Tuesday, January 14
Ypsilanti, Mich.
7:00 PM ET
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Eastern Michigan
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Cardinals Move to 3-1 in MAC with 69-52 Win at Eastern Michigan
January 14, 2020 | Men's Basketball
Teague goes for double-double while Coleman, El-Amin post career-high assist marks
YPSILANTI, Mich. -- Tahjai Teague made his final nine shots from the floor Tuesday, scoring 23 points to go with a career-high 17 rebounds as Ball State earned a 69-52 road win at Eastern Michigan.
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Some dunks. Some acrobatic moves. The fifth-year senior finished at the rim all night when his teammates found him through Eastern Michigan's challenging 2-3 zone.
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The Cardinals (10-7, 3-1 MAC) dominated the final 10 minutes of both halves to run away from the Eagles (10-7, 0-4 MAC) at the EMU Convocation Center. BSU came out on top in a matchup of the top two scoring defenses in the league, holding Eastern Michigan to 32 percent shooting.
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Jarron Coleman's eight assists and Ishmael El-Amin's seven were both career highs as the BSU guards carved through the zone. Coleman's drive and behind-the-back pass to Teague midway through the second half beat the shot clock and changed the flow of the game.Â
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Eastern Michigan had whittled an 18-point BSU lead to 40-36 before that play. Kyle Mallers followed with a 3-pointer. Then a Coleman steal and dunk, a Teague fastbreak lay-in and another layup from Coleman. All of a sudden, the Cardinals were back up by 15.
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"We just talked about making them take hard shots over the course of 40 minutes," Ball State head coach James Whitford said. "I thought in the stretch where they rallied … I thought they hit tough shots. They hit the kind of shots we were trying to get them to take. That's part of the game. And then after that seven-minute stretch, they didn't.Â
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"We had to clean up the rebounding and handle their pressure a little better. I thought we did that and really played a full 40-minute game."
It wasn't much different from the first half when Ball State seized control with a 19-0 run that turned a 11-10 deficit into a 29-11 lead. The Cardinals went on to take a 32-14 advantage into halftime.
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El-Amin scored 16 points, hitting 4-of-8 from 3-point range, and Mallers added 10. Noah Morgan led Eastern Michigan with 14.
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Ball State returns to Worthen Arena to hosts Miami for a 1 p.m. tipoff Saturday in the team's final home game in the month of January.
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Some dunks. Some acrobatic moves. The fifth-year senior finished at the rim all night when his teammates found him through Eastern Michigan's challenging 2-3 zone.
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The Cardinals (10-7, 3-1 MAC) dominated the final 10 minutes of both halves to run away from the Eagles (10-7, 0-4 MAC) at the EMU Convocation Center. BSU came out on top in a matchup of the top two scoring defenses in the league, holding Eastern Michigan to 32 percent shooting.
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Jarron Coleman's eight assists and Ishmael El-Amin's seven were both career highs as the BSU guards carved through the zone. Coleman's drive and behind-the-back pass to Teague midway through the second half beat the shot clock and changed the flow of the game.Â
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Eastern Michigan had whittled an 18-point BSU lead to 40-36 before that play. Kyle Mallers followed with a 3-pointer. Then a Coleman steal and dunk, a Teague fastbreak lay-in and another layup from Coleman. All of a sudden, the Cardinals were back up by 15.
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"We just talked about making them take hard shots over the course of 40 minutes," Ball State head coach James Whitford said. "I thought in the stretch where they rallied … I thought they hit tough shots. They hit the kind of shots we were trying to get them to take. That's part of the game. And then after that seven-minute stretch, they didn't.Â
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"We had to clean up the rebounding and handle their pressure a little better. I thought we did that and really played a full 40-minute game."
Trying to put a bow on this one.
— Ball State Basketball (@BallStateMBB) January 15, 2020
Ish feeds Tahj for the 'oop and takes one himself. Cards lead it 66-43 with 2:23 to go.#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsEMU pic.twitter.com/w2nFKenoMu
It wasn't much different from the first half when Ball State seized control with a 19-0 run that turned a 11-10 deficit into a 29-11 lead. The Cardinals went on to take a 32-14 advantage into halftime.
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El-Amin scored 16 points, hitting 4-of-8 from 3-point range, and Mallers added 10. Noah Morgan led Eastern Michigan with 14.
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Ball State returns to Worthen Arena to hosts Miami for a 1 p.m. tipoff Saturday in the team's final home game in the month of January.
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Team Stats
BSU
EMU
FG%
.426
.321
3FG%
.267
.190
FT%
.500
.500
RB
45
40
TO
10
15
STL
9
7
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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