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Evansville Purple Aces at Ball State Cardinals

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Evansville Purple Aces
3-9, 0-6 Away
Final
43 - 80
Ball State Cardinals
5-6, 2-2 Home

Sparks scores 20 off the bench, Ball State knocks off Evansville 80-43

Sparks had five rebounds for the Cardinals (5-6). Jermahri Hill added 13 points while going 5 of 14 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) while he also had eight rebounds and four steals. Jeremiah Hernandez had 12 points and shot 3 of 9 from the field, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 5 from the line.

Michael Day led the Purple Aces (3-9) in scoring, finishing with 13 points. Evansville also got 11 points and seven rebounds from Tanner Cuff. Gui Tesch also recorded five points.

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Matchup Prediction

Ball State: 76.1%
Evansville: 23.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 43 - 80
2nd 0:15 Dakota Candler made Layup. Assisted by Weston Aigner. 43 - 80
2nd 0:34 Weston Aigner Defensive Rebound. 41 - 80
2nd 0:36 Kody Clancy missed Free Throw. 41 - 80
2nd 0:36 Ball State Offensive Rebound. 41 - 80

Statistics

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16-55 FG 27-54
29.1 Field Goal % 50.0
3-26 3PT 7-17
11.5 Three Point % 41.2
8-15 FT 19-28
53.3 Free Throw % 67.9
33 Rebounds 42
10 Offensive Rebounds 10
23 Defensive Rebounds 32
5 Assists 14
2 Steals 10
3 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 6
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 6
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
3 Points Off Turnovers 20
2 Fast Break Points 8
22 Points in Paint 32
22 Fouls 13
0 Largest Lead 41

Game Information

Venue: Worthen Arena

Location: Muncie, IN
Attendance: 3,521 | Capacity:

2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Drake 16-3 - 26-3
Bradley 14-5 2 23-7
Northern Iowa 14-5 2 20-10
Belmont 12-7 4 20-10
Illinois State 9-10 7 17-13
UIC 9-10 7 16-13
Murray State 9-10 7 15-15
Southern Illinois 8-11 8 13-17
Evansville 8-11 8 11-19
Indiana State 7-12 9 13-17
Valparaiso 6-13 10 13-17
Missouri State 2-17 14 9-21

2024-25 Mid-American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Akron 14-1 - 22-6
Miami (OH) 12-3 2 21-7
Kent State 9-6 5 19-9
Toledo 9-6 5 16-12
Ohio 9-6 5 15-13
Ball State 7-8 7 14-14
Eastern Michigan 7-8 7 14-14
Western Michigan 7-8 7 10-18
Central Michigan 6-9 8 13-15
Bowling Green 6-9 8 12-16
Buffalo 3-12 11 8-20
Northern Illinois 1-14 13 5-23
Full Standings