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- Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
- Time: 1:30 PM ET
- TV: ESPN+
- Where: Cleveland, Ohio
- Venue: Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
- Line: Ball State -1.5
- Point Total: 152.5
- Moneyline (To Win): Ball State -109, Ohio -109
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| Favorite | Spread | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ball State | -1.5 | 152.5 |
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The No. 5 seed Ohio Bobcats (18-13, 10-8 MAC) play in the MAC Tournament against the No. 4 seed Ball State Cardinals (20-11, 11-7 MAC) on Thursday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, beginning at 1:30 PM.
Ball State vs. Ohio Key Stats
- Ball State’s games have gone over 152.5 points scored, its current matchup’s total, five times (out of 14) this season.
- The Bobcats have played in seven games this season (46.7% of chances) in which the teams combined to score more than 152.5 points.
- The two teams average a combined 2.7 more points per game (155.2) than this game’s over/under of 152.5 points.
- Ball State and Ohio have seen their opponents average a combined 8.6 fewer points per game than the point total of 152.5 set in this matchup.
- The average point total for Cardinals games this season is 4.9 fewer points than the over/under of 152.5 in this matchup.
- The average point total for Ohio this season is 1.0 point fewer than this game’s over/under.
| Cardinals | Bobcats | |
|---|---|---|
| 76.6 | 78.6 | |
| 63 | 34 | |
| 5-2 | 9-4 | |
| 12-4 | 18-7 | |
| 71 | 72.9 | |
| 203 | 265 | |
| 6-5 | 7-3 | |
| 18-6 | 16-4 |
Ball State vs. Ohio Betting The Spread & Over/Under
- Ball State has won seven of the nine games it has played as the favorite this season.
- Ball State has put together a 7-7-0 record against the spread this season.
- In games it was favored in by 1.5 points or more so far this season, Ball State has gone 5-4 against the spread.
- This season, Ball State’s games have hit the over nine times out of 15 chances.
- Ohio has been chosen as underdogs in five games this year and has walked away with the win one time (20%) in those games.
- Ohio has gone 9-6-0 against the spread this year.
- Ohio is 2-2 ATS when playing as at least 1.5-point underdogs.
- Ohio’s games have finished with a final combined score above the over/under eight times this year.
- Spread Prediction:
Ohio (+1.5)
- Over/Under Prediction:
Under (152.5)
Ball State Key Players
- Payton Sparks paces his squad in rebounds per game (8.7), and also puts up 13 points and 2 assists. Defensively, he delivers 0.5 steals and 0.9 blocked shots.
- Demarius Jacobs is putting up 12.2 points, 3.5 assists and 3.8 rebounds per contest.
- Jaylin Sellers posts 13.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists per contest. At the other end, he delivers 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
- Mickey Pearson Jr. posts 7.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists per contest. Defensively, he posts 0.5 steals and 0.4 blocked shots.
Ohio Key Players
- Dwight Wilson is the Bobcats’ top scorer (15.9 points per game) and rebounder (9.1), and produces 1.3 assists.
- Jaylin Hunter is putting up a team-best 4.3 assists per game. He’s also contributing 12.7 points and 3.6 rebounds, hitting 43.9% of his shots from the field, and 39.3% from beyond the arc resulting in 2.1 treys per game.
- The Bobcats receive 10.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game from Miles Brown.
- The Bobcats receive 8.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game from AJ Clayton.
- Devon Baker is averaging 6.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per contest, making 36.7% of his shots from the field.
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