Akron (80) vs Ball State (76) · Jan 9, 2024 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Jan 9, 2024

Game Recap

Ali scores 17 to guide Akron to 80-76 victory over Ball State. Ali Ali's 17 points helped Akron defeat Ball State 80-76 on Tuesday night.

Box Score

	1	2	T
AKR	33	47	80
BALL	35	41	76

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Enrique Freeman	34	5-11	0-2	4-7	13	1	0	1	1	4	14
11Sammy Hunter	22	0-3	0-1	3-3	4	0	2	0	2	3	3
24Ali Ali	34	4-13	1-5	8-10	4	3	1	0	1	1	17
34Nate Johnson	23	4-6	0-1	2-4	4	1	1	0	0	3	10
2Greg Tribble	23	6-13	2-5	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	5	14
1Shammah Scott	20	1-2	1-2	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	3	4
3Kaleb Thornton	24	2-5	2-5	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	2	6
22Mikal Dawson	20	4-7	4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	12
TOTAL		26-6043.3%	10-2835.7%	18-2669.2%	30	9	8	2	4	21	80

BALL STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Basheer Jihad	29	9-18	3-6	6-8	16	4	2	1	7	3	27
3Mickey Pearson Jr.	37	4-7	2-4	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	2	12
34Ben Hendriks	22	2-2	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	3	2	5	4
1Jalin Anderson	40	5-13	2-5	9-10	2	5	0	0	4	2	21
5Davion Bailey	38	4-11	3-7	0-0	6	4	0	0	0	0	11
33Mason Jones	30	0-1	0-0	1-3	3	1	0	0	0	5	1
12Jurica Zagorsak	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Micah Bell	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		24-5345.3%	10-2343.5%	18-2378.3%	38	15	2	4	13	17	76

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfakrball

(19:45) Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:40) Sammy Hunter Offensive Rebound.
(19:39) Sammy Hunter Turnover.
(19:25) Jalin Anderson Turnover.
(19:25) Ali Ali Steal.
(19:19) Ali Ali Turnover.
(19:19) Basheer Jihad Steal.
(19:11) Davion Bailey missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:11) Basheer Jihad Offensive Rebound.
(19:11) Foul on Greg Tribble.
(19:09) Basheer Jihad Turnover.
+2 (18:51) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
20
(18:33) Basheer Jihad missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:29) Mickey Pearson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(18:29) Foul on Nate Johnson.
(18:07) Davion Bailey missed Jumper.
(18:03) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(17:55) Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
(17:51) Ben Hendriks Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:42) Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Basheer Jihad.
22
+3 (17:15) Greg Tribble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
52
(17:00) Jalin Anderson missed Layup.
(17:00) Greg Tribble Block.
(17:00) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
(16:50) Basheer Jihad Turnover.
(16:50) Greg Tribble Steal.
(16:43) Nate Johnson missed Jumper.
(16:39) Davion Bailey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:35) Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Basheer Jihad.
55
(16:13) Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:09) Basheer Jihad Defensive Rebound.
(16:00) Foul on Sammy Hunter.
(16:00) Official TV Timeout
(15:46) Jalin Anderson Turnover.
(15:46) Nate Johnson Steal.
+2 (15:42) Nate Johnson made Dunk.
75
+3 (15:30) Basheer Jihad made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalin Anderson.
78
(14:58) Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:58) Ben Hendriks Block.
(14:53) Basheer Jihad Defensive Rebound.
(14:50) Basheer Jihad Turnover.
(14:50) Kaleb Thornton Steal.
(14:46) Foul on Basheer Jihad.
+1 (14:46) Nate Johnson made Free Throw.
88
(14:46) Nate Johnson missed Free Throw.
(14:46) Basheer Jihad Defensive Rebound.
(14:40) Jalin Anderson Turnover.
(14:40) Kaleb Thornton Steal.
(14:18) Foul on Mason Jones.
(14:09) Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
(14:09) Akron Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:52) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
98
+2 (13:41) Basheer Jihad made Dunk. Assisted by Davion Bailey.
910
(13:41) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
(13:41) Basheer Jihad Defensive Rebound.
(13:32) Jalin Anderson missed Jumper.
(13:29) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(13:18) Enrique Freeman Turnover.
(13:18) Basheer Jihad Steal.
+3 (13:03) Jalin Anderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Davion Bailey.
913
(13:00) Akron Timeout
+2 (12:42) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
1113
+2 (12:24) Ben Hendriks made Layup. Assisted by Davion Bailey.
1115
+3 (12:14) Shammah Scott made Three Point Jumper.
1415
+2 (11:57) Davion Bailey made Jumper. Assisted by Jalin Anderson.
1417
(11:42) Enrique Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:38) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
(11:31) Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Jumper.
(11:30) Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.
(11:30) Foul on Ben Hendriks.
(11:30) Official TV Timeout
(11:11) Foul on Basheer Jihad.
+1 (11:10) Sammy Hunter made Free Throw.
1517
+1 (11:10) Sammy Hunter made Free Throw.
1617
+1 (11:10) Sammy Hunter made Free Throw.
1717
+3 (10:42) Basheer Jihad made Three Point Jumper.
1720
+2 (10:18) Ali Ali made Jumper.
1920
+2 (9:50) Basheer Jihad made Jumper.
1922
(9:30) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:26) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(9:24) Sammy Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:21) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(9:21) Foul on Basheer Jihad.
+2 (9:18) Nate Johnson made Jumper.
2122
(8:54) Davion Bailey missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:51) Ben Hendriks Offensive Rebound.
(8:47) Jalin Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:43) Ben Hendriks Offensive Rebound.
(8:27) Jalin Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:24) Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.
(8:19) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:15) Davion Bailey Defensive Rebound.
(8:05) Foul on Nate Johnson.
(7:56) Foul on Shammah Scott.
(7:56) Official TV Timeout
(7:55) Ben Hendriks Turnover.
+2 (7:43) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
2322
(7:21) Micah Bell missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:20) Akron Defensive Rebound.
(6:49) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:44) Kaleb Thornton Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:41) Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
2622
(6:26) Foul on Ben Hendriks.
(6:26) Ben Hendriks Turnover.
(6:12) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
(6:12) Ben Hendriks Block.
(6:06) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
(5:57) Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:53) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
(5:48) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:44) Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
(5:36) Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:32) Sammy Hunter Offensive Rebound.
(5:25) Sammy Hunter missed Jumper.
(5:21) Davion Bailey Defensive Rebound.
(5:13) Foul on Ali Ali.
+3 (4:58) Davion Bailey made Three Point Jumper.
2625
(4:24) Ali Ali missed Jumper.
(4:20) Davion Bailey Defensive Rebound.
(4:00) Foul on Greg Tribble.
(4:00) Mason Jones missed Free Throw.
(4:00) Sammy Hunter Defensive Rebound.
(3:41) Ali Ali missed Jumper.
(3:38) Ben Hendriks Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:24) Ben Hendriks made Layup. Assisted by Jalin Anderson.
2627
(3:09) Foul on Mason Jones.
(3:05) Official TV Timeout
(3:05) Ali Ali missed Free Throw.
(3:05) Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:50) Jalin Anderson made Layup.
2629
(2:49) Ball State Timeout
+2 (2:34) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
2829
(2:03) Davion Bailey missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:59) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:48) Kaleb Thornton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
3129
(1:30) Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
+1 (1:29) Jalin Anderson made Free Throw.
3130
(1:29) Jalin Anderson missed Free Throw.
(1:29) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(1:11) Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:05) Jalin Anderson Defensive Rebound.
(1:05) Foul on Sammy Hunter.
+1 (1:05) Jalin Anderson made Free Throw.
3131
+1 (1:05) Jalin Anderson made Free Throw.
3132
+2 (0:51) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
3332
+3 (0:33) Mickey Pearson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mason Jones.
3335
(0:05) Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:01) Ben Hendriks Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

AKR

BALL

80Points76

26-60(43.3%)Field Goal(%)24-53(45.3%)

10-28(35.7%)3-Point(%)10-23(43.5%)

18-26(69.2%)Free Throw(%)18-23(78.3%)

32(11)Rebounds(Offensive)40(12)

9Assists15

8Steals2

2Blocks4

5Turnovers13

21(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

8Largest Lead6

Game Details

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 · 6:00 PM

Worthen Arena · Muncie, IN

attendance: 3,715 (32.3%)

spread: AKR -7.5

over/under: 137.5