Ball State Cardinals @ Northern Illinois Huskies

13-13, 5-8 MAC

Final

	1	2	T
Ball State BALL	27	43	70
N Illinois NIU	31	32	63

Northern Illinois HuskiesN IllinoisNIU

9-17, 3-10 MAC

Will Lovings-Watts shows off the swagger with deep 3

0:19

Basheer Jihad somehow gets the and-1 to fall

0:21

David Coit gets the hoop and the harm

0:26

Game Information

Dekalb, IL

Referee:Alfred Smith

Referee:Edwin Young

Referee:Luke Schumer

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	10	9-21

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