Ball State Cardinals at Bowling Green Falcons
· MAC TOURNAMENT PRES. BY VISIT MYRTLE BEACH - QUARTERFINAL
86 - 99
Bowling Green moves into MAC semis with win over Ball State
The third-seeded Falcons (21-11) will play Northern Illinois in Friday's second semifinal. Top-seeded Buffalo meets Central Michigan in the other game.
Bowling Green, which had dropped four of five to end the regular season, took control in the second half with Caleb Fields and Marlon Sierra making 3-pointers in an 8-0 run to take a 77-63 lead.
The Cardinals (16-17) never recovered as Bowling Green answered every push with one of its own and reached a season-high in points.
Senior Tayler Persons led No. 11 seed Ball State with 25 points and seven assists in his final game and Trey Moses had 12 points.
Bowling Green's win assured there will be at least one Ohio team in the semifinals. It's still the first time since the conference moved the tournament to Cleveland that there hasn't been two Ohio schools represented in the final four.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 86 - 99 |
| 2nd 0:09 | Ishmael El-Amin made Three Point Jumper. | 86 - 99 |
| 2nd 0:17 | Justin Turner made Three Point Jumper. | 83 - 99 |
| 2nd 0:22 | Daeqwon Plowden Offensive Rebound. | 83 - 96 |
| 2nd 0:22 | Daeqwon Plowden missed Jumper. | 83 - 96 |
Statistics
 BALL |
 BGSU |
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|---|---|---|
| 34-67 | FG | 37-66 |
| 51 | Field Goal % | 56 |
| 8-25 | 3PT | 9-20 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 45 |
| 10-16 | FT | 16-26 |
| 63 | Free Throw % | 62 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| 46 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fouls | 20 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 18 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 2,499 | Capacity:
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH) | 18-0 | - | 32-2 |
| Akron | 17-1 | 1 | 29-6 |
| Kent State | 14-4 | 4 | 24-10 |
| Toledo | 11-7 | 7 | 19-15 |
| Bowling Green | 9-9 | 9 | 18-14 |
| Ohio | 9-9 | 9 | 15-17 |
| Buffalo | 7-11 | 11 | 17-15 |
| Massachusetts | 7-11 | 11 | 17-16 |
| Ball State | 7-11 | 11 | 12-19 |
| Central Michigan | 6-12 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Western Michigan | 4-14 | 14 | 10-21 |
| Eastern Michigan | 4-14 | 14 | 10-21 |
| Northern Illinois | 4-14 | 10 | 9-21 |