UMass Minutemen vs. Ball State Cardinals

FINAL/OT

Feb 24, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
MASS	34	27	12	73
BALL	21	40	13	74

Game Recap

Hill, Ball State beat UMass 74-73 in OT. Davion Hill scored 26 points and Armoni Zeigler made the game-winning layup with 16 seconds left in overtime and Ball State beat UMass 74-73 on Tuesday.

Player Stats

UMASS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Dimitri Clerc	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
3Leonardo Bettiol	27	6-11	0-0	2-2	14	3	1	1	3	5	14
11Jayden Ndjigue	21	0-1	0-1	2-2	4	2	1	0	3	3	2
0Danny Carbuccia	37	5-12	1-3	1-3	1	5	1	0	1	3	12
24Marcus Banks Jr.	35	3-18	2-12	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	4	8
13Luka Damjanac	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	1	1	1	4
2Dwayne Wimbley Jr.	28	1-5	0-1	2-2	4	1	0	2	2	1	4
4Isaiah Placide	28	5-9	3-5	6-7	6	0	0	0	0	2	19
10Donovan Brown	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
5K'Jei Parker	18	4-10	2-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10
TOTAL	-	26-6937.7%	8-2729.6%	13-1681.3%	45	14	4	5	12	21	73

BALL STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
34Preston Copeland	22	1-3	0-0	1-1	9	0	2	1	0	5	3
24Mason Jones	35	2-8	1-6	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	1	5
5Armoni Zeigler	41	3-11	2-4	2-3	7	5	0	1	1	1	10
13Devon Barnes	14	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2Davion Hill	31	7-20	1-7	11-11	4	2	1	0	2	0	26
0Jai Anthoni Bearden	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7Cam Denson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
4Kayden Fish	23	4-8	0-1	2-5	5	1	1	1	1	2	10
3Juwan Maxey	16	4-6	2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	10
1Elmore James IV	33	4-10	0-3	2-2	4	2	2	0	1	1	10
TOTAL	-	25-7035.7%	6-2821.4%	18-2281.8%	36	12	6	3	8	14	74

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMASSBALL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Ball State.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Massachusetts.
(19:30) Devon Barnes misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(19:27) Mason Jones Offensive Rebound.
(19:15) Armoni Zeigler misses 18-foot step back jumpshot.
(19:11) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
(18:47) Leonardo Bettiol misses layup.
(18:43) Jayden Ndjigue Offensive Rebound.
(18:42) Marcus Banks Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:41) Ball State Defensive Rebound.
(18:26) Davion Hill misses 13-foot jumper.
(18:18) Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:15) Danny Carbuccia makes driving layup.
20
(17:54) Preston Copeland misses layup.
(17:52) Dimitri Clerc Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:29) Danny Carbuccia makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jayden Ndjigue assists).
50
(17:11) Armoni Zeigler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:08) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
(16:57) Dimitri Clerc misses layup.
(16:53) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:53) Davion Hill makes driving layup (Armoni Zeigler assists).
52
(16:53) Foul on Leonardo Bettiol.
+1 (16:53) Davion Hill makes free throw 1 of 1.
53
(16:38) Danny Carbuccia misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(16:35) Preston Copeland Defensive Rebound.
(16:23) Armoni Zeigler misses layup.
(16:23) Leonardo Bettiol Block.
(16:19) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
(16:05) Marcus Banks Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:02) Leonardo Bettiol Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:00) Leonardo Bettiol makes layup.
73
(15:28) Devon Barnes misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(15:27) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
(15:27) team shot clock turnover .
(15:11) Foul on Preston Copeland.
(15:05) Jayden Ndjigue misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:01) Elmore James IV Defensive Rebound.
(14:52) Davion Hill misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(14:49) Kayden Fish Offensive Rebound.
(14:48) Kayden Fish misses layup.
(14:46) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:41) Leonardo Bettiol makes driving layup (Danny Carbuccia assists).
93
+2 (14:12) Mason Jones makes driving layup.
95
(14:00) Leonardo Bettiol misses driving layup.
(13:59) Massachusetts Offensive Rebound.
(13:58) team 5 sec inbound turnover.
(13:42) Kayden Fish traveling turnover.
+3 (13:35) K'Jei Parker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Damjanac assists).
125
+2 (13:13) Juwan Maxey makes layup (Kayden Fish assists).
127
(12:51) Marcus Banks Jr. misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(12:47) Isaiah Placide Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:46) Isaiah Placide makes layup.
147
+3 (12:36) Juwan Maxey makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1410
(12:11) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:07) Juwan Maxey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:52) Elmore James IV makes layup (Armoni Zeigler assists).
1412
+2 (11:35) Luka Damjanac makes layup (Marcus Banks Jr. assists).
1612
(11:24) Mason Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:21) Luka Damjanac Defensive Rebound.
(11:17) Isaiah Placide misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(11:13) Kayden Fish Defensive Rebound.
(10:57) Elmore James IV misses layup.
(10:55) Elmore James IV Offensive Rebound.
(10:55) Elmore James IV misses layup.
(10:53) Luka Damjanac Defensive Rebound.
(10:42) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses layup.
(10:40) Kayden Fish Defensive Rebound.
(10:21) Elmore James IV misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:18) Isaiah Placide Defensive Rebound.
(10:07) Marcus Banks Jr. misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(10:05) Armoni Zeigler Defensive Rebound.
(10:02) Armoni Zeigler misses layup.
(10:02) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. Block.
(9:59) Marcus Banks Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(9:53) Marcus Banks Jr. bad pass turnover.
(9:53) Kayden Fish Steal.
+2 (9:39) Juwan Maxey makes 6-foot jumper.
1614
+2 (9:18) K'Jei Parker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
1814
(8:52) Kayden Fish misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(8:48) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:25) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. makes driving layup.
2014
(8:05) Kayden Fish misses layup.
(8:05) Luka Damjanac Block.
(8:02) Luka Damjanac Defensive Rebound.
(7:58) Marcus Banks Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:54) Luka Damjanac Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:53) Luka Damjanac makes layup.
2214
(7:26) Armoni Zeigler misses 9-foot jumper.
(7:23) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:04) Isaiah Placide makes 25-foot three point jumper (Leonardo Bettiol assists).
2514
(6:42) Davion Hill bad pass turnover.
(6:42) Danny Carbuccia Steal.
(6:28) K'Jei Parker misses 10-foot step back jumpshot.
(6:23) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
(6:17) Armoni Zeigler bad pass turnover.
(6:17) Jayden Ndjigue Steal.
+3 (6:13) K'Jei Parker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayden Ndjigue assists).
2814
+2 (5:51) Elmore James IV makes driving layup (Devon Barnes assists).
2816
(5:35) Foul on Jayden Ndjigue.
(5:35) Jayden Ndjigue turnover.
(5:04) team shot clock turnover .
(4:48) Jayden Ndjigue bad pass turnover.
(4:48) Preston Copeland Steal.
(4:43) Mason Jones misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(4:39) Jayden Ndjigue Defensive Rebound.
(4:33) Danny Carbuccia misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:31) Preston Copeland Defensive Rebound.
(4:31) Foul on Jayden Ndjigue.
(4:19) Devon Barnes bad pass turnover.
(4:19) Donovan Brown Steal.
+2 (4:14) Danny Carbuccia makes driving layup.
3016
(3:56) Armoni Zeigler misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:51) Davion Hill Offensive Rebound.
(3:49) Cam Denson bad pass turnover.
(3:25) Leonardo Bettiol bad pass turnover.
(3:25) Preston Copeland Steal.
(3:11) Foul on Donovan Brown.
(3:04) Elmore James IV misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:00) Donovan Brown Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:36) Leonardo Bettiol makes 6-foot hook shot (Marcus Banks Jr. assists).
3216
(2:11) Davion Hill misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:09) Ball State Offensive Rebound.
(2:09) Foul on Cam Denson.
(1:50) Marcus Banks Jr. misses driving layup.
(1:50) Massachusetts Offensive Rebound.
(1:50) Preston Copeland Block.
(1:44) Leonardo Bettiol misses layup.
(1:44) Armoni Zeigler Block.
(1:38) Armoni Zeigler Defensive Rebound.
(1:35) Juwan Maxey misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:31) Elmore James IV Offensive Rebound.
(1:31) Elmore James IV misses layup.
(1:28) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
(1:28) Leonardo Bettiol bad pass turnover.
(1:28) Elmore James IV Steal.
+2 (1:23) Elmore James IV makes layup (Juwan Maxey assists).
3218
(1:12) Leonardo Bettiol misses layup.
(1:10) Preston Copeland Defensive Rebound.
(0:46) Elmore James IV misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(0:42) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
(0:38) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. misses driving layup.
(0:37) Mason Jones Defensive Rebound.
(0:30) Foul on Danny Carbuccia.
(0:28) Juwan Maxey bad pass turnover.
(0:28) Leonardo Bettiol Steal.
(0:22) Danny Carbuccia misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:19) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(0:19) Foul on Armoni Zeigler.
+1 (0:19) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
3318
+1 (0:19) Dwayne Wimbley Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
3418
+3 (0:06) Juwan Maxey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Elmore James IV assists).
3421

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

MASS

BALL

73Points74

26-69(37.7%)Field Goal(%)25-70(35.7%)

8-27(29.6%)3-Point(%)6-28(21.4%)

13-16(81.3%)Free Throw(%)18-22(81.8%)

49(18)Rebounds(Offensive)41(16)

14Assists12

4Steals6

5Blocks3

14Turnovers10

21(1)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

18Largest Lead5

Game Details

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Worthen Arena · Muncie, IN

attendance: 2,396 (20.8%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MASS -3.5

over/under: 143.5