3/6/2020 Northern Illinois v. Ball State Game Preview

Ball State Cardinals (18-13, 7-7 away)
Northern Illinois Huskies (18-13, 11-4 home)
March 6, 2020 at 8:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

NIU Convocation Center
DeKalb, Illinois

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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
Northern Illinois3140.266.824.258.5.4147.321.3.34211.116.4.67411.226.737.910.15.62.711.917.7
BLLST Opponents3140.062.522.857.0.4015.919.1.30711.016.0.6858.625.133.79.86.32.613.516.4
NIU Opponents3140.164.522.355.5.4027.424.2.30512.517.3.7238.325.033.311.54.93.211.716.5


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 11, 2020
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 59 - 63
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 8, 2019
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 64 - 57
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 5, 2019
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 72 - 71
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 2, 2018
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 65 - 66
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 20, 2018
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 68 - 77
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 3, 2017
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 82 - 87
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 14, 2017
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 81 - 72
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 4, 2016
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 69 - 80
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 19, 2016
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 59 - 63
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 6, 2015
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 71 - 67
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 10, 2015
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 63 - 75
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 8, 2014
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 56 - 70
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 1, 2014
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 67 - 65
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 9, 2013
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 51 - 53
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 13, 2013
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 56 - 52
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 3, 2012
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 51 - 62
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 21, 2012
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 75 - 65
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 5, 2011
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 57 - 67
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 8, 2011
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 75 - 70
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 13, 2010
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 71 - 66
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 9, 2010
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 62 - 48
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 28, 2009
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 55 - 56
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 13, 2009
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 54 - 60
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 4, 2008
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 63 - 69
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 22, 2008
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 58 - 60
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 13, 2007
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 57 - 55
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 16, 2007
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 60 - 71
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 1, 2006
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 78 - 73
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 1, 2006
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 67 - 73
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 27, 2005
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 67 - 70
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 29, 2005
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 59 - 67
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 14, 2004
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 67 - 62
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 20, 2004
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 65 - 71
Ball State		 Conference Regular Season John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 1, 2003
Ball State
Northern Illinois		 60 - 78
Northern Illinois		 Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 11, 2003
Northern Illinois
Ball State		 66 - 64
Northern Illinois		 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 Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. German T. Hankerson D. Beane N. McCarty L. James
Rotation   T. Cochran      
Rotation   Z. Mateen      
Lim PT G. Daow   N. Scott R. Henry-Hayes  
Lim PT A. Travis   K. Cole J. Lee  
Lim PT     C. Johnson    

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

Northern Illinois Huskies Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
24 Darius Beane PG 29 24.7 7.3 2.4 5.9 .418 0.6 1.6 .340 1.9 2.5 .750 1.3 2.0 3.3 1.5 0.7 0.2 1.3 1.8
23 Tyler Cochran G 31 18.5 5.5 2.2 4.7 .469 0.3 0.9 .276 0.8 1.4 .591 1.6 2.6 4.2 0.6 0.7 0.3 1.2 2.1
32 Keenon Cole F 10 6.7 2.3 0.8 2.0 .400 0.0 0.5 .000 0.7 1.2 .583 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.9
2 Gairges Daow G 30 13.0 2.9 1.2 2.5 .467 0.1 0.5 .267 0.4 0.6 .765 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.4
20 Daniel Filippone G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 Eugene German PG 31 32.7 20.5 7.3 17.5 .415 2.4 7.2 .333 3.5 4.9 .719 0.5 3.6 4.1 2.7 1.0 0.2 2.3 1.4
1 Trendon Hankerson G 31 31.5 7.5 2.7 5.8 .467 1.3 2.9 .461 0.8 1.0 .833 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.0 0.9 0.3 1.5 2.1
22 Rod Henry-Hayes G 11 10.1 3.2 1.0 3.6 .275 0.7 2.4 .308 0.5 0.5 .833 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.8
4 Lacey James SF 31 27.2 8.9 3.3 8.2 .403 0.6 1.7 .340 1.8 2.7 .655 2.3 5.5 7.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.7 3.0
0 Chris Johnson F 27 6.0 0.7 0.2 0.7 .278 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .455 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.9
3 Justin Lee PF 6 8.5 3.0 1.2 2.8 .412 0.2 0.8 .200 0.5 0.7 .750 0.7 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.5
5 Zaire Mateen G 27 11.3 4.4 1.7 4.2 .395 1.0 2.7 .356 0.1 0.1 .750 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.0
11 Noah McCarty PF 29 24.8 5.3 2.0 5.2 .393 0.5 1.6 .319 0.7 1.5 .455 1.4 4.0 5.5 1.6 0.4 0.2 1.5 2.6
25 Nate Scott F 27 11.0 3.3 1.1 3.3 .344 0.6 1.9 .300 0.4 0.6 .706 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.5
21 Alize Travis PG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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