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Hot First Half Shooting Not Enough for Men's Basketball at SIUE
December 08, 2024 | Men's Basketball
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The Ball State men's basketball team couldn't ride a hot shooting first half to victory Sunday afternoon at SIUE, as the Cougars won 82-69 at First Community Arena.
The Cardinals (3-6) led 41-39 at halftime thanks to 50 percent shooting (15-30) from the field while making 7 of 15 3-pointers. Juanse Gorosito made five of those triples including one at the 6:15 mark of the opening period that punctuated a 16-2 Ball State run and put the visitors ahead 35-23.
Payton Sparks scored five of his eight points in a 9-0 rally that brought Ball State back from a 54-48 deficit and gave the Cardinals a 57-54 edge with 13:21 to play. A Ben Hendriks dunk extended the advantage to 61-57, and the two teams went back-and-forth for the middle part of the second half before SIUE (6-4) closed out the game scoring 15 of the contest's final 18 points.
Gorosito led Ball State with 17 points and three assists, while Hendriks scored a career-high 13 points and collected six rebounds. Sparks (eight points, three assists), Mason Jones (eight points, four rebounds), Mickey Pearson Jr. (seven points, three rebounds), TJ Burch (six points, two assists) and Jermahri Hill (five points, four rebounds, two assists) each had five or more points for the Cardinals.
Ball State had more points from its bench (29-6), off turnovers (11-4) and in the paint (36-32) then the Cougars, but the production of Ray'Sean Taylor (27 points) and Ring Malith (24 and 10 rebounds) allowed the hosts to secure a win. The game was a rematch of last season's 83-71 Ball State win at Worthen Arena.
Ball State had fewer turnovers than SIUE (8-10) but trailed in rebounding (42-27). The Cardinals shot 42.9 percent (27-63) for the game, 34.8 percent (8-23) from distance and 70 percent (7-10) on free throws. The Cougars made 49.1 percent (28-57) of their field goal attempts, 45.8 percent (11-24) of 3-pointers and 71.4 percent (15-21) of foul shots.
Next up for the Cardinals is a 3 p.m. game on Saturday, Dec. 14 at Bellarmine.
The Cardinals (3-6) led 41-39 at halftime thanks to 50 percent shooting (15-30) from the field while making 7 of 15 3-pointers. Juanse Gorosito made five of those triples including one at the 6:15 mark of the opening period that punctuated a 16-2 Ball State run and put the visitors ahead 35-23.
Payton Sparks scored five of his eight points in a 9-0 rally that brought Ball State back from a 54-48 deficit and gave the Cardinals a 57-54 edge with 13:21 to play. A Ben Hendriks dunk extended the advantage to 61-57, and the two teams went back-and-forth for the middle part of the second half before SIUE (6-4) closed out the game scoring 15 of the contest's final 18 points.
Gorosito led Ball State with 17 points and three assists, while Hendriks scored a career-high 13 points and collected six rebounds. Sparks (eight points, three assists), Mason Jones (eight points, four rebounds), Mickey Pearson Jr. (seven points, three rebounds), TJ Burch (six points, two assists) and Jermahri Hill (five points, four rebounds, two assists) each had five or more points for the Cardinals.
Ball State had more points from its bench (29-6), off turnovers (11-4) and in the paint (36-32) then the Cougars, but the production of Ray'Sean Taylor (27 points) and Ring Malith (24 and 10 rebounds) allowed the hosts to secure a win. The game was a rematch of last season's 83-71 Ball State win at Worthen Arena.
Ball State had fewer turnovers than SIUE (8-10) but trailed in rebounding (42-27). The Cardinals shot 42.9 percent (27-63) for the game, 34.8 percent (8-23) from distance and 70 percent (7-10) on free throws. The Cougars made 49.1 percent (28-57) of their field goal attempts, 45.8 percent (11-24) of 3-pointers and 71.4 percent (15-21) of foul shots.
Next up for the Cardinals is a 3 p.m. game on Saturday, Dec. 14 at Bellarmine.
Team Stats
BSU
SIUE
FG%
.429
.491
3FG%
.348
.458
FT%
.700
.714
RB
27
42
TO
8
10
STL
3
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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