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Schedule/Results AP -- NOVEMBER BALL STATE CARDINALS Coaches -- 2 UINDY (Exhib.) W, 92-76 7-4 (0-0 MAC) | Head Coach: James Whitford (6th year) KenPom 96 6 INDIANA STATE (ESPN+) W, 86-69 Home: 3-0 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 1-2 | Streak: Won 1 NET 105 10 at (24/22) Purdue (BTN) L, 75-84 BPI 102 15 vs (16/17) Virginia Tech^ (ESPN2) L, 64-73 AP -- 16 vs (RV/RV) Alabama (ESPNU) L, 61-79 HOWARD BISON Coaches -- 18 vs Appalachian State^ (ESPN3) W, 94-86 (OT) 6-5 (0-0 MEAC) | Head Coach: Kevin Nickelberry (9th year) KenPom 292 24 EVANSVILLE (ESPN3) W, 82-72 Home: 4-0 | Away: 1-5 | Neutral: 1-0 | Streak: Lost 2 NET 261 27 TIFFIN (ESPN+) W, 108-62 BPI 268
DECEMBER Setting the Stage 1 at IUPUI (ESPN3) W, 85-75 >> Ball State hosts Howard for its first game at Worthen Arena in more than three weeks, and just its fourth 5 at Loyola Chicago (NBCSCH/ESPN+) W, 75-69 of the year, coming off a four-game road stretch. The Cardinals went 3-1 in those games, including a victory 9 at Evansville (ESPN+) L, 77-89 at 2018 Final Four team Loyola Chicago and BSU’s first road win at Valparaiso since 1990 ... Howard is coming 17 at Valparaiso (ESPN+) W, 77-61 off a pair of single-digit losses on the road last week at George Washington and Fordham. The Bison won a 20 HOWARD (ESPN+) 7pm road game earlier this season at Atlantic 10 opponent UMass. 29 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3) 2pm >> Ball State will close out its non-conference schedule with back-to-back games against the Mid-Eastern JANUARY Athletic Conference. BSU hosts Howard for the first meeting between the programs and then takes an eight- 4 at Toledo* (CBSSN) 7pm day holiday break before Delaware State visits Dec. 29 in the final tuneup for Mid-American Conference play. 8 EASTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm 12 OHIO* (ESPN3 or +) Noon Game Info 15 at Bowling Green* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm Thursday, Dec. 20 (7 p.m.) 19 at Central Michigan* (ESPN3 or +) 4:30pm Statistical Comparison Muncie, Ind. 22 MIAMI* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm BSU Category HOW (Worthen Arena, 11,500) 26 at Ohio* (ESPN3 or +) 2pm 80.4 Points Per Game 83.9 29 at Buffalo* (ESPN3 or +) 2pm 74.5 Opp. Points Per Game 78.8 Series History .502 Field Goal Percentage .439 No previous meetings FEBRUARY .429 Opp. Field Goal Percentage .417 2 KENT STATE* (ESPN3 or +) 2pm .358 3-Point Percentage .330 Watch 5 at Northern Illinois* (ESPN3 or +) 8pm .308 Opp. 3-Point Percentage .350 ESPN+ 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN3 or +) 2pm .705 Free Throw Percentage .697 Joel Godett, David Eha 16 AKRON* (ESPN3 or +) 2pm 37.1 Rebounds Per Game 40.3 19 at Miami* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm 33.1 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 41.2 Listen 23 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (ESPN3 or +) 2pm 14.3 Assists Per Game 14.5 Ball State Radio Network 26 TOLEDO* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm 14.2 Turnovers Per Game 12.7 Blake 96.7, WERK 104.9 12.8 Opp. Turnovers Per Game 15.6 Jeff Weller, Scot Bunnell MARCH 6.4 Steals Per Game 7.1 2 at Western Michigan* (ESPN3 or +) 4pm 4.1 Blocks Per Game 5.1 Sports Link Digital 5 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm http://mixlr.com/bsusportslink/ 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (ESPN3 or +) 7pm Jack Kizer, Alex Thomas, Colton Howard Team Leaders 11 MAC First Round # TBA BSU Category HOW 14 MAC Quarterfinals # TBA Follow the Cardinals T. Persons (16.5) PPG RJ Cole (20.5) 15 MAC Semifinals # TBA T. Teague (7.2) RPG Z. Cousins (7.5) Online: ballstatesports.com 16 MAC Championship # TBA T. Persons (5.2) APG RJ Cole (6.8) Twitter: @BallStateMBB, @BallStateSports T. Teague (.612) FG% Z. Cousins (.545) Instagram: @ballstatembb, @ballstatesports All times listed as Eastern and subject to change. Z. Gunn (.485) 3FG% C. Williams (.396) Facebook: Ball State Sports ^ Charleston Classic * Mid-American Conference game # MAC Tournament -- First round at campus sites; remainder in Cleveland, Ohio Probable Starters (based on last game)
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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 16.5 4.3 5.2 15.2 4.5 1.2 8.2 3.8 1.3 14.2 7.2 1.1 8.3 6.3 1.9 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) 1,223 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. . . . 1223-1130-1 (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 MAAL-ers 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)...... 80-92 (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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Associate A.D...... Michael Clark MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Assistant Director...... Brad Caudill Assistant Director...... Paula Haughn 8 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 1:30 p.m. OFF OFF Game 11 Practice Practice Game 12 Practice Assistant Director...... Josh Rattray at Valparaiso (Shondell) (Shondell) vs. Howard (Shondell) Broadcasting/Multimedia. . . . Joel Godett (ARC) (Worthen) Graduate Assistant...... Tyler Roper
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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 Time vs MEAC About the Matchup Dec. 29, 2017 (Muncie, Ind.) [Ball State returns to Worthen Arena, where the Cardinals are 3-0 this season and 19-2 in their WITH A WIN Ball State 75 past 21 games. The Cardinals have not lost a non- conference home game since Dec. 3, 2016 (IUPUI). With a win Thursday over Howard, the Florida A&M 54 Cardinals would . . [The 16-point win Monday at Valpo jumped ... win for the seventh time in the past eight • Ball State defeated Florida A&M for the Ball State 18 spots to No. 96 in the Ken Pomeroy games eighth victory in a nine-game winning streak, ratings, marking the best the Cardinals have been the longest for the Cardinals in 18 years. since finishing the 2004-05 campaign at No. 96. ... improve to 20-2 in their past 22 games at • Tahjai Teague led the way with 16 points, The MAC has three teams among KenPom’s top Worthen Arena and move to 4-0 at home this while Trey Moses had a double-double with 10 100. Buffalo is No. 22, and Toledo is No. 64. season points and 10 rebounds. • Ball State shook off a slow start and put the [The win at Valparaiso marked the last of Ball game away with a dominating second half. The State’s five scheduled games against the Missouri Cardinals came out of the break on an 11-2 Valley Conference. The Cardinals went 4-1, with the only loss coming against an Evansville squad BSU run and went on to outscore the Rattlers 45-28 also defeated. The other wins came against 2018 national semifinalist Loyola Chicago and rival Indiana over the final 20 minutes behind 53 percent State. The MAC has climbed to No. 9 in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings of the 32 Division I leagues, while the shooting. MVC rates 12th. • Ball State hit just four of its first 20 shots from the floor, struggling especially in the [Ball State faces a Howard team that was picked fourth in the MEAC preseason poll and currently paint against a big Florida A&M lineup. The Cardinals trailed throughout the early going owns the league’s best record. The Bison feature a pair of preseason first-team All-MEAC selections in before Jeremie Tyler ignited things with a RJ Cole and Charles Williams. Cole leads the MEAC in scoring at 20.5 points per game and also ranks flurry of 3-pointers late in the first half. ninth nationally with 75 assists (6.8 per game). Williams averages 18.9 points, while a third guard, • Tyler connected on three consecutive triples, Chad Lott, adds 14.2. That trio accounts for 62 percent of the scoring for a Howard team that averages spotting up in transition before Florida A&M a MEAC-leading 83.9 points per game. The Bison do a good chunk of their scoring at the free throw could set its defense. His buckets came as part line, where they rank eighth nationally in attempts and 11th in makes. of a 13-2 run that turned a 19-15 deficit into a 28-21 lead. The Cardinals controlled things [Ball State is 14-2 all-time against the MEAC, with its only losses coming to South Carolina State from there. in 1993 and Coppin State in 1994. The Cardinals are 9-0 in the past decade against the MEAC (4-0 • The Cardinals limited Florida A&M to 39.6 under James Whitford), although three of those have been one-possession games. BSU’s most recent percent shooting for the night. Desmond matchup with the league was last season in a 75-54 win over Florida A&M at Worthen Arena. Williams (20 points) and Marcus Barham (18) combined for 38 of the Rattlers’ 54 points. [Ball State’s strength of schedule ranks 33rd among the 353 NCAA Division I teams, according to Ken Pomeroy. The Cardinals have played four NCAA Tournament teams from last year, three of whom were QUOTING COACH WHITFORD: either ranked or receiving votes -- Purdue (No. 24/22), Virginia Tech (16/17) and Alabama (RV/RV). The “One of the things we always preach is you fourth was Loyola Chicago, which played in last year’s Final Four. don’t let your defense get dictated by your offense. Even for much of the first half when the game wasn’t going right, I didn’t ever feel In the News like we let our frustration on offense dictate the way we played on defense.” [Junior forward Kyle Mallers was selected Dec. 12 as the MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week. The award winner is selected each week from a pool of nominees from each MAC-sponsored sport FLORIDA A&M (1-15) currently in season. Mallers has started every game dating back to last season and owns a 3.64 GPA as WILLIAMS, Desmond 7-15 5-6 20; BARHAM, a finance major. He was an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete choice last year. Marcus 6-14 3-3 18; MAYES, Elijah 4-12 0-0 8; CORE, Nasir 2-3 0-2 4; MARTIN, Isaiah 1-3 0-0 [ 2; MYLES, Brendon 1-1 0-0 2; RAVENEL, Justin Senior center Trey Moses was named recently 0-1 0-0 0; MORAGNE,Bryce 0-0 0-0 0; AUSTIN, HISTORY VS. MEAC as one of 30 candidates nationwide for the Rashad 0-0 0-0 0; HARRELL, Javonni 0-0 0-2 0; Senior CLASS Award in men’s basketball. The big man, noted for his work off the court with BOWMAN, Craig 0-3 0-0 0; SEVERADO, Nick Record vs. Howard: 0-0 special needs children, recently moved into 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 8-13 54. All-Time vs. MEAC: 14-2 second place in program history in blocked shots (121) and is closing in on 1,000 points for his BALL STATE (9-4) LAST 10 YEARS VS. MEAC TEAGUE, Tahjai 5-10 6-8 16; MOSES, Trey 3-6 2009 NC CENTRAL W, 59-45 career. 4-4 10; PERSONS, Tayler 4-7 2-2 10; TYLER, 2009 MD. EASTERN SHORE W, 56-47 Jeremie 3-5 0-0 9; EL-AMIN, Ishmael 2-4 4-4 9; 2010 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 80-68 [Ball State legend Bonzi Wells was recently SELLERS, Sean 3-4 0-0 8; MALLERS, Kyle 2-10 2011 FLORIDA A&M W, 70-55 selected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of 1-2 7; KIAPWAY, Francis 1-5 0-0 3; WALKER, 2012 NORFOLK STATE W, 62-61 Fame’s Silver Anniversary Team. Each year, the Jontrell 1-7 0-0 3; LEEDY, Tyler 0-0 0-0 0; 2014 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W, 51-48 team recognizes the state’s top high school THOMPSON, Josh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 2015 vs. South Carolina State ^ W, 72-60 seniors from 25 years earlier. Wells starred at 24-58 17-20 75. 2016 vs. Coppin State # W, 79-77 Muncie Central High School before joining the 2017 FLORIDA A&M W, 75-54 hometown Cardinals, where he recorded 2,485 Florida A&M ...... 26 28 - 54 points and 347 steals. Both are still MAC records. Ball State ...... 30 45 - 75 ^ @EKUHoops Classic (Richmond, Ky.) He went on to play 10 years in the NBA after # MGM Grand Main Event (Las Vegas) being selected 11th overall in the 1998 draft.
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What’s Trending 2019 Signing Class Ball State’s November signing class [Ball State turned in its best defensive performance of the year in Monday’s victory at Valparaiso. The was rated No. 1 in the MAC, according Cardinals’ surrendered their fewest points of the season (61), recorded a season-high 10 steals and to the 247 Sports composite rankings. forced 17 total turnovers (the most in a regulation game this season). The Cardinals held Valpo to 40 The Cardinals signed a pair of 3-star percent shooting from the floor, including 3-of-16 (18.8 percent) from 3-point range. recruits from Indiana in point guard Luke Bumbalough (New Castle) and wing Lucas [Tahjai Teague recorded his first double-double of the season at Valpo, leading the Cardinals with 19 Kroft (Richmond) in addition to Canadian points and 12 rebounds. Teague has scored double figures in seven straight games, averaging 16.3 per big man Luke Hendriks (Orangeville Prep). game during that stretch. Ball State is 6-1 in those seven games.
Luke Bumbalough, 6-1, PG [The win at Valpo improved BSU to 4-2 this season against teams from the state of Indiana and 8-2 New Castle, Ind. (Chrysler HS) over the past two years. The only losses came this year at nationally ranked Purdue and at Evansville. A 3-star recruit via 247 Sports ... an Indiana Junior All-Star last year when he averaged [Tayler Persons overtook Eastern Michigan’s James Thompson as the active leading scorer among 20.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists MAC players with 1,581 career points (Thompson, now 12 points behind Persons, plays Wednesday while shooting 51 percent from the floor night). Persons ranks ninth among active Division I players in career assists (473), while Trey Moses is and 49 percent from 3-point range ... two- 17th among active players in career rebounds (753). sport standout who also held a football scholarship offer from Ball State ... caught [Ball State ranks 14th nationally in team field a state-record 27 touchdown passes as a goal percentage at 50.2 percent. The Cardinals junior in 2017. feature the two most efficient players in the Elite Company MAC in Tahjai Teague (61.2 percent) and K.J. Lucas Kroft, 6-5, G/F [Tayler Persons is one of only five players in Walton (61.1 percent). That duo ranks 28th and Richmond, Ind. (Richmond HS) BSU history to record 1,000 points and 300 29th in the nation, respectively. Walton is 56- assists in a career, and he is the only one to do A 3-star recruit via 247 Sports ... entering for-78 (71.8 percent) over the past seven games. it in just two seasons. Persons surpassed both his senior season at Richmond after milestones in last year’s MAC Tournament. [Sophomore forward Zach Gunn leads the moving from Fort Wayne, where he was an He is also the only BSU player ever with a Cardinals at 48.5 percent from 3-point range. All-Summit Athletic Conference selection 500-point, 150-assist season on his resume. He at Northside High School ... averaged accomplished that as a sophomore in his first Gunn is shooting 49.1 percent (28-for-57) from 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists season with the Cardinals. deep over his past 17 games, dating back to last last year for his AAU team 1Nation while season. shooting 42 percent from 3-point range. [Ball State has utilized the same starting lineup Ben Hendriks, 6-10, C since the third game of the season when Trey Mississauga, Ontario (Orangeville Prep) Moses made his first start after working his Plays for Orangeville Prep, which competes way back from a preseason knee scope. Tayler all over North America ... made it to the Persons has started all 76 games in his BSU final stage of evaluation for Canada’s U17 career, while Kyle Mallers has started 42 in a national team but was unable to play row. because of injury ... competed for CIA Bounce, Canada’s top AAU team, on the CARDINALS WITH 1,000 PTS/300 ASTS Milestone Watch Nike EYBL circuit ... a hockey player until he Bonzi Wells (1994-98) 2,485/386 [Senior center Trey Moses needs 41 more picked up basketball at age 10. Peyton Stovall (2003-08) 1,383/349 points to become the 32nd member of Ball Patrick Jackson (1998-02) 1,348/349 State’s 1,000-point club. Coach Whitford on the Class Chris Shelton (1982-86) 1,164/481 He would become the third player on the “I couldn’t be more excited about signing all Tayler Persons* (2016-Pres.) 1,189/361 Cardinals’ roster with 1,000 career points, three of these guys. It’s certainly as talented joining Tayler Persons (1,581) and Austin Nehls a recruiting class as we’ve had since I’ve *Persons career numbers, including his (1,054). been the head coach here, and it will lead freshman year at Northern Kentucky, are to a very bright future for our program.” 1,581 points and 473 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 Dec. 17, 2018 (Valparaiso, Ind.) INDIANA’S TEAM [Ball State continues to recruit heavily in-state, with eight of the 14 players on this year’s roster Ball State 77 coming from within Indiana. All eight of those players come from towns within 80 miles of Ball State’s campus. Valparaiso 61 All seven scholarship players among that group were named to the Indiana All-Star Team as high school seniors. Each year, the Indiana All-Stars feature the top 13 seniors in the state. Highlights (Ball State’s complete Indiana All-Star history on page 11) • Ball State played fast when the flow allowed, moved the ball with pop, defended at a high INDIANA’S TEAM ... PART II level and made all the winning plays in an [Ball State is 8-2 against teams from the state of Indiana over the past two seasons, with the only emphatic victory at Valparaiso. losses coming this season at No. 24/22 Purdue and at Evansville. • Tahjai Teague led the way with 19 points and The Cardinals’ victories during that stretch include one last season over No. 9/8 Notre Dame, two 12 rebounds, as BSU won at Valpo for the first over Valparaiso, Indiana State and IUPUI, and one over Evansville time since 1990. The teams did not meet for a Ball State went 4-0 against in-state teams last season, finishing undefeated against the state for the 15-year stretch, so the drought was a span of first time since 1999-2000. Purdue (5-0) was the only other Indiana team to go undefeated versus the six trips to the Athletics-Recreation Center. state last year. • Ball State seized control with a 20-3 run that spanned the first and second halves, turning BLOCK TALK a tie game into a 17-point lead over the [ Crusaders. Senior center Trey Moses leads the MAC and ranks among the top 50 in the country with 22 blocked • The Cardinals made eight of their final nine shots. He had 11 over the Cardinals’ three games at the Charleston Classic. The Cardinals had 20 blocks shots from the floor in the first half, getting as a team in Charleston, while the next-closest team at the event had eight. most of their looks at the rim. Trey Moses Moses has moved into second place on Ball State’s list for career blocks with 121, passing Jarrod played a big part in that, finding teammates Jones (2008-12) for second in the Tiffin game. First? That’s going to be more of a challenge. Ball State’s cutting to the basket on his way to four first- career leader is Lonnie Jones (1998-2002), whose 301 blocks rank second in MAC history. half assists. • Ball State scored 28 of its 35 first-half points K.J. KLATTER in the paint and finished the game with 48, [Junior guard K.J. Walton has made his presence felt early in his first season of eligibility with the marking its highest output in the paint against Cardinals. The Missouri transfer has started every game and ranks second on the team in scoring with a Division I opponent this season. 15.2 points per game. He has scored double figures in every game but one, and he scored nine in that • Persons took only three shots in the first half one (the Nov. 24 win over Evansville). and didn’t score through almost 26 minutes, Walton, who got to the foul line 116 times as a sophomore at Missouri, has already attempted 48 but he racked up 14 the rest of the way, going free throws this season, second-most among BSU players behind only Tayler Persons (60). 4-for-5 from the floor, 2-for-2 from 3-point range and 4-for-4 from the foul line in the QUITE A DEBUT second half. He also added seven assists, five [ rebounds and four steals. Redshirt sophomore forward Brachen Hazen scored 15 points on 6-for-6 shooting and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds in the season-opening win over Indiana State. QUOTING COACH WHITFORD: It was Hazen’s first regular season game with Ball State after sitting out last season as a transfer, “It was just a really good win. I thought we and it was his first extensive action since his senior year of high school (2015-16). He played just 42 played great for 40 minutes. I thought we got minutes over 14 games as a freshman at Arkansas. great shots from start to finish. I thought our shot selection was terrific. We wanted to get YEAR SIX FOR WHITFORD the ball inside because we’ve done such a [The 2018-19 season is Ball State’s sixth under the direction of head coach James Whitford. good job of attacking post traps this year, and The Cardinals have averaged 20.3 victories over the past three years, winning MAC West Division traditionally they trap.” championships in both 2016 and 2017. Last season, Whitford led BSU to a win at No. 9/8 Notre Dame, marking the program’s first win over BALL STATE (7-4) a ranked team in 16 years and the highest-rated opponent the Cardinals have ever defeated in a true TEAGUE, Tahjai 6-14 7-9 19; WALTON, K.J. 8-10 road game. 1-2 17; PERSONS, Tayler 4-8 4-4 14; MOSES, Trey 5-9 2-6 12; EL-AMIN, Ishmael 3-5 1-2 8; STRENGTH RETURNING GUNN, Zach 1-2 0-0 3; MALLERS, Kyle 1-4 0-0 [Ball State welcomed back seven of the eight players who were part of the rotation at the end of last 2; THOMPSON, Josh 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 29-57 15-23 77. season. The Cardinals returned 76.3 percent of their scoring, 75.1 percent of their rebounding and 77.9 percent of their assists. VALPARAISO (6-5) BSU’s active roster entering the season featured players with a combined 4,997 collegiate points. Ryan Fazekas 5-14 8-9 19; Markus Golder 5-7 2-3 14; Deion Lavender 3-5 2-2 8; Javon ALL-MAC BACK Freeman 1-6 5-7 7; Daniel Sackey 2-4 0-1 4; [Ball State returned two All-MAC players from last year in Tayler Persons (second team) and Trey Bakari Evelyn 2-7 0-0 4; Jaume Sorolla 1-5 1-1 Moses (third). Persons was named to the second team for the second straight year. Moses was 3; Derrik Smits 1-2 0-0 2; John Kiser 0-0 0-0 0; previously a MAC All-Defensive Team selection in 2016. Mileek McMillan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 18-23 Persons is the top active assist man in the MAC with 473 for his career and is now the top active 61. scorer among MAC players with 1,581 points. Eastern Michigan’s James Thompson is 12 behind him and plays Wednesday night. Ball State ...... 35 42 - 77 Moses is third among active MAC players in rebounds (753), behind Thompson (1,193), the national Valparaiso ...... 25 36 - 61 leader, and Bowling Green’s Demajeo Wiggins (841).
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Jumping out of the Gym Ball State Storylines [K.J. Walton’s vertical leap measured at 45 SEC TRANSFERS READY FOR ACTION inches in the Cardinals’ preseason testing. [Two transfers from SEC programs suited up for Ball State for the first time this season. K.J. Walton That number would place him among the top played two seasons at Missouri, and Brachen Hazen played one year at Arkansas. 10 in NBA HISTORY. The chart below shows Both were Indiana All-Stars as high school seniors, Walton at Brownsburg and Hazen at Columbia where Walton’s vertical would rank among the all-time professional greats ... City. Both sat out last season after transferring. CARDINALS ADD 1,000-POINT GRAD TRANSFER [Ball State welcomed graduate transfer Austin Nehls from Central Connecticut. Nehls scored 1,038 points and made 206 3-pointers over his three seasons with the Blue Devils. He will provide outside shooting for a team that lost its career 3-point leader with the graduation of Sean Sellers.
ICE WATER IN HIS VEINS [Tayler Persons hit game-winning 3-pointers in the final seconds last year at No. 9/8 Notre Dame, 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. The Notre Dame and Bowling Green game-winners came within four days of each other last HIGHEST RECORDED NBA VERTICALS December. On three other occasions last season, he scored go-ahead or game-tying points in the final 1. Wilt Chamberlain 48” 20 seconds. Darrell Griffith 48” 3. Michael Jordan 46” PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATIONS Zach LeVine 46” [Ball State was picked to finish second in the MAC West Division in the league’s preseason poll, Jason Richardson 46” garnering just eight fewer total points than Eastern Michigan in the balloting. Defending league James White 46” champion Buffalo was the preseason pick to win the East Division. (Complete poll on page 8) Spud Webb 46” Senior point guard Tayler Persons was one of five selections to the Preseason All-MAC West Team, >> K.J. WALTON 45” joining James Thompson (EMU), Elijah Minnie (EMU), Eugene German (NIU) and Jaelan Sanford (TOL).
8. Shannon Brown 44.5” MALLERS SEEKS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT 9. Mugsey Bogues 44.3” [Junior forward Kyle Mallers raised his scoring average more than seven full points from his freshman 10. David Thompson 44” to sophomore year. After averaging 2.2 points per game as a rookie, he poured in 9.6 per game last year. SOURCE: theexercisers.com FROM LONG RANGE SEASON 3’s (BSU HISTORY) [Ball State has recorded four of the top five single-season 3-point RECORD BREAKDOWN 1. 319 in 2016-17 totals in school history over the past four years. 2. 310 in 2001-02 The Cardinals’ 319 treys in 2016-17 broke the school record. Last Overall Record...... 7-4 3 . 305 in 2015-16 At Home...... 3-0 year’s total of 245 ranks fourth on the list. 4 . 245 in 2017-18 On the Road...... 3-2 5 . 234 in 2014-15 Neutral Site...... 1-2 BODY TRANSFORMATIONS Overtime...... 1-0 [Tayler Persons dropped approximately 25 pounds in the offseason. Persons played last season at 220 pounds. He entered this season at 196. Leading at Half...... 6-1 Zach Gunn cut his body fat nearly in half over the offseason. Gunn was at 9.0 percent last season Trailing at Half ...... 0-3 and is now at 5.1 percent. Tied at Half...... 1-0 NEW TO THE BENCH Leading in Rebounds...... 7-0 [For the first time in four years, James Whitford experienced turnover on his staff this offseason. Trailing in Rebounds ...... 0-4 Danny Peters took an assistant coaching job at Arizona, and Brian Thornton left for a basketball Tied in Rebounds...... 0-0 position with the NCAA in Indianapolis. Whitford replaced them by hiring two in-state assistants away from their alma maters. Muncie Committing Fewer Turnovers. . . . . 3-0 native Ben Botts came from Purdue Fort Wayne to fill Peters’ position, while Matt Crenshaw joined the Committing More Turnovers...... 3-4 Committing Same Turnovers...... 1-0 staff from IUPUI to fill Thornton’s vacancy.
Scored 0-49 Points...... 0-0 CARDINALS BEAT FINAL FOUR TEAM Scored 50-59 Points...... 0-0 [Ball State paid a Dec. 5 visit to 2018 national semifinals Loyola Chicago, handing the Ramblers a 75- Scored 60-69 Points...... 0-2 69 defeat. The matchup was part of a two-year series that will see Loyola visit Muncie next year. Scored 70-79 Points...... 2-2 It’s the second straight year the Cardinals have played a Final Four team from the previous season. Scored 80-89 Points...... 3-0 Last year, BSU visited 2017 participant Oregon. Scored 90+ Points ...... 2-0 In 2011, Ball State defeated Butler in Muncie, with the Bulldogs coming off back-to-back national championship game appearances. Allowed 0-49 Points...... 0-0 Allowed 50-59 Points...... 0-0 Allowed 60-69 Points...... 4-0 Allowed 70-79 Points...... 2-2 Allowed 80-89 Points...... 1-2 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 0 0 .000 10 1 .909 pronounce his last name ... has the Ace of Spades tattooed behind his right Central Michigan 0 0 .000 8 2 .800 ear ... redshirting this season. Ball State 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 Northern Illinois 0 0 .000 6 4 .600 ISHMAEL EL-AMIN Eastern Michigan 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 The oldest of seven children, five boys and two girls, all separated by two Western Michigan 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 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 0 0 .000 11 0 1.000 professionally overseas. Kent State 0 0 .000 8 2 .800 Ohio 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 ZACH GUNN Akron 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 All-time leading scorer and rebounder in the history of a Hamilton Bowling Green 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 Southeastern High School program which boasts former Indiana Mr. Miami 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 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’s MAC win total over the past three seasons ranks third in the league behind only Buffalo and Akron. AUSTIN NEHLS • The Cardinals and Bulls 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 past 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 36 2. Akron 33 3 . Ball State 31 TAYLER PERSONS 4. Toledo 30 Helped his Athletes in Action Team USA squad to a 4-0 record and a gold 5. Kent State 29 medal over the summer in Brazil ... played quarterback for his Kokomo Ohio 29 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 21-9 in MAC West Division games over the past three TAHJAI TEAGUE seasons. Cousin of Jeff Teague of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and former • The Cardinals started 5-2 against the West Division last year before NBA first-round pick Marquis Teague. dropping their final three division games to finish 5-5. 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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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 10 85* Scored 35-39 points: Theron Smith (12), Josh Murray (11) and Mark Farris Trey Moses 4 47 Peyton Stovall (37) vs. IPFW, 12-31-07 (11) vs. IUPUI, 11-22-00 Tahjai Teague 8 40 K.J. Walton 10 28* Scored 40 or more points: A player had back-to-back 30-point games: Kyle Mallers 4 18 Chris Williams (44) at Central Michigan, 2-19-03 Skip Mills (34) at Eastern Michigan, 3-4-06 Zach Gunn 3 7 Had 15-19 rebounds: & (38) at Buffalo, 3-6-06 Ishmael El-Amin -- 3 Trey Moses (17) vs. Tiffin, 11-27-18 A player had three straight 30-point games: Brachen Hazen 1 1 Had at least 20 rebounds: Bonzi Wells (33) vs. Western Michigan, 12-10-97, GAMES WITH 20 POINTS OR MORE Cameron Echols (22) vs. Wright State, 12-7-02 (33) vs. Wisconsin, 12-13-97, and (30) at Northeast Season Career Had a double-double of points/rebounds: Louisiana (12-22-97) Tayler Persons 3 22* Tahjai Teague (19/12) at Valparaiso, 12-17-18 A player had four straight 30-point games: Tahjai Teague 1 6 Had a double-double of points/assists: Bonzi Wells (34) vs. Mississippi, 12-6-97; (30) vs. Trey Moses -- 5 Tayler Persons (19/10) vs. Coppin State, 11-21-16 Western Michigan, 12-10-97; (33) vs. Wisconsin, K.J. Walton 3 4* Had at least 20 points & 15 rebounds: 12-13-97, and (30) at Northeast La., 12-22-97 DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES Majok Majok (25/18) vs. Oakland City, 1-3-14 Averaged a double-double (pts./rebs.) in a season: Season Career Had a triple-double of points, rebounds & assists: Majok Majok (11.2/10.0), 2013-14 Trey Moses 1 27 Bonzi Wells (23/12/10) vs. Western Mich., 2-25-98; BSU shot 70 percent for a half: Tahjai Teague 1 13 Bonzi Wells (18/11/12) vs. Bowling Green 2-5-97 72.0 (2nd half) at Tennessee Martin, 12-3-11 Tayler Persons -- 2* Kyle Mallers -- 2 Two players had double-doubles in a game: BSU scored 60 points in a half: Trey Moses (22/13) & Tahjai Teague (21/10) 61 (1st half) vs. Eastern Michigan, 2-27-16 DOUBLE-DOUBLES at Akron, 2-13-18 BSU scored 100 points in a game: Season Career Three players had double-doubles (pts./rebs.) in BSU 108, Tiffin 62, 11-27-18 Trey Moses 1 20 same game: BSU scored 100 points against a D-I opponent: Tahjai Teague 1 10 Kyle Mallers -- 3 Theron Smith (19/12), Josh Murray (16/11) and BSU 111, Akron 106 (2OT), 1-27-18 Tayler Persons -- 3* Mark Farris (11/11) vs. IUPUI, 11-22-00 BSU scored 100 points in a regulation game vs. D-I: Five players scored in double figures in a game: BSU 115, Eastern Michigan 79, 2-27-16 GAMES LEADING BSU IN SCORING Tahjai Teague (19), Tayler Persons (16), Zach Gunn BSU shot 60 percent for a game: Season Career (11), K.J. Walton (10), Kyle Mallers (10) .617 at Indiana State, 11-25-17 Tayler Persons 4 33 Tahjai Teague 4 13 at IUPUI, 12-1-18 BSU shot less than 30 percent for a game: Trey Moses -- 11 Six players scored in double figures in a game: .267 at Eastern Michigan, 2-3-18 K.J. Walton 3 3 Tayler Persons (32), Francis Kiapway (18), BSU shot less than 50 percent from the FT line: Kyle Mallers -- 2 Trey Moses (14), Ryan Weber (12), Franko House .444 (4 for 9) at Toledo, 1-30-18 Ishmael El-Amin -- 1 (11), Sean Sellers (11) and Tahjai Teague (11) BSU held an opponent under 30 percent shooting: GAMES LEADING BSU IN REBOUNDING at Central Michigan, 2-18-17 .277 vs. Chicago State, 12-31-15 Season Career Seven players scored in double figures in a game: An opponent shot at least 60 percent: Trey Moses 3 42 Tayler Persons (32), Francis Kiapway (18), Ohio (.617) at Ohio, 1-21-15 Tahjai Teague 6 27 Trey Moses (14), Ryan Weber (12), Franko House BSU played a top-25 team: Tayler Persons 2 3 (11), Sean Sellers (11) and Tahjai Teague (11) at Purdue (#22 by USA Today, #24 by AP), Kyle Mallers 1 3 Brachen Hazen 2 2 at Central Michigan, 2-18-17 11-10-18; Purdue 84, Ball State 75 Zach Gunn -- 1 Led the team in points, rebounds and assists in a BSU hosted a top-25 team: game: vs. Butler (#20 by AP, #23 by ESPN/USA Today), *includes games at previous schools Trey Moses (17/9/3) at Eastern Michigan, 2-3-18 12-2-09, Butler 59, Ball State 38 Three players scored at least 20 points in a game: BSU defeated a top-25 team: STARTS (BSU CAREER ONLY) Season Career Straight Tayler Persons (26), Tahjai Teague (26) and Trey at Notre Dame (#8 by USA Today, #9 by AP), Tayler Persons 11 77 77 Moses (22) vs. Akron, 1-27-18 12-5-17; Ball State 80, Notre Dame 77 Trey Moses 9 73 9 Kyle Mallers 11 44 43 Tahjai Teague 11 35 24 K.J. Walton 11 11 11 Brachen Hazen 2 2 --
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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 7-4 -- Total 80-92 35-55
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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 dating back to game one last season • Has scored double figures in 10 of his 11 games in a BSU uniform and • Raised his scoring average more than seven full points per game from his reached the 20-point mark three times freshman season to his sophomore campaign • Sat out last season after transferring from Missouri • Ranked second in the MAC in foul shooting at 85.6 percent last year • Spent two seasons with the Tigers, playing in all 63 games and making 24 • Recorded his first double-doubles last year against IUPUI and Jackson starts State • Started 17 games as a sophomore, averaging 6.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game ... finished second on the Missouri team with 116 free Zach Gunn, #15, Forward throw attempts • Appeared in 25 games off the bench last season, missing seven to a foot injury in the middle of the season Tayler Persons, #2, Guard • Had two of his best games down the stretch, scoring a career-high 16 • Two-time All-MAC Second Team at Ball State points against Toledo (Feb. 17) and going for 15 in the MAC Tournament • Joined the Cardinals as a transfer from Northern Kentucky, where he was quarterfinals against Kent State (March 8) the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year in 2014-15 • Shot 48 percent from 3-point range (12 for 25) over the final six games • Has started every game in his two-plus seasons at BSU and hit a career-high five treys in the MAC quarterfinals • The only player in Ball State history to record 1,000 points and 300 assists in a two-year period Austin Nehls, #20, Guard • The only one with 500 points and 150 assists in a single season (2016-17) • Hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions in the second half of the • One of seven players in program annals to score 1,000 points over their season’s second game at Purdue first two seasons in a BSU uniform • A graduate transfer from Central Connecticut, where he started 89 of a • Reached the 1,000-point mark for his career in just 69 games possible 90 games and was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First • His Ball State career assists average (4.7) ranks second only to Jim Hahn Team selection (5.7) in school annals • Scored 1,038 points at CCSU for an average of 11.7 per game Josh Thompson, #3, Guard • A 36.5 percent 3-pointer shooter at CCSU and never made fewer than 67 • A walk-on who earned a role last season, largely for being one of the treys in a season ... sixth in that program’s history with 206 3-pointers team’s top defenders • Scored in double figures 53 times at CCSU and reached the 20-point mark • Appeared in 15 games last year and entered the team’s regular rotation eight times for the final nine • Scored a career-high eight points and went 2-for-2 from 3-point range in a Trey Moses, #24, Center career-high 20 minutes against Kent State (Feb. 9) • An All-MAC Third Team selection as a junior and a MAC All-Defensive Team choice as a sophomore … owns 20 career double-doubles Ishmael El-Amin, #5, Guard • Ranks among the top 10 in program history in career field goal • Appeared in 31 games off the bench last season as a true freshman, percentage (.539, 5th), blocked shots (121, 2nd) and rebounds (753, 7th) missing just one to injury • Averaged 14.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists with eight double- • Had the team’s second-best assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.2-to-1 and doubles in MAC play last year averaged only one turnover every 14.8 minutes played • Led the league in blocks during conference play as a sophomore and • Set or matched career highs for points (18), rebounds (7) and assists (4) ranked second in overall rebounding as a junior last year against Toledo without committing a turnover • Had seven points and four boards in his college debut at Dayton Tahjai Teague, #25, Forward • Led the team in steals (1.2) and blocks (0.9) per game last year while Jarron Coleman, #11, Guard ranking second in scoring (12.1) and rebounding (7.5) • Named an Indiana All-Star last year and was selected to the IBCA Senior • Ranked among the top 12 in the MAC in four major categories last year All-State Supreme 15 as a senior at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis -- rebounding (6th), field goal percentage (.530, 8th), blocks (9th) and steals • Averaged 17.2 points, 4.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a senior (12th) • A standout in the summer of 2017 for Spiece Indy Heat, ranking in the top • Scored at least 20 points five times last year, all in MAC play ... had eight five on the Nike EYBL circuit in steals double-doubles, including six against MAC opponents (all in the season’s • Rated as the No. 7 player in the state of Indiana’s 2018 class by 247Sports final 12 games) Brachen Hazen, #12, Forward • Scored in double figures 22 times last year, including the last nine games • Went 6-for-6 from the floor on his way to 15 points and nine rebounds in of the season … averaged 16.2 points over those final nine games his BSU debut against Indiana State in the season opener • Sat out last season as a transfer from Arkansas Blake Huggins, #44, Center • Appeared in 14 games as a freshman with the Razorbacks • Saw his first collegiate action in the opener against Indiana State and • A 2016 Indiana All-Star at Columbia City High School scored his first career bucket against Virginia Tech • Rated among the top 50 small forwards in the country by 247Sports as a • Redshirted last season as a freshman high school senior • Averaged 15.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game during his 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 43
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 22, 2x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 PTS 22, 2x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 32, at Central Michigan, 2/18/17 PTS 29, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 13, vs. Auburn, 03/08/2017* REBS 9, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 12, at Jacksonville, 2/19/15* REBS 9, at IUPUI, 12/1/18 4, at Ole Miss, 02/23/2016* ASTS 2, 4x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 14, vs. IU Kokomo, 11/29/16 ASTS 9, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 4, vs. Northwestern St, 11/26/2016* STLS 3, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 5, vs. Eastern Kentucky, 12/10/16 STLS 4, at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 2, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 BLKS 2, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 2, vs. Idaho, 12/22/14* BLKS 1, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 11, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 FGM 11, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 14, at Jacksonville, 2/19/15* FGM 8, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 14, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 FGA 14, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 25, at Jacksonville, 2/19/15* FGA 16, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 3, at LSU, 03/01/2016* 3FGM -- 6, at Toledo, 2/28/17 3FGM 3, at Purdue, 11/10/18 4, 2x, last vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 3FGA 4, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 7, 3x, last vs. Akron, 1/27/18 3FGA 5, at Purdue, 11/10/18 9, vs. UMES, 11/15/2015* FTM 8, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 14, at Chattanooga, 12/16/14* FTM 12, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 10, 2x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 FTA 10, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 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 HOWARD DELAWARE STATE DELAWARE STATE at Toledo at Toledo EASTERN MICH. EASTERN MICH. OHIO OHIO at Bowling Green at Bowling Green at Central Mich. at Central Mich. MIAMI MIAMI at Ohio at Ohio at Buffalo at Buffalo KENT STATE KENT STATE at Northern Ill. at Northern Ill. WESTERN MICH. WESTERN MICH. AKRON AKRON 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 11-11 301-27.4 66-108 .611 0-6 .000 35-48 .729 2017-18 32-32 953-29.8 187-406 .461 38-102 .373 69-103 .670 TOTAL 74-35 1336-18.1 185-398 .465 16-59 .271 159-242 .657 2018-19 10-10 314-31.4 54-123 .439 13-34 .382 47-56 .839 TOTAL* 107-103 3146-29.4 574-1254 .458 107-298 .359 326-433 .753 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 18-32-50-4.5 23 1 13 20 3 10 167-15.2 2017-18 17-90-107-3.3 78 1 137 94 5 26 481-15.0 TOTAL 86-128-214-2.9 111 1 71 80 5 61 545-7.4 2018-19 4-43-47-4.3 21 0 57 37 1 13 182-16.5 *at Missouri TOTAL* 64-358-422-3.9 263 4 473 315 12 116 1581-14.8 *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 8, vs. Kent State, 2/9/18 PTS 6, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 18, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 PTS 9, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 3, 3x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 REBS 3, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 7, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 REBS 3, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 3, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 ASTS 3, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 4, 4x, last at Northern Ill., 3/2/18 ASTS 2, 2x, last at IUPUI, 12/1/18 2, 2x, last at Purdue, 11/10/18 STLS 2, at Purdue, 11/10/18 2, 6x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 STLS 2, 2x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 1, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 BLKS 1, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 1, 5x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 BLKS 1, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 2, 3x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FGM 2, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FGM 4, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FGA 6, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 10, vs. IUPUI, 12/2/17 FGA 7, at Purdue, 11/10/18 2, vs. Kent State, 2/9/18 3FGM 1, 3x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 2, 9x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 3FGM 2, 4x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 3, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 3FGA 3, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 6, at Purdue, 11/10/18 3FGA 6, at Purdue, 11/10/18 4, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTM 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 4, 3x, last vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTM 2, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 4, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTA 2, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTA 2, 3x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18
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 HOWARD DELAWARE STATE DELAWARE STATE at Toledo at Toledo EASTERN MICH. EASTERN MICH. OHIO OHIO at Bowling Green at Bowling Green at Central Mich. at Central Mich. MIAMI MIAMI at Ohio at Ohio at Buffalo at Buffalo KENT STATE KENT STATE at Northern Ill. at Northern Ill. WESTERN MICH. WESTERN MICH. AKRON AKRON 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 11-0 215-19.5 22-48 .458 13-35 .371 4-7 .571 2018-19 11-0 111-10.1 5-18 .278 3-11 .273 1-2 .500 TOTAL 42-0 794-18.9 74-189 .392 31-91 .341 33-47 .702 TOTAL 29-0 269-9.3 12-40 .300 7-24 .292 11-15 .733 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 0-16-16-1.5 15 0 11 12 2 7 61-5.5 2017-18 1-9-10-0.7 14 0 5 6 0 5 28-1.9 TOTAL 7-71-78-1.9 54 0 58 51 5 24 212-5.0 2018-19 3-5-8-0.7 8 0 19 6 1 5 14-1.3 TOTAL 4-14-18-0.6 23 0 24 16 1 10 42-1.4
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, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 FGA 6, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 -- 3FGM -- 2, at IUPUI, 12/1/18 3FGM 2, at IUPUI, 12/1/18 -- 3FGA -- 2, 4x, last at IUPUI, 12/1/18 3FGA 2, 4x, last at IUPUI, 12/1/18 -- 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 HOWARD DELAWARE STATE DELAWARE STATE at Toledo at Toledo EASTERN MICH. EASTERN MICH. OHIO OHIO at Bowling Green at Bowling Green at Central Mich. at Central Mich. MIAMI MIAMI at Ohio at Ohio at Buffalo at Buffalo KENT STATE KENT STATE at Northern Ill. at Northern Ill. WESTERN MICH. WESTERN MICH. AKRON AKRON 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 7-2 130-18.6 14-26 .538 4-9 .444 13-20 .650 TOTAL 21-2 172-8.2 15-32 .469 4-11 .364 14-24 .583 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 9-24-33-4.7 14 0 3 8 2 0 45-6.4 TOTAL 11-34-45-2.1 19 0 5 12 2 0 48-2.3 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 19, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 PTS 19, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 PTS 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 13, vs. Kent State, 03/08/18 REBS 7, 2x, last vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 8, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 REBS 8, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 4, 2x, last vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 ASTS 4, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 4, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 ASTS 1, at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 3, 2x, last vs. Appalachian St., 11/18/18 STLS 3, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 1, 7x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 STLS 1, 2x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 2, 2x, last vs Oakland City, 11/28/17 BLKS 1, 2x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 3, at Bucknell, 11/22/17 BLKS -- 7, 2x, last vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 FGM 7, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 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 6, 3x, last at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 5, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 3FGM 5, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 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 6, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 10, at Oregon, 11/19/17 FTM 4, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 4, vs. Toledo, 2/17/18 FTM 3, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 10, at Oregon, 11/19/17 FTA 4, 2x, last at IUPUI, 12/1/18 4, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FTA 4, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18
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 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 HOWARD DELAWARE STATE DELAWARE STATE at Toledo at Toledo EASTERN MICH. EASTERN MICH. OHIO OHIO at Bowling Green at Bowling Green at Central Mich. at Central Mich. MIAMI MIAMI at Ohio at Ohio at Buffalo at Buffalo KENT STATE KENT STATE at Northern Ill. at Northern Ill. WESTERN MICH. WESTERN MICH. AKRON AKRON 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 11-0 146-13.3 19-37 .514 16-33 .485 5-6 .833 2018-19 11-11 305-27.7 28-66 .424 17-50 .340 17-20 .850 TOTAL 36-0 505-14.0 59-147 .401 39-105 .371 26-33 .788 TOTAL 77-44 1568-20.4 148-352 .420 69-203 .340 106-126 .841 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 5-22-27-2.5 21 1 1 4 0 2 59-5.4 2017-18 65-93-158-4.9 81 3 41 42 13 17 307-9.6 TOTAL 17-80-97-2.7 74 4 19 28 9 7 183-5.1 2018-19 14-28-42-3.8 34 1 14 19 2 10 90-8.2 TOTAL 100-155-255-3.3 155 4 71 76 22 35 471-6.1
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 6, at Purdue, 11/10/18 23; vs. NIU, 2/20/18 PTS 15, at Evansville, 12/9/18 8, 2x, last at Mt. St. Mary, 1/6/18* REBS 4, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 REBS 17, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, at Bryant, 1/2/16* ASTS 4, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6; 3x, last vs. Valpo, 12/9/17 ASTS 5, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 3, vs. UMass Lowell, 12/18/15* STLS 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 3; 3x, last vs. Western Mich., 2/23/18 STLS 2, vs. Alabama, 11/16/18 2, vs. Brown, 12/3/16* BLKS -- 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 2, at Purdue, 11/10/18 9; 3x, last at Akron, 2/13/18 FGM 6, 2x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 15, 3x, last at Bryant, 1/25/18* FGA 4, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 16; at Toledo, 1/30/18 FGA 12, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, vs. LIU Brooklyn, 1/28/17* 3FGM 2, at Purdue, 11/10/18 1; 4x, last vs. IU Kokomo, 11/29/16 3FGM -- 13, at Bryant, 1/25/17* 3FGA 4, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 1; 9x, last vs. IU Kokomo, 11/29/16 3FGA 1, at Loyola Chicago, 12/5/18 9, vs. LIU Brooklyn, 1/28/17* FTM 2, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 12; vs. Akron, 1/27/18 FTM 4, vs. Evansville, 11/24/18 10, vs. LIU Brooklyn, 1/28/17* FTA 2, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 14; vs. Akron, 1/27/18 FTA 6, 4x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 * 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 HOWARD DELAWARE STATE DELAWARE STATE at Toledo at Toledo EASTERN MICH. EASTERN MICH. OHIO OHIO at Bowling Green at Bowling Green at Central Mich. at Central Mich. MIAMI MIAMI at Ohio at Ohio at Buffalo at Buffalo KENT STATE KENT STATE at Northern Ill. at Northern Ill. WESTERN MICH. WESTERN MICH. AKRON AKRON 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 8-0 75-9.4 4-13 .308 4-13 .308 4-4 1.000 2018-19 11-9 287-26.1 36-75 .480 0-1 .000 19-39 .487 TOTAL 98-89 3245-33.1 319-832 .383 210-578 .363 206-271 .760 TOTAL 111-73 2696-24.3 362-671 .539 4-11 .364 231-418 .553 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 1-9-10-1.3 4 0 5 3 0 1 16-2.0 2018-19 15-54-69-6.3 27 0 21 24 22 8 91-8.3 TOTAL 94-253-347-3.5 157 3 137 122 19 56 1054-10.8 TOTAL 228-525-753-6.8 301 6 223 216 121 46 959-8.6 *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 26, vs. Akron, 1/27/18 PTS 21, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 2, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 PTS 2, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 14, vs. Kent State, 2/9/18 REBS 12, at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 2, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 REBS 2, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 6, vs. Akron, 1/27/18 ASTS 3, vs. Appalachian State, 11/18/18 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 ASTS 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 5, vs. Stony Brook, 11/17/17 STLS 3, 2x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 -- STLS -- 4, at Toledo, 2/28/17 BLKS 3, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 BLKS 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 10, 2x, last vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 FGM 10, vs. Indiana State, 11/6/18 1, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 FGM 1, vs. Virginia Tech, 11/15/18 19, at Toledo, 1/30/18 FGA 14, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 2, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FGA 2, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 3, 2x, last vs. Western Mich., 2/23/18 3FGM 1, 4x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 -- 3FGM -- 6, 2x last at Western Mich., 1/13/18 3FGA 3, 2x, last at Evansville, 12/9/18 -- 3FGA -- 9, at Akron, 2/13/18 FTM 7, at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FTM 1, vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 12, 2x, last at Akron, 2/13/18 FTA 9, 2x, last at Valparaiso, 12/17/18 2, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18 FTA 2, 2x, last vs. Tiffin, 11/27/18
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 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 HOWARD DELAWARE STATE DELAWARE STATE at Toledo at Toledo EASTERN MICH. EASTERN MICH. OHIO OHIO at Bowling Green at Bowling Green at Central Mich. at Central Mich. MIAMI MIAMI at Ohio at Ohio at Buffalo at Buffalo KENT STATE KENT STATE at Northern Ill. at Northern Ill. WESTERN MICH. WESTERN MICH. AKRON AKRON 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 4-0 10-2.5 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 2017-18 32-23 816-25.5 149-281 .530 7-46 .152 81-124 .653 TOTAL 4-0 10-2.5 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 2018-19 11-11 297-27.0 60-98 .612 4-17 .235 32-48 .667 TOTAL 76-35 1741-22.9 301-561 .537 27-102 .265 154-240 .642 REBOUNDS Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG REBOUNDS 2018-19 0-2-2-0.5 2 0 1 0 1 0 3-0.8 Season OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG TOTAL 0-2-2-0.5 2 0 1 0 1 0 3-0.8 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 25-54-79-7.2 32 1 12 21 11 14 156-14.2 TOTAL 131-379-510-6.7 198 8 79 118 68 91 783-10.3
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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 7-4 3-0 3-2 1-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-4 3-0 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 11-11 347 31.5 58-131 . 4 4 3 15-37 . 4 0 5 51-60 . 8 5 0 4 43 47 4.3 21 0 57 37 1 13 182 16.5 01 WALTON, K.J. 11-11 301 27.4 66-108 . 6 1 1 0-6 . 0 0 0 35-48 . 7 2 9 18 32 50 4.5 23 1 13 20 3 10 167 15.2 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai 11-11 297 27.0 60-98 . 6 1 2 4-17 . 2 3 5 32-48 . 6 6 7 25 54 79 7.2 32 1 12 21 11 14 156 14.2 24 MOSES, Trey 11-9 287 26.1 36-75 . 4 8 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 19-39 . 4 8 7 15 54 69 6.3 27 0 21 24 22 8 91 8.3 14 MALLERS, Kyle 11-11 305 27.7 28-66 . 4 2 4 17-50 . 3 4 0 17-20 . 8 5 0 14 28 42 3.8 34 1 14 19 2 10 90 8.2 12 HAZEN, Brachen 7-2 130 18.6 14-26 . 5 3 8 4-9 . 4 4 4 13-20 . 6 5 0 9 24 33 4.7 14 0 3 8 2 0 45 6.4 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 11-0 215 19.5 22-48 . 4 5 8 13-35 . 3 7 1 4-7 . 5 7 1 0 16 16 1.5 15 0 11 12 2 7 61 5.5 15 GUNN, Zach 11-0 146 13.3 19-37 . 5 1 4 16-33 . 4 8 5 5-6 . 8 3 3 5 22 27 2.5 21 1 1 4 0 2 59 5.4 20 NEHLS, Austin 8-0 75 9.4 4-13 . 3 0 8 4-13 . 3 0 8 4-4 1.000 1 9 10 1.3 4 0 5 3 0 1 16 2.0 03 THOMPSON, Josh 11-0 111 10.1 5-18 . 2 7 8 3-11 . 2 7 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 3 5 8 0.7 8 0 19 6 1 5 14 1.3 44 HUGGINS, Blake 4-0 10 2.5 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 0 2 2 0.5 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0.8 Team 11 14 25 2 Total...... 11 2224 313-624 . 5 0 2 76-212 . 3 5 8 182-258 . 7 0 5 105 303 408 37.1 201 4 157 156 45 70 884 80.4 Opponents...... 11 2226 297-692 . 4 2 9 73-237 . 3 0 8 152-209 . 7 2 7 123 241 364 33.1 234 - 144 141 30 64 819 74.5
TEAM STATISTICS BSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 884 819 11/06/18 INDIANA STATE W 86-69 4022 Points per game 80.4 74.5 11/10/18 at Purdue L 75-84 14804 Scoring margin +5.9 - 11/15/18 vs Virginia Tech L 64-73 2648 FIELD GOALS-ATT 313-624 297-692 11/16/18 vs Alabama L 61-79 2752 Field goal pct . 5 0 2 . 4 2 9 11/18/18 vs Appalachian State Wot 94-86 2862 3 POINT FG-ATT 76-212 73-237 11/24/18 EVANSVILLE W 82-72 3224 3-point FG pct . 3 5 8 . 3 0 8 11/27/18 TIFFIN W 108-62 3609 3-pt FG made per game 6.9 6.6 12/01/18 at IUPUI W 85-75 2150 FREE THROWS-ATT 182-258 152-209 12/05/18 at Loyola Chicago W 75-69 2831 Free throw pct . 7 0 5 . 7 2 7 12/9/18 at Evansville L 77-89 5672 F-Throws made per game 16.5 13.8 12/17/18 at Valparaiso W 77-61 3636 REBOUNDS 408 364 Rebounds per game 37.1 33.1 * - Conference game Rebounding margin +4.0 - ASSISTS 157 144 Assists per game 14.3 13.1 TURNOVERS 156 141 Turnovers per game 14.2 12.8 Turnover margin -1.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 1.0 STEALS 70 64 Steals per game 6.4 5.8 BLOCKS 45 30 Blocks per game 4.1 2.7 ATTENDANCE 10855 37355 Home games-Avg/Game 3-3618 5-5819 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-2754
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Ball State 407 463 14 884 Opponents 375 438 6 819
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Ball St. - 2018-19 Men's BaMAC/NATIONALsketball Ranking Summary t hSTATISTICALru games 12/18/2018 RANKINGS
National Conference Conference Statistic Value National Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (351 ranked) 251 9 212 Savannah St. 540 Akron 325 Assist Turnover Ratio (351 ranked) 179 7 1.01 Virginia 1.81 Buffalo 1.54 Assists Per Game (351 ranked) 141 6 14.3 TCU 21.2 Toledo 18.3 Blocked Shots Per Game (351 ranked) 104 4 4.1 Duke 8.1 Buffalo 5.3 Defensive Rebounds per Game (350 ranked) 89 5 27.55 Oklahoma 32.64 Bowling Green 31.64 Fewest Fouls (351 ranked) 196 11 201 Idaho St. 123 Eastern Mich. 143 Fewest Turnovers (351 ranked) 243 11 156 Virginia 75 Kent St. 113 Field-Goal Percentage (351 ranked) 14 2 50.2 Northern Ill. 52.6 Northern Ill. 52.6 Field-Goal Percentage Defense (351 ranked) 167 7 42.9 Texas Tech 32.2 Akron 39.2 Free Throw Attempts (351 ranked) 56 2 258 Iowa 333 Central Mich. 313 Free Throws Made (350 ranked) 56 2 182 Iowa 252 Central Mich. 204 Free-Throw Percentage (351 ranked) 147 4 70.5 Hofstra 81.0 Toledo 78.6 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (351 ranked) 238 11 9.55 Portland St. 20.50 Bowling Green 14.55 Personal Fouls Per Game (351 ranked) 172 9 18.3 Furman 13.3 Eastern Mich. 14.3 Rebound Margin (351 ranked) 99 9 4.0 North Carolina 14.1 Bowling Green 12.5 Scoring Defense (351 ranked) 244 12 74.5 Texas Tech 51.2 Akron 61.4 Scoring Margin (351 ranked) 139 8 5.9 Duke 29.4 Buffalo 17.3 Scoring Offense (351 ranked) 64 6 80.4 The Citadel 99.5 Central Mich. 85.9 Steals Per Game (351 ranked) 190 6 6.4 FIU 11.9 Central Mich. 10.0 Three Pt FG Defense (351 ranked) 77 4 30.8 Murray St. 21.6 Toledo 29.5 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (350 ranked) 251 8 6.9 The Citadel 14.1 Toledo 10.5 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (351 ranked) 122 4 35.8 Indiana St. 44.5 Toledo 39.2 Total 3-point FGM (351 ranked) 216 7 76 The Citadel 155 Toledo 115 Total Assists (351 ranked) 135 3 157 Gonzaga 232 Toledo 201 Total Blocks (351 ranked) 89 2 45 Duke 89 Buffalo 58 Total Rebounds (351 ranked) 139 5 408 South Dakota St. 557 Bowling Green 508 Total Rebounds Per Game (351 ranked) 153 8 37.09 Portland St. 47.10 Bowling Green 46.18 Total Steals (351 ranked) 173 5 70 FIU 131 Central Mich. 100 Turnover Margin (342 ranked) 267 9 -1.4 Auburn 7.6 Central Mich. 5.7 Turnovers Forced (351 ranked) 256 7 12.82 FIU 22.55 Central Mich. 18.90 Turnovers Per Game (351 ranked) 223 9 14.2 Saint Joseph's 8.3 Kent St. 11.3 Won-Lost Percentage (348 ranked) 119 6 63.6 9 teams tied 100.0 Buffalo 100.0
National Conference Conference Statistic Player Value National Leader Value Value Rank Rank Leader 3-pt Field Goal Attempts (243 ranked) Jordan Lyons, Furman 141 Daniel Utomi, Akron 94 Assist Turnover Ratio (250 ranked) Jalen Harris, Arkansas 7.56 Jalen Avery, Kent St. 5.25 Assists Per Game (245 ranked) Tayler Persons 58 2 5.2 Ja Morant, Murray St. 9.6 Darrian Ringo, Miami (OH) 5.6 Blocked Shots Per Game (231 ranked) Trey Moses 46 1 2.00 Kylor Kelley, Oregon St. 4.00 Trey Moses, Ball St. 2.00 Tahjai Teague 231 10 1.00 Defensive Rebounds per Game (248 ranked) Trey Moses 227 12 4.91 Jordan Murphy, Minnesota 9.27 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 8.45 Tahjai Teague 227 12 4.91 Double Doubles (135 ranked) Mike Daum, South Dakota St. 9 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 9 Ethan Happ, Wisconsin 9 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 9 Field-Goal Percentage (246 ranked) Tahjai Teague 28 1 61.2 Tristan Clark, Baylor 79.2 Tahjai Teague, Ball St. 61.2 K.J. Walton 29 2 61.1 Free Throw Attempts (240 ranked) Tayler Persons 120 7 60 Brian Beard Jr., FIU 104 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 83 Colbey Ross, Pepperdine 104 Free Throws Made (236 ranked) Tayler Persons 68 3 51 Mike Daum, South Dakota St. 83 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 58 Colbey Ross, Pepperdine 83 Free-Throw Percentage (250 ranked) Tayler Persons 91 2 85.0 Lindy Waters, III, Oklahoma St. 96.8 C.J. Williamson, Kent St. 87.9 Minutes Per Game (250 ranked) Darnell Edge, Fairleigh Dickinson 39:56 Jalen Avery, Kent St. 34:39 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (244 ranked) Tahjai Teague 221 14 2.27 Cyril Langevine, Rhode Island 4.75 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 4.00 Points Per Game (248 ranked) Tayler Persons 183 9 16.5 Chris Clemons, Campbell 30.0 Eugene German, Northern Ill. 21.4 Rebounds Per Game (248 ranked) Tahjai Teague 183 12 7.2 Jordan Murphy, Minnesota 12.6 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 12.5 Steals Per Game (236 ranked) Brian Beard Jr., FIU 3.45 Larry Austin Jr, Central Mich. 2.50 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (248 ranked) Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 5.18 Nate Navigato, Toledo 3.36 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (152 ranked) Brendan Barry, Dartmouth 55.8 Nate Navigato, Toledo 52.9 Total 3-point FGM (225 ranked) Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 57 Nate Navigato, Toledo 37 Total Assists (234 ranked) Tayler Persons 56 2 57 Josh Perkins, Gonzaga 96 Darrian Ringo, Miami (OH) 62 Total Blocks (221 ranked) Trey Moses 40 1 22 Brandon Gilbeck, Western Ill. 45 Trey Moses, Ball St. 22 Tahjai Teague 221 10 11 Total Field Goal Attempts (245 ranked) Tayler Persons 202 9 131 Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 254 Justin Turner, Bowling Green 173 Total Field Goals Made (247 ranked) K.J. Walton 133 5 66 Yoeli Childs, BYU 120 Justin Turner, Bowling Green 83 Tahjai Teague 219 12 60 Total Minutes (250 ranked) Skyler Flatten, South Dakota St. 512:18 Justin Turner, Bowling Green 360:30 Total Points (249 ranked) Tayler Persons 167 5 182 Mike Daum, South Dakota St. 346 Justin Turner, Bowling Green 211 K.J. Walton 249 12 167 Total Rebounds (245 ranked) Tahjai Teague 154 8 79 Mike Daum, South Dakota St. 149 Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green 137 Total Steals (216 ranked) Brian Beard Jr., FIU 38 Darrian Ringo, Miami (OH) 27 Triple Doubles (1 ranked) 15 players tied 1 CJ Massinburg, Buffalo 1
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Indiana State vs Ball State Ball State vs Purdue 11/06/18 7:00 pm at Muncie, Ind. (Worthen Arena) 11/10/18 8:00 pm at West Lafayette, Ind. (Mackey Arena)
Indiana State 69 • 0-1 Ball State 75 • 1-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 35 Devin Thomas f 4-6 0-1 2-2 3 1 4 2 10 0 2 1 0 21 12 HAZEN, Brachen f 1-2 1-2 3-5 0 3 3 3 6 1 2 1 0 18 41 Emondre Rickman c 3-8 0-0 3-9 4 3 7 2 9 1 0 3 0 19 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 2-4 2-4 2-2 0 2 2 4 8 1 2 0 0 24 01 Allante Holston g 1-5 1-1 1-2 0 4 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 27 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 3-6 0-1 2-2 3 1 4 5 8 1 2 1 1 21 02 Jordan Barnes g 6-19 2-5 2-2 0 5 5 0 16 4 3 0 2 35 01 WALTON, K.J. g 6-11 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 5 13 0 6 0 1 25 11 Tyreke Key g 6-18 2-4 2-2 5 2 7 2 16 4 3 0 1 35 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 5-13 3-5 6-8 1 7 8 4 19 2 5 0 0 32 05 Bronson Kessinger 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 13 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 12 Tyeshon Martin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 3-7 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 17 13 Clayton Hughes 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 19 15 GUNN, Zach 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 17 23 De'Avion Washington 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 19 20 NEHLS, Austin 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 40 Blake Brinkmeyer 2-4 0-0 1-1 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 6 24 MOSES, Trey 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 23 Team 4 1 5 1 Team 1 1 2 Totals 26-67 6-12 11-18 18 20 38 20 69 11 11 5 6 200 Totals 25-52 11-23 14-19 8 21 29 24 75 9 18 2 4 199
FG % 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 13-36 36.1% Game: 26-67 38.8% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd half: 12-25 48.0% Game: 25-52 48.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 6-12 50.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 6-13 46.2% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 11-23 47.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 11-18 61.1% 4 FT % 1st Half: 9-12 75.0% 2nd half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 14-19 73.7% 1,4
Ball State 86 • 1-0 Purdue 84 • 2-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 12 HAZEN, Brachen f 6-6 1-1 2-3 4 5 9 1 15 1 2 0 0 26 24 Grady Eifert f 2-4 0-2 1-1 3 1 4 4 5 3 1 0 0 24 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 0-4 0-2 4-4 3 4 7 3 4 4 0 0 1 28 32 Matt Haarms f 5-8 1-1 5-8 3 1 4 4 16 0 1 0 0 18 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 10-14 1-1 0-1 2 5 7 2 21 0 0 1 2 32 03 Carsen Edwards g 8-22 2-10 5-5 2 3 5 2 23 5 3 1 0 39 01 WALTON, K.J. g 5-11 0-0 5-7 4 2 6 2 15 2 1 0 1 28 14 Ryan Cline g 3-12 1-9 2-2 0 4 4 0 9 5 1 1 2 36 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 6-15 1-4 3-3 0 2 2 1 16 5 4 0 1 33 20 Nojel Eastern g 5-7 0-0 2-3 6 3 9 3 12 1 1 1 2 28 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 01 Aaron Wheeler 2-4 1-3 0-1 2 0 2 2 5 1 1 2 0 16 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 0 1 0 1 13 02 Eric Hunter Jr. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 15 GUNN, Zach 2-5 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 12 12 Evan Boudreaux 5-9 2-5 2-4 2 5 7 4 14 1 2 0 0 21 20 NEHLS, Austin 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 10 50 Trevion Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 MOSES, Trey 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 4 1 11 55 Sasha Stefanovic 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 44 HUGGINS, Blake 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Team 1 2 3 Team 1 1 2 Totals 30-69 7-32 17-24 19 21 40 22 84 17 11 5 4 201 Totals 32-65 7-19 15-20 16 26 42 18 86 14 9 5 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-36 38.9% 2nd half: 16-33 48.5% Game: 30-69 43.5% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd half: 20-34 58.8% Game: 32-65 49.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-20 20.0% 2nd half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 7-32 21.9% Rebounds 2,2 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 7-19 36.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 17-24 70.8% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 15-20 75.0% 2 Officials: Bill Ek, Brian Dorsey, Rob Kueneman Officials: Buddy Mayborg, Dan Dorian, Greg Langsdorf Technical fouls: Ball State-None. Purdue-None. Technical fouls: Indiana State-None. Ball State-None. Attendance: 14804 Attendance: 4022 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Ball State 41 34 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench BSU 22 14 9 6 21 Indiana State 32 37 69 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Purdue 42 42 84 ISU 34 15 18 9 14 PUR 44 16 21 6 19 Ball State 32 54 86 BSU 42 13 24 18 15 Last FG - BSU 2nd-00:20, PUR 2nd-01:49. Score tied - 8 times. Last FG - ISU 2nd-00:37, BSU 2nd-00:08. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - BSU by 5 1st-14:18, PUR by 17 2nd-11:28. Lead changed - 16 times. Largest lead - ISU by 3 1st-09:20, BSU by 18 2nd-02:04. Lead changed - 4 times. BSU led for 06:17. PUR led for 30:21. Game was tied for 03:22. ISU led for 01:51. BSU led for 34:56. Game was tied for 03:13.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Ball State vs Virginia Tech Ball State vs Alabama 11/15/18 11:30 am at Charleston, S.C. (TD Arena) 11/16/18 1:30 pm at Charleston, S.C. (TD Arena)
Ball State 64 • 1-2 Ball State 61 • 1-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 7-14 5-12 0-0 2 5 7 1 19 2 3 0 0 30 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 3-4 2-3 2-2 1 5 6 3 10 0 3 1 1 30 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 3-6 0-1 1-2 4 4 8 2 7 0 3 3 1 27 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 3-5 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 3 6 2 1 1 0 24 24 MOSES, Trey c 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 1 29 24 MOSES, Trey c 4-9 0-0 3-4 2 4 6 4 11 0 3 4 2 30 01 g 01 WALTON, K.J. g 1-6 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 0 0 23 WALTON, K.J. 5-13 0-4 3-4 1 2 3 2 13 2 5 0 1 18 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 5-10 0-1 0-2 0 1 1 0 10 4 2 0 1 29 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 7-13 2-5 5-5 2 2 4 3 21 5 2 0 0 31 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 1-3 1-2 2-2 0 2 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 21 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 2-5 2-5 0-1 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 23 12 HAZEN, Brachen 1-2 0-0 4-6 0 3 3 1 6 0 0 1 0 17 12 HAZEN, Brachen 0-4 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 15 GUNN, Zach 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 GUNN, Zach 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 NEHLS, Austin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 20 NEHLS, Austin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 44 HUGGINS, Blake 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 HUGGINS, Blake 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Team 2 2 4 Team 1 1 2 Totals 22-49 3-12 14-22 6 25 31 18 61 11 15 8 5 200 Totals 22-52 9-27 11-14 11 21 32 11 64 11 14 6 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 7-25 28.0% 2nd half: 15-24 62.5% Game: 22-49 44.9% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 9-27 33.3% 2nd half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 22-52 42.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 0-7 0.0% 2nd half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 3-12 25.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 9-27 33.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 14-22 63.6% 3 FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 11-14 78.6% 1 Alabama 79 • 3-1 Virginia Tech 73 • 2-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 Hall, Donta f 5-11 0-0 2-2 4 8 12 1 12 1 1 3 0 27 24 Kerry Blackshear Jr. f 8-12 0-1 2-2 6 1 7 3 18 1 0 0 0 25 30 Smith, Galin f 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 8 0 2 1 0 23 03 Wabissa Bede g 2-4 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 1 0 0 0 18 02 Lewis Jr., Kira g 3-6 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 3 8 3 3 1 3 30 04 N. Alexander-Walker g 9-15 2-5 1-1 1 5 6 1 21 3 1 0 1 38 10 Jones, Herbert g 6-10 1-2 0-1 0 3 3 5 13 3 0 0 0 22 05 Justin Robinson g 5-14 2-7 3-4 2 0 2 3 15 6 4 0 4 34 23 Petty Jr., John g 3-10 1-5 0-0 0 3 3 1 7 7 4 0 0 32 13 Ahmed Hill g 3-9 1-4 2-2 0 4 4 3 9 1 1 0 2 36 03 Reese, Alex 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 01 Isaiah Wilkins 1-5 0-4 0-0 0 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 22 05 Johnson Jr., Avery 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 11 10 Jonathan Kabongo 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 Ingram, Dazon 5-6 0-0 1-3 0 2 2 3 11 5 1 0 1 26 14 P.J. Horne 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 15 Barnes, Tyler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 Ty Outlaw 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 16 21 Johnson, Britton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Team 3 1 4 1 24 Schaffer, Lawson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 29-63 7-26 8-9 13 20 33 17 73 14 9 3 7 200 34 Mack, Tevin 7-14 5-9 1-1 1 1 2 3 20 1 2 0 0 23 Team 3 2 5 FG % 1st Half: 17-33 51.5% 2nd half: 12-30 40.0% Game: 29-63 46.0% Deadball Totals 33-65 7-19 6-9 10 25 35 22 79 22 14 5 4 200 3FG % 1st Half: 6-18 33.3% 2nd half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 7-26 26.9% Rebounds 1,1 FT % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0 2nd half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 8-9 88.9% FG % 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 2nd half: 18-33 54.5% Game: 33-65 50.8% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 7-19 36.8% Rebounds Officials: Joe DeRosa, Rick Crawford, Jeb Hartness FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 6-9 66.7% 0,1 Technical fouls: Ball State-PERSONS, Tayler. Virginia Tech-Kerry Blackshear Jr.. Officials: Paul Janssen, John Gaffney, Mark Schnur Attendance: 2648 Technical fouls: Ball State-MOSES, Trey. Alabama-None. Charleston Classic First Round Attendance: 2752 Charleston Classic Consolation Bracket #1 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Ball State 29 35 64 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast BSU 22 15 17 4 9 Ball State 21 40 61 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Virginia Tech 43 30 73 VT 42 20 14 4 4 BSU 30 12 4 10 11 Alabama 34 45 79 UA 46 21 15 6 31 Last FG - BSU 2nd-00:04, VT 2nd-02:03. Score tied - 4 times. Largest lead - BSU by 5 1st-09:23, VT by 17 2nd-05:36. Lead changed - 4 times. Last FG - BSU 2nd-01:34, UA 2nd-01:43. Score tied - 1 time. BSU led for 02:29. VT led for 34:40. Game was tied for 02:51. Largest lead - BSU by 2 1st-19:21, UA by 21 2nd-03:38. Lead changed - 1 time. BSU led for 00:15. UA led for 37:54. Game was tied for 01:51.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Ball State vs Appalachian State Evansville vs Ball State 11/18/18 11:00 am at Charleston, S.C. (TD Arena) 11/24/18 2:00 pm at Muncie, Ind. (Worthen Arena)
Ball State 94 • 2-3 Evansville 72 • 2-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 1-6 1-6 1-2 0 2 2 4 4 1 1 0 3 33 10 Evan Kuhlman f 2-7 1-3 2-2 1 0 1 5 7 1 2 1 0 24 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 4-7 1-3 4-6 2 4 6 4 13 3 4 1 0 26 35 John Hall f 5-7 0-1 0-1 1 6 7 1 10 1 2 1 0 29 24 MOSES, Trey c 4-8 0-0 1-5 2 4 6 4 9 1 2 4 1 28 01 Marty Hill g 4-6 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 10 1 1 0 0 20 01 WALTON, K.J. g 7-11 0-0 8-10 2 4 6 1 22 1 1 1 0 34 21 Shea Feehan g 6-14 4-7 3-4 0 2 2 1 19 2 2 0 2 32 02 g PERSONS, Tayler 8-16 1-2 12-12 0 3 3 1 29 7 5 0 2 39 33 K.J. Riley g 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 4 6 3 2 1 1 24 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 03 Jawaun Newton 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 17 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 2-5 2-4 0-0 0 3 3 2 6 2 0 0 1 21 05 Shamar Givance 2-3 0-0 3-7 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 0 1 18 12 HAZEN, Brachen 2-5 0-2 3-4 2 7 9 4 7 1 2 0 0 27 12 Jared Chestnut 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 GUNN, Zach 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 14 Dainius Chatkevicius 4-6 0-0 1-2 2 4 6 3 9 0 1 0 0 16 20 NEHLS, Austin 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 30 Noah Frederking 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 19 Team 1 4 5 Team 1 1 2 Totals 28-59 5-18 33-43 9 34 43 20 94 16 16 6 7 225 Totals 26-53 8-17 12-20 7 23 30 25 72 12 11 3 5 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd half: 13-26 50.0% OT: 3-6 50.0% Game: 28-59 47.5% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 1-7 14.3% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 5-18 27.8% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd half: 17-27 63.0% Game: 26-53 49.1% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd half: 16-18 88.9% OT: 7-10 70.0% Game: 33-43 76.7% 5 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 8-17 47.1% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 12-20 60.0% 2 Appalachian State 86 • 1-4 Ball State 82 • 3-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 Johnson,Isaac f 2-6 0-2 1-4 3 4 7 2 5 2 7 0 0 26 32 Johnson,Tyrell f 5-12 0-3 0-0 3 4 7 5 10 0 1 0 1 30 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 6-12 4-7 1-2 1 1 2 2 17 1 3 0 1 26 50 Seacat,Hunter f 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 11 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 7-9 1-2 2-2 4 4 8 2 17 1 0 0 1 32 01 Forrest,Justin g 5-11 0-2 2-2 0 5 5 4 12 2 0 0 2 23 24 MOSES, Trey c 2-7 0-0 4-6 2 6 8 1 8 2 1 0 0 24 02 Shabazz,Ronshad g 12-20 5-7 8-8 0 1 1 4 37 2 5 0 1 37 01 WALTON, K.J. g 8-9 0-0 4-6 2 5 7 2 20 1 1 2 3 27 04 Williams,O'Showen 3-6 2-3 0-0 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 0 0 24 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 3-11 1-4 2-6 0 2 2 3 9 9 3 0 1 32 11 Battle,Joseph 2-6 0-0 4-5 1 4 5 4 8 0 2 0 1 26 03 THOMPSON, Josh 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 8 14 Holley,Bennett 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 1-4 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 19 15 Wilson,Jake 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 12 HAZEN, Brachen 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 13 20 Delph,Adrian 0-4 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 24 15 GUNN, Zach 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 11 22 Gylfason,Breki 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 11 20 NEHLS, Austin 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Team 1 0 1 Team 3 0 3 Totals 30-72 7-20 19-25 12 27 39 31 86 11 19 2 5 225 Totals 30-63 8-20 14-24 16 26 42 21 82 16 11 2 7 200
FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd half: 17-38 44.7% OT: 2-7 28.6% Game: 30-72 41.7% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 15-36 41.7% 2nd half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 30-63 47.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% OT: 2-6 33.3% Game: 7-20 35.0% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 8-20 40.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7% OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 19-25 76.0% 2 FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 9-18 50.0% Game: 14-24 58.3% 4
Officials: John Gaffney, Antinio Petty, Mark Schnur Officials: Frank Spencer,Rob Riley,Larry Scirotto Technical fouls: Ball State-MOSES, Trey. Appalachian State-None. Technical fouls: Evansville-None. Ball State-None. Attendance: 2862 Attendance: 3224 Charleston Classic Seventh Place Game Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total In Off 2nd Fast Evansville 26 46 72 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Ball State 37 43 14 94 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UE 30 19 9 11 20 BSU 40 16 11 12 17 Ball State 37 45 82 BSU 38 15 22 18 11 Appalachian State 32 48 6 86 APP 42 17 10 15 20 Last FG - UE 2nd-00:15, BSU 2nd-01:13. Score tied - 3 times. Last FG - BSU OT-03:05, APP OT-00:32. Score tied - 5 times. Largest lead - UE by 5 1st-17:33, BSU by 22 2nd-05:38. Lead changed - 5 times. Largest lead - BSU by 11 2nd-12:15, APP by 1 1st-05:36. Lead changed - 4 times. UE led for 07:31. BSU led for 31:04. Game was tied for 01:25. BSU led for 40:58. APP led for 00:36. Game was tied for 03:26.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tiffin vs Ball State Ball State vs IUPUI 11/27/18 7:00 pm at Muncie, Ind. (Worthen Arena) 12/01/18 1:00 pm at Indianapolis, Ind. (IN Farmers Coliseum)
Tiffin 62 • 2-4 Ball State 85 • 5-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 Jarrell Taylor f 3-8 2-4 0-0 1 6 7 3 8 1 1 1 1 15 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 3-5 1-3 3-4 2 0 2 3 10 0 2 0 0 33 00 Thomas Hickman g 1-4 1-1 4-4 0 0 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 14 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 7-12 0-1 5-8 0 9 9 1 19 1 3 1 3 30 01 Joshua Williams g 2-6 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 0 3 0 1 11 24 MOSES, Trey c 3-5 0-0 0-2 1 5 6 4 6 4 3 1 0 28 03 Austin Schaub g 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 20 01 WALTON, K.J. g 2-4 0-0 6-8 1 2 3 4 10 2 2 0 1 26 21 Austin Adams g 8-10 2-3 0-0 000018300216 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 4-10 1-3 7-8 189216560133 10 Jaden Terry 3-8 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 26 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 12 Brien Wilson 1-4 0-0 1-4 3251 3101019 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 2-5 1-4 0-0 0111 5220122 14 Braxton Fasone 3-6 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 3 7 0 0 0 1 18 12 HAZEN, Brachen 3-3 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 0 8 0 1 0 0 13 22 Justin Miller 1-8 1-6 1-1 0222 4120024 15 GUNN, Zach 4-6 3-5 0-0 1120110101 8 23 Hunter Schmalz 1-6 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 19 Team 2 1 3 1 33 Luke Rightnowar 0-6 0-6 0-0 1231 0000018 Totals 28-50 8-18 21-30 8 30 38 17 85 16 23 2 7 200 Team 2 1 3 FG % 1st Half: 15-27 55.6% 2nd half: 13-23 56.5% Game: 28-50 56.0% Deadball Totals 24-70 7-29 7-11 9 18 27 19 62 9 10 2 6 200 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 8-18 44.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3% 2nd half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 21-30 70.0% 5 FG % 1st Half: 13-37 35.1% 2nd half: 11-33 33.3% Game: 24-70 34.3% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd half: 3-15 20.0% Game: 7-29 24.1% Rebounds IUPUI 75 • 5-3 FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 7-11 63.6% 2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Ball State 108 • 4-3 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 24 Evan Hall f 3-8 0-0 0-3 1 1 2 4 6 5 4 0 4 27 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 32 Elyjah Goss f 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 6 6 0 4 1 1 0 1 26 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 2-5 0-3 2-2 0 4 4 1 6 2 1 0 1 23 05 Camron Justice g 11-20 3-8 3-4 101528210136 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 7-10 0-1 1-2 1 3 4 2 15 2 0 1 0 21 22 D.J. McCall g 2-10 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 4 28 24 MOSES, Trey c 6-12 0-0 2-2 5 12 17 0 14 233126 23 Grant Weatherford g 2-3 1-1 4-6 2 3 5 3 9 0 1 0 0 28 01 WALTON, K.J. g 7-9 0-0 1-3 4 5 9 0 15 1 0 0 0 20 00 Jaylen Minnett 6-15 3-7 0-0 0 1 1 1 15 1 3 0 1 26 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 7-10 2-4 4-4 022020610121 04 Jack Hansen 0-1 0-1 0-0 2023 01000 9 03 THOMPSON, Josh 2-6 1-3 1-2 1 1 2 1 6 3 1 0 1 19 10 Nick Rogers 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 7 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 4-5 1-2 0-0 0002 9141019 15 Ahmed Ismail 2-2 0-0 3-4 1125 7040012 15 GUNN, Zach 5-6 4-5 3-4 2 6 8 1 17 0 0 0 0 25 25 Trevor Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 NEHLS, Austin 1-4 1-4 2-2 0440 5410118 Team 2 2 4 44 HUGGINS, Blake 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 Totals 29-64 7-19 10-17 9 18 27 24 75 11 16 1 12 200 Team 0 0 0 FG % 1st Half: 16-27 59.3% 2nd half: 13-37 35.1% Game: 29-64 45.3% Deadball Totals 41-69 9-22 17-23 13 39 52 9 108 22 11 6 5 200 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 7-19 36.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 10-17 58.8% 3 FG % 1st Half: 19-34 55.9% 2nd half: 22-35 62.9% Game: 41-69 59.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 9-22 40.9% Rebounds Officials: Jeff Lewis,Scott Siville,John Floyd FT % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 17-23 73.9% 3 Technical fouls: Ball State-None. IUPUI-Ahmed Ismail. Attendance: 2150 Officials: Dave Cronin, Brad Clauss, Leon Wilson 2018-19 Men's Basketball. Round: 0. Ball St. vs IUPUI. Played at . Technical fouls: Tiffin-None. Ball State-None. Attendance: 3609 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Ball State 44 41 85 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast BSU 36 24 14 18 24 IUPUI 40 35 75 Tiffin 34 28 62 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench IUPUI 36 23 12 6 24 TIF 26 6 7 9 23 Ball State 49 59 108 BSU 56 13 14 19 38 Last FG - BSU 2nd-00:58, IUPUI 2nd-00:30. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - BSU by 12 2nd-00:58, IUPUI by 3 1st-07:06. Lead changed - 9 times. Last FG - TIF 2nd-01:45, BSU 2nd-03:12. Score tied - 1 time. BSU led for 34:54. IUPUI led for 04:15. Game was tied for 00:51. Largest lead - TIF by 2 1st-19:55, BSU by 51 2nd-03:12. Lead changed - 3 times. TIF led for 00:51. BSU led for 38:22. Game was tied for 00:33.
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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Ball State vs Loyola Chicago Ball State vs Evansville 12/05/18 8:00 p.m. at Gentile Arena - Chicago, Ill. 12/9/18 2 p.m. at Ford Center, Evansville, Ind.
Ball State 75 • 6-3 Ball State 77 • 6-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 3 4 4 3 2 2 0 1 26 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 2-5 1-4 2-2 4 2 6 4 7 1 2 1 0 26 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 4-6 0-1 6-7 1 8 9 4 14 1 2 1 1 28 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 6-9 1-3 4-9 2 6 8 4 17 1 2 1 3 26 24 MOSES, Trey c 3-7 0-1 3-6 0 5 5 1 9 5 7 1 1 35 24 MOSES, Trey c 6-9 0-0 3-6 0 6 6 3 15 2 1 2 0 31 01 WALTON, K.J. g 11-14 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 22 0 2 0 2 36 01 WALTON, K.J. g 6-10 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 3 14 1 0 0 0 31 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 4-11 2-4 2-2 0 5 5 3 12 5 3 1 1 33 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 5-14 0-2 6-6 0 6 6 2 16 2 2 0 1 31 03 THOMPSON, Josh 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 03 THOMPSON, Josh 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 10 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 21 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 1-5 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 21 15 GUNN, Zach 4-6 4-6 0-0 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 14 15 GUNN, Zach 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 0 2 0 1 18 Team 0 1 1 1 20 NEHLS, Austin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 28-49 8-17 11-15 3 27 30 18 75 15 18 4 8 200 Team 0 2 2 Totals 28-59 4-21 17-25 6 28 34 23 77 9 11 4 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 16-26 61.5% 2nd half: 12-23 52.2% Game: 28-49 57.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 8-17 47.1% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 17-29 58.6% 2nd half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 28-59 47.5% Deadball 3 FT % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 11-15 73.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 1-12 8.3% Game: 4-21 19.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 17-25 68.0% 3,1 Loyola Chicago 69 • 5-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Evansville 89 • 5-4 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 25 Krutwig, Cameron c 9-12 0-0 1-2 4 4 8 1 19 1 3 0 2 32 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 Townes, Marques g 4-10 0-3 6-9 1 9 10 0 14 6 2 0 1 39 10 Evan Kuhlman f 4-7 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 4 11 2 1 1 0 24 13 Custer, Clayton g 4-12 3-6 0-1 1 1 2 2 11 2 4 0 1 38 35 John Hall f 4-6 2-4 0-0 1 9 10 2 10 3 1 0 0 28 22 Bujdoso, Isaiah g 3-6 2-5 4-4 0 0 0 2 12 1 1 0 1 23 01 Marty Hill g 6-13 0-3 0-0 2 5 7 2 12 2 1 0 0 31 23 Kaifes, Cooper g 1-7 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 1 38 21 Shea Feehan g 6-14 4-12 13-14 0 5 5 1 29 0 0 0 0 34 12 Negron, Christian 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 33 K.J. Riley g 3-9 0-0 8-10 1 4 5 2 14 6 3 0 3 37 30 Uguak, Aher 2-5 0-2 4-5 1 2 3 3 8 0 2 0 1 19 03 Jawaun Newton 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 8 33 Agunanne, Franklin 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 05 Shamar Givance 2-5 0-1 2-2 2 3 5 3 6 1 1 0 0 11 Team 0 2 2 12 Jared Chestnut 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Totals 23-54 6-22 17-23 7 19 26 14 69 14 13 0 7 200 14 Dainius Chatkevicius 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 5 4 2 0 2 1 0 14 30 Noah Frederking 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 13 FG % 1st Half: 11-24 45.8% 2nd half: 12-30 40.0% Game: 23-54 42.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 6-22 27.3% Rebounds Team 0 1 1 FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 12-17 70.6% Game: 17-23 73.9% 3 Totals 27-65 8-25 27-30 12 30 42 20 89 14 10 2 4 200
Officials: John Hampton, Jeff Campbell, Brad Gaston FG % 1st Half: 9-34 26.5% 2nd half: 18-31 58.1% Game: 27-65 41.5% Deadball Technical fouls: Ball State-None. Loyola Chicago-None. 3FG % 1st Half: 4-15 26.7% 2nd half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 8-25 32.0% Rebounds Attendance: 2831 FT % 1st Half: 15-17 88.2% 2nd half: 12-13 92.3% Game: 27-30 90.0% 0
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Officials: Kelly Self, Steve Honacki, Robert Felder Technical fouls: Ball State-None. Evansville-None. Ball State 37 38 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench BSU 34 20 2 10 15 Attendance: 5672 Loyola Chicago 30 39 69 LUC 34 11 4 2 10 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Last FG - BSU 2nd-01:19, LUC 2nd-02:48. Score tied - 6 times. Ball State 45 32 77 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Largest lead - BSU by 13 1st-06:31, LUC by 3 1st-13:35. Lead changed - 9 times. BSU 36 10 9 8 8 BSU led for 30:23. LUC led for 03:09. Game was tied for 06:28. Evansville 37 52 89 UE 36 8 9 8 13
Last FG - BSU 2nd-00:25, UE 2nd-01:33. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - BSU by 17 1st-02:46, UE by 17 2nd-07:30. Lead changed - 2 times. BSU led for 21:25. UE led for 16:25. Game was tied for 02:10.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Ball State vs Valparaiso 12/17/18 7:00 pm at Valparaiso, Ind. (ARC)
Ball State 77 • 7-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 14 MALLERS, Kyle f 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 26 25 TEAGUE, Tahjai f 6-14 0-2 7-9 6 6 12 3 19 0 4 0 2 30 24 MOSES, Trey c 5-9 0-0 2-6 0 5 5 4 12 4 1 0 1 22 01 WALTON, K.J. g 8-10 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 0 17 2 0 0 1 33 02 PERSONS, Tayler g 4-8 2-3 4-4 0 5 5 2 14 7 4 0 4 33 03 THOMPSON, Josh 1-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 20 05 EL-AMIN, Ishmael 3-5 1-2 1-2 0 3 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 18 15 GUNN, Zach 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 5 3 1 1 0 0 18 Team 0 1 1 Totals 29-57 4-15 15-23 9 26 35 22 77 18 10 0 10 200
FG % 1st Half: 16-31 51.6% 2nd half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 29-57 50.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 4-15 26.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 15-23 65.2% 5
Valparaiso 61 • 6-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 21 Derrik Smits c 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 9 00 Javon Freeman g 1-6 0-2 5-7 1 3 4 3 7 1 2 0 2 36 02 Deion Lavender g 3-5 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 8 2 3 0 0 20 04 Bakari Evelyn g 2-7 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 23 35 Ryan Fazekas g 5-14 1-9 8-9 1 4 5 3 19 1 2 0 0 37 03 Daniel Sackey 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 0 4 3 5 0 0 15 05 Markus Golder 5-7 2-2 2-3 2 2 4 3 14 0 1 1 1 29 14 Jaume Sorolla 1-5 0-0 1-1 2 4 6 5 3 1 0 1 1 25 23 Mileek McMillan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 33 John Kiser 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 1 0 1 Totals 20-50 3-16 18-23 7 20 27 20 61 9 17 2 4 200
FG % 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd half: 9-21 42.9% Game: 20-50 40.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 3-16 18.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd half: 17-21 81.0% Game: 18-23 78.3% 2,2
Officials: Bert Smith,Kelly Self,Tyler Kumpf Technical fouls: Ball State-None. Valparaiso-None. Attendance: 3636
Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Ball State 35 42 77 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench BSU 48 27 8 19 13 Valparaiso 25 36 61 VALPO 26 13 7 7 21
Last FG - BSU 2nd-00:32, VALPO 2nd-02:45. Score tied - 9 times. Largest lead - BSU by 17 2nd-16:19, VALPO by 2 1st-19:07. Lead changed - 5 times. BSU led for 32:29. VALPO led for 01:13. Game was tied for 06:18.
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