Ball State Cardinals @ Xavier Musketeers

3-5, 0-3 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Ball State BALL	23	27	50
Xavier XAV	45	51	96

Xavier MusketeersXavierXAV

8-1, 6-0 Home

Ball State Cardinals

starters
Miryne ThomasM. Thomas#0
Payton SparksP. Sparks#5
Luke BumbaloughL. Bumbalough#2
Tyler CochranT. Cochran#45
Demarius JacobsD. Jacobs#1
bench
Basheer JihadB. Jihad#11
Mickey Pearson Jr.M. Pearson#14
Blake HugginsB. Huggins#44
Jaylin SellersJ. Sellers#12
Teemu SuokasT. Suokas#3
Jalen WindhamJ. Windham#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	2
21	4	1-3	0-1	2-4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	4
28	10	4-10	2-7	0-0	2	2	2	3	0	0	2	0
23	10	5-14	0-2	0-0	3	1	6	4	0	1	2	1
22	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	4	2	1	2	0	1	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	3	1-6	1-2	0-0	4	1	2	1	1	2	2	3
15	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
18	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1
21	8	2-8	1-5	3-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
	50	19-64	7-31	5-7	26	7	20	11	1	6	20	17
		30%	23%	71%

Xavier Musketeers

starters
Dieonte MilesD. Miles#22
Jerome HunterJ. Hunter#21
Colby JonesC. Jones#3
Paul ScruggsP. Scruggs#1
Nate JohnsonN. Johnson#10
bench
Zach FreemantleZ. Freemantle#32
Ben StanleyB. Stanley#14
Cesare EdwardsC. Edwards#4
Jack NungeJ. Nunge#24
Dwon OdomD. Odom#11
Adam KunkelA. Kunkel#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
11	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	3	1	2	3
23	7	1-4	1-4	4-4	4	0	1	3	0	1	3	1
23	14	6-9	2-3	0-0	8	5	1	2	1	1	7	1
28	7	3-5	1-2	0-0	9	2	4	1	1	0	9	1
23	14	5-9	4-7	0-2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
20	24	9-11	0-1	6-6	7	4	3	2	0	3	4	1
5	6	2-4	1-1	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
6	4	1-2	1-1	1-2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
16	9	3-6	1-2	2-2	5	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
22	7	2-5	1-1	2-2	5	6	2	1	0	0	5	1
23	4	2-8	0-3	0-0	2	4	2	1	0	0	2	0
	96	34-64	12-25	16-20	51	21	18	12	5	10	41	12
		53%	48%	80%

Game Information

Cincinnati, OH

FS1

Referee:Tony Chiazza

Referee:Nathan Farrell

Referee:Michael Palau

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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