2/8/2020 Western Michigan v. Ball State Game Preview

February 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

University Arena (MI)
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Discuss this game at the NCAA forums.


2019-2020 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Ball State3140.069.524.256.6.4279.127.2.33612.117.4.6938.426.634.913.46.63.413.416.0
Western Michigan3240.569.424.056.0.4287.121.1.33714.320.0.7158.125.833.911.14.82.313.017.9
BLLST Opponents3140.062.522.857.0.4015.919.1.30711.016.0.6858.625.133.79.86.32.613.516.4
WMY Opponents3240.572.126.060.1.4337.422.5.33112.618.3.68810.325.535.812.26.33.011.719.2


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 2, 2019
Ball State
Western Michigan
60 - 58
Ball State
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 9, 2019
Western Michigan
Ball State
59 - 79
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 23, 2018
Western Michigan
Ball State
87 - 80
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 13, 2018
Ball State
Western Michigan
58 - 73
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 9, 2017
Western Michigan
Ball State
63 - 66
Ball State
Conference Tournament Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 25, 2017
Ball State
Western Michigan
55 - 80
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 28, 2017
Western Michigan
Ball State
78 - 84
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 6, 2016
Western Michigan
Ball State
71 - 75
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 12, 2016
Ball State
Western Michigan
74 - 64
Ball State
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 24, 2015
Western Michigan
Ball State
53 - 48
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 14, 2015
Ball State
Western Michigan
93 - 95
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 26, 2014
Western Michigan
Ball State
88 - 81
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 26, 2014
Ball State
Western Michigan
53 - 62
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 5, 2013
Ball State
Western Michigan
89 - 85
Ball State
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 9, 2013
Western Michigan
Ball State
62 - 65
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 5, 2012
Ball State
Western Michigan
63 - 69
Western Michigan
Conference Tournament University Arena (MI)
Feb 22, 2012
Ball State
Western Michigan
61 - 78
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 7, 2012
Western Michigan
Ball State
69 - 78
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 2, 2011
Ball State
Western Michigan
70 - 87
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 12, 2011
Western Michigan
Ball State
63 - 72
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 4, 2010
Ball State
Western Michigan
52 - 67
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 20, 2010
Western Michigan
Ball State
68 - 75
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 4, 2009
Ball State
Western Michigan
82 - 84
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 20, 2009
Western Michigan
Ball State
44 - 50
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 9, 2008
Ball State
Western Michigan
53 - 57
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 16, 2008
Western Michigan
Ball State
71 - 45
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 4, 2007
Western Michigan
Ball State
71 - 67
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 9, 2007
Ball State
Western Michigan
61 - 74
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 22, 2006
Western Michigan
Ball State
62 - 56
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 26, 2006
Ball State
Western Michigan
59 - 68
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 5, 2005
Western Michigan
Ball State
81 - 88
Ball State
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 22, 2005
Ball State
Western Michigan
66 - 65
Ball State
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 11, 2004
Western Michigan
Ball State
72 - 61
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 24, 2004
Ball State
Western Michigan
66 - 70
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 1, 2003
Ball State
Western Michigan
74 - 86
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 15, 2003
Western Michigan
Ball State
71 - 52
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena

2019-2020 Ball State Cardinals Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters L. Bumbalough I. El-Amin J. Coleman K. Mallers T. Teague
Rotation J. Thompson   K. Acree M. Thomas  
Rotation     B. Hazen    
Lim PT   K. Walton L. Kroft Z. Gunn B. Hendriks
Lim PT         B. Huggins

2019-2020 Western Michigan Broncos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Artis-White J. Whitens M. Flowers B. Johnson T. Wright
Rotation R. Cruz, Jr. A. Martin P. Emilien C. Barrs  
Rotation   J. Printy      
Lim PT W. Boyer-Richard S. Wilkins A. Ikongshul    
Lim PT L. Toliver        

Ball State Cardinals Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
13 Kani Acree F 25 13.2 4.0 1.4 3.3 .410 0.4 1.7 .214 0.9 1.1 .815 0.8 1.8 2.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.0
2 Luke Bumbalough G 31 26.1 7.0 2.1 6.4 .333 1.8 5.4 .335 0.9 1.5 .630 0.2 1.1 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.5
0 Jarron Coleman SG 31 25.5 9.3 3.5 7.7 .456 0.8 2.6 .325 1.4 2.2 .657 0.8 4.0 4.8 2.9 0.9 0.3 2.7 1.8
5 Ishmael El-Amin PG 31 32.5 13.8 4.8 11.2 .429 2.5 6.3 .393 1.7 2.3 .761 0.4 2.8 3.1 2.3 1.1 0.2 2.0 2.0
15 Zach Gunn PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Brachen Hazen SF 30 15.4 4.0 1.3 3.1 .413 0.3 1.1 .303 1.2 1.6 .745 0.7 3.1 3.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.8
34 Ben Hendriks C 6 6.2 0.7 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.0
44 Blake Huggins C 5 2.4 1.2 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 1.0 .400 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4
4 Lucas Kroft F 14 8.6 1.1 0.4 1.9 .185 0.3 1.4 .211 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4
14 Kyle Mallers SF 31 28.0 9.5 3.0 6.9 .428 2.0 5.2 .381 1.6 1.9 .864 1.1 3.0 4.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 2.2
25 Tahjai Teague PF 31 28.6 14.4 5.6 11.1 .506 0.6 2.3 .271 2.6 4.2 .611 2.2 6.9 9.1 2.1 1.2 1.5 2.6 3.3
0 Miryne Thomas F 18 7.8 3.0 0.9 2.1 .432 0.4 1.2 .318 0.8 1.0 .833 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.3
3 Josh Thompson G 31 17.2 3.2 1.1 3.1 .340 0.5 1.6 .286 0.6 1.1 .606 0.2 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.0 0.1 1.2 1.1
1 K.J. Walton SG 10 20.7 7.8 2.9 6.5 .446 0.0 0.4 .000 2.0 3.4 .588 1.9 3.1 5.0 0.7 0.9 0.2 1.1 1.1

Western Michigan Broncos Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
3 B. Artis-White G 31 22.9 7.3 2.4 7.1 .341 1.6 4.9 .336 0.8 1.2 .658 0.3 2.4 2.6 1.6 0.9 0.0 1.5 1.8
1 Chase Barrs F 32 13.1 2.7 0.9 2.0 .453 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.4 .614 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.4
20 William Boyer-Richard G 27 8.7 2.6 0.9 2.4 .348 0.4 1.4 .263 0.5 0.9 .583 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.0
11 Rafael Cruz, Jr. G 30 19.7 7.1 2.6 6.2 .422 1.0 2.8 .341 1.0 1.3 .725 0.2 2.7 2.9 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.4 2.0
15 Patrick Emilien F 30 9.2 2.0 0.8 2.0 .410 0.2 0.8 .217 0.2 0.6 .294 0.6 1.3 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9
12 Michael Flowers G 32 32.2 17.0 5.4 12.6 .429 2.1 5.8 .368 4.1 4.8 .844 0.4 2.5 2.9 3.2 0.7 0.0 2.8 2.0
24 Adida Ikongshul SF 17 3.4 0.8 0.4 0.6 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .500 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
35 Brandon Johnson PF 32 31.0 15.4 5.4 11.8 .459 0.7 2.1 .333 3.9 5.2 .738 1.9 6.2 8.1 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.8 2.4
2 Adrian Martin G 19 8.4 2.0 0.7 1.6 .467 0.4 0.6 .636 0.2 0.3 .600 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.3
4 Jared Printy SG 32 14.4 3.3 1.1 3.0 .351 0.8 2.4 .316 0.4 0.6 .778 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.2
10 Luke Toliver PG 11 3.9 1.1 0.3 1.1 .250 0.2 0.5 .333 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
30 Jason Whitens G 32 24.4 4.6 1.8 3.8 .479 0.3 0.9 .357 0.7 1.1 .600 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.4 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.9
0 Squeaky Wilkins G 4 13.8 3.8 1.5 4.8 .316 0.0 1.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .750 1.2 2.2 3.5 0.8 1.0 0.2 2.2 3.0
22 Titus Wright FC 32 20.7 6.2 2.2 3.9 .560 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.7 .663 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.2 2.3

Ball State Cardinals Last 10 Games


WWWLWWLLWW

Western Michigan Broncos Last 10 Games


LWLLLWLLLW