Cardinals vs Chippewas

Gameday · FRI MAR 5

Ball StateVSCentral Michigan

Tip time TBD

TipTBD

WatchTBA

LineNot posted

McGuirk Arena · Mount Pleasant, MI

Win probability

1912 blend

43% BALLCMU 57%

Adj. efficiency35%

65%

SRS35%

65%

Elo58%

42%

CMU +3.6

Proj. margin

152.4

Proj. total

71.2

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 24M.JonesF · 8.3 RPG4.7
• 1T.LewisG · 0.3 APG7.3
• 0S.BlakeG · 3.3 APG15.0
• 5K.ParkerG · 0.0 APG8.5
• 2J.Guy-KingG · 1.3 APG14.7

• 10P.BrooksG · 4.0 APG19.0
• 2J.KampenG · 1.0 APG10.3
• 13K.GarnerF · 6.7 RPG10.0
• 3J.WhitakerG · 2.0 APG7.3
• 55C.LuczynskiC · 1.7 BPG10.0

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

-12.0Adj. net rating-10.3

294thAdj. net rank277th

97.7Adj. offense105.4

109.7Adj. defense115.7

69.8Pace72.5

-7.2SRS-6.0

1749Elo1696

1–2Record3–0

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games

70.0Points89.0

66.7Opp points68.7

46.8%eFG%59.5%

20.0%TO%18.0%

30.9%OREB%30.2%

.43FT rate.40

47%3PA rate39%

42%Assisted FG%48%

Last five games

Ball State

W89-64vs Brescia

L66-69vs INST

L55-67@ GASO

W85-69vs CMU

W74-71@ WMU

Central Michigan

W91-78vs YSU

W93-50vs Alma

W83-78@ ULM

L69-85@ BALL

L64-77vs AKR

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26CMU 69 · BALL 85Fri, 3/6

25-26BALL 68 · CMU 67Tue, 1/20

24-25CMU 69 · BALL 67Tue, 3/4

24-25BALL 82 · CMU 80Tue, 1/21

23-24BALL 79 · CMU 71Tue, 2/27

23-24CMU 71 · BALL 65Sat, 1/6

22-23BALL 65 · CMU 51Tue, 2/7

21-22CMU 89 · BALL 85Tue, 2/8

20-21CMU 91 · BALL 97Sat, 2/27

19-20CMU 68 · BALL 85Tue, 3/3

Game information

TipFriday, Mar 5 · time TBD

VenueMcGuirk Arena · Mount Pleasant, MI

Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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