-5 108:43 21.7 9-24 .375 6-13 .462 9-18 .500 7 22 29 5.8 12 0 4 7 0 3 33 6.6 24 WINDHAM, Jalen 6-0 104:29 17.4 13-38 .342 6-22 .273 3-3 1.000 2 8 10 1.7 5 0 1 6 2 1 35 5.8 2 BUMBALOUGH, Luke 6-6 163:03 27.2 11-39 .282 6-25 .240 2-9 .222 2 9 11 1.8 4 0 7 4 0 1 30 5.0 15 GUNN, Zach 6-0 77:11 12.9 8-17 .471 6-13 .462 2-3 .667 3 13 16 2.7 14 1 4 1 1 0 24 4.0 44 HUGGINS, Blake 6-1 88:17 14.7 7-13 .538 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 11 7 18 3.0 16 1 1 3 5 3 17 2.8 13 ACREE, Kani 6-1 101:55 17.0 6-19 .316 2-12 .167 2-4 .500 2 15 17 2.8 11 0 9 8 0 3 16 2.7 34 HENDRIKS, Ben 6-0 40:52 6.8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 4 9 13 2.2 5 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.7 3 SUOKAS, Teemu 6-0 45:58 7.7 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 5 5 0.8 4 0 4 2 0 0 3 0.5 Team 9 8 17 3 Total 6 1225 145-354 .410 39-138 .283 95-146 .651 63 155 218 36.3 113 3 62 74 14 40 424 70.7 Opponents 6 1225 157-358 .439 35-123 .285 78-117 .667 67 170 237 39.5 131 6 69 87 12 29 427 71.2
Team Statistics Team Results BSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 424 427 11/25/2020 at Northern Ky. L 73-74 0 Points per game 70.7 71.2 12/02/2020 at Michigan L 65-84 0 Scoring margin -0.5 - 12/05/2020 UIC W 68-66 96 Field goals-att 145-354 157-358 12/08/2020 at Northern Ill. Wot 79-70 0 Field goal pct .410 .439 12/12/2020 Illinois St. W 82-66 107 3 point fg-att 39-138 35-123 12/19/2020 at Indiana St. L 57-67 100 3-point FG pct .283 .285 3-pt FG made per game 6.5 5.8 Free throws-att 95-146 78-117 Free throw pct .651 .667 F-Throws made per game 15.8 13.0 Rebounds 218 237 Rebounds per game 36.3 39.5 Rebounding margin -3.2 - Assists 62 69 Assists per game 10.3 11.5 Turnovers 74 87 Turnovers per game 12.3 14.5 Turnover margin +2.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.8 Steals 40 29 Steals per game 6.7 4.8 Blocks 14 12 Blocks per game 2.3 2.0 Winning streak 0 - Home win streak 2 - Attendance 203 100 Home games-Avg/Game 2-102 4-25 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
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2020-21 Ball St. Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Dec 20, 2020 2020-21 BALL STATEIn ConferenceBASKETBALL games MAC-ONLY STATS
Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Ball St. 28 35 16 79 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opponents 34 29 7 70
Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 5 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 1-1 40:16 40.3 7-20 .350 3-10 .300 1-2 .500 1 4 5 5.0 2 0 4 2 0 2 18 18.0 1 WALTON, K.J. 1-1 33:36 33.6 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 8-10 .800 0 2 2 2.0 4 0 1 1 0 0 18 18.0 0 THOMAS, Miryne 1-1 27:53 27.9 3-5 .600 3-4 .750 4-8 .500 1 4 5 5.0 4 0 1 1 0 0 13 13.0 12 HAZEN, Brachen 1-1 23:27 23.4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 7-8 .875 2 6 8 8.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 9 9.0 24 WINDHAM, Jalen 1-0 17:17 17.3 2-7 .286 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 6.0 15 GUNN, Zach 1-0 08:56 8.9 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 2 2 2.0 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 4.0 13 ACREE, Kani 1-0 21:45 21.8 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3.0 2 BUMBALOUGH, Luke 1-1 26:44 26.7 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 3.0 3 SUOKAS, Teemu 1-0 07:44 7.7 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 34 HENDRIKS, Ben 1-0 06:40 6.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 44 HUGGINS, Blake 1-0 10:42 10.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 0 2 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 Team 4 4 8 1 Total 1 225 22-54 .407 10-29 .345 25-39 .641 14 26 40 40.0 22 0 13 10 1 4 79 79.0 Opponents 1 225 25-60 .417 5-19 .263 15-21 .714 14 25 39 39.0 28 3 10 14 1 3 70 70.0
Team Statistics Team Results BSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 79 70 12/08/2020 at Northern Ill. Wot 79-70 0 Points per game 79.0 70.0 Scoring margin +9.0 - Field goals-att 22-54 25-60 Field goal pct .407 .417 3 point fg-att 10-29 5-19 3-point FG pct .345 .263 3-pt FG made per game 10.0 5.0 Free throws-att 25-39 15-21 Free throw pct .641 .714 F-Throws made per game 25.0 15.0 Rebounds 40 39 Rebounds per game 40.0 39.0 Rebounding margin +1.0 - Assists 13 10 Assists per game 13.0 10.0 Turnovers 10 14 Turnovers per game 10.0 14.0 Turnover margin +4.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 0.7 Steals 4 3 Steals per game 4.0 3.0 Blocks 1 1 Blocks per game 1.0 1.0 Winning streak 1 - Home win streak 0 - Attendance 0 0 Home games-Avg/Game 0-0 1-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
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