Ball State Cardinals (6-4) at Northern Kentucky Norse (2-8, 0-2 Horizon)
Highland Heights, Kentucky; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northern Kentucky comes into the matchup against Ball State as losers of six straight games.
The Norse have gone 1-3 in home games. Northern Kentucky is sixth in the Horizon scoring 63.9 points while shooting 39.2% from the field.
The Cardinals are 1-1 on the road. Ball State is fifth in the MAC with 14.2 assists per game led by Ally Becki averaging 5.7.
Northern Kentucky’s average of 6.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.7 fewer made shots on average than the 6.7 per game Ball State allows. Ball State’s 42.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.0 percentage points lower than Northern Kentucky has allowed to its opponents (44.3%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Halle Idowu is scoring 13.3 points per game with 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists for the Norse.
Lachelle Austin averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, scoring 11.8 points while shooting 31.5% from beyond the arc.
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