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basketball 2/2/2017, 3:00pm

PREVIEW: Ball State men's basketball vs. Buffalo

By Ryan Flanery
PREVIEW: Ball State men's basketball vs. Buffalo
Grace Hollars and Grace Hollars
Guard Taylor Persons, pushes his way up the court against Toledo guards Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Worthen Arena in Muncie, IN. Ball State defeated Toledo in a close game, 81-80. Daily News // Grace Hollars

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Riding a three-game winning streak, Ball State men’s basketball (15-7, 6-3 MAC) welcomes Mid-American Conference East Division foe the University of Buffalo (11-11, 4-5 MAC) to Worthen Arena this week. The matchup, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, was switched to 9 p.m. Feb. 3 to be aired on ESPNU.

This is the second meeting between Ball State and the University of Buffalo during this calendar year. On Jan. 14, the Cardinals defeated the Bulls on their home floor 92-77.

At 4-5 in MAC play, Buffalo is 3-3 since Ball State handed them a loss. The Bulls are playing off a 101-91 victory against Central Michigan. In that game, senior guard Blake Hamilton scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Buffalo.

Tied as the eighth-best scorer in the MAC, Hamilton averages 15.7 points per game, but over the last five games and since the loss to the Cardinals, Hamilton has jumped that average up to 17.8.

In the game against Ball State Jan. 14, Hamilton managed only 14 points.

Ball State stats:

Field goal percentage: 46.7

Opponent field goal percentage: 40.6

Assists: 16.3

Leading scorer: Tayler Persons — 16.1

Buffalo stats:

Field goal percentage: 43.6

Opponent field goal percentage: 41.0

Assists: 15.3

Leading scorer: Blake Hamilton — 17.0

During the streak in which Ball State has won six of the last seven games, their offense is averaging a total of 86.7 points while holding opponents to 78.0 points.

For the season, Ball State sits at number four in the conference for scoring, averaging 79.7 points while the defense is ranked sixth, allowing an average of 73.2 points per game.

Part of the reason for the spike in offensive production is the team leaders, redshirt sophomore Tayler Persons and senior forward Franko House.

Throughout the season Persons has averaged 16.1 points per game and over the last seven he has averaged 17.7 with a 24-point game against Western Michigan and a 26-point game against Toledo. House averages 12.9 for Ball State this season and through the last seven, he is averaging 15.1 points.

Free throws have been key for the Cardinals in the last seven games. Through the first fifteen games, Ball State went to the line an average of 18 times a game. In the last seven games the Cardinals have managed getting to the line an average of 26 times per game.

In the first matchup against Buffalo Jan. 14, Ball State went to the free-throw line 26 times, making 21 of those free throws.

Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. Feb. 3 at Worthen Arena.

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