Ball State Cardinals to host Southern Miss Golden Eagles Saturday

Southern Miss Golden Eagles (10-14, 5-7 Sun Belt) at Ball State Cardinals (10-12, 4-6 MAC)

Muncie, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss travels to Ball State for a Division 1 Division matchup Saturday.

The Cardinals are 4-5 on their home court. Ball State is seventh in the MAC with 32.5 points per game in the paint led by Jermahri Hill averaging 8.7.

The Golden Eagles have gone 1-10 away from home. Southern Miss has a 2-3 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

Ball State averages 76.0 points per game, 1.0 more point than the 75.0 Southern Miss allows. Southern Miss has shot at a 43.1% rate from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points fewer than the 43.7% shooting opponents of Ball State have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Payton Sparks is averaging 12.9 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Cardinals. Hill is averaging 16.3 points over the last 10 games.

Cobie Montgomery averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Eagles, scoring 8.7 points while shooting 43.5% from beyond the arc. Denijay Harris is averaging 14.7 points and 10.8 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, averaging 76.5 points, 30.5 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 3.6 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.2 points per game.

Golden Eagles: 4-6, averaging 71.7 points, 35.0 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 7.4 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.