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Men's Basketball Home Game Times Announced; Single-Game Tickets on Sale Oct. 13
October 01, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Game times for the 2025-26 Ball State men's basketball team's home game have been announced, and single-game tickets are set to go on sale on Oct. 13.
Saturday games at Worthen Arena are scheduled for 2 p.m., with the exception of the time for the Nov. 15 game vs Little Rock being TBA. Weeknight games will begin at 7 p.m. Season tickets are on sale for the Cardinals' 14-game home slate, which is set to begin on Monday, Nov. 3 vs Louisiana in Worthen Arena. Season tickets can be purchased at this link or by reaching the ticket office at (888) BSU-TICKET or bsutickets@bsu.edu.
Highlights of the non-conference home slate include the MAC-SBC Challenge with Louisiana in the regular season opener and a battle with perennial mid-major power South Dakota State on Dec. 9. The Cardinals have an early Mid-American Conference opener vs Miami set for 2 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 20, while league newcomer UMass comes to Muncie for a Tuesday night contest on Feb. 24.
Ball State added transfers Elmore James IV (Ohio), Davion Hill (Northwest Florida State), Juwan Maxey (Youngstown State), Kayden Fish (Iowa State), Armoni Zeigler (Saint Peter's), Cam Denson (Long Beach State), and Devon Barnes (UTEP) to a roster that brings back juniors Joey Hart, Mason Jones and Zane Doughty, sophomore Kody Clancy and redshirt freshman Jai Anthoni Bearden. Preston Copeland, Easton Foster and Alex Farley joined the team as true freshmen.
The full home schedule can be found below.
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2025-26 Ball State Men's Basketball Home Schedule
Nov. 3 (Monday) vs Louisiana – 7 p.m.
Nov. 7 (Friday) vs Mansfield – 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 (Saturday) vs Little Rock – TBA
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Dec. 9 (Tuesday) vs South Dakota State – 7 p.m.
Dec. 20 (Saturday) vs Miami – 2 p.m.
Dec. 29 (Monday) vs Earlham – 7 p.m.
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Jan. 6 (Tuesday) vs EMU – 7 p.m.
Jan. 17 (Saturday) vs Ohio – 2 p.m.
Jan. 24 (Saturday) vs NIU – 2 p.m.
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Feb. 11 (Wednesday) vs Buffalo – 7 p.m.
Feb. 14 (Saturday) vs Kent State – 2 p.m.
Feb. 21 (Saturday) vs Akron – 2 p.m.
Feb. 24 (Tuesday) vs UMass – 7 p.m.
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March 6 (Friday) vs CMU – 7 p.m.
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Saturday games at Worthen Arena are scheduled for 2 p.m., with the exception of the time for the Nov. 15 game vs Little Rock being TBA. Weeknight games will begin at 7 p.m. Season tickets are on sale for the Cardinals' 14-game home slate, which is set to begin on Monday, Nov. 3 vs Louisiana in Worthen Arena. Season tickets can be purchased at this link or by reaching the ticket office at (888) BSU-TICKET or bsutickets@bsu.edu.
Highlights of the non-conference home slate include the MAC-SBC Challenge with Louisiana in the regular season opener and a battle with perennial mid-major power South Dakota State on Dec. 9. The Cardinals have an early Mid-American Conference opener vs Miami set for 2 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 20, while league newcomer UMass comes to Muncie for a Tuesday night contest on Feb. 24.
Ball State added transfers Elmore James IV (Ohio), Davion Hill (Northwest Florida State), Juwan Maxey (Youngstown State), Kayden Fish (Iowa State), Armoni Zeigler (Saint Peter's), Cam Denson (Long Beach State), and Devon Barnes (UTEP) to a roster that brings back juniors Joey Hart, Mason Jones and Zane Doughty, sophomore Kody Clancy and redshirt freshman Jai Anthoni Bearden. Preston Copeland, Easton Foster and Alex Farley joined the team as true freshmen.
The full home schedule can be found below.
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2025-26 Ball State Men's Basketball Home Schedule
Nov. 3 (Monday) vs Louisiana – 7 p.m.
Nov. 7 (Friday) vs Mansfield – 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 (Saturday) vs Little Rock – TBA
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Dec. 9 (Tuesday) vs South Dakota State – 7 p.m.
Dec. 20 (Saturday) vs Miami – 2 p.m.
Dec. 29 (Monday) vs Earlham – 7 p.m.
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Jan. 6 (Tuesday) vs EMU – 7 p.m.
Jan. 17 (Saturday) vs Ohio – 2 p.m.
Jan. 24 (Saturday) vs NIU – 2 p.m.
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Feb. 11 (Wednesday) vs Buffalo – 7 p.m.
Feb. 14 (Saturday) vs Kent State – 2 p.m.
Feb. 21 (Saturday) vs Akron – 2 p.m.
Feb. 24 (Tuesday) vs UMass – 7 p.m.
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March 6 (Friday) vs CMU – 7 p.m.
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