12/29/2020 Northern Illinois v. Ball State Game Preview

December 29, 2020
Conference Regular Season

NIU Convocation Center
DeKalb, Illinois

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2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Ball State2340.574.726.760.2.4438.524.8.34213.017.3.7519.426.235.613.85.52.314.419.2
Northern Illinois1940.262.324.060.2.3995.516.9.3248.814.4.61512.522.935.410.75.83.413.718.0
BLLST Opponents2340.475.526.661.7.4317.323.4.31015.122.0.68611.425.637.012.67.32.712.417.8
NIU Opponents1940.377.426.957.7.4669.323.9.39014.319.5.73510.326.236.515.86.13.111.515.8


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Dec 8, 2020
Ball State
Northern Illinois
79 - 70
Ball State
Non-Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 6, 2020
Ball State
Northern Illinois
75 - 54
Ball State
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
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

2020-2021 Ball State Cardinals Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters I. El-Amin K. Walton J. Coleman B. Hazen M. Thomas
Rotation   L. Bumbalough K. Acree    
Lim PT T. Suokas J. Windham R. Jones Z. Gunn B. Huggins
Lim PT   J. Bryan     B. Hendriks
Lim PT   C. Robinson      

2020-2021 Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Cochran T. Hankerson A. Crump C. Okanu N. Scott
Rotation K. Thornton   K. Cole Z. Kueth  
Rotation D. Beane        
Lim PT   Z. Mateen C. Johnson A. Makuoi  
Lim PT   D. Filippone   K. Battle  
Lim PT       J. Lee  

Ball State Cardinals Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
13 Kani Acree F 23 19.8 3.8 1.2 4.1 .298 0.4 2.0 .217 0.9 1.1 .840 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.5 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.7
4 Josh Bryan G 7 3.4 0.6 0.1 1.0 .143 0.1 0.9 .167 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
2 Luke Bumbalough G 23 29.2 7.3 2.4 6.5 .376 1.7 4.6 .358 0.8 1.3 .581 0.3 2.1 2.4 2.8 0.7 0.0 1.1 1.9
0 Jarron Coleman SG 13 26.9 13.8 4.8 10.0 .477 2.4 5.6 .425 1.9 2.5 .781 1.2 4.1 5.2 3.2 0.7 0.5 3.2 1.9
5 Ishmael El-Amin PG 23 33.6 16.2 5.7 14.1 .401 2.3 7.3 .317 2.6 2.9 .881 0.2 2.8 3.0 2.9 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.2
15 Zach Gunn PF 16 11.0 3.6 1.2 2.9 .435 0.9 2.2 .400 0.2 0.3 .800 0.4 1.9 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.9
12 Brachen Hazen SF 21 23.1 9.7 3.5 7.1 .493 0.4 1.2 .320 2.3 3.0 .762 1.9 3.8 5.6 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.9 2.6
34 Ben Hendriks C 17 8.4 2.2 1.0 1.5 .680 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.7 .333 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.9
44 Blake Huggins C 22 11.1 2.7 1.0 1.7 .579 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .640 1.1 1.5 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6 2.6
23 Reggie Jones GF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 Chris Robinson G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Teemu Suokas G 19 10.3 1.9 0.7 2.4 .311 0.4 1.4 .296 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.9
0 Miryne Thomas F 20 20.6 7.2 2.4 4.8 .495 1.2 2.8 .446 1.2 1.9 .632 1.1 3.9 5.0 1.1 0.5 0.1 2.2 2.6
1 K.J. Walton SG 20 29.3 16.4 6.3 11.7 .543 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.6 .793 2.4 3.5 5.9 1.1 1.2 0.2 2.4 2.4
24 Jalen Windham G 11 12.5 3.6 1.3 4.1 .311 0.6 2.4 .269 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.6

Northern Illinois Huskies Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
55 Kamron Battle PF 2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
24 Darius Beane PG 17 29.8 9.7 3.7 10.6 .348 0.4 1.8 .226 1.9 2.9 .653 1.6 2.9 4.5 2.2 1.3 0.4 1.9 2.5
23 Tyler Cochran G 12 32.3 15.5 6.4 14.2 .453 0.3 1.5 .222 2.3 3.8 .622 3.2 4.2 7.3 2.0 1.7 0.2 1.7 2.3
32 Keenon Cole F 9 7.7 0.6 0.2 2.3 .095 0.0 0.6 .000 0.1 0.3 .333 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9
50 Anthony Crump G 17 22.5 4.4 1.8 5.3 .344 0.3 0.9 .312 0.5 1.4 .348 0.9 2.9 3.8 0.9 0.5 0.1 2.2 1.8
20 Daniel Filippone G 4 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Trendon Hankerson G 19 33.8 13.9 5.2 13.2 .396 2.5 6.8 .369 0.9 1.4 .692 0.5 3.9 4.4 2.2 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.8
0 Chris Johnson F 3 8.7 1.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .750 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
4 Tavon Jones SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Zool Kueth PF 18 21.7 6.7 2.6 5.7 .451 1.2 3.3 .373 0.4 0.6 .700 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.7 1.6
3 Justin Lee PF 7 11.7 3.3 1.1 2.6 .444 0.1 0.7 .200 0.9 1.4 .600 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.9 1.6
13 Adong Makuoi PF 17 17.9 4.8 1.9 3.5 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .640 1.6 1.5 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 2.8
5 Zaire Mateen G 1 17.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
11 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu C 19 17.5 4.8 1.7 4.3 .402 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .667 1.8 1.7 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 2.4
25 Nate Scott F 14 17.8 5.4 2.0 5.2 .384 0.6 2.1 .310 0.7 1.3 .556 1.3 2.6 3.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.2
3 Kaleb Thornton G 17 24.5 5.4 2.1 5.2 .398 0.5 1.5 .308 0.8 1.2 .619 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.9 1.0 0.1 2.7 1.6

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