Ball State hosts Evansville following Comer’s 20-point game

Evansville Purple Aces (3-8, 0-1 MVC) at Ball State Cardinals (4-6)

Muncie, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -3.5; over/under is 140

BOTTOM LINE: Evansville visits Ball State after Tayshawn Comer scored 20 points in Evansville’s 80-54 loss to the UT Arlington Mavericks.

The Cardinals are 1-2 in home games. Ball State averages 10.7 turnovers per game and is 1-4 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Purple Aces are 0-5 on the road. Evansville gives up 73.8 points to opponents while being outscored by 6.2 points per game.

Ball State is shooting 43.9% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points lower than the 44.4% Evansville allows to opponents. Evansville averages 67.6 points per game, 5.1 fewer points than the 72.7 Ball State allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jermahri Hill is scoring 16.0 points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds for the Cardinals.

Gabriel Pozzato is averaging 15.4 points and 1.8 steals for the Purple Aces.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.