Ball State vs Buffalo Final

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Ball State

4-13

MAC

72 - 85

Final

Buffalo

13-4

MAC

Saturday, January 03, 2026

07:00 PM EST

Alumni Arena

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Ball State	25	47	72
Buffalo	41	44	85

Betting Lines

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Game Analysis

Ball State

Points

Buffalo

40.0%

Ball State

Field Goal %

57.0%

Buffalo

Ball State

Total Rebounds

Buffalo

Ball State

Assists

Buffalo

36.0%

Ball State

Three Point %

45.0%

Buffalo

83.0%

Ball State

Free Throw %

94.0%

Buffalo

Ball State

Turnovers

Buffalo

Statistic	BALL	BUF
SCORING
Total Points	72	85
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	22-55	29-51
Field Goal Percentage	40.0%	57.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	13-30	19-29
Two Point FG Percentage	43.3%	65.5%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	9-25	10-22
Three Point FG Percentage	36.0%	45.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	48.2%	66.7%
True Shooting Percentage	55.3%	72.1%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	19-23	17-18
Free Throw Percentage	83.0%	94.0%
Free Throw Rate	41.8%	35.3%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	28	30
Offensive Rebounds	13	8
Defensive Rebounds	15	22
Offensive Rebound Percentage	46.4%	26.7%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	15	19
Turnovers	12	13
Turnover Ratio	18.8%	20.3%
DEFENSE
Steals	11	9
Blocks	2	2
FOULS
Total Fouls	16	14
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	64	64
Points Per Possession	1.12	1.33
Team Rating	112.5	132.8
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	6	8
Points Off Turnovers	14	9
Points in Paint	22	34
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	2	24

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Mason Jones #24 • Forward	32	3	4	5	3	1	1-4	1-3	0-1	1-1	1	4	1	3	25.0	33.3	0.0	100.0	25.0	33.8	5.0	25.0	25.0	8.8	108.3	125.4	-17.1	6.8
Elmore James IV #1 • Guard	32	11	2	1	1	1	4-11	1-4	3-7	0-0	0	0	1	1	36.4	25.0	42.9	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	50.0	17.8	120.3	137.2	-16.9	8.3
Armoni Zeigler #5 • Guard	29	15	5	2	3	0	6-13	6-9	0-4	3-6	4	1	2	3	46.2	66.7	0.0	50.0	46.2	48.0	0.5	46.2	40.0	35.1	87.2	125.6	-38.4	9.4
Devon Barnes #13 • Guard	25	20	1	2	1	0	4-9	1-2	3-7	9-10	1	2	0	1	44.4	50.0	42.9	90.0	61.1	74.6	2.0	111.1	0.0	29.9	156.3	137.6	+18.7	15.8
Preston Copeland #34 • Forward	20	2	2	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	4	1	1	33.3	33.3	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	1.0	0.0	50.0	10.4	73.4	143.1	-69.7	-0.6
Davion Hill #2 • Guard	24	17	6	2	1	0	5-10	2-6	3-4	4-4	0	1	2	4	50.0	33.3	75.0	100.0	65.0	72.3	-	40.0	33.3	25.4	166.1	132.0	+34.1	16.6
Cam Denson #7 • Guard	16	2	2	2	1	0	1-4	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	3	0	2	25.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	25.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	22.7	46.6	130.7	-84.1	-1.6
Kody Clancy #11 • Guard	15	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	135.4	-	1.0
Jai Anthoni Bearden Forward	7	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	53.2	-	200.0	100.0	-	-	-	-	2.0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Daniel Freitag #5 • Guard	37	9	5	5	3	0	3-10	2-4	1-6	2-2	3	4	1	4	30.0	50.0	16.7	100.0	35.0	41.4	1.7	20.0	20.0	20.9	98.2	107.7	-9.5	7.0
Ryan Sabol #2 • Guard	34	22	4	5	1	0	6-10	2-5	4-5	6-6	2	1	0	4	60.0	40.0	80.0	100.0	80.0	87.0	2.5	60.0	0.0	23.9	163.3	114.8	+48.5	20.7
Noah Batchelor #1 • Forward	30	12	4	2	1	0	5-9	3-4	2-5	0-0	4	2	2	2	55.6	75.0	40.0	0.0	66.7	66.7	0.5	0.0	50.0	24.1	100.0	117.6	-17.6	7.3
Angelo Brizzi #14 • Guard	30	15	3	1	1	0	5-8	2-3	3-5	2-2	1	1	0	3	62.5	66.7	60.0	100.0	81.3	84.5	1.0	25.0	0.0	18.3	153.9	115.4	+38.5	12.6
Tim Oboh #33 • Center	22	21	5	1	2	2	8-10	8-10	0-0	5-6	2	3	3	2	80.0	80.0	0.0	83.3	80.0	83.1	0.5	60.0	60.0	37.0	147.6	103.1	+44.5	20.4
Derrick Talton Jr. #10 • Guard	22	2	1	4	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	146.8	123.9	+22.9	3.4
Mikhail Pocknett #3 • Forward	13	2	4	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	2	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	53.2	-	200.0	50.0	8.0	161.6	105.2	+56.4	3.9
Ezra McKenna #13 • Forward	12	2	2	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	2	50.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	0.0	9.3	133.9	115.5	+18.4	1.9

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score