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Friday, November 13
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9 PM ET / 8 PM CT
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November 12, 2026 | Men's Basketball
The Ball State men's basketball team returns to the road to play at SMU at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT) on Friday night.
Doug Sherman and Randolph Childress will be on the ACC Network telecast, while Mark Foerster and David Eha handle the radio broadcast on WMUN 92.5 FM /1340 AM. Links to both broadcasts and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
Ball State (1-2) topped Brescia 89-64 on Monday night in Muncie for head coach Chris Capko's first win leading the program. Sean Blake (20 points, five assists) led a group of five scorers in double figures for the win at Worthen Arena.
Southern Methodist (3-0) is in its third season under the direction of head coach Andy Enfield. The Mustangs were picked 10th in the recently released 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll after going 20-14 (8-10 ACC) last season. SMU started the season with wins over Southern (85-72 on Nov. 2), Virginia Military Institute (95-70 on Nov. 5) and Prairie View A&M (98-63 on Tuesday).
The Mustangs share the ball and get to the foul line to the tune of 23.0 assists per game (No. 12 in NCAA Division I) and 25.0 free throws made per game (No. 7). Freshman forward Jakub Szumert paces
SMU in scoring at 15.7 points per game, while four other Mustangs also average in double figures.
Next up for the Cardinals on the schedule is a Tuesday night game at Florida State.
CAPKO'S CARDINALS: Chris Capko was named the 21st head coach in Ball State men's basketball history back in March after most recently serving as associate head coach on Andy Enfield's staff at SMU.
The Florida native spent a total of 12 seasons on Enfield's staffs at USC and SMU including the most recent five as the associate head coach.
FAMILIAR FACE IN A FAMILIAR PLACE: Capko and Enfield will match up for the first time when Ball State and SMU face off on Friday night.
The Mustangs had a 44-25 record in the two seasons Capko was the associate head coach in Dallas. Capko was an assistant for eight seasons and director of operations for two seasons before that for Enfield at USC, and the Trojans went 199-134 in those 10 seasons combined.
GUY-KING GETS GOING: Senior Javion Guy-King has increased his scoring output in each of the three games so far this season including 17 points on Monday vs Brescia.
The Little Rock, Ark., native averages 14.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while being the team's most efficient shooter at 54.2 percent from the field.
BLAKE CAN BALL: Junior guard Sean Blake paced Ball State in points (20) and assists (five) for a second straight game in Ball State's 89-64 win over Brescia.
The scoring output was his fourth collegiate performance with 20+ points and second consecutively after scoring 20 last Friday vs Indiana State. Blake surpassed the 500-point mark in his career with the most recent performance and currently has 519 points.
FIVE WITH DIMES: Ball State placed five scorers in double figures for the first time this season on Monday night against Brescia.
Blake (20 points), Guy-King (17), Trey Lewis (13), Kamden McGilveary (12) and Aaron Fine (10) were the five Cardinals with at least 10 points in the contest.
McGREW MAKING MOVES: Freshman Kai McGrew has contributed quality minutes in his first three regular season games at the collegiate level.
The forward has averaged 4.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game including a 10-rebound effort in Monday's win vs Brescia.
TEXAS TWO-STEP: Ball State's roster features two guards returning to play in their home state Friday night including Jazz Henderson Jr. in his hometown of Dallas and Kamden McGilveary from nearby Fort Worth.
Ball State's most recent game played in the Lonestar State was on Feb. 10, 2024 at Texas State. The Cardinals will be looking for the program's first win against a team from Texas on their home court.
JONES JUMPING FOR REBOUNDS: Senior Mason Jones secured a career high 13 rebounds in the Nov. 2 season opener at Georgia Southern.
The fourth-year Cardinal did so in his 93rd career game, as his old best of 11 rebounds was achieved twice prior. Jones averages 8.3 rebounds per game to rank fourth in the Mid-American Conference through the first three contests of the season.
EDGE ON EXPERIENCE: The Ball State men's basketball roster features 12 players in their junior year or later along with freshmen Kamden McGilveary and Kai McGrew.
A total of seven Cardinals are in at least their fourth year of college.
BACK FOR MORE: Jones has played the third-most minutes at a MAC school among players on 2026-27 season rosters entering the campaign.
The 2,192 career minutes trail only Ohio forward Javan Simmons and UMass guard/forward Jayden Ndijigue. Simmons transferred from Toledo after two seasons, and UMass has only been in the MAC for one season, so Jones has played the most minutes at the same MAC school among players on active rosters.
In-State Rivalries: Last Friday's home opener vs Indiana State was the third of five scheduled contests this season against teams from the state of Indiana for the Cardinals.
In addition to the Oct. 18 exhibition at Purdue and Oct. 28 exhibition vs Purdue Fort Wayne, Ball State also has regular season games against Evansville (Dec. 8) at home and USI (Nov. 28) on the road.
MORE MACTION: The Mid-American Conference slate jumped from 18 to 22 games in advance of the 2026-27 season.
The MAC is at 12 teams after Northern Illinois left for the Horizon League, and each team will play a true double round robin with home and away games against every other team.
Doug Sherman and Randolph Childress will be on the ACC Network telecast, while Mark Foerster and David Eha handle the radio broadcast on WMUN 92.5 FM /1340 AM. Links to both broadcasts and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
Ball State (1-2) topped Brescia 89-64 on Monday night in Muncie for head coach Chris Capko's first win leading the program. Sean Blake (20 points, five assists) led a group of five scorers in double figures for the win at Worthen Arena.
Southern Methodist (3-0) is in its third season under the direction of head coach Andy Enfield. The Mustangs were picked 10th in the recently released 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll after going 20-14 (8-10 ACC) last season. SMU started the season with wins over Southern (85-72 on Nov. 2), Virginia Military Institute (95-70 on Nov. 5) and Prairie View A&M (98-63 on Tuesday).
The Mustangs share the ball and get to the foul line to the tune of 23.0 assists per game (No. 12 in NCAA Division I) and 25.0 free throws made per game (No. 7). Freshman forward Jakub Szumert paces
SMU in scoring at 15.7 points per game, while four other Mustangs also average in double figures.
Next up for the Cardinals on the schedule is a Tuesday night game at Florida State.
CAPKO'S CARDINALS: Chris Capko was named the 21st head coach in Ball State men's basketball history back in March after most recently serving as associate head coach on Andy Enfield's staff at SMU.
The Florida native spent a total of 12 seasons on Enfield's staffs at USC and SMU including the most recent five as the associate head coach.
FAMILIAR FACE IN A FAMILIAR PLACE: Capko and Enfield will match up for the first time when Ball State and SMU face off on Friday night.
The Mustangs had a 44-25 record in the two seasons Capko was the associate head coach in Dallas. Capko was an assistant for eight seasons and director of operations for two seasons before that for Enfield at USC, and the Trojans went 199-134 in those 10 seasons combined.
GUY-KING GETS GOING: Senior Javion Guy-King has increased his scoring output in each of the three games so far this season including 17 points on Monday vs Brescia.
The Little Rock, Ark., native averages 14.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while being the team's most efficient shooter at 54.2 percent from the field.
BLAKE CAN BALL: Junior guard Sean Blake paced Ball State in points (20) and assists (five) for a second straight game in Ball State's 89-64 win over Brescia.
The scoring output was his fourth collegiate performance with 20+ points and second consecutively after scoring 20 last Friday vs Indiana State. Blake surpassed the 500-point mark in his career with the most recent performance and currently has 519 points.
FIVE WITH DIMES: Ball State placed five scorers in double figures for the first time this season on Monday night against Brescia.
Blake (20 points), Guy-King (17), Trey Lewis (13), Kamden McGilveary (12) and Aaron Fine (10) were the five Cardinals with at least 10 points in the contest.
McGREW MAKING MOVES: Freshman Kai McGrew has contributed quality minutes in his first three regular season games at the collegiate level.
The forward has averaged 4.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game including a 10-rebound effort in Monday's win vs Brescia.
TEXAS TWO-STEP: Ball State's roster features two guards returning to play in their home state Friday night including Jazz Henderson Jr. in his hometown of Dallas and Kamden McGilveary from nearby Fort Worth.
Ball State's most recent game played in the Lonestar State was on Feb. 10, 2024 at Texas State. The Cardinals will be looking for the program's first win against a team from Texas on their home court.
JONES JUMPING FOR REBOUNDS: Senior Mason Jones secured a career high 13 rebounds in the Nov. 2 season opener at Georgia Southern.
The fourth-year Cardinal did so in his 93rd career game, as his old best of 11 rebounds was achieved twice prior. Jones averages 8.3 rebounds per game to rank fourth in the Mid-American Conference through the first three contests of the season.
EDGE ON EXPERIENCE: The Ball State men's basketball roster features 12 players in their junior year or later along with freshmen Kamden McGilveary and Kai McGrew.
A total of seven Cardinals are in at least their fourth year of college.
BACK FOR MORE: Jones has played the third-most minutes at a MAC school among players on 2026-27 season rosters entering the campaign.
The 2,192 career minutes trail only Ohio forward Javan Simmons and UMass guard/forward Jayden Ndijigue. Simmons transferred from Toledo after two seasons, and UMass has only been in the MAC for one season, so Jones has played the most minutes at the same MAC school among players on active rosters.
In-State Rivalries: Last Friday's home opener vs Indiana State was the third of five scheduled contests this season against teams from the state of Indiana for the Cardinals.
In addition to the Oct. 18 exhibition at Purdue and Oct. 28 exhibition vs Purdue Fort Wayne, Ball State also has regular season games against Evansville (Dec. 8) at home and USI (Nov. 28) on the road.
MORE MACTION: The Mid-American Conference slate jumped from 18 to 22 games in advance of the 2026-27 season.
The MAC is at 12 teams after Northern Illinois left for the Horizon League, and each team will play a true double round robin with home and away games against every other team.
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