FRIDAY, NOV. 25
VERMONT 78, BALL STATE 73
OHIO 78, EASTERN ILLINOIS 67
OHIO 78, EASTERN ILLINOIS 67
VERMONT 78, BALL STATE 73
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Jaylin Sellers tallied 21 points, but the Ball State Cardinals fell to Vermont 78-73 Friday at the Baha Mar Nassau Championship.
Sellers recorded a career high in points in back-to-back games for the Cardinals. Sellers produced a game-high 21 points along with five rebounds and one assist. Jalen Windham finished with 12 points, four rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Payton Sparks added 11 points as well as a game-high seven rebounds. Sparks notched four assists. Jarron Coleman rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points with a game-high six assists. Coleman collected four rebounds and four steals. Demarius Jacobs finished with a career-high four blocks and chipped in with nine points.
The game started as a back-and-forth battle which saw a tied score, 6-6, with 15:18 left in the half. The Catamounts were able to stretch out to a 20-13 lead with 10:48 left, but the Cardinals battled back and cut the deficit to three, 20-17, with 9:22 left.
Vermont saw its biggest lead of 13, 34-21, with 5:14 left in the first stanza. Ball State responded with an 11-0 run, the largest run of the game, and cut the deficit to just two, 34-32, with 2:27 left until half. The Catamounts took a 36-32 lead into halftime.
The Cardinals came out strong in the second half and went on a 9-5 run to tie the game 41-41 with just under 17 minutes left in regulation. The series continued as the Catamounts went on an 8-2 run and gained a 50-41 advantage with 15:26 left in the game. Ball State was able to cut the lead to four, 52-48, before Vermont managed to take a 59-48 lead with just over 12 minutes left.
Ball State did not go down without a fight. The Cardinals cut the deficit to 67-63 with 4:52 to play. Vermont was able to extend its lead to nine, 74-65, with just over two minutes left in the game. The Cardinals continued to fight as they cut the deficit to four on multiple occasions but fell 78-73.
Aaron Deloney led the Catamounts with 20 points and added a team-high seven rebounds. Kam Gibson finished the game with 19 points and brought down three rebounds. Dylan Penn closed out the double-digit scoring with 14 points.
OHIO 78, EASTERN ILLINOIS 67
ATHENS, Ohio--Ohio (2-3) opened the Bobcat Battle with a 78-67 victory over Eastern Illinois (1-5) Friday at the Convocation Center.
As a team, Ohio shot 42.2 percent from the field, 41.4 from the three and were 12-of-16 from the line. The recorded eight steals and 17 assists in comparison to the Panthers' seven steals and eight assists and out-rebounded their opponent, 42-27.
Senior forward Ben Roderick led with 15 points, going 3-for-5 on threes while senior guard while Miles Brown recorded 14 points with a three-point career-high of four. Freshman forward Aidan Hadaway more than doubled his career-best for points in a game, scoring 11 total.
Sophomore forward AJ Clayton opened with a second-chance dunk for the first two points of the game. After the Panthers tied the game, 4-4, they surged ahead, leaving the Bobcats trailing for most of the half.
Coming out of a timeout, freshman guard AJ Brown scored his first three points of his collegiate career, putting the score at 22-19. Senior guard DeVon Baker (Dayton, Ohio) and junior guard Jaylin Hunter followed with a layup and a three, cutting Eastern Illinois' lead to 25-24 with 8:04 left in the half.
A Roderick layup tied the game, 32-32, with 2:14 left in the half, tying the game again when he answered the Panther's three-point basket with one of his own. A steal followed by a layup from Hunter gave Ohio a 37-35 lead with just 44 seconds left in the period.
At the half, the Bobcats shot 42.9 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from the three and were 2-of-4 from the line, while Eastern Illinois was 45.8 percent from the field, 58.3 percent from the three and 3-of-4 from the line. Ohio out-rebounded the Panthers, 21-13, while the Bobcats had seven assists and six steals to Eastern Illinois' six assists and three steals.
The Panthers quickly reclaimed the lead with two layups and a free throw, but a three from Clayton tied the game, 40-40, with 17:55 left in the game. Coming out of a timeout, three from Roderick and Clayton along with a layup from graduate student forward Dwight Wilson III extended Ohio's lead to five points.
Roderick came out of the next media timeout strong, hitting two free throws and a three to put Ohio ahead, 57-47, marking their largest lead of the game thus far. After Eastern Illinois put four points on the board, Hadaway hit a three as well as two free throws.
The Bobcats continued to dominate, scoring 12 points to the Panthers' five in the next 2:18. Just before the final timeout of the game, Eastern Illinois scored with a layup, putting the score at 74-58 with 3:24 left in the game.
The Panthers closed the game with seven consecutive points, slipping the final jumper with just seven seconds left, but were unable to catch Ohio.
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Jaylin Sellers tallied 21 points, but the Ball State Cardinals fell to Vermont 78-73 Friday at the Baha Mar Nassau Championship.
Sellers recorded a career high in points in back-to-back games for the Cardinals. Sellers produced a game-high 21 points along with five rebounds and one assist. Jalen Windham finished with 12 points, four rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Payton Sparks added 11 points as well as a game-high seven rebounds. Sparks notched four assists. Jarron Coleman rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points with a game-high six assists. Coleman collected four rebounds and four steals. Demarius Jacobs finished with a career-high four blocks and chipped in with nine points.
The game started as a back-and-forth battle which saw a tied score, 6-6, with 15:18 left in the half. The Catamounts were able to stretch out to a 20-13 lead with 10:48 left, but the Cardinals battled back and cut the deficit to three, 20-17, with 9:22 left.
Vermont saw its biggest lead of 13, 34-21, with 5:14 left in the first stanza. Ball State responded with an 11-0 run, the largest run of the game, and cut the deficit to just two, 34-32, with 2:27 left until half. The Catamounts took a 36-32 lead into halftime.
The Cardinals came out strong in the second half and went on a 9-5 run to tie the game 41-41 with just under 17 minutes left in regulation. The series continued as the Catamounts went on an 8-2 run and gained a 50-41 advantage with 15:26 left in the game. Ball State was able to cut the lead to four, 52-48, before Vermont managed to take a 59-48 lead with just over 12 minutes left.
Ball State did not go down without a fight. The Cardinals cut the deficit to 67-63 with 4:52 to play. Vermont was able to extend its lead to nine, 74-65, with just over two minutes left in the game. The Cardinals continued to fight as they cut the deficit to four on multiple occasions but fell 78-73.
Aaron Deloney led the Catamounts with 20 points and added a team-high seven rebounds. Kam Gibson finished the game with 19 points and brought down three rebounds. Dylan Penn closed out the double-digit scoring with 14 points.
OHIO 78, EASTERN ILLINOIS 67
ATHENS, Ohio--Ohio (2-3) opened the Bobcat Battle with a 78-67 victory over Eastern Illinois (1-5) Friday at the Convocation Center.
As a team, Ohio shot 42.2 percent from the field, 41.4 from the three and were 12-of-16 from the line. The recorded eight steals and 17 assists in comparison to the Panthers' seven steals and eight assists and out-rebounded their opponent, 42-27.
Senior forward Ben Roderick led with 15 points, going 3-for-5 on threes while senior guard while Miles Brown recorded 14 points with a three-point career-high of four. Freshman forward Aidan Hadaway more than doubled his career-best for points in a game, scoring 11 total.
Sophomore forward AJ Clayton opened with a second-chance dunk for the first two points of the game. After the Panthers tied the game, 4-4, they surged ahead, leaving the Bobcats trailing for most of the half.
Coming out of a timeout, freshman guard AJ Brown scored his first three points of his collegiate career, putting the score at 22-19. Senior guard DeVon Baker (Dayton, Ohio) and junior guard Jaylin Hunter followed with a layup and a three, cutting Eastern Illinois' lead to 25-24 with 8:04 left in the half.
A Roderick layup tied the game, 32-32, with 2:14 left in the half, tying the game again when he answered the Panther's three-point basket with one of his own. A steal followed by a layup from Hunter gave Ohio a 37-35 lead with just 44 seconds left in the period.
At the half, the Bobcats shot 42.9 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from the three and were 2-of-4 from the line, while Eastern Illinois was 45.8 percent from the field, 58.3 percent from the three and 3-of-4 from the line. Ohio out-rebounded the Panthers, 21-13, while the Bobcats had seven assists and six steals to Eastern Illinois' six assists and three steals.
The Panthers quickly reclaimed the lead with two layups and a free throw, but a three from Clayton tied the game, 40-40, with 17:55 left in the game. Coming out of a timeout, three from Roderick and Clayton along with a layup from graduate student forward Dwight Wilson III extended Ohio's lead to five points.
Roderick came out of the next media timeout strong, hitting two free throws and a three to put Ohio ahead, 57-47, marking their largest lead of the game thus far. After Eastern Illinois put four points on the board, Hadaway hit a three as well as two free throws.
The Bobcats continued to dominate, scoring 12 points to the Panthers' five in the next 2:18. Just before the final timeout of the game, Eastern Illinois scored with a layup, putting the score at 74-58 with 3:24 left in the game.
The Panthers closed the game with seven consecutive points, slipping the final jumper with just seven seconds left, but were unable to catch Ohio.
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