Ball State Cardinals @ Ohio Bobcats

71–86Final · Jan 14, 2025

BALL 71 OHIO 86 Final

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BALL8-8	35	36	71
OHIO10-6	45	41	86

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The scoring timeline.

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Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks.
3–0
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
5–0
AJ Clayton made Free Throw.
5–1
Elmore James made Jumper.
5–3
Aidan Hadaway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke.
5–6
Aidan Hadaway made Free Throw.
5–7
Aidan Hadaway made Free Throw.
5–8
AJ Brown made Layup.
5–10
Jermahri Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks.
8–10
AJ Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by AJ Clayton.
8–13
Ben Hendriks made Free Throw.
9–13
Ben Hendriks made Free Throw.
10–13
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper.
12–13
Jackson Paveletzke made Jumper.
12–15
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Brittain-Watts.
15–15
Vic Searls made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke.
15–17
Vic Searls made Layup. Assisted by Aidan Hadaway.
15–19
Jermahri Hill made Three Point Jumper.
18–19
Ajay Sheldon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aidan Hadaway.
18–22
Joey Hart made Layup.
20–22
Aidan Hadaway made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke.
20–24
Ajay Sheldon made Layup.
20–26
Jermahri Hill made Layup.
22–26
Aidan Hadaway made Jumper.
22–28
Shereef Mitchell made Layup.
22–30
Shereef Mitchell made Jumper.
22–32
Jeremiah Hernandez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mickey Pearson Jr..
25–32
Aidan Hadaway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Elliott.
25–35
Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup.
27–35
Jeremiah Hernandez made Free Throw.
28–35
AJ Brown made Dunk. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke.
28–37
AJ Clayton made Jumper.
28–39
AJ Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elmore James.
28–42
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
29–42
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
30–42
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
31–42
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
32–42
Vic Searls made Free Throw.
32–43
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
35–43
AJ Brown made Layup.
35–45
Jackson Paveletzke made Layup.
35–47
Juanse Gorosito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremiah Hernandez.
38–47
Elmore James made Free Throw.
38–48
Aidan Hadaway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by AJ Brown.
38–51
Payton Sparks made Jumper.
40–51
Elmore James made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke.
40–54
Mason Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks.
43–54
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
44–54
Mason Jones made Layup. Assisted by Jermahri Hill.
46–54
Vic Searls made Dunk. Assisted by Shereef Mitchell.
46–56
Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup.
48–56
Shereef Mitchell made Layup.
48–58
Mason Jones made Layup.
50–58
Vic Searls made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke.
50–60
Juanse Gorosito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Jones.
53–60
Jackson Paveletzke made Jumper.
53–62
Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Mickey Pearson Jr..
55–62
Shereef Mitchell made Layup.
55–64
Elijah Elliott made Dunk.
55–66
Ajay Sheldon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shereef Mitchell.
55–69
Payton Sparks made Jumper.
57–69
Payton Sparks made Layup.
59–69
AJ Clayton made Layup. Assisted by Shereef Mitchell.
59–71
AJ Clayton made Dunk.
59–73
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper.
61–73
Shereef Mitchell made Free Throw.
61–74
Shereef Mitchell made Free Throw.
61–75
Shereef Mitchell made Layup.
61–77
Joey Hart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mickey Pearson Jr..
64–77
Jackson Paveletzke made Free Throw.
64–78
Jackson Paveletzke made Free Throw.
64–79
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
65–79
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
66–79
Jackson Paveletzke made Jumper.
66–81
Jackson Paveletzke made Free Throw.
66–82
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
67–82
Jackson Paveletzke made Layup.
67–84
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
68–84
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
69–84
Jackson Paveletzke made Layup.
69–86
Juanse Gorosito made Jumper.
71–86

Play-by-play

P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks. 3–0
P1 AJ Clayton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 5–0
P1 Foul on Mickey Pearson Jr..
P1 Aidan Hadaway missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 AJ Clayton Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jeremiah Hernandez.
P1 AJ Clayton made Free Throw. 5–1
P1 AJ Clayton missed Free Throw.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke Offensive Rebound.
P1 Elmore James made Jumper. 5–3
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke Defensive Rebound.
P1 Aidan Hadaway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke. 5–6
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P1 AJ Clayton Block.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke Turnover.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 Aidan Hadaway Block.
P1 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P1 Aidan Hadaway Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Juanse Gorosito.
P1 Aidan Hadaway made Free Throw. 5–7
P1 Aidan Hadaway made Free Throw. 5–8
P1 Foul on Jackson Paveletzke.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Juanse Gorosito missed Jumper.
P1 AJ Brown Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez Turnover.
P1 AJ Brown Steal.
P1 AJ Brown made Layup. 5–10
P1 Jermahri Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks. 8–10
P1 Jackson Paveletzke missed Jumper.
P1 Aidan Hadaway Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke missed Jumper.
P1 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mason Jones missed Jumper.
P1 AJ Clayton Defensive Rebound.
P1 AJ Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by AJ Clayton. 8–13
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Foul on AJ Brown.
P1 Ben Hendriks made Free Throw. 9–13
P1 Ben Hendriks made Free Throw. 10–13
P1 AJ Brown missed Jumper.
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper. 12–13
P1 Jackson Paveletzke made Jumper. 12–15
P1 Foul on Shereef Mitchell.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Brittain-Watts. 15–15
P1 Vic Searls made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke. 15–17
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Shereef Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Searls made Layup. Assisted by Aidan Hadaway. 15–19
P1 Jermahri Hill made Three Point Jumper. 18–19
P1 Vic Searls missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Layup.
P1 Vic Searls Block.
P1 Aidan Hadaway Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ajay Sheldon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aidan Hadaway. 18–22
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts Turnover.
P1 Jackson Paveletzke Steal.
P1 Ajay Sheldon missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ben Hendriks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joey Hart made Layup. 20–22
P1 Aidan Hadaway made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke. 20–24
P1 Ben Hendriks missed Layup.
P1 Vic Searls Block.
P1 Vic Searls Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ajay Sheldon missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ajay Sheldon Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ajay Sheldon made Layup. 20–26
P1 Jermahri Hill made Layup. 22–26
P1 Jackson Paveletzke missed Layup.
P1 Aidan Hadaway Offensive Rebound.
P1 Aidan Hadaway made Jumper. 22–28
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts Turnover.
P1 Shereef Mitchell Steal.
P1 Shereef Mitchell made Layup. 22–30
P1 Ball State Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ohio Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Joey Hart.
P1 Ajay Sheldon missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez Turnover.
P1 Shereef Mitchell made Jumper. 22–32
P1 Joey Hart missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on AJ Clayton.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mickey Pearson Jr.. 25–32
P1 Aidan Hadaway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Elliott. 25–35
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup. 27–35
P1 Foul on Aidan Hadaway.
P1 Jeremiah Hernandez made Free Throw. 28–35
P1 Aidan Hadaway missed Layup.
P1 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Jumper.
P1 Elijah Elliott Defensive Rebound.
P1 Elmore James Turnover.
P1 Payton Sparks Turnover.
P1 AJ Brown made Dunk. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke. 28–37
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P1 Elmore James Defensive Rebound.
P1 Elmore James missed Layup.
P1 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P1 Elmore James Defensive Rebound.
P1 Aidan Hadaway missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 AJ Clayton Offensive Rebound.
P1 AJ Clayton made Jumper. 28–39
P1 Foul on AJ Clayton.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Payton Sparks missed Free Throw.
P1 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks missed Free Throw.
P1 Elmore James Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Searls missed Layup.
P1 Ohio Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ohio Turnover.
P1 Ethan Brittain-Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Vic Searls Defensive Rebound.
P1 AJ Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elmore James. 28–42
P1 Foul on Aidan Hadaway.
P1 Technical Foul on Aidan Hadaway.
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw. 29–42
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw. 30–42
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw. 31–42
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw. 32–42
P1 AJ Clayton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Payton Sparks Turnover.
P1 AJ Brown Steal.
P1 Foul on Payton Sparks.
P1 Vic Searls missed Free Throw.
P1 Ohio Offensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Searls made Free Throw. 32–43
P1 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 35–43
P1 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P1 AJ Brown made Layup. 35–45
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Layup. 35–47
P2 Juanse Gorosito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremiah Hernandez. 38–47
P2 Jackson Paveletzke Turnover.
P2 Jermahri Hill Steal.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 AJ Clayton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Juanse Gorosito.
P2 Elmore James missed Free Throw.
P2 Ohio Offensive Rebound.
P2 Elmore James made Free Throw. 38–48
P2 Juanse Gorosito missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 AJ Brown Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elmore James missed Layup.
P2 Jermahri Hill Block.
P2 Ohio Offensive Rebound.
P2 Aidan Hadaway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by AJ Brown. 38–51
P2 Foul on Aidan Hadaway.
P2 Ethan Brittain-Watts missed Layup.
P2 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Jumper. 40–51
P2 Jackson Paveletzke missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P2 Vic Searls Defensive Rebound.
P2 Vic Searls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Jumper.
P2 Jackson Paveletzke Defensive Rebound.
P2 Elmore James made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke. 40–54
P2 Ball State Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Jumper.
P2 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks. 43–54
P2 Foul on Mason Jones.
P2 AJ Clayton missed Layup.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jeremiah Hernandez missed Jumper.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jackson Paveletzke.
P2 Foul on AJ Brown.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 44–54
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks missed Jumper.
P2 Ohio Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jackson Paveletzke missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Jones made Layup. Assisted by Jermahri Hill. 46–54
P2 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P2 Shereef Mitchell missed Jumper.
P2 Vic Searls Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jeremiah Hernandez.
P2 Vic Searls missed Free Throw.
P2 Ohio Offensive Rebound.
P2 Vic Searls missed Free Throw.
P2 Jermahri Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
P2 Shereef Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
P2 Vic Searls made Dunk. Assisted by Shereef Mitchell. 46–56
P2 Jeremiah Hernandez made Layup. 48–56
P2 Shereef Mitchell made Layup. 48–58
P2 Jermahri Hill Turnover.
P2 Vic Searls Steal.
P2 Jackson Paveletzke missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mason Jones made Layup. 50–58
P2 Foul on Joey Hart.
P2 Foul on Ben Hendriks.
P2 Vic Searls made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Paveletzke. 50–60
P2 Juanse Gorosito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Jones. 53–60
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Jumper. 53–62
P2 Juanse Gorosito Turnover.
P2 Ajay Sheldon missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ball State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Mickey Pearson Jr.. 55–62
P2 Elijah Elliott missed Layup.
P2 Payton Sparks Block.
P2 Juanse Gorosito Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joey Hart missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Aidan Hadaway Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Joey Hart.
P2 Shereef Mitchell missed Free Throw.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jeremiah Hernandez Turnover.
P2 Shereef Mitchell Steal.
P2 Shereef Mitchell made Layup. 55–64
P2 Foul on Ajay Sheldon.
P2 Jermahri Hill Turnover.
P2 Elijah Elliott Steal.
P2 Elijah Elliott made Dunk. 55–66
P2 Ball State Timeout
P2 Foul on Shereef Mitchell.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Jumper.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Turnover.
P2 Shereef Mitchell Steal.
P2 Ajay Sheldon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shereef Mitchell. 55–69
P2 Payton Sparks made Jumper. 57–69
P2 Shereef Mitchell missed Jumper.
P2 Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Payton Sparks made Layup. 59–69
P2 AJ Clayton made Layup. Assisted by Shereef Mitchell. 59–71
P2 Jermahri Hill Turnover.
P2 AJ Clayton Steal.
P2 AJ Clayton made Dunk. 59–73
P2 Payton Sparks missed Layup.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. made Jumper. 61–73
P2 Foul on Ajay Sheldon.
P2 Ajay Sheldon Turnover.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Turnover.
P2 Shereef Mitchell Steal.
P2 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P2 Shereef Mitchell made Free Throw. 61–74
P2 Shereef Mitchell made Free Throw. 61–75
P2 Juanse Gorosito missed Jumper.
P2 Jackson Paveletzke Defensive Rebound.
P2 Shereef Mitchell made Layup. 61–77
P2 Joey Hart missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 AJ Clayton Block.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Joey Hart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mickey Pearson Jr.. 64–77
P2 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Free Throw. 64–78
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Free Throw. 64–79
P2 Foul on Jackson Paveletzke.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 65–79
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 66–79
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Jumper. 66–81
P2 Foul on Ethan Brittain-Watts.
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Free Throw. 66–82
P2 Foul on Elmore James.
P2 Jermahri Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Ball State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 67–82
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Layup. 67–84
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Turnover.
P2 Elmore James missed Jumper.
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Shereef Mitchell.
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 68–84
P2 Jermahri Hill made Free Throw. 69–84
P2 Jackson Paveletzke made Layup. 69–86
P2 Mickey Pearson Jr. Turnover.
P2 Aidan Hadaway Steal.
P2 Aidan Hadaway missed Layup.
P2 Ben Hendriks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Juanse Gorosito made Jumper. 71–86

Box score

BALL

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Mickey Pearson Jr.F	33	19	6-13	3-6	4-4	6	3	4	0	0	4	2	1
Payton SparksC	27	8	4-8	0-0	0-2	12	3	2	0	1	5	7	1
Fatt HillG	33	14	3-11	2-2	6-10	5	3	3	1	1	0	5	0
Juanse GorositoG	24	8	3-7	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Jeremiah HernandezG	26	8	3-5	1-2	1-1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mason JonesF	8	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ben HendriksC	13	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Joey HartG	19	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ethan Brittain-WattsG	17	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	5
Jai Anthoni BeardenF
Zane DoughtyC
TJ BurchG
Kody ClancyG
Jurica ZagorsakG

OHIO

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Aidan HadawayF	29	15	5-9	3-5	2-2	5	2	0	1	1	2	3	4
AJ ClaytonF	30	7	3-6	0-2	1-2	4	1	0	1	2	2	2	2
AJ BrownG	18	12	5-6	2-2	0-0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	2
Elmore James IVG	24	6	2-5	1-1	1-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
Jackson PaveletzkeG	32	15	6-13	0-4	3-3	5	6	2	1	0	1	4	3
Vic SearlsF	18	9	4-7	0-2	1-4	4	0	0	1	2	1	3	0
Ayden EvansF	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah ElliottG	8	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ajay SheldonG	14	8	3-7	2-6	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Shereef MitchellG	25	12	5-7	0-0	2-3	2	3	0	4	0	0	2	3
Chase BoalsF
Kiir KuanyF
Ben NicolF
Jesse BurrisG
Ben EstisG

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