Ball State Cardinals @ Akron Zips

74–84Final · Jan 11, 2022

BALL 74 AKR 84 Final

	1	2	T
BALL7-8	36	38	74
AKR9-4	33	51	84

· Line: AKR -8.5 (O/U 141.5)

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
0–2
Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
2–2
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
3–2
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
3–5
Miryne Thomas made Dunk.
5–5
Payton Sparks made Layup.
7–5
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Aziz Bandaogo.
7–7
Luke Bumbalough made Three Point Jumper.
10–7
Luke Bumbalough made Jumper.
12–7
Demarius Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough.
14–7
Enrique Freeman made Layup.
14–9
Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
14–10
Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.
15–10
Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.
16–10
Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.
17–10
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.
17–12
Miryne Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
20–12
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.
20–15
Tyler Cochran made Jumper.
22–15
Basheer Jihad made Layup. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough.
24–15
Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
24–16
Mikal Dawson made Layup.
24–18
Enrique Freeman made Layup.
24–20
Tyler Cochran made Layup.
26–20
Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.
27–20
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
27–21
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
27–22
Mikal Dawson made Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
27–24
Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.
28–24
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
28–26
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
29–26
Greg Tribble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
29–29
Luke Bumbalough made Jumper.
31–29
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
31–31
Demarius Jacobs made Layup.
33–31
Demarius Jacobs made Free Throw.
34–31
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
34–32
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
34–33
Demarius Jacobs made Jumper.
36–33
Miryne Thomas made Dunk.
38–33
Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
40–33
Greg Tribble made Layup.
40–35
Miryne Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
43–35
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
43–38
Miryne Thomas made Layup.
45–38
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
45–40
Luke Bumbalough made Three Point Jumper.
48–40
Enrique Freeman made Layup.
48–42
Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
48–43
Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
48–46
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
48–48
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
48–50
Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
48–53
Jaylin Sellers made Jumper.
50–53
Enrique Freeman made Layup.
50–55
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
51–55
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
52–55
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.
52–57
Aziz Bandaogo made Dunk.
52–59
Mickey Pearson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
55–59
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.
55–61
Demarius Jacobs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough.
58–61
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper.
58–63
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper.
58–65
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
58–67
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
58–68
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
59–68
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
60–68
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
60–70
Payton Sparks made Jumper.
62–70
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
62–72
Payton Sparks made Layup.
64–72
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
65–72
Greg Tribble made Jumper.
65–74
Payton Sparks made Layup.
67–74
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper.
67–77
Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
67–78
Payton Sparks made Layup.
69–78
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
69–79
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
69–80
Payton Sparks made Jumper. Assisted by Luke Brown.
71–80
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Free Throw.
71–81
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Free Throw.
71–82
Jaylin Sellers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
74–82
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
74–83
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
74–84

Play-by-play

P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Greg Tribble.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. 0–2
P1 Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P1 Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. 2–2
P1 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P1 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 3–2
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Miryne Thomas.
P1 Miryne Thomas Turnover.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali. 3–5
P1 Miryne Thomas made Dunk. 5–5
P1 Ali Ali Turnover.
P1 Demarius Jacobs Steal.
P1 Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Garvin Clarke.
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Layup.
P1 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demarius Jacobs missed Jumper.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Block.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Garvin Clarke Turnover.
P1 Miryne Thomas Steal.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks made Layup. 7–5
P1 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Payton Sparks missed Free Throw.
P1 Michael Wynn Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Miryne Thomas.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Aziz Bandaogo. 7–7
P1 Luke Bumbalough made Three Point Jumper. 10–7
P1 Foul on Michael Wynn.
P1 Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Demarius Jacobs Offensive Rebound.
P1 Luke Bumbalough made Jumper. 12–7
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Luke Bumbalough Defensive Rebound.
P1 Demarius Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough. 14–7
P1 Foul on Mickey Pearson.
P1 Ali Ali missed Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman made Layup. 14–9
P1 Mickey Pearson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Payton Sparks.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. 14–10
P1 Luke Brown Turnover.
P1 Xavier Castaneda Steal.
P1 Akron Turnover.
P1 Foul on Payton Sparks.
P1 Payton Sparks Turnover.
P1 Mikal Dawson Turnover.
P1 Tyler Cochran Turnover.
P1 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P1 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P1 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P1 Tyler Cochran made Free Throw. 15–10
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Free Throw.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mikal Dawson Turnover.
P1 Tyler Cochran Steal.
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Turnover.
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Layup.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Block.
P1 Mickey Pearson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson missed Jumper.
P1 Mickey Pearson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Turnover.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Steal.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo missed Layup.
P1 Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P1 Tyler Cochran made Free Throw. 16–10
P1 Tyler Cochran made Free Throw. 17–10
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. Turnover.
P1 Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Mickey Pearson.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke. 17–12
P1 Miryne Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. 20–12
P1 Garvin Clarke missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke. 20–15
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Layup.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ali Ali missed Jumper.
P1 Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyler Cochran made Jumper. 22–15
P1 Michael Wynn missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Basheer Jihad made Layup. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough. 24–15
P1 Foul on Demarius Jacobs.
P1 Greg Tribble made Free Throw. 24–16
P1 Greg Tribble missed Free Throw.
P1 Mikal Dawson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mikal Dawson made Layup. 24–18
P1 Foul on Miryne Thomas.
P1 Mikal Dawson missed Free Throw.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman made Layup. 24–20
P1 Tyler Cochran made Layup. 26–20
P1 Ali Ali Turnover.
P1 Tyler Cochran Steal.
P1 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P1 Tyler Cochran made Free Throw. 27–20
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Free Throw.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tyler Cochran.
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 27–21
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 27–22
P1 Foul on Tyler Cochran.
P1 Tyler Cochran Turnover.
P1 Ali Ali missed Jumper.
P1 Luke Brown Defensive Rebound.
P1 Luke Bumbalough missed Layup.
P1 Mikal Dawson Block.
P1 Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mikal Dawson made Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 27–24
P1 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P1 Tyler Cochran made Free Throw. 28–24
P1 Tyler Cochran missed Free Throw.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. 28–26
P1 Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ali Ali.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 29–26
P1 Greg Tribble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 29–29
P1 Luke Bumbalough made Jumper. 31–29
P1 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.
P1 Luke Bumbalough Turnover.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 31–31
P1 Demarius Jacobs made Layup. 33–31
P1 Foul on Ali Ali.
P1 Demarius Jacobs made Free Throw. 34–31
P1 Foul on Jaylin Sellers.
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 34–32
P1 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 34–33
P1 Demarius Jacobs made Jumper. 36–33
P2 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P2 Miryne Thomas Steal.
P2 Miryne Thomas made Dunk. 38–33
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. 40–33
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P2 Tyler Cochran missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Cochran missed Free Throw.
P2 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Demarius Jacobs.
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
P2 Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.
P2 Demarius Jacobs Turnover.
P2 Greg Tribble Steal.
P2 Greg Tribble made Layup. 40–35
P2 Miryne Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. 43–35
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman. 43–38
P2 Miryne Thomas made Layup. 45–38
P2 Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 45–40
P2 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P2 Akron Defensive Rebound.
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
P2 Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Luke Bumbalough made Three Point Jumper. 48–40
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P2 Enrique Freeman made Layup. 48–42
P2 Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mikal Dawson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Payton Sparks.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. 48–43
P2 Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 48–46
P2 Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Akron Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Demarius Jacobs.
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. 48–48
P2 Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Blake Huggins.
P2 Foul on Tyler Cochran.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble. 48–50
P2 Mickey Pearson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mickey Pearson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaylin Sellers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Jumper.
P2 Greg Tribble Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble. 48–53
P2 Tyler Cochran Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jaylin Sellers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaylin Sellers made Jumper. 50–53
P2 Foul on Greg Tribble.
P2 Jaylin Sellers missed Free Throw.
P2 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Enrique Freeman made Layup. 50–55
P2 Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
P2 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 51–55
P2 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 52–55
P2 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P2 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P2 Mickey Pearson Turnover.
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke. 52–57
P2 Demarius Jacobs Turnover.
P2 Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Aziz Bandaogo Offensive Rebound.
P2 Aziz Bandaogo made Dunk. 52–59
P2 Mickey Pearson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. 55–59
P2 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P2 Mickey Pearson missed Free Throw.
P2 Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ali Ali missed Jumper.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke. 55–61
P2 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P2 Foul on Ball State.
P2 Demarius Jacobs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough. 58–61
P2 Foul on Tyler Cochran.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. 58–63
P2 Jaylin Sellers missed Layup.
P2 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper. 58–65
P2 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P2 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. 58–67
P2 Demarius Jacobs Turnover.
P2 Foul on Miryne Thomas.
P2 Ali Ali made Free Throw. 58–68
P2 Ali Ali missed Free Throw.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P2 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 59–68
P2 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 60–68
P2 Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 60–70
P2 Payton Sparks made Jumper. 62–70
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Jumper. 62–72
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 64–72
P2 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 65–72
P2 Greg Tribble made Jumper. 65–74
P2 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P2 Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Cochran missed Jumper.
P2 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 67–74
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper. 67–77
P2 Foul on Greg Tribble.
P2 Luke Bumbalough missed Free Throw.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Demarius Jacobs.
P2 Greg Tribble made Free Throw. 67–78
P2 Greg Tribble missed Free Throw.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Cochran missed Jumper.
P2 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 69–78
P2 Foul on Tyler Cochran.
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 69–79
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 69–80
P2 Payton Sparks made Jumper. Assisted by Luke Brown. 71–80
P2 Foul on Luke Bumbalough.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Free Throw. 71–81
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Free Throw. 71–82
P2 Jaylin Sellers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs. 74–82
P2 Foul on Luke Brown.
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 74–83
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 74–84
P2 Payton Sparks Turnover.
P2 Xavier Castaneda Steal.
P2 Akron Turnover.

Box score

BALL

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Miryne ThomasF	19	12	5-5	2-2	0-0	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	4
Payton SparksC	23	23	8-14	0-0	7-9	10	0	2	0	0	5	5	3
Luke BumbaloughG	35	10	4-11	2-8	0-1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
Tyler CochranG	29	9	2-8	0-1	5-10	6	0	3	2	0	0	6	5
Demarius JacobsG	34	10	4-8	1-4	1-1	1	6	3	1	0	1	0	4
Basheer JihadF	6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Pearson Jr.F	21	3	1-4	1-3	0-1	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	2
Blake HugginsC	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Luke BrownG	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jaylin SellersG	17	5	2-4	1-2	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ben HendriksC
Josh BryanG
Teemu SuokasG
Jalen WindhamG
Kani AcreeG
Reggie JonesG

AKR

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Enrique FreemanF	21	14	6-9	0-0	2-4	12	1	4	0	0	5	7	5
Ali AliG	30	1	0-5	0-1	1-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Greg TribbleG	31	9	3-4	1-1	2-4	4	2	0	1	0	1	3	3
Xavier CastanedaG	37	29	9-15	3-9	8-8	5	6	0	2	0	0	5	1
Bryan Trimble Jr.G	32	19	8-15	1-7	2-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Aziz BandaogoF	8	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	1	2	1	3	5
Michael WynnF	5	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mikal DawsonG	22	10	4-6	2-4	0-1	4	0	2	0	1	2	2	4
Garvin ClarkeG	14	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1
Sekou KalleF
Nate JohnsonG
Evan WilsonG
Pat MayfieldG
Kobe MitchellG
K.J. WaltonG

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