Ball State Cardinals @ Akron Zips

73–81Final · Feb 4, 2025

BALL 73 AKR 81 Final

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BALL10-12	36	37	73
AKR17-5	38	43	81

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Payton Sparks made Layup.
2–0
James Okonkwo made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson.
2–2
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper.
4–2
Ben Hendriks made Dunk. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
6–2
Nate Johnson made Jumper.
6–4
Nate Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson.
6–6
Shammah Scott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amani Lyles.
6–9
Mason Jones made Layup.
8–9
Isaiah Gray made Layup. Assisted by Sharron Young.
8–11
Jeremiah Hernandez made Free Throw.
9–11
Jeremiah Hernandez made Free Throw.
10–11
Ethan Brittain-Watts made Layup. Assisted by Juanse Gorosito.
12–11
Sharron Young made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
12–14
Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup.
14–14
Sharron Young made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
14–17
Payton Sparks made Layup.
16–17
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
17–17
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
18–17
Joey Hart made Layup.
20–17
Amani Lyles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sharron Young.
20–20
Joey Hart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Juanse Gorosito.
23–20
Amani Lyles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isaiah Gray.
23–23
Jermahri Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joey Hart.
26–23
Sharron Young made Three Point Jumper.
26–26
Tavari Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
26–28
Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup.
28–28
Nate Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Tavari Johnson.
28–30
Jermahri Hill made Jumper.
30–30
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
31–30
Nate Johnson made Layup.
31–32
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
32–32
Mason Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
35–32
Marvin Musiime-Kamali made Dunk. Assisted by Sharron Young.
35–34
Sharron Young made Layup. Assisted by Marvin Musiime-Kamali.
35–36
Marvin Musiime-Kamali made Dunk. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
35–38
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
36–38
James Okonkwo made Layup. Assisted by Seth Wilson.
36–40
Ethan Brittain-Watts made Jumper.
38–40
Nate Johnson made Jumper.
38–42
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
39–42
Ethan Brittain-Watts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
42–42
Seth Wilson made Jumper.
42–44
Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
44–44
Nate Johnson made Free Throw.
44–45
Nate Johnson made Free Throw.
44–46
Payton Sparks made Layup.
46–46
Amani Lyles made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson.
46–48
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Payton Sparks.
48–48
Shammah Scott made Jumper.
48–50
Payton Sparks made Layup.
50–50
Tavari Johnson made Layup.
50–52
Payton Sparks made Layup.
52–52
Nate Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Amani Lyles.
52–54
Sharron Young made Layup.
52–56
Jermahri Hill made Jumper.
54–56
Shammah Scott made Three Point Jumper.
54–59
Shammah Scott made Free Throw.
54–60
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Ethan Brittain-Watts.
56–60
Marvin Musiime-Kamali made Layup. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
56–62
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
57–62
Seth Wilson made Jumper.
57–64
Jermahri Hill made Jumper.
59–64
Shammah Scott made Jumper.
59–66
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joey Hart.
62–66
Sharron Young made Jumper.
62–68
Jermahri Hill made Layup.
64–68
Joey Hart made Layup. Assisted by Ethan Brittain-Watts.
66–68
Sharron Young made Jumper.
66–70
Tavari Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
66–72
Shammah Scott made Layup.
66–74
Amani Lyles made Layup. Assisted by Sharron Young.
66–76
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper.
68–76
Amani Lyles made Dunk. Assisted by Sharron Young.
68–78
Payton Sparks made Free Throw.
69–78
Nate Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson.
69–80
Jermahri Hill made Jumper.
71–80
Sharron Young made Free Throw.
71–81
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
72–81
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
73–81

Play-by-play

P1 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 James Okonkwo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nate Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P1 James Okonkwo missed Layup.
P1 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks made Layup. 2–0
P1 Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jermahri Hill Turnover.
P1 Tavari Johnson Steal.
P1 James Okonkwo made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson. 2–2
P1 Foul on Mickey Pearson Jr..
P1 James Okonkwo missed Free Throw.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper. 4–2
P1 Isaiah Gray Turnover.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 James Okonkwo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Seth Wilson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ben Hendriks made Dunk. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 6–2
P1 Nate Johnson made Jumper. 6–4
P1 Ben Hendriks Turnover.
P1 Tavari Johnson Steal.
P1 Seth Wilson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Seth Wilson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nate Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson. 6–6
P1 Ben Hendriks Turnover.
P1 Seth Wilson Steal.
P1 Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Mickey Pearson Jr..
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Shammah Scott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amani Lyles. 6–9
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mason Jones Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mason Jones made Layup. 8–9
P1 Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mason Jones Turnover.
P1 Shammah Scott Steal.
P1 Isaiah Gray made Layup. Assisted by Sharron Young. 8–11
P1 Foul on Amani Lyles.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Free Throw. 9–11
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Free Throw. 10–11
P1 Shammah Scott missed Jumper.
P1 Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 James Okonkwo Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Okonkwo Turnover.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
P1 Shammah Scott Turnover.
P1 Juanse Gorosito Steal.
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts made Layup. Assisted by Juanse Gorosito. 12–11
P1 Sharron Young made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott. 12–14
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup. 14–14
P1 Sharron Young made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott. 14–17
P1 Payton Sparks made Layup. 16–17
P1 Foul on Isaiah Gray.
P1 Isaiah Gray Turnover.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Seth Wilson missed Layup.
P1 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tavari Johnson.
P1 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 17–17
P1 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 18–17
P1 Amani Lyles missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tavari Johnson.
P1 Joey Hart made Layup. 20–17
P1 Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jermahri Hill.
P1 Jermahri Hill Turnover.
P1 Isaiah Gray Turnover.
P1 Payton Sparks Steal.
P1 Joey Hart Turnover.
P1 Amani Lyles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sharron Young. 20–20
P1 Joey Hart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Juanse Gorosito. 23–20
P1 Amani Lyles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isaiah Gray. 23–23
P1 Jermahri Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joey Hart. 26–23
P1 Amani Lyles missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Juanse Gorosito Defensive Rebound.
P1 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Joey Hart Offensive Rebound.
P1 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sharron Young made Three Point Jumper. 26–26
P1 Foul on Nate Johnson.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Jumper.
P1 Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tavari Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott. 26–28
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup. 28–28
P1 Tavari Johnson missed Layup.
P1 Shammah Scott Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Payton Sparks.
P1 Nate Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Tavari Johnson. 28–30
P1 Jermahri Hill made Jumper. 30–30
P1 Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marvin Musiime-Kamali Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tavari Johnson missed Layup.
P1 Ben Hendriks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on James Okonkwo.
P1 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 31–30
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P1 Akron Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ben Hendriks.
P1 Nate Johnson made Layup. 31–32
P1 Foul on Amani Lyles.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 32–32
P1 Nate Johnson missed Jumper.
P1 Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mason Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 35–32
P1 Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marvin Musiime-Kamali Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P1 Marvin Musiime-Kamali made Dunk. Assisted by Sharron Young. 35–34
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sharron Young missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marvin Musiime-Kamali Offensive Rebound.
P1 Sharron Young made Layup. Assisted by Marvin Musiime-Kamali. 35–36
P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 James Okonkwo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marvin Musiime-Kamali made Dunk. Assisted by Shammah Scott. 35–38
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Layup.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Shammah Scott.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw. 36–38
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Free Throw.
P1 James Okonkwo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Isaiah Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez Defensive Rebound.
P2 James Okonkwo made Layup. Assisted by Seth Wilson. 36–40
P2 Ethan Brittain-Watts made Jumper. 38–40
P2 Nate Johnson made Jumper. 38–42
P2 Foul on James Okonkwo.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 39–42
P2 Nate Johnson missed Layup.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ethan Brittain-Watts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 42–42
P2 Foul on Mickey Pearson Jr..
P2 Seth Wilson made Jumper. 42–44
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 44–44
P2 Foul on Jermahri Hill.
P2 Nate Johnson made Free Throw. 44–45
P2 Nate Johnson made Free Throw. 44–46
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 46–46
P2 Amani Lyles missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Seth Wilson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Seth Wilson Turnover.
P2 Jermahri Hill Steal.
P2 Ball State Turnover.
P2 Amani Lyles made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson. 46–48
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Payton Sparks. 48–48
P2 Shammah Scott made Jumper. 48–50
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P2 Amani Lyles Block.
P2 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 50–50
P2 Tavari Johnson made Layup. 50–52
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 52–52
P2 Nate Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Amani Lyles. 52–54
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sharron Young made Layup. 52–56
P2 Ball State Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jermahri Hill made Jumper. 54–56
P2 James Okonkwo missed Layup.
P2 Jeremiah Hernandez Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jeremiah Hernandez Turnover.
P2 Sharron Young Steal.
P2 Shammah Scott made Three Point Jumper. 54–59
P2 Foul on Jeremiah Hernandez.
P2 Shammah Scott made Free Throw. 54–60
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Jumper.
P2 Shammah Scott Block.
P2 Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on James Okonkwo.
P2 James Okonkwo Turnover.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Ethan Brittain-Watts. 56–60
P2 Marvin Musiime-Kamali made Layup. Assisted by Shammah Scott. 56–62
P2 Foul on Marvin Musiime-Kamali.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 57–62
P2 Seth Wilson made Jumper. 57–64
P2 Jermahri Hill made Jumper. 59–64
P2 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P2 Marvin Musiime-Kamali missed Free Throw.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marvin Musiime-Kamali missed Free Throw.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Shammah Scott made Jumper. 59–66
P2 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P2 Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Seth Wilson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joey Hart. 62–66
P2 Sharron Young made Jumper. 62–68
P2 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 James Okonkwo Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Payton Sparks.
P2 Isaiah Gray missed Layup.
P2 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on James Okonkwo.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Layup. 64–68
P2 Nate Johnson Turnover.
P2 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P2 Amani Lyles Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sharron Young missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Amani Lyles.
P2 Joey Hart made Layup. Assisted by Ethan Brittain-Watts. 66–68
P2 Sharron Young made Jumper. 66–70
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P2 Shammah Scott Block.
P2 Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tavari Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Shammah Scott. 66–72
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Layup.
P2 Amani Lyles Defensive Rebound.
P2 Shammah Scott made Layup. 66–74
P2 Jermahri Hill Turnover.
P2 Sharron Young Steal.
P2 Amani Lyles made Layup. Assisted by Sharron Young. 66–76
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper. 68–76
P2 Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ethan Brittain-Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Isaiah Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Amani Lyles made Dunk. Assisted by Sharron Young. 68–78
P2 Foul on Amani Lyles.
P2 Payton Sparks missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Free Throw. 69–78
P2 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P2 Akron Timeout
P2 Nate Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Tavari Johnson. 69–80
P2 Jermahri Hill made Jumper. 71–80
P2 Foul on Jeremiah Hernandez.
P2 Sharron Young made Free Throw. 71–81
P2 Sharron Young missed Free Throw.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Shammah Scott.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joey Hart Turnover.
P2 Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nate Johnson.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 72–81
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 73–81

Box score

BALL

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Mickey Pearson Jr.F	24	12	5-9	1-3	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
Payton SparksC	32	15	6-11	0-0	3-4	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	2
Fatt HillG	37	19	6-13	1-4	6-11	7	4	3	1	0	0	7	2
Juanse GorositoG	22	0	0-5	0-5	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ethan Brittain-WattsG	32	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mason JonesF	10	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	0
Zane DoughtyC	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben HendriksC	8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
Joey HartG	15	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jeremiah HernandezG	19	6	2-2	0-0	2-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
Jai Anthoni BeardenF
TJ BurchG
Kody ClancyG
Jurica ZagorsakG

AKR

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
James OkonkwoF	17	4	2-4	0-0	0-1	6	0	2	0	0	0	6	4
Marvin Musiime-KamaliG	9	6	3-3	0-0	0-2	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
Tavari JohnsonG	25	6	3-8	0-3	0-0	4	5	0	2	0	0	4	2
Isaiah GrayG	23	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1
Seth WilsonG	19	4	2-6	0-3	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
Amani LylesF	18	12	5-8	2-5	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	4
Sharron YoungG	24	18	7-9	3-5	1-2	4	5	0	2	0	0	4	0
Shammah ScottG	29	13	5-10	2-6	1-1	4	6	1	1	2	1	3	2
Bowen HardmanG	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate JohnsonG	32	16	7-14	0-5	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Rich BriscoF
Josiah HarrisF
Conner GroceG
Eric MahaffeyG
Zach HalliganG
Evan WilsonG

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