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FINAL
Jan 1, 2022

Game Recap

Thomas rallies Ball State over Bowling Green 81-80. Miryne Thomas made two baskets in the final 24 seconds and Ball State opened Mid-American Conference play with an 81-80 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday night.

Box Score

12T
BGSU344680
BALL364581
Bowling Green Falcons logoBOWLING GREENMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
20Joe Reece141-50-08-830011310
11Trey Diggs296-126-100-050201318
25Daeqwon Plowden355-121-34-430001315
5Kaden Metheny261-60-30-05320232
15Samari Curtis234-62-23-641204113
32Gabe O'Neal123-50-00-06111026
21Matiss Kulackovskis91-21-20-01000143
13Chandler Turner171-50-11-34111113
10Cam Young40-20-10-00010000
2Josiah Fulcher51-31-30-00000113
1Brenton Mills160-20-10-03210110
55Myron Gordon101-41-24-44100117
TOTAL24-6437.5%12-2842.9%20-2580.0%389103142380
Ball State Cardinals logoBALL STATEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
0Miryne Thomas313-110-52-214201338
5Payton Sparks297-100-06-892013420
2Luke Bumbalough366-133-96-914101321
45Tyler Cochran231-60-21-11130113
1Demarius Jacobs342-70-42-24202136
11Basheer Jihad72-40-21-21001045
14Mickey Pearson Jr.101-30-10-01220212
44Blake Huggins10-00-00-00000100
12Jaylin Sellers154-53-30-010101011
13Kani Acree141-11-12-24100115
TOTAL27-6045.0%7-2725.9%20-2676.9%361475142081

Play-by-Play

1st halfbgsuball
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (19:32) Payton Sparks made Dunk. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough.
    02
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (19:06) Kaden Metheny made Jumper.
    22
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (18:36) Demarius Jacobs missed Layup.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (18:32) Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (18:31) Payton Sparks missed Layup.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (18:28) Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (18:28) Payton Sparks made Layup.
    24
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (18:06) Daeqwon Plowden made Jumper.
    44
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (17:40) Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (17:34) Daeqwon Plowden Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (17:31) Joe Reece Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (17:26) Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (17:21) Miryne Thomas Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (17:21) Miryne Thomas Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (17:08) Trey Diggs missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (17:08) Demarius Jacobs Block.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (17:02) Demarius Jacobs Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (16:58) Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:53) Kaden Metheny Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:46) Daeqwon Plowden missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (16:42) Demarius Jacobs Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (16:20) Payton Sparks missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:16) Joe Reece Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:12) Kaden Metheny missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:07) Trey Diggs Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:06) Trey Diggs missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:05) Joe Reece Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (16:05) Foul on Tyler Cochran.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (16:05) Joe Reece made Free Throw.
    54
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (16:05) Joe Reece made Free Throw.
    64
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (15:52) Foul on Trey Diggs.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (15:51) Jaylin Sellers Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (15:51) Kaden Metheny Steal.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (15:46) Kaden Metheny missed Layup.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (15:42) Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (15:40) Payton Sparks made Dunk. Assisted by Luke Bumbalough.
    66
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (15:22) Joe Reece missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (15:17) Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (15:12) Foul on Joe Reece.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (15:12) Miryne Thomas made Free Throw.
    67
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (15:12) Miryne Thomas made Free Throw.
    68
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (14:58) Trey Diggs made Three Point Jumper.
    98
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (14:23) Ball State Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (14:09) Trey Diggs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kaden Metheny.
    128
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (13:50) Foul on Joe Reece.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (13:32) Luke Bumbalough missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (13:27) Daeqwon Plowden Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (13:19) Gabe O'Neal missed Layup.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (13:19) Payton Sparks Block.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (13:11) Trey Diggs Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (13:07) Gabe O'Neal made Layup.
    148
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (12:43) Mickey Pearson Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:43) Samari Curtis Steal.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:38) Trey Diggs missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (12:32) Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (12:26) Mickey Pearson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:22) Gabe O'Neal Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:13) Daeqwon Plowden missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (12:08) Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (12:01) Mickey Pearson missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:01) Gabe O'Neal Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (11:46) Samari Curtis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brenton Mills.
    178
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (11:31) Basheer Jihad missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (11:27) Brenton Mills Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (11:26) Brenton Mills Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +3 (11:09) Jaylin Sellers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mickey Pearson.
    1711
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (10:53) Samari Curtis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gabe O'Neal.
    2011
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (10:34) Foul on Chandler Turner.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (10:20) Jaylin Sellers missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (10:20) Gabe O'Neal Block.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (10:20) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (10:16) Demarius Jacobs made Jumper. Assisted by Payton Sparks.
    2013
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (9:58) Samari Curtis made Jumper.
    2213
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (9:43) Miryne Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:36) Gabe O'Neal Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:32) Samari Curtis Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (9:32) Tyler Cochran Steal.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (9:28) Tyler Cochran made Layup.
    2215
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:28) Foul on Gabe O'Neal.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (9:28) Foul on Payton Sparks.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (9:28) Payton Sparks Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:28) Samari Curtis missed Free Throw.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:28) Bowling Green Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:28) Samari Curtis missed Free Throw.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:28) Bowling Green Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (9:28) Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.
    2216
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (9:11) Chandler Turner Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +3 (8:58) Jaylin Sellers made Three Point Jumper.
    2219
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:47) Cam Young missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:40) Matiss Kulackovskis Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:39) Cam Young missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:36) Brenton Mills Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:19) Chandler Turner missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (8:16) Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (8:12) Miryne Thomas Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:12) Cam Young Steal.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (8:01) Chandler Turner made Jumper.
    2419
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (7:39) Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (7:34) Payton Sparks Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:34) Foul on Matiss Kulackovskis.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (7:34) Demarius Jacobs made Free Throw.
    2420
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (7:34) Demarius Jacobs made Free Throw.
    2421
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:15) Chandler Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:10) Brenton Mills Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:08) Brenton Mills missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (7:06) Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (7:00) Payton Sparks made Dunk. Assisted by Demarius Jacobs.
    2423
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (6:46) Daeqwon Plowden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chandler Turner.
    2723
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (6:29) Foul on Josiah Fulcher.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (6:29) Luke Bumbalough missed Free Throw.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (6:28) Myron Gordon Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (6:27) Foul on Miryne Thomas.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (6:11) Foul on Daeqwon Plowden.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (6:11) Daeqwon Plowden Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (5:50) Payton Sparks missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (5:45) Chandler Turner Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (5:41) Myron Gordon missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (5:37) Myron Gordon Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (5:27) Josiah Fulcher made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Myron Gordon.
    3023
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (5:04) Payton Sparks made Layup. Assisted by Miryne Thomas.
    3025
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:47) Josiah Fulcher Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (4:47) Luke Bumbalough Steal.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (4:28) Demarius Jacobs missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:22) Chandler Turner Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:15) Josiah Fulcher missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (4:10) Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +3 (3:51) Kani Acree made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Miryne Thomas.
    3028
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (3:51) Luke Bumbalough missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (3:51) Chandler Turner Block.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (3:51) Miryne Thomas Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (3:46) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
  • (3:46) Official TV Timeout
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (3:26) Daeqwon Plowden made Jumper.
    3228
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +3 (3:12) Luke Bumbalough made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mickey Pearson.
    3231
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (2:54) Josiah Fulcher missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (2:48) Mickey Pearson Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (2:40) Foul on Trey Diggs.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (2:40) Basheer Jihad missed Free Throw.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (2:40) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (2:40) Basheer Jihad made Free Throw.
    3232
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (2:29) Myron Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (2:25) Basheer Jihad Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +2 (2:19) Luke Bumbalough made Jumper.
    3234
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (2:01) Foul on Basheer Jihad.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (1:55) Myron Gordon missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (1:48) Payton Sparks Defensive Rebound.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (1:41) Miryne Thomas Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (1:21) Daeqwon Plowden missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (1:18) Bowling Green Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (1:16) Gabe O'Neal made Jumper. Assisted by Samari Curtis.
    3434
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (1:10) Foul on Payton Sparks.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (1:10) Payton Sparks Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (1:08) Foul on Luke Bumbalough.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:48) Daeqwon Plowden missed Jumper.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (0:44) Miryne Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:38) Foul on Kaden Metheny.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (0:38) Luke Bumbalough made Free Throw.
    3435
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    +1 (0:38) Luke Bumbalough made Free Throw.
    3436
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:07) Samari Curtis Turnover.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (0:07) Tyler Cochran Steal.
  • Ball State Cardinals logo
    (0:00) Blake Huggins Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:00) Chandler Turner Steal.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

80Points81
24-64(37.5%)Field Goal(%)27-60(45%)
12-28(42.9%)3-Point(%)7-27(25.9%)
20-25(80%)Free Throw(%)20-26(76.9%)
41(17)Rebounds(Offensive)38(13)
9Assists14
10Steals7
3Blocks5
14Turnovers16
23(0)Fouls(Technical)20(2)
9Largest Lead3

Game Details

Saturday, January 1, 2022 · 5:00 PM
Worthen Arena · Muncie, IN
attendance: 2,160 (18.8%)
spread: BGSU -2.5
over/under: 157.5