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Schedule/Results AP -- NOVEMBER BALL STATE CARDINALS Coaches -- 2 UINDY (Exhib.) W, 92-76 14-11 (5-7 MAC) | Head Coach: James Whitford (6th year) BPI 101 6 INDIANA STATE (ESPN+) W, 86-69 Home: 7-4 | Away: 6-5 | Neutral: 1-2 | Streak: Won 3 NET 112 10 at (24/22) Purdue (BTN) L, 75-84 KenPom 115 15 vs (16/17) Virginia Tech^ (ESPN2) L, 64-73 AP -- 16 vs (RV/RV) Alabama (ESPNU) L, 61-79 MIAMI REDHAWKS Coaches -- 18 vs Appalachian State^ (ESPN3) W, 94-86 (OT) 13-12 (5-7 MAC) | Head Coach: Jack Owens (2nd year) BPI 145 24 EVANSVILLE (ESPN3) W, 82-72 Home: 9-3 | Away: 3-7 | Neutral: 1-2 | Streak: Lost 1 NET 138 27 TIFFIN (ESPN+) W, 108-62 KenPom 136
DECEMBER Setting the Stage 1 at IUPUI (ESPN3) W, 85-75 >> Ball State visits Oxford, Ohio, for the second of only two road trips in the month of February. The Cardinals 5 at Loyola Chicago (NBCSCH/ESPN+) W, 75-69 have rebounded from a four-game losing streak by winning three in a row to climb within a game of second 9 at Evansville (ESPN+) L, 77-89 place in the MAC West Division. Most recently, Ball State slugged out a 57-56 victory over Akron, with Trey 17 at Valparaiso (ESPN+) W, 77-61 Moses’ tip-in with 15 seconds remaining proving to be the difference. 20 HOWARD (ESPN+) W, 98-71 29 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3) W, 116-57 >> Ball State is looking to even the season series with Miami, after the RedHawks won 71-65 last month in Muncie in a game that was decided in the final minute. Miami has gone 3-3 since that first matchup, most JANUARY recently suffering an overtime loss Saturday at Western Michigan. The RedHawks are returning to Millett Hall 4 at Toledo* (CBSSN) W, 79-64 after playing three of their past four games on the road. 8 EASTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN+) L, 82-84 (2OT) 12 OHIO* (ESPN+) L, 52-70 Game Info 15 at Bowling Green* (ESPN+) L, 78-79 Tuesday, Feb. 19 (7 p.m.) 19 at Central Michigan* (ESPN3) W, 83-72 Statistical Comparison Oxford, Ohio (Millett Hall, 6,400) 22 MIAMI* (ESPN+) L, 65-71 BSU Category MIAMI 26 at Ohio* (ESPN3) L, 74-78 78.3 Points Per Game 72.6 Series History 29 at (18/17) Buffalo* (ESPN3) L, 59-83 72.7 Opp. Points Per Game 69.2 Miami leads, 64-40 .478 Field Goal Percentage .436 Miami leads, 36-12, in Oxford FEBRUARY .413 Opp. Field Goal Percentage .432 Last: Miami won, 71-65 (1/22/19 at BSU) 2 KENT STATE* (CBSSN) L, 80-83 (ot) .349 3-Point Percentage .340 5 at Northern Illinois* (ESPN+) W, 72-71 .314 Opp. 3-Point Percentage .327 Watch 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN+) W, 79-59 .714 Free Throw Percentage .706 ESPN+ 16 AKRON* (ESPN3) W, 57-56 38.7 Rebounds Per Game 36.8 Steve Baker, Randy Hollowell 19 at Miami* (ESPN+) 7pm 34.8 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 33.5 23 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (ESPN+) 2pm 13.2 Assists Per Game 11.6 Listen 26 TOLEDO* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm 14.0 Turnovers Per Game 12.5 Ball State Radio Network 12.6 Opp. Turnovers Per Game 11.8 Blake 96.7, WERK 104.9 MARCH 6.3 Steals Per Game 5.5 Joel Godett 2 at Western Michigan* (ESPN3 or +) 4pm 3.5 Blocks Per Game 2.9 5 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm Sports Link Digital 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm http://mixlr.com/bsusportslink/ Team Leaders 11 MAC First Round # TBA BSU Category MIAMI Jack Kizer, Baylen Hite, Kyle Sellers 14 MAC Quarterfinals # TBA T. Persons (16.9) PPG N. Sibande (15.7) 15 MAC Semifinals # TBA Follow the Cardinals T. Teague (8.0) RPG D. Brown (5.6) 16 MAC Championship # TBA T. Persons (4.6) APG D. Ringo (5.1) Online: ballstatesports.com T. Teague (.583) FG% J. Adaway (.543) Twitter: @BallStateMBB, @BallStateSports All times listed as Eastern and subject to change. A. Nehls (.400) 3FG% B. Bowman (.397) Instagram: @ballstatembb, @ballstatesports ^ Charleston Classic Facebook: Ball State Sports * Mid-American Conference game # MAC Tournament -- First round at campus sites; remainder in Cleveland, Ohio Probable Starters (based on recent games)
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Proud Past. Bright Future. Founded in 1918 on land purchased and donated by the Ball family, Ball State Tayler Persons K.J. Walton Kyle Mallers Tahjai Teague Trey Moses University is celebrating its #2 | Guard #1 | Guard #14 | Forward #25 | Forward #24 | Center centennial this year. PTS REBS ASTS PTS REBS ASTS PTS REBS ASTS PTS REBS ASTS PTS REBS ASTS 16.9 4.2 4.6 14.3 4.4 1.0 7.8 4.2 1.1 14.0 8.0 1.3 8.9 7.1 2.3 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL
PROGRAM HISTORY Ball State Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) 6 MAC Regular Season Titles 0 Miryne Thomas* F 6-8 199 So. Cleveland, Ohio (Md.-Eastern Shore) (all since 1980) 1 K.J. Walton G 6-3 200 R-Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Missouri) 2 Tayler Persons G 6-3 196 5th-Sr. Kokomo, Ind. (Northern Kentucky) 7 MAC Tournament Championships 3 Josh Thompson G 6-0 194 R-Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North) (the most of any team in league history) 5 Ishmael El-Amin G 6-1 195 So. Minneapolis, Minn. (Hopkins) 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances 11 Jarron Coleman G 6-5 208 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) 12 Brachen Hazen F 6-8 211 R-So. Columbia City, Ind. (Arkansas) 1,230 All-Time Wins 13 Kani Acree G/F 6-6 205 Fr. Carbondale, Ill. (Carbondale Community) 14 Kyle Mallers F 6-7 217 Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Carroll) 1990 NCAA Sweet 16 15 Zach Gunn F 6-6 210 So. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) 20 Austin Nehls G 6-3 182 Sr. Tucson, Ariz. (Central Connecticut St.) QUICK FACTS 24 Trey Moses C 6-9 245 Sr. Louisville, Ky. (Eastern) 25 Tahjai Teague F 6-8 215 R-Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike) GENERAL INFORMATION School...... Ball State University 44 Blake Huggins C 6-10 245 R-Fr. Union City, Tenn. (Obion County Central) Location ...... Muncie, Ind. *Sitting out as a transfer Founded/Enrollment...... 1918/22,513 Nickname...... Cardinals Arena ...... Worthen Arena (11,500) Coaching Staff Conference...... Mid-American ...... (West Division) Head Coach: James Whitford (Wisconsin, 1994); Sixth season President ...... Geoffrey Mearns Associate Head Coach: Jason Grunkemeyer (Miami University, 2001); Sixth season Athletics Director...... Beth Goetz Assistant Coach: Ben Botts (Purdue Fort Wayne, 2011); First season BASKETBALL HISTORY Assistant Coach: Matt Crenshaw (IUPUI, 2004); First season First Year of Basketball ...... 1920-21 Director of Basketball Operations: Kindon Crowder (Ball State, 2014); Second season All-Time Record. . . . 1230-1136-1 (98 yrs) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jason Roberson (Upper Iowa, 1999) NCAA Appearances. . . . . 7 (last in 2000) Best Showing...... Sweet 16 (1990) Athletic Trainer: Troy Hershman (Ball State, 1992) NIT Appearances...... 4 (last in 2002) CIT Appearances ...... 2 (last in 2017) Pronunciation Guide TEAM INFORMATION 2017-18 Record...... 19-13 Kani Acree kuh-NYE uh-KREE Kyle Mallers like Mallard MAC Record/Finish ...... 10-8/3rd West Jarron Coleman juh-RON Austin Nehls NELLS Postseason...... None Ishmael El-Amin el-ah-MEEN Tahjai Teague TAH-zhay Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 7/4 Brachen Hazen BRACK-en Miryne Thomas MY-run Newcomers ...... 5
COACHING STAFF MEDIA INFORMATION Head Coach ...... James Whitford Record at Ball State (yrs)...... 87-99 (6) MEDIA LIST: To be added to the Ball State men’s basketball distribution list for press releases and game Career Record (yrs) ...... Same notes, e-mail Tyson Mathews at [email protected]. The Ball State game notes are also available on Assoc. Head Coach. . . .Jason Grunkemeyer ballstatesports.com, along with releases and statistics. Assistant Coach ...... Ben Botts Assistant Coach ...... Matt Crenshaw INTERVIEW REQUESTS: All requests for interviews with Ball State head coach James Whitford, men’s Director of Operations. . . .Kindon Crowder basketball student-athletes and assistant coaches must be arranged through Tyson Mathews in the Ball Secretary...... Tina Cooper State Athletics Media Relations Office. Please make your request at least 24 hours in advance of the Office Phone...... 765-285-8141 desired interview time. MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Director/ MBB Contact...... Tyson Mathews Office Phone...... 765-285-8227 This Week’s Schedule Cell Phone...... 765-716-7235 E-Mail...... temathews@bsu .edu 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Associate A.D...... Michael Clark MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Assistant Director...... Brad Caudill Assistant Director...... Paula Haughn 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. OFF 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Practice Game 26 Practice Practice Game 27 Practice Assistant Director...... Josh Rattray (Shondell) at Akron (Worthen) (Shondell) Central (Shondell) Broadcasting/Multimedia. . . . Joel Godett (Millett Hall) Michigan Graduate Assistant...... Tyler Roper Depart for (Worthen) Miami
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#0 | Miryne Thomas #1 | K.J. Walton #2 | Tayler Persons #3 | Josh Thompson #5 | Ishmael El-Amin So. | F | 6-8 | 199 R-Jr. | G | 6-3 | 200 R-Sr. | G | 6-3 | 196 R-Jr. | G | 6-0 | 194 So. | G | 6-1 | 195 Cleveland, Ohio Indianapolis, Ind. Kokomo, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn.
#11 | Jarron Coleman #12 | Brachen Hazen #13 | Kani Acree #14 | Kyle Mallers #15 | Zach Gunn Fr. | G | 6-5 | 208 R-So. | F | 6-8 | 211 Fr. | G/F | 6-6 | 205 Jr. | F | 6-7 | 217 So. | F | 6-6 | 210 Indianapolis, Ind. Columbia City, Ind. Carbondale, Ill. Fort Wayne, Ind. Fishers, Ind.
#20 | Austin Nehls #24 | Trey Moses #25 | Tahjai Teague #44 | Blake Huggins Sr. | G | 6-3 | 182 Sr. | C | 6-9 | 245 R-Jr. | F | 6-8 | 215 R-Fr. | C | 6-10 | 245 Tucson, Ariz. Louisville, Ky. Indianapolis, Ind. 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 Sixth Season Sixth Season First Season First Season Second Season
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Last Meeting About the Matchup Jan. 22, 2019 (Muncie, Ind.) [Ball State faces a Miami team that ranks third in the MAC in scoring defense, allowing 68.6 WITH A WIN Ball State 65 points per game. Last time out, the Cardinals faced the league’s No. 1 scoring defense in Akron. With a victory Tuesday over Miami, the Miami 71 Sophomore guard Nike Sibande leads three Cardinals would . . RedHawks averaging double-figure scoring at 15.7 ... extend their winning streak to four games Highlights points per game. Senior guard Darrian Ringo leads the MAC is steals per game (2.3) and ranks second • The Cardinals, who entered the night ... even the season series with Miami seventh in the country in field goal percentage, in assists per game (5.2). shot just below 41 percent and made only ... win a second straight game over the MAC [ 1-of-11 from beyond the arc. Ball State has not experienced great success East Division • Miami turned the tables on them, shooting all-time against Miami in Oxford (12-36), but the 51 percent from the floor, bolstered by a 60 Cardinals have won two of their past four visits to percent performance in the first half. The Millett Hall (2013 and (2016). RedHawks hit 9-of-24 from deep. • Everything else seemed to be in the [There are always plenty of connections between the programs. Ball State head coach James Cardinals’ favor -- a 36-27 rebounding Whitford was on the Miami coaching staff from 1994-2005. Cardinals associate head coach Jason advantage, forcing more turnovers and scoring Grunkemeyer played for the RedHawks from 1998-2001 and later served five seasons as an assistant off of them, winning the battle in the paint. coach at Miami. Additionally, the Ball State and Miami rosters feature a combined 14 Indiana natives • But it was not enough to overcome the -- eight for the Cardinals and six for the RedHawks. Among those is a pair of former teammates in Ball shooting numbers. The Cardinals lost for the State’s K.J. Walton and Miami’s Darrian Ringo, who played together at Brownsburg High School. first time this season when outrebounding an opponent. [Ball State currently sits just outside the top 100 in the country at No. 101 in the ESPN BPI ratings. • Ball State rallied from a seven-point halftime The Cardinals reached a high of No. 49 in the NCAA’s NET rankings earlier this year. BSU has not deficit to take a couple brief leads, but the Cardinals couldn’t hold off the RedHawks finished a season inside the top 100 since 2004-05 (96 in Ken Pomeroy). down the stretch. • The game was tied at 57 after a 3-point play [Ball State’s strength of schedule ranks 101st among the nation’s 353 Division I teams, according from Trey Moses with 4:28 left, but Dalonte to Ken Pomeroy. The schedule strength number is likely to maintain or get better based on the value Brown answered with a 3-pointer on the other of the MAC this season. The NET and KenPom rate the MAC at No. 9 among the 32 D-I conferences, end. The RedHawks never trailed again. behind only the American Athletic and West Coast conferences outside the traditional power leagues. • Ball State had the ball down three with It is the best the MAC has been rated in KenPom’s 18-year history. under 30 seconds to play, but Persons couldn’t convert in the paint, and the Cardinals were forced to foul. What’s Trending • K.J. Walton led Ball State with 16 points, while Tahjai Teague scored 15. Moses and [Ball State is one of five teams in the country with three 1,000-point scorers, along with Lipscomb, Persons finished with 11 points each. Northwestern, TCU and Washington. The Cardinals are on the verge of becoming the only team with four. Tayler Persons, Trey Moses and Austin Nehls are currently in the 1000-point club, while Tahjai QUOTING COACH WHITFORD: Teague (977) needs just 23 more points to reach the mark. “I thought our guys played hard. I thought we really competed. I thought we were going to [Tayler Persons led Ball State with 15 points and five assists while also tying for the team lead with will our way back into the game. We really nine rebounds in Saturday’s win over Akron. It was the first time a player led the Cardinals in all three struggled to make shots. Credit to them, categories since teammate Trey Moses just more than a year ago (Feb. 2, 2018 at Eastern Michigan). defensively. Obviously, a disappointing loss for us.” [The win over Akron was Ball State's first of the season when trailing at the half. The Cardinals MIAMI (10-9, 2-4 MAC) SERIES HISTORY trailed 29-21 before coming back to win 57-56. Bam Bowman 6-10 2-3 16; Darrian Ringo BSU was previously 0-9 when down at the half. 5-10 4-5 15; Dalonte Brown 3-4 4-4 13; Nike Overall: Miami leads, 64-40 Sibande 4-9 2-4 11; Abdoulaye Harouna 2-3 at Ball State: Miami leads, 25-24 [Seven of BSU’s MAC games have been decided 0-0 5; Jalen Adaway 2-6 0-0 4; Milos Jovic 1-2 at Miami: Miami leads, 36-12 0-0 3; Aleks Abrams 1-1 0-0 2; Mekhi Lairy 0-1 by six points or fewer. The Cardinals lost the first at Neutral Sites: Ball State leads, 4-3 five of those by an average of 3.2 points. They 2-3 2; Elijah McNamara 0-1 0-0 0; Precious Current streak: Miami has won two Ayah 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-47 14-19 71. have won the past two such games by one point each -- at Northern Illinois and versus Akron. LAST 10 MEETINGS VS. MIAMI BALL STATE (11-8, 2-4 MAC) 2/4/12 MIAMI, 59-53 at BSU [After starting 2-7 in MAC play, BSU is drawing WALTON, K.J. 6-14 4-5 16; TEAGUE, Tahjai 6-11 1/26/13 BSU, 82-62 at MIAMI 3-4 15; PERSONS, Tayler 4-16 2-2 11; MOSES, 1/18/14 MIAMI, 64-52 at BSU inspiration from other recent MAC West Division Trey 4-10 3-4 11; THOMPSON, Josh 2-2 2-2 6; 1/31/15 MIAMI, 79-73 at MIAMI teams that have rebounded from slow starts. MALLERS, Kyle 2-4 1-1 5; NEHLS, Austin 0-1 1-2 1/16/16 BSU, 48-46 at BSU Eastern Michigan started MAC play 3-6 last 1; GUNN, Zach 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 16-20 2/16/16 BSU, 73-56 at MIAMI season before winning eight of its final nine 65. 3/7/16 MIAMI, 49-47 at BSU to finish 11-7 and claim the No. 3 seed in the 1/10/17 BSU, 85-74 at BSU league tournament. A year earlier, Western Miami (OH) ...... 40 31 - 71 1/20/18 MIAMI, 71-53 at MIAMI Michigan started 3-7 before winning its final Ball State ...... 33 32 - 65 1/22/19 MIAMI, 71-65 at BSU eight to finish 11-7 and grab a share of the division championship.
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[Sophomore forward Brachen Hazen has averaged 9.5 points per game over the past two contests 2019 Signing Class since returning from a back injury. Hazen (16 games), Ishmael El-Amin (13) and Zach Gunn (3) have Ball State’s November signing class combined to miss a total of 32 games to injury, limiting the Cardinals’ bench. was rated No. 1 in the MAC, according to the 247 Sports composite rankings. [Despite playing just three seasons at Ball State, senior point guard Tayler Persons has cracked the The Cardinals signed a pair of 3-star top 10 in school history for points (10th, 1,429) and the top 5 for assists (5th, 418). recruits from Indiana in point guard Luke Bumbalough (New Castle) and wing Lucas [Senior center Trey Moses is climbing the Ball State career rebounding chart. With 854 career boards, Kroft (Richmond) in addition to Canadian he recently passed former teammate Franko House for sixth on the list and is closing in on Theron big man Luke Hendriks (Orangeville Prep). Smith (882) for fifth.
Luke Bumbalough, 6-1, PG [BSU answered the bell in defending the MAC's top two scorers in back-to-back games recently. K.J. New Castle, Ind. (Chrysler HS) Walton drew the main assignment on Jaylin Walker of Kent State and Eugene German of Northern A 3-star recruit via 247 Sports ... an Indiana Illinois, both of whom average better than 22 points per game. They scored 18 and 17, respectively, Junior All-Star last year when he averaged but shot a combined 27.2 percent from the floor -- Walker (5-for-26) and German (7-for-18). 20.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists [Tayler Persons is part of an exclusive club of active Division I players with at least 1,500 career while shooting 51 percent from the floor points and 500 career assists. The club features only seven members: Persons, Marshall’s Jon Elmore, and 49 percent from 3-point range ... two- Charlotte’s Jon Davis, Fort Wayne’s John Konchar, Louisville’s Christen Cunningham, Southeastern sport standout who also held a football Louisiana’s Marlain Veal and Georgia Southern’s scholarship offer from Ball State ... caught Tookie Brown. Persons was the third of that a state-record 27 touchdown passes as a group to join the club. junior in 2017. Elite Company Lucas Kroft, 6-5, G/F [Tayler Persons is one of only five players in In the News Richmond, Ind. (Richmond HS) BSU history to record 1,000 points and 300 assists in a career, and he is the only one to do A 3-star recruit via 247 Sports ... entering it in just two seasons. Persons surpassed both [Senior point guard Tayler Persons was named his senior season at Richmond after milestones in last year’s MAC Tournament. the MAC West Division Player of the Week on moving from Fort Wayne, where he was an He is also the only BSU player ever with a Feb. 11 for the second time this season after All-Summit Athletic Conference selection 500-point, 150-assist season on his resume. He averaging 22.0 points and 4.0 assists in wins at Northside High School ... averaged accomplished that as a sophomore in his first over Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists season with the Cardinals. Tahjai Teague has also won the award twice this last year for his AAU team 1Nation while season. shooting 42 percent from 3-point range. [Junior forward Kyle Mallers is the reigning Ben Hendriks, 6-10, C MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week for Mississauga, Ontario (Orangeville Prep) the second time this season after scoring a Plays for Orangeville Prep, which competes career-high 22 points, hitting a career-best all over North America ... made it to the six 3-pointers and grabbing a season-high 10 final stage of evaluation for Canada’s U17 rebounds in the win over Western Michigan. national team but was unable to play Mallers owns a 3.598 GPA in finance. because of injury ... competed for CIA Bounce, Canada’s top AAU team, on the CARDINALS WITH 1,000 PTS/300 ASTS [Ball State has been invited to compete in the Nike EYBL circuit ... a hockey player until he Bonzi Wells (1994-98) 2,485/386 2019 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic picked up basketball at age 10. Tayler Persons* (2016-Pres.) 1,429/418 in Honolulu. The ESPN-organized event also Peyton Stovall (2003-08) 1,383/349 features Boise State, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Coach Whitford on the Class Patrick Jackson (1998-02) 1,348/349 Houston, Portland, UTEP and Washington. The “I couldn’t be more excited about signing all Chris Shelton (1982-86) 1,164/481 event has traditionally been played the week of three of these guys. It’s certainly as talented Christmas, but dates for next year’s tournament a recruiting class as we’ve had since I’ve *Persons career numbers, including his have not yet been set. been the head coach here, and it will lead freshman year at Northern Kentucky, are to a very bright future for our program.” 1,821 points and 530 assists .
Ball State’s all-time leading rebounder by more than 200 rebounds and the school’s all-time leading scorer at the time of his graduation, Ed Butler (1961-64) has been selected for induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Butler accomplished all of his career totals in just three years, playing before freshmen were eligible for varsity competition, and led the Cardinals to the College Division National Tournament as a senior. He was inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979.
The 12-member class will be inducted March 20, 2019 with an afternoon reception at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame museum in New Castle and an evening banquet at the Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis.
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Last Time Out Ball State Storylines Feb. 16, 2019 (Muncie, Ind.) AMONG THE NATION’S BEST FROM THE FLOOR [Ball State ranks 23rd nationally in team field goal percentage at 48.4 percent and has spent much of Ball State 57 the season among the top 15. The Cardinals feature the most efficient player in the MAC in Tahjai Teague, who is 29th nationally at Akron 56 59.1 percent from the floor, and the most efficient guard in K.J. Walton, who is 53rd at 54.5 percent.
Highlights AMONG THE ACTIVE LEADERS • Ball State trailed Akron for 32 minutes but [Senior point guard Tayler Persons is the active leader among MAC players in career points (1,821) led when it counted, as Trey Moses tipped in a and assists (530). His assists total ranks 11th among all active Division I players. missed shot with 15 seconds remaining to lift Senior center Trey Moses is 21st among active players in career rebounds (854). He is third among the Cardinals to a hard-fought, 57-56 victory. active MAC players behind only national leader James Thompson IV of Eastern Michigan and Demajeo • Moses’ late-game heroics were accompanied Wiggins of Bowling Green. Last month, Moses became just the seventh player in BSU history to reach by a stat line of six points, nine rebounds, two 800 career rebounds and the first since Jarrod Jones in 2012. assists, a block and a steal. • Tayler Persons and K.J. Walton were both INDIANA’S TEAM one rebound shy of double-doubles, as [Ball State continues to recruit heavily in-state, with eight of the 14 players on this year’s roster Persons was Ball State’s leading scorer with 15 coming from within Indiana. All eight come from towns within 80 miles of Ball State’s campus. points and nine rebounds, while Walton had All seven scholarship players among that group were named to the Indiana All-Star Team as high 12 points and nine boards. Tahjai Teague was school seniors. Each year, the Indiana All-Stars feature the top 13 seniors in the state. close to a double-double himself, as he scored (Ball State’s complete Indiana All-Star history on page 11) nine points while pulling down nine rebounds. • While Moses hit the game-winner, Persons had a clutch shot himself with just over a INDIANA’S TEAM ... PART II minute to play. The Cardinals were behind by [Ball State is 8-2 against teams from the state of Indiana over the past two seasons, with the only five with 3:20 to play and trying to overcome a losses coming this season at No. 24/22 Purdue and at Evansville. two-minute scoring drought. The Cardinals’ victories during that stretch include one last season over No. 9/8 Notre Dame, two • The team clawed its way back in and Persons over Valparaiso, Indiana State and IUPUI, and one over Evansville drilled a long 2 to give BSU the lead with 1:05 Ball State went 4-0 against in-state teams last season, finishing undefeated against the state for the remaining. Akron momentarily regained its first time since 1999-2000. Purdue (5-0) was the only other Indiana team to go undefeated versus the lead on a pair of makes from the charity stripe state last year. with 26 seconds left, but Moses’ tip was the final bucket, as the Zips missed a shot as time SUCCESSFUL NON-CONFERENCE SLATE FEATURES WIN OVER FINAL FOUR SQUAD expired. [Ball State closed non-conference play with a 9-4 record for the fourth straight year. The Cardinals played four NCAA Tournament teams from last year, three of whom were either ranked or receiving QUOTING COACH WHITFORD: votes -- Purdue (No. 24/22), Virginia Tech (16/17) and Alabama (RV/RV). “Statistically speaking, Akron is the best The fourth was Loyola Chicago, which played in last year’s Final Four. Ball State handed the Ramblers defensive team we’ve faced all year. Because a 75-69 defeat Dec. 5 in Chicago. The matchup was part of a two-year series that will see Loyola visit of that, we had to find other way to get things Muncie next year. done. I thought we played the right way on offense in the first half and didn’t deliver, but I couldn’t be more pleased with the way we SUCCESS VERSUS THE VALLEY shared the ball. I thought we also made good [Ball State went 4-1 this season against the Missouri Valley Conference, with the only loss coming hustle plays and effort plays in the second half. against an Evansville squad BSU also defeated earlier in the year. The other wins came against 2018 I couldn’t be more proud. It was a good win national semifinalist Loyola Chicago and rival Indiana State. The MAC checks in at No. 9 in Ken for us.” Pomeroy’s rankings of the 32 Division I leagues, while the MVC rates 13th.
AKRON (14-11, 6-6 MAC) BLOCK TALK Daniel Utomi 6-17 7-8 21; Loren Cristian [Senior center Trey Moses ranks sixth in the MAC with 30 blocked shots. He had 11 over the Jacks 3-13 5-5 11; Tyler Cheese 5-13 0-0 10; Cardinals’ three games at the Charleston Classic. The Cardinals had 20 blocks as a team in Charleston, Channel Banks 4-7 0-0 9; Jimond Ivey 1-8 2-2 while the next-closest team at the event had eight. 5; Emmanuel Olojakpoke 0-0 0-0 0; Jeremy Moses moved into second place this season on Ball State’s list for career blocks with 129, passing Roscoe 0-1 0-0 0; Deng Riak 0-4 0-0 0. Totals Jarrod Jones (2008-12). First? That’s going to be more of a challenge. Ball State’s career leader is 19-63 14-15 56. Lonnie Jones (1998-2002), whose 301 blocks rank second in MAC history.
BALL STATE (14-11, 5-7 MAC) YEAR SIX FOR WHITFORD PERSONS, Tayler 6-19 2-2 15; WALTON, K.J. [The 2018-19 season is Ball State’s sixth under the direction of head coach James Whitford. 3-9 6-8 12; TEAGUE, Tahjai 3-8 2-4 9; HAZEN, The Cardinals have averaged 20.3 victories over the past three years, winning MAC West Division Brachen 3-6 2-2 8; MOSES, Trey 3-7 0-0 6; NEHLS, Austin 1-2 0-0 3; MALLERS, Kyle 1-6 0-0 championships in both 2016 and 2017. 2; THOMPSON, Josh 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 21-61 Last season, Whitford led BSU to a win at No. 9/8 Notre Dame, marking the program’s first win over 12-16 57. a ranked team in 16 years and the highest-rated opponent the Cardinals have ever defeated in a true road game. Akron...... 29 27 - 56 Ball State ...... 21 36 - 57
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Jumping out of the Gym Ball State Storylines [K.J. Walton’s vertical leap measured at 45 STRENGTH RETURNING inches in the Cardinals’ preseason testing. [Ball State welcomed back seven of the eight players who were part of the rotation at the end of last That number would place him among the top season. The Cardinals returned 76.3 percent of their scoring, 75.1 percent of their rebounding and 10 in NBA HISTORY. The chart below shows 77.9 percent of their assists. where Walton’s vertical would rank among the all-time professional greats ... BSU’s active roster entering the season featured players with a combined 4,997 collegiate points. ALL-MAC BACK [Ball State returned two All-MAC players from last year in Tayler Persons (second team) and Trey Moses (third). Persons was named to the second team for the second straight year. Moses was previously a MAC All-Defensive Team selection in 2016.
SEC TRANSFERS READY FOR ACTION [Two transfers from SEC programs suited up for Ball State for the first time this season. K.J. Walton played two seasons at Missouri, and Brachen Hazen played one year at Arkansas. Both were Indiana All-Stars as high school seniors, Walton at Brownsburg and Hazen at Columbia City. Both sat out last season after transferring. HIGHEST RECORDED NBA VERTICALS 1. Wilt Chamberlain 48” CARDINALS ADD 1,000-POINT GRAD TRANSFER Darrell Griffith 48” [Ball State welcomed graduate transfer Austin Nehls from Central Connecticut. Nehls scored 1,038 3. Michael Jordan 46” points and made 206 3-pointers over his three seasons with the Blue Devils. He will provide outside Zach LeVine 46” shooting for a team that lost its career 3-point leader with the graduation of Sean Sellers. Jason Richardson 46” James White 46” ICE WATER IN HIS VEINS Spud Webb 46” [Tayler Persons hit game-winning 3-pointers in the final seconds last year at No. 9/8 Notre Dame, >> K.J. WALTON 45” versus Valparaiso and versus Bowling Green. All three came from virtually the same spot on the court, just left of the top of the key. 8. Shannon Brown 44.5” The Notre Dame and Bowling Green game-winners came within four days of each other last 9. Mugsey Bogues 44.3” December. On three other occasions last season, he scored go-ahead or game-tying points in the final 10. David Thompson 44” 20 seconds.
SOURCE: theexercisers.com PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATIONS [Ball State was picked to finish second in the MAC West Division in the league’s preseason poll, RECORD BREAKDOWN garnering just eight fewer total points than Eastern Michigan in the balloting. Defending league champion Buffalo was the preseason pick to win the East Division. (Complete poll on page 8) Senior point guard Tayler Persons was one of five selections to the Preseason All-MAC West Team, Overall Record...... 14-11 joining James Thompson (EMU), Elijah Minnie (EMU), Eugene German (NIU) and Jaelan Sanford (TOL). At Home...... 7-4 On the Road...... 6-5 Neutral Site...... 1-2 MALLERS SEEKS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT Overtime...... 1-1 [Junior forward Kyle Mallers raised his scoring average more than seven full points from his freshman to sophomore year. Leading at Half...... 12-2 After averaging 2.2 points per game as a rookie, he poured in 9.6 per game last year. Trailing at Half ...... 1-9 Tied at Half...... 1-0 FROM LONG RANGE [Ball State has recorded four of the top five single-season 3-point SEASON 3’s (BSU HISTORY) Leading in Rebounds...... 14-2 totals in school history over the past four years. 1. 319 in 2016-17 2. 310 in 2001-02 Trailing in Rebounds ...... 0-8 The Cardinals’ 319 treys in 2016-17 broke the school record. Last Tied in Rebounds...... 0-1 3 . 305 in 2015-16 year’s total of 245 ranks fourth on the list. 4 . 245 in 2017-18 Committing Fewer Turnovers. . . . . 7-2 5 . 234 in 2014-15 BODY TRANSFORMATIONS Committing More Turnovers...... 6-9 [ Committing Same Turnovers...... 1-0 Tayler Persons dropped approximately 25 pounds in the offseason. Persons played last season at 220 pounds. He entered this season at 196. Scored 0-49 Points...... 0-0 Zach Gunn cut his body fat nearly in half over the offseason. Gunn was at 9.0 percent last season Scored 50-59 Points...... 1-2 and is now at 5.1 percent. Scored 60-69 Points...... 0-3 Scored 70-79 Points...... 5-4 NEW TO THE BENCH Scored 80-89 Points...... 4-2 [For the first time in four years, James Whitford experienced turnover on his staff this offseason. Scored 90+ Points ...... 4-0 Danny Peters took an assistant coaching job at Arizona, and Brian Thornton left for a basketball position with the NCAA in Indianapolis. Allowed 0-49 Points...... 0-0 Whitford replaced them by hiring two in-state assistants away from their alma maters. Muncie Allowed 50-59 Points...... 3-0 native Ben Botts came from Purdue Fort Wayne to fill Peters’ position, while Matt Crenshaw joined the Allowed 60-69 Points...... 5-0 staff from IUPUI to fill Thornton’s vacancy. Allowed 70-79 Points...... 5-6 Allowed 80-89 Points...... 1-5 Allowed 90+ Points ...... 0-0
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MAC Standings CARDINAL TIDBITS CONFERENCE OVERALL KANI ACREE West Division W L Pct. W L Pct. Nicknamed “Ace” by his family because it was difficult for people to Toledo 8 4 .667 20 5 .800 pronounce his last name ... has the Ace of Spades tattooed behind his right Central Michigan 6 6 .500 17 8 .680 ear ... redshirting this season. Ball State 5 7 .417 14 11 .560 Eastern Michigan 5 7 .417 11 14 .440 ISHMAEL EL-AMIN Northern Illinois 5 8 .385 12 14 .462 The oldest of seven children, five boys and two girls, all separated by two Western Michigan 2 11 .154 8 18 .308 years ... the son of former UConn point guard Khalid El-Amin ... was a baby in the stands as his dad’s Huskies won the 1999 NCAA championship ... CONFERENCE OVERALL East Division W L Pct. W L Pct. lived in Turkey and Ukraine in elementary school while his father played Buffalo 10 2 .833 22 3 .880 professionally overseas. Bowling Green 10 2 .833 18 7 .720 Kent State 8 4 .667 19 6 .760 ZACH GUNN Akron 6 6 .500 14 11 .560 All-time leading scorer and rebounder in the history of a Hamilton Miami 5 7 .417 13 12 .520 Southeastern High School program which boasts former Indiana Mr. Ohio 3 9 .250 11 13 .458 Basketball selections Gary Harris (2012) and Zak Irvin (2013).
BRACHEN HAZEN Has floated on the Dead Sea in Israel and visited The Coliseum in Rome 2018-19 Preseason Poll ... taught himself to play the guitar as a college freshman ... father is a EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION graduate of Ball State’s music education program. 1. Buffalo – 210 (35) 1. Eastern Michigan – 183 (17) 2. Miami – 127 2. Ball State – 175 (11) BLAKE HUGGINS 3. Kent State – 122 3. Toledo – 156 (5) Didn’t play basketball until he was a 6-foot-3 eighth grader and the coach 4. Ohio – 121 4. Western Michigan – 81 (1) encouraged him to try ... played baseball before that ... son of a preacher 5. Akron – 97 5. Northern Illinois – 73 ... lived in Mississippi until age 7 when he moved to Tennessee. 6. Bowling Green – 58 6. Central Michigan -- 67 (1) TREY MOSES MAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPION Works with special needs kids through the Best Buddies program ... Buffalo (25), Eastern Michigan (3), Toledo (3), Central Michigan (1), organizes summer basketball camps for kids with Downs Syndrome in Miami (1), Northern Illinois (1), Western Michigan (1) Kentucky, Indiana and Canada ... played eight games in 10 days over the summer in New Zealand with a team from Athletes in Action. Voted on by coaches and media, first-place votes in parentheses KYLE MALLERS Owns a 3.75 GPA as a business administration major ... has worn the No. 14 since his Little League baseball coach gave it to him for the first time at MAC Wins Leaders age 8. • Ball State is among the winningest teams in Mid-American Conference play over the past four years. AUSTIN NEHLS • The Cardinals and Buffalo are the only MAC teams to reach double-digit Graduated in three years from Central Connecticut, where he was a two- league wins in each of the previous three years. time Academic All-District First Team choice ... father played basketball at Arizona grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where his family knew then-Arizona MOST MAC WINS (2016-PRESENT) assistant coach James Whitford. 1. Buffalo 46 2. Akron 39 3 Toledo 38 TAYLER PERSONS 4. Kent State 37 Helped his Athletes in Action Team USA squad to a 4-0 record and a gold 5 . Ball State 36 medal over the summer in Brazil ... played quarterback for his Kokomo 6. Ohio 32 High School football team ... tore his ACL in the second football game of his senior season but rehabbed in time to join his basketball teammates on the court by late January. MAC West Success • Ball State is 25-10 in MAC West Division games over the past four TAHJAI TEAGUE seasons. Cousin of Jeff Teague of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and former • The Cardinals are 4-1 against the division this year. NBA first-round pick Marquis Teague.
MIRYNE THOMAS A Golden Gloves boxing national champion at age 12 ... named the Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland Youth of the Year in 2017 ... sitting out this season as a transfer from Maryland-Eastern Shore.
JOSH THOMPSON A walk-on who earned key minutes as a sophomore ... has overcome ACL tears in both knees ... the son of Ball State great Chandler Thompson who helped the Cardinals to the 1990 Sweet 16.
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MISCELLANEOUS STATS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED
DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES Scored 30-34 points: Three players had double-figure rebounds in a Season Career Tayler Persons (31) at Toledo, 2-28-17 game: Tayler Persons 22 97* Austin Nehls 1 54* Scored 35-39 points: Theron Smith (12), Josh Murray (11) and Mark Farris Trey Moses 10 53 Peyton Stovall (37) vs. IPFW, 12-31-07 (11) vs. IUPUI, 11-22-00 Tahjai Teague 17 49 Scored 40 or more points: A player had back-to-back 30-point games: K.J. Walton 21 39* Kyle Mallers 10 24 Chris Williams (44) at Central Michigan, 2-19-03 Skip Mills (34) at Eastern Michigan, 3-4-06 Zach Gunn 7 11 Had 15-19 rebounds: & (38) at Buffalo, 3-6-06 Ishmael El-Amin 1 4 Trey Moses (17) vs. Tiffin, 11-27-18 A player had three straight 30-point games: Brachen Hazen 2 2 Blake Huggins 1 1 Had at least 20 rebounds: Bonzi Wells (33) vs. Western Michigan, 12-10-97, Cameron Echols (22) vs. Wright State, 12-7-02 (33) vs. Wisconsin, 12-13-97, and (30) at Northeast GAMES WITH 20 POINTS OR MORE Had a double-double of points/rebounds: Louisiana (12-22-97) Season Career Tayler Persons 9 28* Kyle Mallers (22/10) vs. Western Michigan, 2-9-19 A player had four straight 30-point games: Tahjai Teague 3 8 Had a double-double of points/assists: Bonzi Wells (34) vs. Mississippi, 12-6-97; (30) vs. Austin Nehls -- 8* Trey Moses (16/10) vs. Eastern Michigan, 1-8-19 Western Michigan, 12-10-97; (33) vs. Wisconsin, K.J. Walton 5 6* Trey Moses 1 6 Had at least 20 points & 15 rebounds: 12-13-97, and (30) at Northeast La., 12-22-97 Kyle Mallers 1 1 Majok Majok (25/18) vs. Oakland City, 1-3-14 Averaged a double-double (pts./rebs.) in a season: Had a triple-double of points, rebounds & assists: Majok Majok (11.2/10.0), 2013-14 DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES Season Career Bonzi Wells (23/12/10) vs. Western Mich., 2-25-98; BSU shot 70 percent for a half: Trey Moses 4 30 Bonzi Wells (18/11/12) vs. Bowling Green 2-5-97 72.0 (2nd half) at Tennessee Martin, 12-3-11 Tahjai Teague 4 16 Two players had double-doubles in a game: BSU scored 60 points in a half: Tayler Persons -- 2* Kyle Mallers 1 3 Trey Moses (22/10) & Tahjai Teague (14/13) 61 (1st half) vs. Delaware State, 12-29-18 Blake Huggins 1 1 at Northern Illinois, 2-5-19 BSU scored 100 points in a game: Three players had double-doubles (pts./rebs.) in BSU 116, Delaware State 57, 12-29-18 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Season Career same game: BSU shot 60 percent for a game: Trey Moses 3 22 Theron Smith (19/12), Josh Murray (16/11) and .617 at Indiana State, 11-25-17 Tahjai Teague 4 13 Mark Farris (11/11) vs. IUPUI, 11-22-00 BSU shot less than 30 percent for a game: Tayler Persons -- 3* Kyle Mallers 1 3 At least five players scored in double figures: .267 at Eastern Michigan, 2-3-18 Josh Thompson (19), Tayler Persons (16), Tahjai BSU shot less than 50 percent from the FT line: *includes games at previous schools Teague (16), K.J. Walton (13), Trey Moses (12), .444 (4 for 9) at Toledo, 1-30-18 GAMES LEADING BSU IN SCORING Austin Nehls (12), Blake Huggins (10) and Kyle BSU held an opponent under 30 percent shooting: Season Career Mallers (10) vs. Delaware State, 12-29-18 .277 vs. Chicago State, 12-31-15 Tayler Persons 11 40 At least six players scored in double figures: An opponent shot at least 60 percent: Tahjai Teague 5 14 Trey Moses -- 11 Josh Thompson (19), Tayler Persons (16), Tahjai Ohio (.617) at Ohio, 1-21-15 K.J. Walton 7 7 Teague (16), K.J. Walton (13), Trey Moses (12), BSU played an overtime game: Kyle Mallers 1 3 Austin Nehls (12), Blake Huggins (10) and Kyle vs. Kent State, 2-2-19 Josh Thompson 1 1 Ishmael El-Amin -- 1 Mallers (10) vs. Delaware State, 12-29-18 KSU 83, BSU 80 (OT) At least seven players scored in double figures: BSU played a double overtime game: GAMES LEADING BSU IN REBOUNDING Josh Thompson (19), Tayler Persons (16), Tahjai vs. Eastern Michigan, 1-8-19 Season Career Trey Moses 7 46 Teague (16), K.J. Walton (13), Trey Moses (12), EMU 84, BSU 82 (2OT) Tahjai Teague 13 34 Austin Nehls (12), Blake Huggins (10) and Kyle BSU played a triple overtime game: Tayler Persons 4 5 Mallers (10) vs. Delaware State, 12-29-18 at Central Michigan, 2-9-14 Kyle Mallers 3 5 Brachen Hazen 2 2 At least eight players scored in double figures: CMU 101, BSU 95 (3OT) Zach Gunn -- 1 Josh Thompson (19), Tayler Persons (16), Tahjai *BSU has never played more thatn three OT’s Blake Huggins 1 1 Teague (16), K.J. Walton (13), Trey Moses (12), BSU played a top-25 team: K.J. Walton 1 1 Austin Nehls (12), Blake Huggins (10) and Kyle at Buffalo (#17 by USA Today, #18 by AP), STARTS (BSU CAREER ONLY) Mallers (10) vs. Delaware State, 12-29-18 1-29-19; Buffalo 83, Ball State 59 Season Career Straight Led the team in points, rebounds and assists in a BSU hosted a top-25 team: Tayler Persons 25 91 91 Trey Moses 22 86 3 game: vs. Butler (#20 by AP, #23 by ESPN/USA Today), Kyle Mallers 25 58 57 Tayler Persons (15/9/5) vs. Akron, 2-16-19 12-2-09, Butler 59, Ball State 38 Tahjai Teague 25 49 38 Three players scored at least 20 points in a game: BSU defeated a top-25 team: K.J. Walton 22 22 4 Brachen Hazen 2 2 -- Tayler Persons (26), Tahjai Teague (26) and Trey at Notre Dame (#8 by USA Today, #9 by AP), Austin Nehls 2 2 -- Moses (22) vs. Akron, 1-27-18 12-5-17; Ball State 80, Notre Dame 77 Ishmael El-Amin 1 1 -- Blake Huggins 1 1 --
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JAMES WHITFORD Head Coach (Sixth Season) Highlights at Ball State 10 team, the first since the 2001 Maui Invitational • Averaging more than 20 wins over the past three and the first ever in a true road game. It was also the seasons first by a MAC program over an AP top-10 team since • First true road win over a top-10 team in program the 2001 Maui event. history (No. 9/8 Notre Dame; Dec. 5, 2017) Ball State went 14-2 at Worthen Arena in 2017- • MAC West Division co-championships in 2016 and 18, finishing one shy of the school record for home 2017 court wins. BSU snapped long losing streaks against • CIT appearances in 2016 and 2017 perennial MAC heavyweights Akron, Kent State and • Guided the nation’s fourth-largest turnaround in Ohio, defeating all three in the same season for the 2015-16 (from 7-23 to 21-14) first time since 1998. The Cardinals ranked second • Has signed nine Indiana All-Stars (BSU signed only among all MAC teams in scoring defense (73.1) and three in the decade before his arrival) field goal percentage defense (.415) during league play. James Whitford completed his fifth season as the Whitford’s 2016-17 squad went 21-13 (11-7 Ball State men’s basketball head coach in 2017-18, MAC), tying for the seventh-most wins in program The continuing to lead a resurgence in the Cardinals’ pro- history for the second year in a row. BSU ranked gram. among the top 15 percent of teams in the country in Whitford File Over the past three years, BSU has averaged scoring offense at 78.7 points per game. more than 20 wins per season, won two division The 2015-16 team went 21-14 (10-8 MAC) on the COACHING HISTORY championships and knocked off a top-10 team for strength of the league’s No. 1 scoring defense (66.8). April 2013-Present the first time in 16 years. The Cardinals and Buffalo The Cardinals shared the MAC West title after being Head Coach | Ball State are the only teams to win at least 10 Mid-American picked last in the preseason poll. Coming on the heels Conference games in each of the past three seasons. of a seven-win campaign in 2014-15, Ball State’s turn- 2011-13 Whitford’s teams in 2015-16 and 2016-17- sur around ranked as the fourth-largest of any team in Arizona | Assoc. Head Coach passed 20 wins and earned shares of the MAC the nation. The CIT berth marked the program’s first 2009-11 West Division championship. The program had not postseason appearance in 14 years. Arizona | Assistant Coach achieved the first of those feats in consecutive sea- sons since the early 1990s and had not accomplished 2005-09 the second in back-to-back years in the league’s divi- WHITFORD AS AN ASSISTANT COACH Xavier | Assistant Coach sional history (since 1998). Season School Record Postseason Ball State played in the postseason in each of 1994-95 Miami (OH) 23-7 NCAA (64) 1996-2005 those campaigns with trips to the CIT, including a 1995-96 Miami (OH) 21-8 NIT Miami (Ohio) | Asst. Coach quarterfinal appearance at the end of the 2015-16 1996-97 Miami (OH) 21-9 NCAA (64) season. That berth marked the Cardinals’ first trip to 1997-98 Miami (OH) 17-12 -- 1994-96 the postseason since 2002. 1998-99 Miami (OH) 24-8 NCAA (16) Miami (Ohio) | Admin. Asst. In 2017-18, Whitford led Ball State to a 19-13 1999-00 Miami (OH) 15-15 -- (10-8 MAC) record and a second straight first-round 2000-01 Miami (OH) 17-16 -- EDUCATION Wisconsin, 1994 bye in the MAC Tournament. The campaign was 2001-02 Miami (OH) 13-18 -- Bachelor’s in highlighted by an 80-77 win at Notre Dame when 2002-03 Miami (OH) 13-15 -- Political Science the Fighting Irish were ranked No. 8 in the USA To- 2003-04 Miami (OH) 18-11 -- day Coaches Poll and No. 9 by the Associated Press. 2004-05 Miami (OH) 19-11 NIT Miami (Ohio), 1996 The victory, which came during a nine-game winning 2005-06 Xavier 21-11 NCAA (64) Master’s in Sports Studies streak, was the third in program history over a top- 2006-07 Xavier 25-9 NCAA (32) 2007-08 Xavier 30-7 NCAA (8) 2008-09 Xavier 27-8 NCAA (16) 2009-10 Arizona 16-15 -- 2010-11 Arizona 30-8 NCAA (8) 2011-12 Arizona 23-12 NIT 2012-13 Arizona 27-8 NCAA (16) Total 400-208
WHITFORD AS A HEAD COACH Season Overall MAC Postseason 2013-14 5-25 2-16 -- 2014-15 7-23 2-16 -- 2015-16 21-14 10-8 CIT 2016-17 21-13 11-7 CIT 2017-18 19-13 10-8 -- 2018-19 14-11 5-7 Total 87-99 40-62
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ON THE BENCH Signing the Stars • Ball State’s roster features seven former PERSONS Indiana All-Stars for the second straight Jason year -- Tayler Persons (2014), Tahjai Teague Grunkemeyer (2015), K.J. Walton (2015), Brachen Hazen Associate Head Coach (2016), Kyle Mallers (2016), Zach Gunn Sixth Season (2017) and Jarron Coleman (2018). Miami University, 2001 • The seven last year marked the most A former standout at the Cardinals had ever had on the roster Miami, Grunkemeyer was at one time and the most on any college previously an assistant roster since Purdue had eight in 1998-99. TEAGUE coach with the RedHawks and at Saint Louis. • The Indiana All-Star Team features the He played at Miami when James Whitford was top 13 high school seniors in the state. an assistant coach on the staff and helped the • Ball State has had a total of 39 Indiana RedHawks to the Sweet 16 in 1999. He later All-Stars throughout the years. served five years on the Miami staff under • The Cardinals had 19 from the 1985- Charlie Coles. 2003 high school graduating classes, coinciding with the most successful period Ben Botts on the court in program history. They then Assistant Coach signed only two over the next 10 years WALTON First Season before cashing in on the 2014 class. Fort Wayne, 2011 Muncie native Ben Indiana All-Stars to Play for BSU Botts joined the Ball State (Listed by year selected to all-star team) men’s basketball staff in 2018 – Jarron Coleman, Cathedral May 2018 after spending 2017 – Zach Gunn, Hamilton Southeastern the previous four years as an assistant with 2016 – Brachen Hazen*, Columbia City his alma mater Fort Wayne. Botts helped 2016 – Kyle Mallers, Fort Wayne Carroll 2015 – Tahjai Teague, Pike guide the Mastodons to four consecutive MALLERS 2015 – K.J. Walton*, Brownsburg postseason appearances, with the school’s 2014 – Tayler Persons*, Kokomo first-ever NIT berth in 2016 and three trips 2014 – Sean Sellers, Greensburg to the CIT. Fort Wayne also notched a pair of 2014 – Jeremie Tyler, Arsenal Tech memorable victories over Indiana in his final 2010 – Tyrae Robinson, Bowman Academy two seasons. 2008 – Randy Davis, Plymouth 2003 – Peyton Stovall, Lafayette Jefferson Matt Crenshaw 2001 – Gabe Miller, Fort Wayne Carroll Assistant Coach 2000 – Michael Bennett, Brebeuf First Season 1999 – Rob Robbins, Delta HAZEN IUPUI, 2004 1998 – Patrick Jackson, Delta Matt Crenshaw joined 1997 – Cedric Moodie, So. Bend Washington the Ball State men’s 1996 – Mickey Hosier, Alexandria-Monroe basketball staff as an 1996 – Lamont Roland, New Albany 1994 – Bonzi Wells, Muncie Central assistant coach in October 1993 – Randy Zachary, Anderson Highland 2018. Crenshaw spent the previous 11 years 1991 – Marlon Fleming, Southport at his alma mater IUPUI, including the final 1991 – LaSalle Thompson*, Pike seven as the Jaguars’ associate head coach. 1990 – Jeermal Sylvester, South Bend Riley His time at IUPUI spanned from Ron Hunter’s 1989 – Rodney Holmes, So. Bend St. Joseph GUNN era as head coach to the current tenure of 1989 – Jamie Matthews*, New Washington Jason Gardner. 1988 – Chandler Thompson, Muncie Central 1986 – Greg Miller, Yorktown Kindon Crowder 1986 – Rodney Haynes, New Castle Director of Operations 1985 – Billy Butts*, Muncie North Second Season 1981 – Dan Palombizio*, Mich. City Rogers Ball State, 2014 1981 – Rick Rowray*, Muncie Central Crowder, a former 1980 – Jeff Todd*, Marion member of the Ball State 1977 – Jeff Williams, Logansport men’s basketball team, 1970 – Larry Bullington, Pike COLEMAN 1970 – Kim Kaufman*, Muncie Central is in his second year as the 1964 – Mike Shumaker, Huntington Cardinals’ director of basketball operations in 1964 – Terry Stillabower*, Lafayette Jeff. 2017-18. He spent the previous two seasons 1961 – Doug Reid*, Frankfort as graduate manager for the program. *transferred to Ball State
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PLAYER PROFILES
K.J. Walton, #1, Guard Zach Gunn, #15, Forward • Has scored double figures in 21 of his 24 games in a BSU uniform and • Appeared in 25 games off the bench last season, missing seven to a foot reached the 20-point mark five times injury in the middle of the season • Sat out last season after transferring from Missouri • Had two of his best games down the stretch, scoring a career-high 16 • Spent two seasons with the Tigers, playing in all 63 games and making 24 points against Toledo (Feb. 17) and going for 15 in the MAC Tournament starts quarterfinals against Kent State (March 8) • Started 17 games as a sophomore, averaging 6.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and • Shot 48 percent from 3-point range (12 for 25) over the final six games 1.2 steals per game ... finished second on the Missouri team with 116 free and hit a career-high five treys in the MAC quarterfinals throw attempts Austin Nehls, #20, Guard Tayler Persons, #2, Guard • Scored his BSU career-high 12 points against Delaware State • Two-time All-MAC Second Team at Ball State ... Atlantic Sun Freshman of • A graduate transfer from Central Connecticut, where he started 89 of a the Year in 2014-15 for Northern Kentucky possible 90 games and was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First • Has started every game in his two-plus seasons at BSU Team selection • One of seven players nationally with 1,500 career points and 500 assists • Scored 1,038 points at CCSU for an average of 11.7 per game • The only player in Ball State history to record 1,000 points and 300 assists • A 36.5 percent 3-pointer shooter at CCSU and never made fewer than 67 in a two-year period treys in a season ... sixth in that program’s history with 206 3-pointers • The only one with 500 points and 150 assists in a single season (2016-17) • Scored in double figures 53 times at CCSU and reached the 20-point mark • One of seven players in program annals to score 1,000 points over their eight times first two seasons in a BSU uniform • Reached the 1,000-point mark for his career in just 69 games Trey Moses, #24, Center • His Ball State career assists average (4.7) ranks second only to Jim Hahn • An All-MAC Third Team selection as a junior and a MAC All-Defensive (5.7) in school annals Team choice as a sophomore … owns 22 career double-doubles Josh Thompson, #3, Guard • Ranks among the top 10 in program history in career field goal • Scored a career-high 19 points against Delaware State, far surpassing his percentage (.538, 6th), blocked shots (129, 2nd) and rebounds (854, 6th) previous career high of eight • Averaged 14.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists with eight double- • A walk-on who earned a role last season, largely for being one of the doubles in MAC play last year team’s top defenders • Led the league in blocks during conference play as a sophomore and • Appeared in 15 games last year and entered the team’s regular rotation ranked second in overall rebounding as a junior for the final nine Tahjai Teague, #25, Forward Ishmael El-Amin, #5, Guard • Led the team in steals (1.2) and blocks (0.9) per game last year while • Out with a wrist injury since Dec. 29 ranking second in scoring (12.1) and rebounding (7.5) • Appeared in 31 games off the bench last season as a true freshman, • Ranked among the top 12 in the MAC in four major categories last year missing just one to injury -- rebounding (6th), field goal percentage (.530, 8th), blocks (9th) and steals • Had the team’s second-best assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.2-to-1 and (12th) averaged only one turnover every 14.8 minutes played • Scored at least 20 points five times last year, all in MAC play ... had eight • Set or matched career highs for points (18), rebounds (7) and assists (4) double-doubles, including six against MAC opponents (all in the season’s last year against Toledo without committing a turnover final 12 games) • Had seven points and four boards in his college debut at Dayton • Scored in double figures 22 times last year, including the last nine games of the season … averaged 16.2 points over those final nine games Brachen Hazen, #12, Forward • Out from Dec. 5 until Feb. 9 with a back injury Blake Huggins, #44, Center • Went 6-for-6 from the floor on his way to 15 points and nine rebounds in • Saw his first collegiate action in the opener against Indiana State and his BSU debut against Indiana State in the season opener scored his first career bucket against Virginia Tech • Sat out last season as a transfer from Arkansas • Scored a career-best 10 points against Delaware State and grabbed a • Appeared in 14 games as a freshman with the Razorbacks career-high 10 rebounds in a career-best 19 minutes at Buffalo. • A 2016 Indiana All-Star at Columbia City High School • Redshirted last season as a freshman • Rated among the top 50 small forwards in the country by 247Sports as a • Averaged 15.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game during his high school senior senior season of high school while shooting 60 percent from the floor Kyle Mallers, #14, Forward • Scored 1,036 points for his high school career, with career averages of • Scored a career-high 19 points and made a career-best five 3-pointers 10.4 points and 2.6 blocks per game against No. 16/17 Virginia Tech in Charleston • Has played every game over his first two-plus years and started all 57 dating back to game one last season • Raised his scoring average more than seven full points per game from his freshman season to his sophomore campaign • Ranked second in the MAC in foul shooting at 85.6 percent last year • Had his first double-doubles last year against IUPUI and Jackson State
12 ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL K.J. #1 Tayler #2 Walton Persons R-Junior | Guard 5th-Senior | Guard 6-3 | 200 6-3 | 196 Indianapolis, Ind . Kokomo, Ind . Brownsburg HS/Missouri Kokomo HS/Northern Kentucky
CAREER/SEASON HIGHS CAREER/SEASON HIGHS
CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH 26, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 PTS 26, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 32, at Central Michigan, 2/18/17 PTS 29, 2x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 13, vs. Auburn, 03/08/2017* REBS 9, 2, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 12, at Jacksonville, 2/19/15* REBS 9, 3x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 4, at Ole Miss, 02/23/2016* ASTS 3, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 14, vs. IU Kokomo, 11/29/16 ASTS 9, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 4, vs. Northwestern St, 11/26/2016* STLS 3, 4x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 5, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 12/10/16 STLS 4, 2x, last vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 2, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 BLKS 2, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 2, vs. Idaho, 12/22/14* BLKS 1, 3x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 12, at Central Michigan, 1/19/19 FGM 12, at Central Michigan, 1/19/19 14, at Jacksonville, 2/19/15* FGM 10, 2x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 17, 2x, last at Central Michigan, 1/19/19 FGA 17, 2x, last at Central Michigan, 1/19/19 25, at Jacksonville, 2/19/15* FGA 19, 2x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 3, at LSU, 03/01/2016* 3FGM 1, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 6, 2x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 3FGM 6, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 4, 2x, last vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 3FGA 4, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 9, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 3FGA 9, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 9, 2x, last vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 FTM 9, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 14, at Chattanooga, 12/16/14* FTM 12, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 12, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 FTA 12, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 14, at Chattanooga, 12/16/14* FTA 12, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 * at Missouri *at Northen Kentucky
GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME
Rebs Rebs Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS INDIANA STATE 27 5-11 0-0 5-7 4-2-6 2 2 1 0 1 15 INDIANA STATE 33 6-15 1-4 3-3 0-2-2 1 5 4 0 1 16 at Purdue 25 6-11 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 5 0 6 0 1 13 at Purdue 32 5-13 3-5 6-8 1-7-8 4 2 5 0 0 19 vs. Virginia Tech 23 1-6 0-1 4-4 0-2-2 2 1 2 0 0 6 vs. Virginia Tech 31 7-13 2-5 5-5 2-2-4 3 5 2 0 0 21 vs. Alabama 18 5-13 0-4 3-4 1-2-3 2 2 5 0 1 13 vs. Alabama 29 5-10 0-1 0-2 0-1-1 0 4 2 0 1 10 vs. Appalachian St. 34 7-11 0-0 8-10 2-4-6 1 1 1 1 0 22 vs. Appalachian St. 39 8-16 1-2 12-12 0-3-3 1 7 5 0 2 29 EVANSVILLE 27 8-9 0-0 4-6 2-5-7 2 1 1 2 3 20 EVANSVILLE 31 3-11 1-4 2-6 0-2-2 3 9 3 0 1 9 TIFFIN 20 7-9 0-0 1-3 4-5-9 0 1 0 0 0 15 TIFFIN 21 7-10 2-4 4-4 0-2-2 0 6 1 0 1 20 at IUPUI 26 2-4 0-0 6-8 1-2-3 4 2 2 0 1 10 at IUPUI 33 4-10 1-3 7-8 1-8-9 2 5 6 0 1 16 at Loyola Chicago 36 11-14 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 2 0 2 0 2 22 at Loyola Chicago 33 4-11 2-4 2-2 0-5-5 3 5 3 1 1 12 at Evansville 31 6-10 0-1 2-2 0-1-1 3 1 0 0 0 14 at Evansville 31 5-14 0-2 6-6 0-6-6 2 2 2 0 1 16 at Valparaiso 33 8-10 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 0 2 0 0 1 17 at Valparaiso 33 4-8 2-3 4-4 0-5-5 2 7 4 0 4 14 HOWARD DNP ------HOWARD 23 7-10 3-5 3-4 0-1-1 2 4 2 0 0 20 DELAWARE STATE 25 5-11 0-0 3-5 2-5-7 2 2 3 1 1 13 DELAWARE STATE 19 4-5 1-2 7-8 1-3-4 0 7 2 0 1 16 at Toledo 28 5-17 0-0 4-6 2-4-6 3 1 0 0 0 14 at Toledo 34 10-17 1-4 0-0 0-3-3 2 3 2 0 0 21 EASTERN MICH. 27 2-3 0-0 2-2 2-3-5 4 0 1 0 3 6 EASTERN MICH. 43 1-11 1-5 1-2 1-5-6 1 8 5 1 4 4 OHIO 26 3-5 0-0 4-7 0-2-2 2 0 3 0 2 10 OHIO 31 7-17 0-2 2-3 1-1-2 3 2 5 0 1 16 at Bowling Green 30 4-7 0-0 4-6 1-2-3 3 0 3 0 0 12 at Bowling Green 33 10-19 2-5 6-8 1-8-9 2 2 6 0 3 28 at Central Mich. 28 12-17 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 3 1 2 0 2 24 at Central Mich. 34 8-16 2-6 3-4 0-1-1 2 2 2 0 2 21 MIAMI 33 6-14 0-0 4-5 2-5-7 2 1 1 1 3 16 MIAMI 32 4-16 1-6 2-2 1-4-5 4 0 1 0 1 11 at Ohio 25 3-8 0-0 4-6 0-1-1 0 0 2 1 1 10 at Ohio 33 9-16 3-7 0-0 0-3-3 2 5 6 0 0 21 at Buffalo 20 8-14 0-1 2-3 3-1-4 5 0 4 0 1 18 at Buffalo 31 2-12 1-6 1-3 0-3-3 2 3 1 0 0 6 KENT STATE 38 8-12 1-1 9-12 3-2-5 3 1 3 0 1 26 KENT STATE 41 5-16 1-4 6-8 0-7-7 2 8 7 0 1 17 at Northern Ill. 34 1-8 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 1 3 1 0 2 3 at Northern Ill. 33 9-13 6-9 5-6 0-1-1 1 3 2 0 0 29 WESTERN MICH. 23 5-11 0-0 1-3 1-1-2 2 1 0 0 1 11 WESTERN MICH. 30 7-15 1-4 0-1 0-3-3 2 5 0 0 2 15 AKRON 27 3-9 0-1 6-8 3-6-9 2 0 2 0 3 12 AKRON 34 6-19 1-5 2-2 1-8-9 3 5 3 1 1 15 at Miami at Miami CENTRAL MICH. CENTRAL MICH. TOLEDO TOLEDO at Western Mich. at Western Mich. at Eastern Mich. at Eastern Mich. NORTHERN ILL. NORTHERN ILL.
CAREER STATS CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT 2015-16* 31-7 427-13.8 50-115 .435 11-30 .367 54-78 .692 2014-15* 30-26 860-28.7 146-335 .436 10-54 .185 90-118 .763 2016-17* 32-17 608-19.0 69-175 .394 5-23 .217 70-116 .603 2016-17 34-34 986-29.0 183-382 .479 44-105 .419 116-152 .763 2018-19 24-22 664-27.7 131-244 .537 1-9 .111 79-113 .699 2017-18 32-32 953-29.8 187-406 .461 38-102 .373 69-103 .670 TOTAL 87-46 1699-19.5 250-534 .468 17-62 .274 203-307 .661 2018-19 25-25 800-32.0 147-333 .441 39-107 .364 89-111 .802 TOTAL* 121-117 3599-29.7 663-1456 .455 131-368 .356 364-484 .752 REBOUNDS REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG 2015-16* 24-34-58-1.9 35 0 27 23 2 14 165-5.3 2014-15* 30-107-137-4.6 76 0 112 78 4 33 392-13.1 2016-17* 44-62-106-3.3 53 0 31 37 0 37 213-6.7 2016-17 13-118-131-3.9 88 3 167 106 2 44 526-15.5 2018-19 38-68-106-4.4 55 2 23 45 6 30 342-14.3 2017-18 17-90-107-3.3 78 1 137 94 5 26 481-15.0 TOTAL 106-164-270-3.1 143 2 81 105 8 81 720-8.3 2018-19 10-94-104-4.2 49 0 114 82 3 29 422-16.9 *at Missouri TOTAL* 70-409-479-4.0 291 4 530 360 14 132 1821-15.0 *at Northern Kentucky ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 13 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL Josh #3 Ishmael #5 Thompson El-Amin R-Junior | Guard Sophomore| Guard 6-0 | 2194 6-1 | 195 Indianapolis, Ind . Minneapolis, Minn . Lawerence North HS Hopkins HS
CAREER/SEASON HIGHS CAREER/SEASON HIGHS
CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH 19, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 PTS 19, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 18, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 PTS 15, vs. Howard , 12/20/18 6, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 REBS 6, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 7, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 REBS 3, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 ASTS 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 4, 4x, last at Northern Ill., 3/2/18 ASTS 2, 2x, last at IUPUI, 12/1/18 2, 4x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 STLS 2, 3x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 2, 6x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 STLS 2, 2x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 1, 2x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 BLKS 1, 2x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 1, 5x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 BLKS 1, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 FGM 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 6, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FGM 5, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 7, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 FGA 7, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 10, vs. IUPUI, 12/2/17 FGA 8, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 3FGM 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 3, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 3FGM 3, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 4, 3x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 3FGA 4, 3x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 6, at Purdue, 11/10/18 3FGA 6, at Purdue, 11/10/18 7, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 FTM 7, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 4, 3x, last vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTM 2, 2x, last vs. Howard, 12/20/18 7, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 FTA 7, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 6, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTA 4, vs. Howard, 12/20/18
GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME
Rebs Rebs Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS INDIANA STATE 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 0 2 0 0 0 0 INDIANA STATE 13 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 1 6 at Purdue 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 3 0 0 2 0 at Purdue 17 3-7 2-6 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 0 0 0 8 vs. Virginia Tech 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 vs. Virginia Tech 23 2-5 2-5 0-1 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 2 6 vs. Alabama 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 0 0 vs. Alabama 21 1-3 1-2 2-2 0-2-2 2 1 0 1 0 5 vs. Appalachian St. 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 vs. Appalachian St. 21 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-3-3 2 2 0 0 1 6 EVANSVILLE 9 1-3 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 1 3 EVANSVILLE 19 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 2 0 0 3 TIFFIN 19 2-6 1-3 1-2 1-1-2 1 3 1 0 1 6 TIFFIN 19 4-5 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 4 1 0 9 at IUPUI 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 2 0 0 0 at IUPUI 22 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 2 0 1 5 at Loyola Chicago 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 at Loyola Chicago 21 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 1 0 2 3 at Evansville 10 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 0 0 1 3 at Evansville 21 1-5 0-4 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 0 2 at Valparaiso 20 1-5 0-3 0-0 1-0-1 2 3 0 0 0 2 at Valparaiso 18 3-5 1-2 1-2 0-3-3 1 1 0 0 0 8 HOWARD 25 2-7 1-4 0-0 0-4-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 HOWARD 30 5-8 3-5 2-4 0-1-1 2 1 2 0 0 15 DELAWARE STATE 26 4-6 4-4 7-7 0-6-6 1 4 1 0 0 19 DELAWARE STATE DNP ------at Toledo 20 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-3-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 at Toledo DNP ------EASTERN MICH. 10 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 1 0 0 2 EASTERN MICH. DNP ------OHIO 20 0-2 0-1 2-4 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 OHIO DNP ------at Bowling Green 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 4 0 1 0 0 2 at Bowling Green DNP ------at Central Mich. 14 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 2 1 2 0 0 4 at Central Mich. DNP ------MIAMI 17 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 3 0 1 0 0 6 MIAMI DNP ------at Ohio 12 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 8 at Ohio DNP ------at Buffalo 25 1-5 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 at Buffalo DNP ------KENT STATE 20 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 2 KENT STATE DNP ------at Northern Ill. 18 1-5 1-4 1-2 0-2-2 0 2 0 0 0 4 at Northern Ill. DNP ------WESTERN MICH. 15 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 1 0 1 4 WESTERN MICH. DNP ------AKRON 12 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 1 0 1 2 2 AKRON DNP ------at Miami at Miami CENTRAL MICH. CENTRAL MICH. TOLEDO TOLEDO at Western Mich. at Western Mich. at Eastern Mich. at Eastern Mich. NORTHERN ILL. NORTHERN ILL.
CAREER STATS CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT 2016-17 3-0 6-2.0 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2017-18 31-0 579-18.7 52-141 .369 18-56 .321 29-40 .725 2017-18 15-0 152-10.1 7-20 .350 4-13 .308 10-12 .833 2018-19 12-1 246-20.5 27-56 .482 16-40 .400 6-11 .545 2018-19 25-0 356-14.2 25-63 .397 12-33 .364 15-19 .789 TOTAL 43-1 825-19.2 79-197 .401 34-96 .354 35-51 .686 TOTAL 43-0 514-12.0 32-85 .376 16-46 .348 25-32 .781 REBOUNDS REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG 2017-18 7-55-62-2.0 39 0 47 39 3 17 151-4.9 2016-17 0-0-0-0.0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0-0.0 2018-19 0-17-17-1.4 17 0 12 14 2 7 76-6.3 2017-18 1-9-10-0.7 14 0 5 6 0 5 28-1.9 TOTAL 7-72-79-1.8 56 0 59 53 5 24 227-5.3 2018-19 3-30-33-1.3 29 0 35 19 2 10 77-3.1 TOTAL 4-39-43-1.0 44 0 40 29 2 15 105-2.4
14 ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL Jarron #11 Brachen #12 Coleman Hazen Freshman | Guard R-Sophomore | Forward 6-5 | 208 6-8 | 211 Indianapolis, Ind . Columbia City, Ind . Cathedral HS Columbia City HS/Arkansas
CAREER/SEASON HIGHS CAREER/SEASON HIGHS
CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH -- PTS -- 15, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 PTS 15, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 -- REBS -- 9, 2x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 REBS 9, 2x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 -- ASTS -- 1, 3x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 ASTS 1, 3x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 -- STLS -- -- STLS -- -- BLKS -- 1, 2x, last vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 BLKS 1, 2x, last vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 -- FGM -- 6, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 FGM 6, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 -- FGA -- 6, 3x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 FGA 6, 3x, last vs. Akron, 2/16/19 -- 3FGM -- 3, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 3FGM 3, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 -- 3FGA -- 6, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 3FGA 6, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 -- FTM -- 4, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 FTM 4, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 -- FTA -- 6, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 FTA 6, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18
GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME
Rebs Rebs Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS INDIANA STATE DNP ------INDIANA STATE 26 6-6 1-1 2-3 4-5-9 1 1 2 0 0 15 at Purdue DNP ------at Purdue 17 1-2 1-2 3-5 0-3-3 3 1 2 1 0 6 vs. Virginia Tech DNP ------vs. Virginia Tech 16 0-4 0-2 1-2 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 vs. Alabama DNP ------vs. Alabama 17 1-2 0-0 4-6 0-3-3 1 0 0 1 0 6 vs. Appalachian St. DNP ------vs. Appalachian St. 27 2-5 0-2 3-4 2-7-9 4 1 2 0 0 7 EVANSVILLE DNP ------EVANSVILLE 13 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 4 0 1 0 0 2 TIFFIN DNP ------TIFFIN DNP ------at IUPUI DNP ------at IUPUI 13 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 1 0 0 8 at Loyola Chicago DNP ------at Loyola Chicago DNP ------at Evansville DNP ------at Evansville DNP ------at Valparaiso DNP ------at Valparaiso DNP ------HOWARD DNP ------HOWARD DNP ------DELAWARE STATE DNP ------DELAWARE STATE DNP ------at Toledo DNP ------at Toledo DNP ------EASTERN MICH. DNP ------EASTERN MICH. DNP ------OHIO DNP ------OHIO DNP ------at Bowling Green DNP ------at Bowling Green DNP ------at Central Mich. DNP ------at Central Mich. DNP ------MIAMI DNP ------MIAMI DNP ------at Ohio DNP ------at Ohio DNP ------at Buffalo DNP ------at Buffalo DNP ------KENT STATE DNP ------KENT STATE DNP ------at Northern Ill. DNP ------at Northern Ill. DNP ------WESTERN MICH. DNP ------WESTERN MICH. 18 3-6 3-6 2-2 0-3-3 3 0 1 0 0 11 AKRON DNP ------AKRON 21 3-6 0-1 2-2 1-3-4 1 0 1 0 0 8 at Miami at Miami CENTRAL MICH. CENTRAL MICH. TOLEDO TOLEDO at Western Mich. at Western Mich. at Eastern Mich. at Eastern Mich. NORTHERN ILL. NORTHERN ILL.
CAREER STATS CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT 2018-19 ------2016-17* 14-0 42-3.0 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 TOTAL ------2018-19 9-2 170-18.9 20-38 .526 7-16 .438 17-24 .708 TOTAL 23-2 212-9.2 21-44 .477 7-18 .389 18-28 .643 REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG REBOUNDS 2018-19 ------Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG TOTAL ------2016-17* 2-10-12-.09 5 0 2 4 0 0 3 -.02 2018-19 10-30-40-4.4 18 0 3 10 2 0 64-7.1 TOTAL 12-40-52-2.3 23 0 5 14 2 0 67-2.9 at Arkansas
ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 15 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL Kyle #14 Zach #15 Mallers Gunn Junior | Forward Sophomore | Forward 6-7 | 217 6-6 | 210 Fort Wayne, Ind . Fishers, Ind . Carroll HS Hamilton Southeastern HS
CAREER/SEASON HIGHS CAREER/SEASON HIGHS
CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH 22, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 PTS 22, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 PTS 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 13, vs. Kent State, 03/08/18 REBS 10, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 9, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 REBS 9, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 4, 3x, last vs. Howard, 12/20/18 ASTS 4, 2x, last vs. Howard, 12/20/18 4, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 ASTS 3, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 3, 2x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 STLS 3, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 1, 9x, last vs. Ohio, 1/12/19 STLS 1, 4x, last vs. Ohio, 1/12/19 2, 2x, last vs Oakland City, 11/28/17 BLKS 1, 8x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 3, at Bucknell, 11/22/17 BLKS 1, 2x, last at Toledo, 1/4/19 7, 3x, last vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 FGM 7, 2x, last vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 5, 3x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FGM 5, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 14, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 FGA 14, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 13, vs. Kent State, 3/8/18 FGA 9, vs. Howard, 12/20/18 6, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 3FGM 6, vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 5, vs. Kent State, 3/8/18 3FGM 4, 2x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 12, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 3FGA 12, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 11, vs. Kent State, 3/8/18 3FGA 7, 3x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 10, at Oregon, 11/19/17 FTM 4, 2x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 5, 2x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 FTM 5, 2x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 10, at Oregon, 11/19/17 FTA 5, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 6, 2x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 FTA 6, 2x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19
GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME
Rebs Rebs Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS INDIANA STATE 27 0-4 0-2 4-4 3-4-7 3 4 0 0 1 4 INDIANA STATE 12 2-5 1-4 0-0 1-1-2 4 0 0 0 0 5 at Purdue 24 2-4 2-4 2-2 0-2-2 4 1 2 0 0 8 at Purdue 17 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 vs. Virginia Tech 30 7-14 5-12 0-0 2-5-7 1 2 3 0 0 19 vs. Virginia Tech 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Alabama 30 3-4 2-3 2-2 1-5-6 3 0 3 1 1 10 vs. Alabama 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Appalachian St. 33 1-6 1-6 1-2 0-2-2 4 1 1 0 3 4 vs. Appalachian St. 7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 EVANSVILLE 27 6-12 4-7 1-2 1-1-2 2 1 3 0 1 17 EVANSVILLE 12 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 4 0 0 0 0 3 TIFFIN 23 2-5 0-3 2-2 0-4-4 1 2 1 0 1 6 TIFFIN 25 5-6 4-5 3-4 2-6-8 1 0 0 0 0 17 at IUPUI 33 2-5 1-3 3-4 2-0-2 3 0 2 0 0 10 at IUPUI 8 4-6 3-5 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 1 11 at Loyola Chicago 26 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-3-4 4 2 2 0 1 3 at Loyola Chicago 14 4-6 4-6 0-0 0-0-0 4 0 0 0 0 12 at Evansville 26 2-5 1-4 2-2 4-2-6 4 1 2 1 0 7 at Evansville 18 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-3-3 3 0 2 0 1 3 at Valparaiso 26 1-4 0-3 0-0 0-0-0 5 0 0 0 2 2 at Valparaiso 18 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-3-3 5 1 1 0 0 3 HOWARD 24 4-7 4-7 0-0 0-4-4 2 4 0 0 1 12 HOWARD 25 4-9 2-7 2-2 0-5-5 1 3 0 1 0 12 DELAWARE STATE 27 4-13 1-7 1-1 0-3-3 1 2 0 1 2 10 DELAWARE STATE 25 1-5 1-5 5-6 0-6-6 0 2 0 0 1 8 at Toledo 35 2-5 0-3 3-3 1-6-7 1 1 1 1 0 7 at Toledo 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 EASTERN MICH. 35 3-7 3-7 2-2 4-1-5 2 0 3 0 1 11 EASTERN MICH. 18 2-8 2-7 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 0 0 0 6 OHIO 26 0-8 0-5 3-4 0-4-4 3 0 3 0 0 3 OHIO 22 3-6 1-4 3-4 0-5-5 3 1 1 0 1 10 at Bowling Green 32 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-3-4 3 0 3 1 0 3 at Bowling Green 18 2-7 2-7 5-6 1-3-4 3 1 0 0 0 11 at Central Mich. 33 4-6 2-4 0-0 2-1-3 1 0 1 1 0 10 at Central Mich. 14 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 MIAMI 30 2-4 0-2 1-1 1-1-2 2 1 4 0 0 5 MIAMI 13 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 at Ohio 33 3-6 2-4 2-2 1-2-3 0 2 1 1 1 10 at Ohio 16 3-6 2-4 0-0 0-5-5 5 0 0 0 0 8 at Buffalo 30 1-8 0-4 4-5 3-5-8 0 0 4 1 1 6 at Buffalo 14 1-5 0-4 0-0 2-7-9 5 0 1 0 0 2 KENT STATE 31 1-5 1-4 2-2 1-7-8 3 1 4 0 1 5 KENT STATE 28 3-7 3-6 2-2 2-4-6 2 1 0 0 0 11 at Northern Ill. 24 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-0-0 5 2 2 0 0 0 at Northern Ill. DNP ------WESTERN MICH. 33 7-11 6-10 2-2 1-9-10 4 1 0 0 0 22 WESTERN MICH. DNP ------AKRON 36 1-6 0-4 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 2 0 0 2 AKRON DNP ------at Miami at Miami CENTRAL MICH. CENTRAL MICH. TOLEDO TOLEDO at Western Mich. at Western Mich. at Eastern Mich. at Eastern Mich. NORTHERN ILL. NORTHERN ILL.
CAREER STATS CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT 2016-17 34-1 380-11.2 22-71 .310 18-52 .346 12-16 .750 2017-18 25-0 359-14.4 40-110 .364 23-72 .319 21-27 778 2017-18 32-32 883-27.6 98-215 .456 34-101 .337 77-90 .856 2018-19 22-0 347-15.8 38-95 .400 29-81 .358 22-26 .846 2018-19 25-25 733-29.3 61-158 .386 37-116 .319 37-42 .881 TOTAL 47-0 706-15.0 78-205 .380 52-153 .340 43-53 .811 TOTAL 91-58 1996-21.9 181-444 .408 89-269 .331 126-148 .851 REBOUNDS REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG 2017-18 12-58-70-2.8 53 3 18 24 9 5 124-5.0 2016-17 21-34-55-1.6 40 0 16 15 7 8 74-2.2 2018-19 10-61-71-3.2 46 3 10 8 2 4 127-5.8 2017-18 65-93-158-4.9 81 3 41 42 13 17 307-9.6 TOTAL 22-119-141-3.0 99 6 28 32 11 9 251-5.3 2018-19 29-77-106-4.2 62 2 28 47 8 18 196-7.8 TOTAL 115-204-319-3.5 183 5 85 104 28 43 577-6.3
16 ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL Austin #20 Trey #24 Nehls Moses Senior | Guard Senior | Center 6-3 | 182 6-9 | 245 Tucson, Ariz . Louisville, Ky . Cheshire Academy/Central Conn. St. Eastern HS
CAREER/SEASON HIGHS CAREER/SEASON HIGHS
CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH 26, at Fordham, 12/21/16* PTS 12, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 23, vs. Northern Illinois, 2/20/18 PTS 22, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 8, 2x, last at Mt. St. Mary, 1/6/18* REBS 4, 2x, last vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 REBS 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, at Bryant, 1/2/16* ASTS 4, 2x, last vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 10, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 ASTS 10, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 3, vs. UMass Lowell, 12/18/15* STLS 1, 5x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 3, 4x, last at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 STLS 3, at Bowling Green, 1/15/19 2, vs. Brown, 12/3/16* BLKS 1, 2x, last vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 4, 6x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 BLKS 4, 3x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 8, at Fordham, 12/21/16* FGM 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 9, 3x, last at Akron, 2/13/18 FGM 7, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 15, 3x, last at Bryant, 1/25/18* FGA 5, 2x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 16, at Toledo, 1/30/18 FGA 12, 2x, last vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 6, vs. LIU Brooklyn, 1/28/17* 3FGM 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 1, 4x, last vs. IU Kokomo, 11/29/16 3FGM -- 13, at Bryant, 1/25/17* 3FGA 5, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 1, 11x, last at Central Michigan, 1/19/19 3FGA 1, 3x, last at Central Michigan, 1/19/19 9, vs. LIU Brooklyn, 1/28/17* FTM 3, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 12, vs. Akron, 1/27/18 FTM 8, at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 10, vs. LIU Brooklyn, 1/28/17* FTA 3, 2x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 15, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 FTA 15, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 * at Central Connecticut
GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME
Rebs Rebs Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS INDIANA STATE 10 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 INDIANA STATE 11 0-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 3 0 0 4 1 1 at Purdue 14 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 at Purdue 23 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 0 4 vs. Virginia Tech 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 vs. Virginia Tech 29 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 1 1 2 3 1 2 vs. Alabama 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 vs. Alabama 30 4-9 0-0 3-4 2-4-6 4 0 3 4 2 11 vs. Appalachian St. 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 vs. Appalachian St. 28 4-8 0-0 1-5 2-4-6 4 1 2 4 1 9 EVANSVILLE 7 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 EVANSVILLE 24 2-7 0-0 4-6 2-6-8 1 2 1 0 0 8 TIFFIN 18 1-4 1-4 2-2 0-4-4 0 4 1 0 1 5 TIFFIN 26 6-12 0-0 2-2 5-12-17 0 2 3 3 1 14 at IUPUI DNP ------at IUPUI 28 3-5 0-0 0-2 1-5-6 4 4 3 1 0 6 at Loyola Chicago DNP ------at Loyola Chicago 35 3-7 0-1 3-6 0-5-5 1 5 7 1 1 9 at Evansville 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Evansville 31 6-9 0-0 3-6 0-6-6 3 2 1 2 0 15 at Valparaiso DNP ------at Valparaiso 22 5-9 0-0 2-6 0-5-5 4 4 1 0 1 12 HOWARD 18 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-3-3 0 1 0 0 0 5 HOWARD 23 2-4 0-0 5-5 3-4-7 2 4 1 0 0 9 DELAWARE STATE 25 4-5 4-4 0-0 0-3-3 0 4 0 1 0 12 DELAWARE STATE 16 3-4 0-0 6-9 3-6-9 2 1 1 0 0 12 at Toledo 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 1 0 0 0 at Toledo 28 6-9 0-0 5-6 1-4-5 2 0 2 2 1 17 EASTERN MICH. 34 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 9 EASTERN MICH. 43 6-12 0-1 4-15 2-3-5 4 10 4 2 1 16 OHIO 17 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 OHIO 29 1-3 0-0 0-0 7-6-13 2 0 5 0 2 2 at Bowling Green 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 1 0 at Bowling Green 35 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-8-8 3 3 1 1 3 3 at Central Mich. 14 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 3 at Central Mich. 31 5-10 0-1 3-3 1-5-6 3 3 2 1 0 13 MIAMI 8 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 MIAMI 33 4-10 0-0 3-4 4-4-8 2 3 0 1 1 11 at Ohio 17 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Ohio 31 4-9 0-0 0-0 2-10-12 5 4 5 0 1 8 at Buffalo 23 1-3 0-2 3-3 0-2-2 3 0 1 0 1 5 at Buffalo 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 KENT STATE 22 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-4-4 0 0 1 0 0 3 KENT STATE DNP ------at Northern Ill. 19 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 at Northern Ill. 34 7-9 0-0 8-11 3-7-10 0 1 2 0 0 22 WESTERN MICH. 18 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 1 0 3 WESTERN MICH. 29 1-4 0-0 2-3 3-5-8 2 2 5 0 1 4 AKRON 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 AKRON 30 3-7 0-0 0-0 3-6-9 3 2 5 1 1 6 at Miami at Miami CENTRAL MICH. CENTRAL MICH. TOLEDO TOLEDO at Western Mich. at Western Mich. at Eastern Mich. at Eastern Mich. NORTHERN ILL. NORTHERN ILL.
CAREER STATS CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT 2015-16* 29-28 1023-35.3 102-273 .374 71-186 .382 63-81 .778 2015-16 35-9 671-19.2 73-149 .490 3-8 .375 56-105 .533 2016-17* 29-29 1047-36.1 113-286 .395 68-184 .370 96-119 .807 2016-17 33-33 902-27.3 119-212 .561 1-1 1.000 63-119 .529 2017-18* 32-32 1101-34.4 100-260 .385 67-195 .344 43-67 .647 2017-18 32-22 836-26.1 134-235 .570 0-1 .000 93-155 .600 2018-19 22-2 331-15.0 18-44 .409 16-40 .400 12-14 .857 2018-19 24-22 658-27.4 79-160 .494 0-3 .000 56-97 .577 TOTAL 112-91 3502-31.3 333-863 .386 222-605 .367 214-281 .762 TOTAL 124-86 3067-24.7 405-756 .536 4-13 .308 268-476 .563 REBOUNDS REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG 2015-16* 34-76-110-3.9 63 1 47 51 6 16 338-11.6 2015-16 52-97-149-4.3 95 2 61 49 35 10 205-5.9 2016-17* 29-73-102-3.5 55 2 45 41 7 20 390-13.4 2016-17 80-194-274-8.3 103 2 75 72 37 13 302-9.2 2017-18* 30-95-125-3.9 35 0 40 27 6 19 310-9.7 2017-18 81-180-261-8.2 76 2 66 71 27 15 361-11.3 2018-19 1-32-33-1.5 13 0 14 7 2 5 64-2.9 2018-19 47-123-170-7.1 58 1 55 59 30 20 214-8.9 TOTAL 94-276-370-3.3 166 3 146 126 21 60 1102-9.8 TOTAL 260-594-854-6.9 332 7 257 251 129 58 1082-8.7 *at Central Connecticut ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 17 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL Tahjai #25 Blake #44 Teague Huggins R-Junior | Forward R-Freshman | Center 6-8 | 215 6-10 | 245 Indianapolis, Ind . Union City, Tenn . Pike HS Obion County Central HS
CAREER/SEASON HIGHS CAREER/SEASON HIGHS
CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGH Category SEASON HIGH 28, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 PTS 28, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 10, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 PTS 10, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 14, 2x, last vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 REBS 14, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 10, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 REBS 10, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 6, vs. Akron, 1/27/18 ASTS 3, 2x, last vs. Western Michigan, 2/9/19 2, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 ASTS 2, vs. Kent State, 2/2/19 5, vs. Stony Brook, 11/17/17 STLS 3, 6x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 -- STLS -- 4, at Toledo, 2/28/17 BLKS 3, 3x, last at Northern Illinois, 2/5/19 2, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 BLKS 2, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 11, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 FGM 11, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 3, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 FGM 3, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 19, at Toledo, 1/30/18 FGA 18, vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 5, 2x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 FGA 5, 2x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 3, 3x, last at Toledo, 1/4/19 3FGM 3, at Toledo, 1/4/19 -- 3FGM -- 6, 2x last at Western Mich., 1/13/18 3FGA 4, 2x, last at Buffalo, 1/29/19 -- 3FGA -- 9, at Akron, 2/13/18 FTM 7, at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 FTM 4, vs. Delaware State, 12/29/18 12, 2x, last at Akron, 2/13/18 FTA 9, 3x, last vs. Eastern Michigan, 1/8/19 5, at Buffalo, 1/29/19 FTA 5, at Buffalo, 1/29/19
GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME
Rebs Rebs Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS Opponent MP FGs 3FGs FTs O-D-T PF A TO BLK STL PTS INDIANA STATE 32 10-14 1-1 0-1 2-5-7 2 0 0 1 2 21 INDIANA STATE 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Purdue 22 3-6 0-1 2-2 3-1-4 5 1 2 1 1 8 at Purdue DNP ------vs. Virginia Tech 27 3-6 0-1 1-2 4-4-8 2 0 3 3 1 7 vs. Virginia Tech 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 vs. Alabama 24 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-4-4 3 2 1 1 0 6 vs. Alabama 1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Appalachian St. 26 4-7 1-3 4-6 2-4-6 4 3 4 1 0 13 vs. Appalachian St. DNP ------EVANSVILLE 32 7-9 1-2 2-2 4-4-8 2 1 0 0 1 17 EVANSVILLE DNP ------TIFFIN 21 7-10 0-1 1-2 1-3-4 2 2 0 1 0 15 TIFFIN 8 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 2 1 0 1 0 1 at IUPUI 30 7-12 0-1 5-8 0-9-9 1 1 3 1 3 19 at IUPUI DNP ------at Loyola Chicago 28 4-6 0-1 6-7 1-8-9 4 1 2 1 1 14 at Loyola Chicago DNP ------at Evansville 26 6-9 1-3 4-9 2-6-8 4 1 2 1 3 17 at Evansville DNP ------at Valparaiso 30 6-14 0-2 7-9 6-6-12 3 0 4 0 2 19 at Valparaiso DNP ------HOWARD 26 8-9 0-0 1-2 2-7-9 0 2 1 0 0 17 HOWARD 6 1-3 0-0 1-1 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 0 3 DELAWARE STATE 22 6-7 0-0 4-4 0-5-5 0 2 0 2 1 16 DELAWARE STATE 16 3-5 0-0 4-4 2-1-3 3 1 0 2 0 10 at Toledo 34 8-12 3-4 1-2 3-9-12 1 2 2 1 3 20 at Toledo DNP ------EASTERN MICH. 40 11-18 0-0 6-9 9-5-14 4 2 1 1 1 28 EASTERN MICH. DNP ------OHIO 25 2-6 0-0 1-2 0-5-5 3 0 1 1 2 5 OHIO 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 at Bowling Green 26 8-16 0-2 3-3 2-2-4 5 0 2 1 1 19 at Bowling Green DNP ------at Central Mich. 32 4-7 0-1 0-0 0-10-10 2 1 2 0 2 8 at Central Mich. DNP ------MIAMI 34 6-11 0-1 3-4 5-4-9 3 2 4 3 3 15 MIAMI DNP ------at Ohio 29 4-12 1-1 0-0 2-6-8 4 2 3 1 3 9 at Ohio 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Buffalo 32 5-13 0-4 3-3 0-8-8 3 0 3 1 0 13 at Buffalo 19 2-5 0-0 2-5 6-4-10 2 0 1 1 0 6 KENT STATE 29 7-8 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 5 1 2 0 2 14 KENT STATE 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 2 1 0 2 at Northern Ill. 33 5-9 1-1 3-7 2-11-13 2 2 4 3 3 14 at Northern Ill. 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN MICH. 30 3-6 0-1 1-2 0-7-7 4 3 4 0 0 7 WESTERN MICH. 3 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 AKRON 25 3-8 1-2 2-4 2-7-9 4 1 2 1 0 9 AKRON DNP ------at Miami at Miami CENTRAL MICH. CENTRAL MICH. TOLEDO TOLEDO at Western Mich. at Western Mich. at Eastern Mich. at Eastern Mich. NORTHERN ILL. NORTHERN ILL.
CAREER STATS CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT Season GP-GS MIN-AVG FGS PCT 3FGs PCT FTs PCT 2016-17 33-1 628-19.0 92-182 .505 16-39 .410 41-68 .603 2018-19 12-1 83-6.9 9-22 .409 0-0 .000 8-15 .533 2017-18 32-23 816-25.5 149-281 .530 7-46 .152 81-124 .653 TOTAL 12-1 83-6.9 9-22 .409 0-0 .000 8-15 .533 2018-19 25-25 711-28.4 140-240 .583 10-34 .294 60-90 .667 TOTAL 90-49 2155-23.9 381-703 .542 33-119 .277 182-282 .645 REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG REBOUNDS 2018-19 10-12-22-1.8 12 0 5 3 5 0 26-2.2 Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG TOTAL 10-12-22-1.8 12 0 5 3 5 0 26-2.2 2016-17 48-142-190-5.8 84 4 28 50 29 39 241-7.3 2017-18 58-183-241-7.5 82 3 39 47 28 38 386-12.1 2018-19 54-145-199-8.0 72 3 32 52 26 35 350-14.0 TOTAL 160-470-630-7.0 238 10 99 149 83 112 977-10.9
18 ballstatesports.com - @BallStateSports - @BallStateMBB 2018-19 BALL STATE BASKETBALL 2018-19 Ball State Men's Basketball Ball State Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 16, 2019) SEASONAll STATISTICS games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 14-11 7-4 6-5 1-2 CONFERENCE 5-7 2-4 3-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 5-0 3-2 1-2
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## 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 02 PERSONS, Tayler 25-25 800 32.0 147-333 . 4 4 1 39-107 . 3 6 4 89-111 . 8 0 2 10 94 104 4.2 49 0 114 82 3 29 422 16.9 01 WALTON, K.J. 24-22 664 27.7 131-244 . 5 3 7 1-9 . 1 1 1 79-113 . 6 9 9 38 68 106 4.4 55 2 23 45 6 30 342 14.3 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai 25-25 711 28.4 140-240 . 5 8 3 10-34 . 2 9 4 60-90 . 6 6 7 54 145 199 8.0 72 3 32 52 26 35 350 14.0 24 MOSES, Trey 24-22 658 27.4 79-160 . 4 9 4 0-3 . 0 0 0 56-97 . 5 7 7 47 123 170 7.1 58 1 55 59 30 20 214 8.9 14 MALLERS, Kyle 25-25 733 29.3 61-158 . 3 8 6 37-116 . 3 1 9 37-42 . 8 8 1 29 77 106 4.2 62 2 28 47 8 18 196 7.8 12 HAZEN, Brachen 9-2 170 18.9 20-38 . 5 2 6 7-16 . 4 3 8 17-24 . 7 0 8 10 30 40 4.4 18 0 3 10 2 0 64 7.1 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 12-1 246 20.5 27-56 . 4 8 2 16-40 . 4 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 5 0 17 17 1.4 17 0 12 14 2 7 76 6.3 15 GUNN, Zach 22-0 347 15.8 38-95 . 4 0 0 29-81 . 3 5 8 22-26 . 8 4 6 10 61 71 3.2 46 3 10 8 2 4 127 5.8 03 THOMPSON, Josh 25-0 356 14.2 25-63 . 3 9 7 12-33 . 3 6 4 15-19 . 7 8 9 3 30 33 1.3 29 0 35 19 2 10 77 3.1 20 NEHLS, Austin 22-2 331 15.0 18-44 . 4 0 9 16-40 . 4 0 0 12-14 . 8 5 7 1 32 33 1.5 13 0 14 7 2 5 64 2.9 44 HUGGINS, Blake 12-1 83 6.9 9-22 . 4 0 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 8-15 . 5 3 3 10 12 22 1.8 12 0 5 3 5 0 26 2.2 Team 32 34 66 5 Total...... 25 5099 695-1453 . 4 7 8 167-479 . 3 4 9 401-562 . 7 1 4 244 723 967 38.7 431 11 331 351 88 158 1958 78.3 Opponents...... 25 5101 654-1585 . 4 1 3 178-567 . 3 1 4 331-452 . 7 3 2 277 592 869 34.8 504 - 306 314 82 162 1817 72.7
TEAM STATISTICS BSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1958 1817 11/06/18 INDIANA STATE W 86-69 4022 Points per game 78.3 72.7 11/10/18 at Purdue L 75-84 14804 Scoring margin +5.6 - 11/15/18 vs Virginia Tech L 64-73 2648 FIELD GOALS-ATT 695-1453 654-1585 11/16/18 vs Alabama L 61-79 2752 Field goal pct . 4 7 8 . 4 1 3 11/18/18 vs Appalachian State Wot 94-86 2862 3 POINT FG-ATT 167-479 178-567 11/24/18 EVANSVILLE W 82-72 3224 3-point FG pct . 3 4 9 . 3 1 4 11/27/18 TIFFIN W 108-62 3609 3-pt FG made per game 6.7 7.1 12/01/18 at IUPUI W 85-75 2150 FREE THROWS-ATT 401-562 331-452 12/05/18 at Loyola Chicago W 75-69 2831 Free throw pct . 7 1 4 . 7 3 2 12/09/18 at Evansville L 77-89 5672 F-Throws made per game 16.0 13.2 12/17/18 at Valparaiso W 77-61 3636 REBOUNDS 967 869 12/20/18 HOWARD W 98-71 3324 Rebounds per game 38.7 34.8 12/29/18 DELAWARE STATE W 116-57 3424 Rebounding margin +3.9 - * 01/04/19 at Toledo W 79-64 5023 ASSISTS 331 306 * 01/08/19 EASTERN MICHIGAN L o 2 82-84 4248 Assists per game 13.2 12.2 * 01/12/19 OHIO L 52-70 4076 TURNOVERS 351 314 * 01/15/19 at Bowling Green L 78-79 1507 Turnovers per game 14.0 12.6 * 1/19/19 at Central Michigan W 83-72 2204 Turnover margin -1.5 - * 01/22/19 MIAMI (OH) L 65-71 3742 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.0 * 01/26/19 at Ohio L 74-78 6556 STEALS 158 162 * 01/29/19 at Buffalo L 59-83 4747 Steals per game 6.3 6.5 * 02/02/19 KENT ST. L o t 80-83 4024 BLOCKS 88 82 * 02/05/19 at Northern Ill. W 72-71 462 Blocks per game 3.5 3.3 * 02/09/19 WESTERN MICH. W 79-59 4312 ATTENDANCE 42582 57854 * 02/16/19 AKRON W 57-56 4577 Home games-Avg/Game 11-3871 11-4508 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-2754 * - Conference game
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals Ball State 891 1026 32 9 1958 Opponents 829 950 27 11 1817
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Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## 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 02 PERSONS, Tayler 12-12 411 34.2 78-187 . 4 1 7 20-63 . 3 1 7 28-39 . 7 1 8 5 47 52 4.3 26 0 46 40 2 15 204 17.0 01 WALTON, K.J. 12-10 338 28.2 60-125 . 4 8 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 41-60 . 6 8 3 18 31 49 4.1 30 1 8 22 2 19 162 13.5 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai 12-12 367 30.6 66-126 . 5 2 4 6-17 . 3 5 3 23-36 . 6 3 9 27 79 106 8.8 40 2 16 30 13 20 161 13.4 12 HAZEN, Brachen 2-0 40 20.0 6-12 . 5 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 4-4 1.000 1 6 7 3.5 4 0 0 2 0 0 19 9.5 24 MOSES, Trey 11-11 332 30.2 38-77 . 4 9 4 0-2 . 0 0 0 26-44 . 5 9 1 26 59 85 7.7 27 1 29 33 8 12 102 9.3 14 MALLERS, Kyle 12-12 377 31.4 25-72 . 3 4 7 15-52 . 2 8 8 19-21 . 9 0 5 15 42 57 4.8 25 1 8 28 5 5 84 7.0 15 GUNN, Zach 9-0 151 16.8 14-44 . 3 1 8 10-36 . 2 7 8 10-12 . 8 3 3 5 28 33 3.7 24 2 4 4 1 1 48 5.3 03 THOMPSON, Josh 12-0 195 16.3 14-32 . 4 3 8 4-14 . 2 8 6 7-10 . 7 0 0 0 15 15 1.3 19 0 12 11 1 5 39 3.3 20 NEHLS, Austin 12-2 213 17.8 9-25 . 3 6 0 7-22 . 3 1 8 6-8 . 7 5 0 0 17 17 1.4 9 0 4 4 1 4 31 2.6 44 HUGGINS, Blake 6-1 51 8.5 4-10 . 4 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-6 . 3 3 3 7 7 14 2.3 5 0 3 3 2 0 10 1.7 Team 18 15 33 2 Total...... 12 2475 314-710 . 4 4 2 66-216 . 3 0 6 166-240 . 6 9 2 122 346 468 39.0 209 7 130 179 35 81 860 71.7 Opponents...... 12 2475 310-751 . 4 1 3 87-276 . 3 1 5 163-222 . 7 3 4 130 310 440 36.7 223 - 139 156 49 90 870 72.5
TEAM STATISTICS BSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 860 870 * 01/04/19 at Toledo W 79-64 5023 Points per game 71.7 72.5 * 01/08/19 EASTERN MICHIGAN L o 2 82-84 4248 Scoring margin -0.8 - * 01/12/19 OHIO L 52-70 4076 FIELD GOALS-ATT 314-710 310-751 * 01/15/19 at Bowling Green L 78-79 1507 Field goal pct . 4 4 2 . 4 1 3 * 1/19/19 at Central Michigan W 83-72 2204 3 POINT FG-ATT 66-216 87-276 * 01/22/19 MIAMI (OH) L 65-71 3742 3-point FG pct . 3 0 6 . 3 1 5 * 01/26/19 at Ohio L 74-78 6556 3-pt FG made per game 5.5 7.3 * 01/29/19 at Buffalo L 59-83 4747 FREE THROWS-ATT 166-240 163-222 * 02/02/19 KENT ST. L o t 80-83 4024 Free throw pct . 6 9 2 . 7 3 4 * 02/05/19 at Northern Ill. W 72-71 462 F-Throws made per game 13.8 13.6 * 02/09/19 WESTERN MICH. W 79-59 4312 REBOUNDS 468 440 * 02/16/19 AKRON W 57-56 4577 Rebounds per game 39.0 36.7 Rebounding margin +2.3 - * - Conference game ASSISTS 130 139 Assists per game 10.8 11.6 TURNOVERS 179 156 Turnovers per game 14.9 13.0 Turnover margin -1.9 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.7 0.9 STEALS 81 90 Steals per game 6.8 7.5 BLOCKS 35 49 Blocks per game 2.9 4.1 ATTENDANCE 24979 20499 Home games-Avg/Game 6-4163 6-3416 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals Ball State 371 462 18 9 860 Opponents 397 441 21 11 870
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TEAM STATISTICS BALL STATE 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 t/o blk stl pts avg INDIANA STATE 11/06/18 86-69 W 32-65 . 4 9 2 7-19 . 3 6 8 15-20 . 7 5 0 16 26 42 42.0 18 14 9 5 7 86 86.0 at Purdue 11/10/18 75-84 L 25-52 . 4 8 1 11-23 . 4 7 8 14-19 . 7 3 7 8 21 29 35.5 24 9 18 2 4 75 80.5 vs Virginia Tech 11/15/18 64-73 L 22-52 . 4 2 3 9-27 . 3 3 3 11-14 . 7 8 6 11 21 32 34.3 11 11 14 6 4 64 75.0 vs Alabama 11/16/18 61-79 L 22-49 . 4 4 9 3-12 . 2 5 0 14-22 . 6 3 6 6 25 31 33.5 18 11 15 8 5 61 71.5 vs Appalachian State 11/18/18 94-86 Wot 28-59 . 4 7 5 5-18 . 2 7 8 33-43 . 7 6 7 9 34 43 35.4 20 16 16 6 7 94 76.0 EVANSVILLE 11/24/18 82-72 W 30-63 . 4 7 6 8-20 . 4 0 0 14-24 . 5 8 3 16 26 42 36.5 21 16 11 2 7 82 77.0 TIFFIN 11/27/18 108-62 W 41-69 . 5 9 4 9-22 . 4 0 9 17-23 . 7 3 9 13 39 52 38.7 9 22 11 6 5 108 81.4 at IUPUI 12/01/18 85-75 W 28-50 . 5 6 0 8-18 . 4 4 4 21-30 . 7 0 0 8 30 38 38.6 17 16 23 2 7 85 81.9 at Loyola Chicago 12/05/18 75-69 W 28-49 . 5 7 1 8-17 . 4 7 1 11-15 . 7 3 3 3 27 30 37.7 18 15 18 4 8 75 81.1 at Evansville 12/09/18 77-89 L 28-59 . 4 7 5 4-21 . 1 9 0 17-25 . 6 8 0 6 28 34 37.3 23 9 11 4 6 77 80.7 at Valparaiso 12/17/18 77-61 W 29-57 . 5 0 9 4-15 . 2 6 7 15-23 . 6 5 2 9 26 35 37.1 22 18 10 0 10 77 80.4 HOWARD 12/20/18 98-71 W 34-58 . 5 8 6 14-29 . 4 8 3 16-20 . 8 0 0 7 32 39 37.2 12 19 8 1 1 98 81.8 DELAWARE STATE 12/29/18 116-57 W 34-61 . 5 5 7 11-22 . 5 0 0 37-44 . 8 4 1 10 42 52 38.4 9 25 8 7 6 116 84.5 at Toledo 01/04/19 79-64 W 31-64 . 4 8 4 4-14 . 2 8 6 13-17 . 7 6 5 8 32 40 38.5 12 10 10 5 4 79 84.1 EASTERN MICHIGAN 01/08/19 82-84 Lot 29-65 . 4 4 6 9-25 . 3 6 0 15-30 . 5 0 0 20 18 38 38.5 21 23 15 4 10 82 83.9 OHIO 01/12/19 52-70 L 17-48 . 3 5 4 1-12 . 0 8 3 17-27 . 6 3 0 9 27 36 38.3 17 5 19 1 8 52 81.9 at Bowling Green 01/15/19 78-79 L 27-56 . 4 8 2 5-16 . 3 1 3 19-25 . 7 6 0 6 29 35 38.1 25 6 16 3 8 78 81.7 at Central Michigan 1/19/19 83-72 W 35-61 . 5 7 4 5-15 . 3 3 3 8-9 . 8 8 9 6 26 32 37.8 15 8 13 2 6 83 81.8 MIAMI (OH) 01/22/19 65-71 L 24-59 . 4 0 7 1-11 . 0 9 1 16-20 . 8 0 0 15 21 36 37.7 18 7 13 5 9 65 80.9 at Ohio 01/26/19 74-78 L 29-61 . 4 7 5 10-18 . 5 5 6 6-8 . 7 5 0 7 30 37 37.7 17 14 17 3 8 74 80.6 at Buffalo 01/29/19 59-83 L 21-65 . 3 2 3 2-23 . 0 8 7 15-22 . 6 8 2 14 34 48 38.1 22 4 18 3 6 59 79.5 KENT ST. 02/02/19 80-83 Lot 27-56 . 4 8 2 7-19 . 3 6 8 19-24 . 7 9 2 9 32 41 38.3 18 14 20 1 5 80 79.5 at Northern Ill. 02/05/19 72-71 W 23-54 . 4 2 6 8-22 . 3 6 4 18-28 . 6 4 3 9 28 37 38.2 10 13 12 3 5 72 79.2 WESTERN MICH. 02/09/19 79-59 W 30-60 2018-19 . 5 0 0 11-24 Ball State . 4 5 Men's8 8-14 Basketball . 5 7 1 7 32 39 38.2 19 17 11 1 5 79 79.2 AKRON 02/16/19 57-56 WBall21-61 State Opponent . 3 4 4 3-17 Game-by-Game . 1 7 6 12-16 (as of . 7 5 Feb0 16, 12 2019) 37 49 38.7 15 9 15 4 7 57 78.3 Ball State 1958 695-1453 . 4 7 8 167-479All games . 3 4 9 401-562 . 7 1 4 244 723 967 38.7 431 331 351 88 158 1958 78.3 Opponents 1817 654-1585 . 4 1 3 178-567 . 3 1 4 331-452 . 7 3 2 277 592 869 34.8 504 306 314 82 162 1817 72.7 OPPONENT STATISTICS OPPONENTS’ GAME-BY-GAME Games played: 25 Total 3-PointersRebounds/game: Free throws 38.7 Rebounds Points/game:Opponent 78.3 Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pctAssists/game: ft-fta 13.2 pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg FGINDIANA Pct: 47.8 STATE 11/06/18 86-69 W 26-67 . 3 8 8 6-12 . 5 Turnovers/game:0 0 11-18 . 6 14.01 1 18 20 38 38.0 20 11 11 5 6 69 69.0 3FGat Purdue Pct: 34.9 11/10/18 75-84 L 30-69 . 4 3 5 7-32 . 2 Assist/turnover1 9 17-24 ratio: . 7 0 8 0.919 21 40 39.0 22 17 11 5 4 84 76.5 FTvs Pct:Virginia 71.4 Tech 11/15/18 64-73 L 29-63 . 4 6 0 7-26 . 2 Steals/game:6 9 8-9 6.3 . 8 8 9 13 20 33 37.0 17 14 9 3 7 73 75.3 vs Alabama 11/16/18 61-79 L 33-65 . 5 0 8 7-19 . 3 Blocks/game:6 8 6-9 3.5 . 6 6 7 10 25 35 36.5 22 22 14 5 4 79 76.2 vs Appalachian State 11/18/18 94-86 Wot 30-72 . 4 1 7 7-20 . 3 5 0 19-25 . 7 6 0 12 27 39 37.0 31 11 19 2 5 86 78.2 EVANSVILLE 11/24/18 82-72 W 26-53 . 4 9 1 8-17 . 4 7 1 12-20 . 6 0 0 7 23 30 35.8 25 12 11 3 5 72 77.2 TIFFIN 11/27/18 108-62 W 24-70 . 3 4 3 7-29 . 2 4 1 7-11 . 6 3 6 9 18 27 34.6 19 9 10 2 6 62 75.0 at IUPUI 12/01/18 85-75 W 29-64 . 4 5 3 7-19 . 3 6 8 10-17 . 5 8 8 9 18 27 33.6 24 11 16 1 12 75 75.0 at Loyola Chicago 12/05/18 75-69 W 23-54 . 4 2 6 6-22 . 2 7 3 17-23 . 7 3 9 7 19 26 32.8 14 14 13 0 7 69 74.3 at Evansville 12/09/18 77-89 L 27-65 . 4 1 5 8-25 . 3 2 0 27-30 . 9 0 0 12 30 42 33.7 20 14 10 2 4 89 75.8 at Valparaiso 12/17/18 77-61 W 20-50 . 4 0 0 3-16 . 1 8 8 18-23 . 7 8 3 7 20 27 33.1 20 9 17 2 4 61 74.5 HOWARD 12/20/18 98-71 W 25-69 . 3 6 2 11-30 . 3 6 7 10-13 . 7 6 9 14 21 35 33.2 21 14 5 1 4 71 74.2 DELAWARE STATE 12/29/18 116-57 W 22-73 . 3 0 1 7-24 . 2 9 2 6-8 . 7 5 0 10 20 30 33.0 26 9 12 2 4 57 72.8 at Toledo 01/04/19 79-64 W 25-69 . 3 6 2 8-30 . 2 6 7 6-9 . 6 6 7 12 27 39 33.4 15 11 12 9 2 64 72.2 EASTERN MICHIGAN 01/08/19 82-84 Lot 29-58 . 5 0 0 8-13 . 6 1 5 18-24 . 7 5 0 15 24 39 33.8 28 13 19 7 10 84 73.0 OHIO 01/12/19 52-70 L 25-60 . 4 1 7 8-17 . 4 7 1 12-21 . 5 7 1 12 27 39 34.1 21 13 13 3 13 70 72.8 at Bowling Green 01/15/19 78-79 L 21-62 . 3 3 9 8-20 . 4 0 0 29-33 . 8 7 9 15 27 42 34.6 19 6 14 0 9 79 73.2 at Central Michigan 1/19/19 83-72 W 27-60 . 4 5 0 7-23 . 3 0 4 11-15 . 7 3 3 10 19 29 34.3 14 12 15 2 7 72 73.1 MIAMI (OH) 01/22/19 65-71 L 24-47 . 5 1 1 9-24 . 3 7 5 14-19 . 7 3 7 5 22 27 33.9 21 11 17 3 7 71 73.0 at Ohio 01/26/19 74-78 L 31-67 . 4 6 3 7-24 . 2 9 2 9-16 . 5 6 3 11 26 37 34.0 13 14 12 5 8 78 73.2 at Buffalo 01/29/19 59-83 L 32-74 . 4 3 2 7-31 . 2 2 6 12-24 . 5 0 0 16 35 51 34.9 19 17 8 3 7 83 73.7 KENT ST. 02/02/19 80-83 Lot 28-73 . 3 8 4 9-27 . 3 3 3 18-21 . 8 5 7 14 20 34 34.8 20 17 9 4 9 83 74.1 at Northern Ill. 02/05/19 72-71 W 28-62 . 4 5 2 7-18 . 3 8 9 8-8 1.000 6 27 33 34.7 21 10 11 5 4 71 74.0 WESTERN MICH. 02/09/19 79-59 W 21-56 . 3 7 5 5-24 . 2 0 8 12-17 . 7 0 6 6 27 33 34.7 16 7 15 2 7 59 73.4 AKRON 02/16/19 57-56 W 19-63 . 3 0 2 4-25 . 1 6 0 14-15 . 9 3 3 8 29 37 34.8 16 8 11 6 7 56 72.7 Opponents 1817 654-1585 . 4 1 3 178-567 . 3 1 4 331-452 . 7 3 2 277 592 869 34.8 504 306 314 82 162 1817 72.7 Ball State 1958 695-1453 . 4 7 8 167-479 . 3 4 9 401-562 . 7 1 4 244 723 967 38.7 431 331 351 88 158 1958 78.3
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NCAA Statistics MAC/NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS Ball St. - 2018-19 Men's Basketball Ranking Summary thru games 02/15/2019
National Conference Conference Statistic ValueNational Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (350 ranked) 305 12 462 Savannah St. 964 Buffalo 698 Assist Turnover Ratio (351 ranked) 223 7 0.96 Gonzaga 1.81 Toledo 1.41 Assists Per Game (351 ranked) 188 6 13.4 Tennessee 20.0 Toledo 16.6 Buffalo 16.6 Blocked Shots Per Game (351 ranked) 148 6 3.5 Duke 7.2 Eastern Mich. 4.5 Defensive Rebounds per Game (351 ranked) 22 3 28.58 Yale 31.45 Toledo 30.20 Fewest Fouls (351 ranked) 83 5 415 Notre Dame 320 Ohio 369 Fewest Turnovers (351 ranked) 218 10 336 Virginia 213 Kent St. 275 Field-Goal Percentage (351 ranked) 23 1 48.4 Gonzaga 52.6 Ball St. 48.4 Field-Goal Percentage Defense (351 ranked) 72 4 41.7 Texas Tech 36.2 Toledo 40.3 Free Throw Attempts (351 ranked) 66 2 546 South Fla. 679 Central Mich. 645 Free Throws Made (351 ranked) 58 2 389 Iowa 464 Central Mich. 430 Free-Throw Percentage (351 ranked) 141 4 71.2 Incarnate Word 80.5 Toledo 78.0 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (351 ranked) 209 11 9.67 Portland St. 16.46 Eastern Mich. 13.21 Personal Fouls Per Game (351 ranked) 119 6 17.3 Notre Dame 13.3 Toledo 15.5 Rebound Margin (351 ranked) 79 3 3.5 ETSU 12.2 Bowling Green 7.0 Scoring Defense (351 ranked) 231 10 73.4 Virginia 54.4 Akron 62.5 Scoring Margin (351 ranked) 89 6 5.8 Gonzaga 25.5 Buffalo 13.2 Scoring Offense (351 ranked) 45 3 79.2 Gonzaga 90.7 Buffalo 84.8 Steals Per Game (351 ranked) 180 7 6.3 Eastern Ky. 10.9 Central Mich. 8.0 Three Pt FG Defense (351 ranked) 79 5 32.1 VCU 25.9 Akron 30.3 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (351 ranked) 256 9 6.8 Winthrop 12.6 Toledo 9.6 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (351 ranked) 123 5 35.5 Lehigh 43.9 Toledo 36.9 Total 3-point FGM (351 ranked) 272 10 164 Winthrop 314 Toledo 241 Total Assists (351 ranked) 207 5 322 Michigan St. 496 Buffalo 416 Toledo 416 Total Blocks (351 ranked) 158 6 84 Duke 173 Eastern Mich. 109 Toledo 109 Total Rebounds (351 ranked) 111 5 918 ETSU 1,112 Toledo 1,020 Total Rebounds Per Game (351 ranked) 50 5 38.25 North Carolina 42.67 Bowling Green 42.17 Total Steals (351 ranked) 199 7 151 Eastern Ky. 284 Central Mich. 193 Turnover Margin (345 ranked) 276 11 -1.3 FIU 6.4 Buffalo 3.7 Turnovers Forced (351 ranked) 233 8 12.67 FIU 20.85 Buffalo 15.92 Turnovers Per Game (351 ranked) 251 10 14.0 Virginia 9.3 Kent St. 11.5 Won-Lost Percentage (350 ranked) 150 7 54.2 Houston 96.0 Buffalo 88.0
National Conference Conference Statistic Player ValueNational Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (247 ranked) Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 284 Daniel Utomi, Akron 184 Assist Turnover Ratio (249 ranked) Jalen Avery, Kent St. 5.31 Jalen Avery, Kent St. 5.31 Assists Per Game (250 ranked) Tayler Persons 94 4 4.5 Ja Morant, Murray St. 10.1 Larry Austin Jr, Central Mich. 5.6 Blocked Shots Per Game (250 ranked) Trey Moses 145 7 1.26 Brandon Gilbeck, Western Ill. 3.79 Doug Taylor, Ohio 1.87 Tahjai Teague 217 8 1.04 Defensive Rebounds per Game (247 ranked) Tahjai Teague 103 5 5.75 Mike Daum, South Dakota St. 9.33 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 8.29 Trey Moses 183 9 5.09 Double Doubles (179 ranked) Tahjai Teague 179 10 4 Devontae Cacok, UNCW 19 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 16 Field-Goal Percentage (250 ranked) Tahjai Teague 29 1 59.1 Obi Toppin, Dayton 68.6 Tahjai Teague, Ball St. 59.1 K.J. Walton 53 3 54.5 Tayler Persons 241 11 44.9 Free Throw Attempts (242 ranked) Tayler Persons 242 12 109 Colbey Ross, Pepperdine 212 Larry Austin Jr, Central Mich. 167 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 167 Free Throws Made (238 ranked) Tayler Persons 181 9 87 Deishuan Booker, Long Beach St. 189 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 119 Free-Throw Percentage (249 ranked) Tayler Persons 167 3 79.8 Lindy Waters, III, Oklahoma St. 93.8 Jaylin Walker, Kent St. 84.5 Minutes Per Game (250 ranked) Ky Bowman, Boston College 38:51 Jalen Avery, Kent St. 35:31 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (250 ranked) Tahjai Teague 240 13 2.17 Cletrell Pope, Bethune-Cookman 4.60 James Thompson IV, Eastern Mich. 4.13 Points Per Game (250 ranked) Tayler Persons 143 6 17.0 Chris Clemons, Campbell 29.8 Jaylin Walker, Kent St. 22.6 Rebounds Per Game (250 ranked) Tahjai Teague 108 6 7.9 Nico Carvacho, Colorado St. 13.0 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 11.5 Trey Moses 200 10 7.0 Steals Per Game (248 ranked) Tahjai Teague 212 9 1.46 Matisse Thybulle, Washington 3.29 Darrian Ringo, Miami (OH) 2.33 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (250 ranked) Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 4.52 Jaylin Walker, Kent St. 3.68 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (127 ranked) Derrik Jamerson, Norfolk St. 48.9 Nate Navigato, Toledo 45.4 Total 3-point FGM (242 ranked) Fletcher Magee, Wofford 114 Jaylin Walker, Kent St. 70 Total Assists (247 ranked) Tayler Persons 100 4 109 Ja Morant, Murray St. 242 Larry Austin Jr, Central Mich. 135 Total Blocks (247 ranked) Trey Moses 158 6 29 Brandon Gilbeck, Western Ill. 91 AJ Edu, Toledo 43 Tahjai Teague 213 8 25 Doug Taylor, Ohio 43 Total Field Goal Attempts (249 ranked) Tayler Persons 155 9 314 Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 546 Jaelan Sanford, Toledo 354 Total Field Goals Made (245 ranked) Tayler Persons 180 6 141 Lamine Diane, CSUN 240 Justin Turner, Bowling Green 166 Tahjai Teague 205 8 137 Total Minutes (250 ranked) Jaevin Cumberland, Oakland 997:15 Shawn Roundtree, Central Mich. 827:16 Total Points (250 ranked) Tayler Persons 168 6 407 Chris Clemons, Campbell 746 Eugene German, Northern Ill. 450 Total Rebounds (249 ranked) Tahjai Teague 118 6 190 Nico Carvacho, Colorado St. 325 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 276 Trey Moses 249 13 161 Total Steals (249 ranked) Tahjai Teague 198 7 35 Brian Beard Jr., FIU 81 Darrian Ringo, Miami (OH) 56 Javon Levi, UTRGV 81 Triple Doubles (2 ranked) Ethan Happ, Wisconsin 2 CJ Massinburg, Buffalo 1
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