Mar 1, 2022 - Akron at Ball State - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

3/1/2022 Ball State v. Akron Game Preview

	Akron Zips	(20-9, 9-4 away)
	Ball State Cardinals	(13-16, 9-5 home)

March 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

John E. Worthen Arena
Muncie, Indiana

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2021-2022 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Akron	34	40.1	70.6	24.3	52.9	.460	7.8	22.0	.354	14.2	20.6	.689	9.4	24.6	33.9	11.6	5.9	3.2	11.4	15.8
Ball State	31	40.1	74.3	25.4	57.5	.442	8.5	23.7	.361	14.9	21.5	.694	9.3	26.0	35.2	13.2	6.1	2.4	14.0	17.9
AKR Opponents	34	40.0	62.6	23.0	54.6	.422	6.6	19.3	.343	10.0	14.1	.705	8.3	21.4	29.8	9.4	5.5	2.3	11.6	18.9
BLLST Opponents	31	40.2	76.8	26.8	60.2	.445	9.3	25.7	.361	14.0	19.5	.718	9.5	25.3	34.7	13.3	7.4	2.9	12.5	19.7

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 11, 2022	Ball State	Akron	74 - 84	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Feb 19, 2021	Akron	Ball State	88 - 79	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 30, 2021	Ball State	Akron	42 - 74	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 10, 2020	Ball State	Akron	60 - 75	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Feb 16, 2019	Akron	Ball State	56 - 57	Ball State	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 13, 2018	Ball State	Akron	90 - 77	Ball State	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 27, 2018	Akron	Ball State	106 - 111	Ball State	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Mar 10, 2017	Ball State	Akron	70 - 74	Akron	Conference Tournament	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 7, 2017	Ball State	Akron	63 - 65	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 30, 2016	Akron	Ball State	73 - 64	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 27, 2015	Ball State	Akron	47 - 59	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 29, 2014	Ball State	Akron	46 - 73	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 8, 2014	Akron	Ball State	72 - 68	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 16, 2013	Ball State	Akron	64 - 71	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 24, 2012	Akron	Ball State	70 - 58	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 12, 2011	Ball State	Akron	60 - 75	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Feb 6, 2010	Akron	Ball State	75 - 70	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 11, 2009	Ball State	Akron	55 - 63	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Feb 9, 2008	Akron	Ball State	70 - 61	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Feb 3, 2007	Ball State	Akron	52 - 70	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Jan 4, 2006	Akron	Ball State	66 - 62	Akron	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 25, 2005	Ball State	Akron	64 - 79	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena
Mar 8, 2004	Akron	Ball State	72 - 76	Ball State	Conference Tournament	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 4, 2004	Akron	Ball State	71 - 77	Ball State	Conference Regular Season	John E. Worthen Arena
Jan 4, 2003	Ball State	Akron	104 - 105	Akron	Conference Regular Season	James A. Rhodes Arena

2021-2022 Akron Zips Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	X. Castaneda	G. Tribble	M. Dawson	A. Ali	E. Freeman
Rotation		G. Clarke
Rotation		M. Wynn
Lim PT		E. Wilson	B. Trimble, Jr.	S. Kalle	A. Bandaogo
Lim PT		B. Ford	K. Walton

2021-2022 Ball State Cardinals Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Bumbalough	D. Jacobs	T. Cochran	M. Thomas	P. Sparks
Rotation		L. Brown	J. Sellers
Lim PT		C. Robinson	R. Jones	B. Jihad	B. Hendriks
Lim PT		J. Windham	K. Acree	M. Pearson, Jr.	B. Huggins
Lim PT		T. Suokas
Lim PT		J. Bryan

Akron Zips Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
24	Ali Ali	F	34	34.2	13.9	4.9	10.6	.460	1.4	3.5	.407	2.8	3.9	.722	1.0	1.9	2.9	2.5	0.5	0.3	2.7	1.6
21	Aziz Bandaogo	FC	33	12.1	3.2	1.2	2.4	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.8	.483	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.8	1.4
13	Xavier Castaneda	PG	34	31.9	13.6	4.1	10.1	.407	2.2	5.9	.373	3.1	3.8	.823	0.7	3.0	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7
1	Garvin Clarke	SG	34	14.4	3.3	1.0	2.9	.350	0.6	1.8	.339	0.6	1.0	.667	0.6	1.9	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.2
22	Mikal Dawson	SG	34	24.3	5.9	1.9	4.9	.388	1.4	4.0	.360	0.7	1.0	.686	1.1	2.2	3.4	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.7	1.8
	Brandon Ford	G	1	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Enrique Freeman	F	34	28.8	13.2	5.1	7.7	.665	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.5	.649	3.3	7.5	10.8	1.4	0.5	1.1	1.9	2.9
34	Nate Johnson	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Sekou Kalle	PF	6	2.2	2.0	1.0	1.2	.857	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3
12	Pat Mayfield	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Kobe Mitchell	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Greg Tribble	PG	33	25.7	7.2	2.4	5.4	.446	0.2	0.8	.222	2.3	3.2	.701	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.2
4	Bryan Trimble, Jr.	SG	23	28.3	10.4	3.6	9.9	.361	2.7	7.8	.339	0.7	0.9	.714	0.0	2.0	2.1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.8	1.9
1	K.J. Walton	SG	6	19.7	7.3	3.0	4.2	.720	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.0	.667	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.3	1.3	0.0	1.2	1.5
20	Evan Wilson	G	6	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
0	Michael Wynn	SG	23	10.4	2.4	1.0	2.0	.468	0.2	0.8	.278	0.3	0.6	.538	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.0

Ball State Cardinals Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
13	Kani Acree	F	8	12.5	2.6	0.6	2.9	.217	0.6	1.1	.556	0.8	0.9	.857	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.1
25	Luke Brown	G	18	12.4	3.3	1.1	3.8	.294	0.8	2.6	.304	0.3	0.4	.857	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.6
4	Josh Bryan	G	6	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Luke Bumbalough	G	31	33.9	10.9	3.6	9.4	.380	2.5	7.1	.356	1.2	1.9	.617	0.2	2.5	2.7	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4
45	Tyler Cochran	G	31	27.0	11.6	4.2	9.4	.450	0.8	2.3	.371	2.4	3.2	.730	1.6	4.0	5.6	2.2	2.0	0.1	2.5	2.6
34	Ben Hendriks	C	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Blake Huggins	C	16	3.8	1.2	0.5	0.6	.800	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.571	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8
1	Demarius Jacobs	SG	30	28.9	8.2	2.9	5.6	.509	0.7	2.2	.338	1.8	2.2	.815	0.4	3.1	3.5	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.5
11	Basheer Jihad	F	29	8.6	2.7	0.9	2.3	.394	0.3	0.8	.417	0.5	1.0	.536	0.6	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.9
23	Reggie Jones	GF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Mickey Pearson, Jr.	PF	27	12.8	3.9	1.3	3.7	.360	0.3	1.3	.250	0.9	1.5	.625	0.5	1.7	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0
25	Chris Robinson	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Jaylin Sellers	G	31	18.9	6.7	2.6	4.7	.551	0.8	1.7	.444	0.7	1.0	.656	0.5	1.4	1.8	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.7
5	Payton Sparks	C	31	28.0	13.5	4.5	8.4	.533	0.0	0.2	.000	4.6	6.5	.703	3.1	5.3	8.5	1.2	0.4	0.5	2.2	2.5
3	Teemu Suokas	G	4	4.2	1.0	0.5	2.2	.222	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2
0	Miryne Thomas	F	30	26.2	11.3	3.8	9.0	.420	1.8	5.0	.364	1.9	2.9	.663	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.7	3.1
24	Jalen Windham	G	13	16.1	8.0	2.2	5.9	.377	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.3	.800	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.2

3/1/2022 Ball State v. Akron Game Preview

2021-2022 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

2021-2022 Akron Zips Depth Chart

2021-2022 Ball State Cardinals Depth Chart

Akron Zips Player Stats

Ball State Cardinals Player Stats

Akron Zips Last 10 Games

Ball State Cardinals Last 10 Games