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Game preview · Saturday, Jan 23 · 3:30 PM ET

#216Ball State

0-2 · MAC · Away

at

#226Eastern Michigan

1-1 · MAC · Home

Conference game

Statboy projection

Eastern Michigan by 3 (68-65)

59% to win

Ball State 41%Eastern Michigan 59%

From the Statboy Power ratings, with home court counted.

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Projection, key ratings and a player to watch for each team.

Ratings

Ball StateEastern Michigan
-5.9#216Power rating-6.5#226
98.8#303Offense100.6#269
104.8#132Defense107.1#175
68.5#331Tempo68.8#315
0-2Record1-1
#169Preseason rank#243

Small numbers are national ranks (1 = best). The better team in each row is bold; tempo is a style, so neither is bold.

Team stats

Ball StateEastern Michigan
43.6%#355Shooting (eFG%)46.5%#324
48.1%#75Opponents' eFG%50.0%#158
19.2%#261Turnover rate18.8%#223
18.5%#157Turnovers forced18.7%#138
31.8%#167Offensive rebounding33.6%#95
36.7%#190Free throw rate39.8%#108
21.9%#3583-point %34.0%#118
34.3%#261Opponents' 3-point %29.8%#68
43.7%#91Shots from three38.3%#296

This season so far, not adjusted for opponents. Small numbers are national ranks.

Players to watch

Ball State

Eastern Michigan

Each team's top three in the Statboy player rankings (#rank · position).

Recent results

Ball State

  • Nov 6vs Indiana StateL66-69
  • Nov 2at Georgia SouthernL55-67

Eastern Michigan

  • Nov 6at XavierL53-76
  • Nov 2at Coastal CarolinaW71-70