Ball State Cardinals @ Northern Illinois Huskies

72–71Final · Feb 5, 2019

BALL 72 NIU 71 Final

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BALL12-11	27	45	72
NIU12-11	25	46	71

· Line: NIU -2.5 (O/U 147.5)

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Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Levi Bradley.
0–3
Dante Thorpe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lacey James.
0–6
K.J. Walton made Jumper.
2–6
Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tayler Persons.
4–6
Tayler Persons made Jumper.
6–6
Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahjai Teague.
9–6
Dante Thorpe made Jumper.
9–8
Jaylen Key made Layup.
9–10
Tayler Persons made Jumper.
11–10
Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by K.J. Walton.
14–10
Jaylen Key made Layup.
14–12
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
15–12
Levi Bradley made Layup.
15–14
Eugene German made Layup.
15–16
Tahjai Teague made Jumper.
17–16
Lacey James made Free Throw.
17–17
Lacey James made Free Throw.
17–18
Dante Thorpe made Layup. Assisted by Eugene German.
17–20
Eugene German made Three Point Jumper.
17–23
Trey Moses made Layup.
19–23
Dante Thorpe made Free Throw.
19–24
Dante Thorpe made Free Throw.
19–25
Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tayler Persons.
21–25
Tahjai Teague made Free Throw.
22–25
Tahjai Teague made Layup. Assisted by K.J. Walton.
24–25
Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper.
27–25
Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Mallers.
30–25
Levi Bradley made Layup. Assisted by Dante Thorpe.
30–27
Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tayler Persons.
32–27
Tahjai Teague made Three Point Jumper.
35–27
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
36–27
Rod Henry-Hayes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene German.
36–30
K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
37–30
Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by K.J. Walton.
40–30
Eugene German made Layup.
40–32
Trey Moses made Layup.
42–32
Lacey James made Layup.
42–34
Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Josh Thompson.
45–34
Noah McCarty made Jumper. Assisted by Dante Thorpe.
45–36
Noah McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dante Thorpe.
45–39
Trey Moses made Layup.
47–39
Dante Thorpe made Jumper.
47–41
Levi Bradley made Jumper.
47–43
Levi Bradley made Free Throw.
47–44
Levi Bradley made Free Throw.
47–45
Tayler Persons made Jumper.
49–45
Tahjai Teague made Layup. Assisted by Kyle Mallers.
51–45
Tahjai Teague made Free Throw.
52–45
Dante Thorpe made Jumper.
52–47
Lacey James made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
52–49
Lacey James made Free Throw.
52–50
Dante Thorpe made Layup.
52–52
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
53–52
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
54–52
Levi Bradley made Layup. Assisted by Eugene German.
54–54
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
55–54
Lacey James made Layup.
55–56
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
56–56
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
57–56
Rod Henry-Hayes made Jumper.
57–58
Rod Henry-Hayes made Free Throw.
57–59
Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tahjai Teague.
59–59
Trey Moses made Free Throw.
60–59
Tahjai Teague made Dunk. Assisted by Josh Thompson.
62–59
Tahjai Teague made Free Throw.
63–59
Josh Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Moses.
66–59
Eugene German made Layup.
66–61
Eugene German made Three Point Jumper.
66–64
Tayler Persons made Free Throw.
67–64
Tayler Persons made Free Throw.
68–64
Lacey James made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene German.
68–67
Tayler Persons made Free Throw.
69–67
Tayler Persons made Free Throw.
70–67
Levi Bradley made Layup.
70–69
Josh Thompson made Free Throw.
71–69
Eugene German made Layup.
71–71
Tayler Persons made Free Throw.
72–71

Play-by-play

P1 Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Levi Bradley. 0–3
P1 Trey Moses missed Layup.
P1 Lacey James Defensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Bradley missed Jumper.
P1 Lacey James Offensive Rebound.
P1 Dante Thorpe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lacey James. 0–6
P1 K.J. Walton made Jumper. 2–6
P1 Rod Henry-Hayes Turnover.
P1 Tahjai Teague Turnover.
P1 Lacey James missed Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tayler Persons. 4–6
P1 Foul on K.J. Walton.
P1 Dante Thorpe missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons made Jumper. 6–6
P1 Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahjai Teague. 9–6
P1 Dante Thorpe made Jumper. 9–8
P1 Kyle Mallers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Dante Thorpe missed Jumper.
P1 Dante Thorpe Offensive Rebound.
P1 Dante Thorpe Turnover.
P1 K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
P1 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P1 Eugene German missed Jumper.
P1 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons Turnover.
P1 Jaylen Key made Layup. 9–10
P1 Tayler Persons made Jumper. 11–10
P1 Jaylen Key missed Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Block.
P1 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by K.J. Walton. 14–10
P1 Noah McCarty missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 K.J. Walton Defensive Rebound.
P1 K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaylen Key made Layup. 14–12
P1 K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
P1 Trey Moses Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jaylen Key.
P1 Trey Moses missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 15–12
P1 Rod Henry-Hayes missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons missed Jumper.
P1 Trendon Hankerson Block.
P1 Noah McCarty Defensive Rebound.
P1 Josh Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jaylen Key Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rod Henry-Hayes missed Jumper.
P1 Josh Thompson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Josh Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Noah McCarty Defensive Rebound.
P1 Noah McCarty Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Kyle Mallers Turnover.
P1 Levi Bradley made Layup. 15–14
P1 Foul on Dante Thorpe.
P1 Kyle Mallers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P1 Levi Bradley missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Blake Huggins missed Layup.
P1 Austin Richie Block.
P1 Austin Richie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Eugene German made Layup. 15–16
P1 Tahjai Teague made Jumper. 17–16
P1 Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Austin Nehls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Dante Thorpe missed Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tahjai Teague.
P1 Lacey James made Free Throw. 17–17
P1 Lacey James made Free Throw. 17–18
P1 Kyle Mallers Turnover.
P1 Lacey James Steal.
P1 Dante Thorpe made Layup. Assisted by Eugene German. 17–20
P1 Josh Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Lacey James Defensive Rebound.
P1 Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. 17–23
P1 Tahjai Teague missed Jumper.
P1 Dante Thorpe Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dante Thorpe Turnover.
P1 Trey Moses made Layup. 19–23
P1 Foul on Tayler Persons.
P1 Dante Thorpe made Free Throw. 19–24
P1 Dante Thorpe made Free Throw. 19–25
P1 Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tayler Persons. 21–25
P1 Jaylen Key missed Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Austin Nehls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jaylen Key.
P1 Jaylen Key Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Austin Nehls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P1 Austin Richie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Noah McCarty.
P1 Tahjai Teague missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Tahjai Teague made Free Throw. 22–25
P1 Eugene German Turnover.
P1 K.J. Walton Steal.
P1 Tahjai Teague made Layup. Assisted by K.J. Walton. 24–25
P1 Northern Illinois Timeout
P1 Dante Thorpe missed Layup.
P1 Tahjai Teague Block.
P1 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Austin Nehls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Trey Moses Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tahjai Teague Turnover.
P1 Levi Bradley missed Jumper.
P1 Tahjai Teague Block.
P1 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Moses Turnover.
P1 Eugene German Steal.
P1 Rod Henry-Hayes missed Layup.
P1 Austin Nehls Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Levi Bradley.
P1 Tayler Persons Turnover.
P1 Eugene German Steal.
P1 Foul on Kyle Mallers.
P1 Levi Bradley missed Layup.
P1 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. 27–25
P1 Eugene German missed Jumper.
P1 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Mallers. 30–25
P2 Levi Bradley made Layup. Assisted by Dante Thorpe. 30–27
P2 Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tayler Persons. 32–27
P2 Lacey James missed Jumper.
P2 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague made Three Point Jumper. 35–27
P2 Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Dante Thorpe.
P2 Trey Moses Turnover.
P2 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Dante Thorpe.
P2 Trey Moses missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 36–27
P2 Rod Henry-Hayes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene German. 36–30
P2 Kyle Mallers missed Jumper.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Bradley.
P2 Tahjai Teague Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Trendon Hankerson Turnover.
P2 Tahjai Teague Steal.
P2 K.J. Walton missed Layup.
P2 Trendon Hankerson Block.
P2 K.J. Walton Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague Turnover.
P2 Lacey James Steal.
P2 Trendon Hankerson Turnover.
P2 Tahjai Teague Steal.
P2 Foul on Jaylen Key.
P2 K.J. Walton made Free Throw. 37–30
P2 K.J. Walton missed Free Throw.
P2 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaylen Key missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P2 K.J. Walton Turnover.
P2 Jaylen Key missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tayler Persons Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Moses missed Layup.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by K.J. Walton. 40–30
P2 Eugene German made Layup. 40–32
P2 Tahjai Teague missed Layup.
P2 Tahjai Teague Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague missed Layup.
P2 Trey Moses Offensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Moses made Layup. 42–32
P2 Eugene German missed Layup.
P2 Lacey James Offensive Rebound.
P2 Lacey James made Layup. 42–34
P2 Tayler Persons made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Josh Thompson. 45–34
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 Noah McCarty made Jumper. Assisted by Dante Thorpe. 45–36
P2 Josh Thompson missed Jumper.
P2 Eugene German Block.
P2 Levi Bradley Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dante Thorpe. 45–39
P2 Trey Moses made Layup. 47–39
P2 Dante Thorpe made Jumper. 47–41
P2 Kyle Mallers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Levi Bradley Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kyle Mallers.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Levi Bradley made Jumper. 47–43
P2 Austin Nehls Turnover.
P2 Foul on Kyle Mallers.
P2 Levi Bradley made Free Throw. 47–44
P2 Levi Bradley made Free Throw. 47–45
P2 Tayler Persons made Jumper. 49–45
P2 Rod Henry-Hayes Turnover.
P2 Tahjai Teague Steal.
P2 K.J. Walton missed Layup.
P2 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Noah McCarty.
P2 Noah McCarty Turnover.
P2 Austin Nehls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
P2 Eugene German missed Layup.
P2 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague made Layup. Assisted by Kyle Mallers. 51–45
P2 Foul on Rod Henry-Hayes.
P2 Tahjai Teague made Free Throw. 52–45
P2 Levi Bradley missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Blake Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P2 K.J. Walton missed Layup.
P2 Tahjai Teague Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague missed Layup.
P2 Dante Thorpe Defensive Rebound.
P2 Dante Thorpe made Jumper. 52–47
P2 Tayler Persons missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Lacey James made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson. 52–49
P2 Foul on Blake Huggins.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Lacey James made Free Throw. 52–50
P2 K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
P2 Levi Bradley Block.
P2 Lacey James Defensive Rebound.
P2 Dante Thorpe made Layup. 52–52
P2 Tayler Persons missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Lacey James.
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 53–52
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 54–52
P2 Levi Bradley made Layup. Assisted by Eugene German. 54–54
P2 Ball State Timeout
P2 Foul on Dante Thorpe.
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 55–54
P2 Trey Moses missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kyle Mallers.
P2 Lacey James made Layup. 55–56
P2 Foul on Lacey James.
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 56–56
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 57–56
P2 Rod Henry-Hayes made Jumper. 57–58
P2 Foul on Kyle Mallers.
P2 Rod Henry-Hayes made Free Throw. 57–59
P2 Foul on Trendon Hankerson.
P2 Tahjai Teague missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague missed Free Throw.
P2 Dante Thorpe Defensive Rebound.
P2 Eugene German missed Layup.
P2 Tahjai Teague Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Moses made Layup. Assisted by Tahjai Teague. 59–59
P2 Foul on Eugene German.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Trey Moses made Free Throw. 60–59
P2 Dante Thorpe Turnover.
P2 K.J. Walton Steal.
P2 Tahjai Teague made Dunk. Assisted by Josh Thompson. 62–59
P2 Dante Thorpe missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Moses Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Levi Bradley.
P2 Tahjai Teague missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Tahjai Teague made Free Throw. 63–59
P2 Eugene German missed Layup.
P2 Rod Henry-Hayes Offensive Rebound.
P2 Eugene German missed Layup.
P2 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Josh Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Moses. 66–59
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 Eugene German made Layup. 66–61
P2 Josh Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Levi Bradley Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Tahjai Teague.
P2 Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. 66–64
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 Foul on Trendon Hankerson.
P2 Tayler Persons made Free Throw. 67–64
P2 Tayler Persons made Free Throw. 68–64
P2 Lacey James made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene German. 68–67
P2 Foul on Levi Bradley.
P2 Tayler Persons made Free Throw. 69–67
P2 Tayler Persons made Free Throw. 70–67
P2 Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Levi Bradley Offensive Rebound.
P2 Levi Bradley made Layup. 70–69
P2 Foul on Rod Henry-Hayes.
P2 Josh Thompson made Free Throw. 71–69
P2 Josh Thompson missed Free Throw.
P2 Lacey James Defensive Rebound.
P2 Eugene German made Layup. 71–71
P2 Foul on Lacey James.
P2 Tayler Persons made Free Throw. 72–71
P2 Ball State Timeout
P2 Tayler Persons missed Free Throw.
P2 Levi Bradley Defensive Rebound.

Box score

BALL

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Kyle MallersF	24	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5
Tahjai TeagueF	33	14	5-9	1-1	3-7	13	2	4	3	3	2	11	2
Trey MosesC	34	22	7-9	0-0	8-11	10	1	2	0	0	3	7	0
K.J. WaltonG	34	3	1-8	0-0	1-2	2	3	1	2	0	1	1	1
Tayler PersonsG	33	29	9-13	6-9	5-6	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1
Blake HugginsC	5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Austin NehlsG	19	0	0-5	0-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Josh ThompsonG	18	4	1-5	1-4	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Miryne ThomasF
Zach GunnF
Brachen HazenF
Kani AcreeG
Jarron ColemanG
Ishmael El-AminG

NIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Levi BradleyF	31	12	5-10	0-2	2-2	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	4
Lacey JamesF	29	12	4-7	1-1	3-3	6	1	0	2	0	2	4	3
Rod Henry-HayesG	23	6	2-5	1-2	1-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2
Dante ThorpeG	32	15	6-11	1-2	2-2	4	3	3	0	0	1	3	4
Eugene GermanG	35	17	7-18	3-7	0-0	7	4	1	2	1	0	7	1
Noah McCartyF	11	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
Jaylen KeyF	9	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Austin RichieG	11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Zaire MateenG	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trendon HankersonG	11	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2
Gairges DaowG	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin LeeF
Anastasios DemogerontasF
Alize TravisG
Caleb OehlbergG
Brandon DanowskiG

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