Model Predictions
| Model | Ball State Cardinals | Evansville Purple Aces | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 31.7% | 68.3% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 33.6% | 66.4% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 35.0% | 65.0% | +3.4 | ✓ (20.6 off) |
| Efficiency | 66.1% | 33.9% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Evansville Purple Aces +24 (74-50). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Ball State Cardinals
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basheer Jihad * | 33 | 8-15 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 8 | - |
| D. Bailey * | 31 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - |
| Mason Jones * | 29 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - |
| M. Pearson Jr. * | 29 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Jojo Anderson * | 29 | 1-12 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | - |
| J. Brown | 22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - |
| T. Middleton | 14 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Ben Hendriks | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - |
| Jurica Zagorsak | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Zane Doughty | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| M. Bell | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | - |
Evansville Purple Aces
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Humrichous * | 34 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 15 | - |
| Kenny Strawbridge * | 28 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | - |
| Antonio Thomas * | 27 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | - |
| Yacine Toumi * | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | - |
| Cameron Haffner * | 22 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Joshua Hughes | 19 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 14 | - |
| Tanner Cuff | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Chuck Bailey III | 14 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Cameron Gehlhausen | 3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Michael Day | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Braylon Jackson | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
| Tyler Myers | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Weston Aigner | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
* = starter