Ball State Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bulls

FINAL

Jan 3, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
BALL	25	47	72
BUFF	41	44	85

Game Recap

Sabol has 22 as Buffalo beats Ball State 85-72. Ryan Sabol's 22 points helped Buffalo defeat Ball State 85-72 on Saturday.

Player Stats

BALL STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
34Preston Copeland	20	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	4	2
24Mason Jones	32	1-4	0-1	1-1	4	5	3	1	1	4	3
5Armoni Zeigler	29	6-13	0-4	3-6	5	2	3	0	4	1	15
13Devon Barnes	25	4-9	3-7	9-10	1	2	1	0	1	2	20
1Elmore James IV	32	4-11	3-7	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	11
0Jai Anthoni Bearden	7	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Cam Denson	16	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	2	1	0	3	3	2
11Kody Clancy	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2Davion Hill	24	5-10	3-4	4-4	6	2	1	0	0	1	17
TOTAL	-	22-5540.0%	9-2536.0%	19-2382.6%	23	15	11	2	10	15	72

BUFFALO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Tim Oboh	22	8-10	0-0	5-6	5	1	2	2	2	3	21
2Ryan Sabol	34	6-10	4-5	6-6	4	5	1	0	2	1	22
1Noah Batchelor	30	5-9	2-5	0-0	4	2	1	0	4	2	12
5Daniel Freitag	37	3-10	1-6	2-2	5	5	3	0	3	4	9
14Angelo Brizzi	30	5-8	3-5	2-2	3	1	1	0	1	1	15
3Mikhail Pocknett	13	0-1	0-0	2-2	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
13Ezra McKenna	12	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
10Derrick Talton Jr.	22	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	1	2

TOTAL	-	29-5156.9%	10-2245.5%	17-1894.4%	28	19	9	2	13	14	85

Play-by-Play

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1st halfBALLBUFF

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Ball State.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Buffalo.
+2 (19:36) Elmore James IV makes layup.
20
+3 (19:15) Angelo Brizzi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Oboh assists).
23
(18:56) Elmore James IV misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:54) Buffalo Defensive Rebound.
(18:38) Daniel Freitag bad pass turnover.
(18:38) Mason Jones Steal.
(18:18) Devon Barnes bad pass turnover.
(18:18) Daniel Freitag Steal.
(18:11) Noah Batchelor misses layup.
(18:09) Devon Barnes Defensive Rebound.
(17:57) Armoni Zeigler bad pass turnover.
(17:57) Tim Oboh Steal.
(17:49) Tim Oboh bad pass turnover.
(17:25) Cam Denson bad pass turnover.
(17:25) Noah Batchelor Steal.
+2 (17:15) Tim Oboh makes layup (Daniel Freitag assists).
25
(16:59) Elmore James IV misses 15-foot jumper.
(16:57) Angelo Brizzi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:51) Angelo Brizzi makes layup.
27
(16:31) Cam Denson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(16:29) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:21) Noah Batchelor makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Sabol assists).
210
(15:48) team shot clock turnover .
(15:39) Noah Batchelor bad pass turnover.
(15:39) Elmore James IV Steal.
(15:20) Cam Denson bad pass turnover.
(15:20) Daniel Freitag Steal.
+3 (15:15) Ryan Sabol makes 25-foot three point jumper (Angelo Brizzi assists).
213
(14:45) Davion Hill misses 12-foot jumper.
(14:42) Davion Hill Offensive Rebound.
(14:41) Davion Hill misses layup.
(14:37) Davion Hill Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:37) Davion Hill makes 0-foot tip in layup.
413
(14:26) Angelo Brizzi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:23) Davion Hill Defensive Rebound.
(14:18) Foul on Cam Denson.
(14:18) Cam Denson turnover.
(13:56) Noah Batchelor misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:53) Elmore James IV Defensive Rebound.
(13:23) Mason Jones misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(13:20) Ezra McKenna Defensive Rebound.
(13:16) Daniel Freitag misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:12) Davion Hill Defensive Rebound.
(13:07) Elmore James IV misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:04) Ryan Sabol Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:52) Ryan Sabol makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ezra McKenna assists).
416
(12:15) team shot clock turnover .
(12:00) Ryan Sabol misses layup.
(11:59) Mikhail Pocknett Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:46) Daniel Freitag makes 12-foot jumper.
418
(11:28) Armoni Zeigler bad pass turnover.
(11:28) Mikhail Pocknett Steal.
(11:17) Daniel Freitag misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:11) Preston Copeland Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:49) Davion Hill makes 24-foot three point jumper (Armoni Zeigler assists).
718
(10:30) Derrick Talton Jr. bad pass turnover.
(10:30) Mason Jones Steal.
(10:27) Foul on Derrick Talton Jr..
+1 (10:27) Davion Hill makes free throw 1 of 2.
818
+1 (10:27) Davion Hill makes free throw 2 of 2.
918
(10:15) Ryan Sabol misses 9-foot jumper.
(10:12) Mikhail Pocknett Offensive Rebound.
(10:12) Foul on Cam Denson.
+1 (10:12) Mikhail Pocknett makes free throw 1 of 2.
919
+1 (10:12) Mikhail Pocknett makes free throw 2 of 2.
920
+2 (9:49) Armoni Zeigler makes 15-foot jumper.
1120
(9:32) Foul on Preston Copeland.
+1 (9:32) Tim Oboh makes free throw 1 of 2.
1121
(9:32) Tim Oboh misses free throw 2 of 2.
(9:31) Noah Batchelor Offensive Rebound.
(9:11) Daniel Freitag misses 16-foot jumper.
(9:08) Daniel Freitag Offensive Rebound.
+3 (9:04) Noah Batchelor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Daniel Freitag assists).
1124
(8:45) Armoni Zeigler misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:42) Noah Batchelor Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:27) Tim Oboh makes layup (Derrick Talton Jr. assists).
1126
(8:27) Foul on Preston Copeland.
+1 (8:27) Tim Oboh makes free throw 1 of 1.
1127
(7:59) Davion Hill misses layup.
(7:56) Angelo Brizzi Defensive Rebound.
(7:50) Angelo Brizzi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:47) Cam Denson Defensive Rebound.
(7:41) Elmore James IV misses layup.
(7:39) Mason Jones Offensive Rebound.
(7:32) Mason Jones bad pass turnover.
(7:32) Angelo Brizzi Steal.
(7:09) Tim Oboh bad pass turnover.
(7:09) Davion Hill Steal.
(7:03) Cam Denson misses layup.
(7:01) Noah Batchelor Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:47) Tim Oboh makes 4-foot dunk (Daniel Freitag assists).
1129
(6:19) Devon Barnes misses layup.
(6:17) Daniel Freitag Defensive Rebound.
(6:17) Foul on Devon Barnes.
(5:59) Noah Batchelor bad pass turnover.
(5:59) Mason Jones Steal.
+2 (5:34) Cam Denson makes layup (Davion Hill assists).
1329
(5:19) Foul on Mason Jones.
(5:19) Technical Foul on Ball State.
+1 (5:19) Ryan Sabol makes free throw 1 of 2.
1330
+1 (5:19) Ryan Sabol makes free throw 2 of 2.
1331
(5:08) Daniel Freitag misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(5:04) Davion Hill Defensive Rebound.
(4:48) Devon Barnes misses 31-foot three point jumper.
(4:44) Derrick Talton Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:36) Ezra McKenna misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:32) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:19) Elmore James IV makes 25-foot three point jumper (Davion Hill assists).
1631
(4:08) Ryan Sabol misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:04) Davion Hill Defensive Rebound.
(3:47) Elmore James IV misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:45) Ezra McKenna Defensive Rebound.
(3:26) Mikhail Pocknett misses layup.
(3:21) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:18) Davion Hill makes layup (Mason Jones assists).
1831
+2 (2:54) Tim Oboh makes layup (Derrick Talton Jr. assists).
1833
(2:36) Mason Jones misses layup.
(2:36) Tim Oboh Block.
(2:36) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:33) Devon Barnes makes 12-foot jumper (Cam Denson assists).
2033
(2:10) Daniel Freitag misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:06) Cam Denson Defensive Rebound.
(1:43) Foul on Tim Oboh.
+1 (1:43) Davion Hill makes free throw 1 of 2.
2133
+1 (1:43) Davion Hill makes free throw 2 of 2.
2233
+2 (1:31) Ezra McKenna makes layup (Daniel Freitag assists).
2235
(1:16) Foul on Angelo Brizzi.
+1 (1:15) Devon Barnes makes free throw 1 of 3.
2335
+1 (1:15) Devon Barnes makes free throw 2 of 3.
2435
+1 (1:15) Devon Barnes makes free throw 3 of 3.
2535
+2 (1:00) Angelo Brizzi makes layup (Daniel Freitag assists).
2537
(0:44) Davion Hill misses 7-foot jumper.
(0:42) Daniel Freitag Defensive Rebound.
(0:23) Foul on Mason Jones.
+1 (0:23) Daniel Freitag makes free throw 1 of 2.
2538
+1 (0:23) Daniel Freitag makes free throw 2 of 2.
2539
(0:14) Devon Barnes misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:12) Ryan Sabol Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:01) Ryan Sabol makes layup.
2541

2nd half

Team Stats

BALL

BUFF

72Points85

22-55(40.0%)Field Goal(%)29-51(56.9%)

9-25(36.0%)3-Point(%)10-22(45.5%)

19-23(82.6%)Free Throw(%)17-18(94.4%)

28(13)Rebounds(Offensive)30(8)

15Assists19

11Steals9

2Blocks2

12Turnovers13

16(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

2Largest Lead24

Game Details

Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Alumni Arena · Buffalo, NY

attendance: 2,485 (36.6%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: BUFF -6.5

over/under: 145.5