Tuesday, January 14
Ypsilanti, Mich.
7:00 PM ET
Ball State University
10-7 (3-1MAC)
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Eastern Michigan
10-7 (0-4MAC)
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Ball State
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Eastern Michigan
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Photo by: Ball State Athletics
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
El-Amin scored 16 points, hitting 4-of-8 from 3-point range, and Mallers added 10. Noah Morgan led Eastern Michigan with 14.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
El-Amin scored 16 points, hitting 4-of-8 from 3-point range, and Mallers added 10. Noah Morgan led Eastern Michigan with 14.
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.
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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