DEKALB, Ill. — Jalin Anderson had 19 points in Ball State's 70-63 win against Northern Illinois on Tuesday night.
Anderson had eight rebounds and seven assists for the Cardinals (13-13, 5-8 Mid-American Conference). Basheer Jihad scored 17 points while going 3 of 18 and 11 of 13 from the free throw line, and added 10 rebounds. Davion Bailey had 15 points and was 5 of 9 shooting (5 for 8 from 3-point range).
David Coit led the Huskies (9-17, 3-10) in scoring, finishing with 28 points. Northern Illinois also got 10 points and three blocks from Yanic Konan Niederhauser. In addition, Will Lovings-Watts had eight points and 10 rebounds.
BOX SCORE
BALL ST. (13-13)
Jihad 3-18 11-13 17, Jones 2-3 0-0 4, Pearson 1-6 7-10 10, Anderson 8-15 2-2 19, Bailey 5-9 0-0 15, Hendriks 2-3 1-2 5, Middleton 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-56 21-27 70.
N. ILLINOIS (9-17)
Butler 3-11 0-0 7, Konan Niederhauser 2-4 6-7 10, Coit 10-26 5-5 28, Lovings-Watts 3-11 1-4 8, Russell 1-5 0-4 3, Ibarguen 1-3 3-4 5, Durosinmi 1-1 0-0 2, Gebrewhit 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-62 15-24 63.
Halftime: N. Illinois 31-27
3-Point Goals: Ball St. 7-17 (Bailey 5-8, Anderson 1-4, Pearson 1-5), N. Illinois 6-24 (Coit 3-10, Butler 1-4, Russell 1-4, Lovings-Watts 1-5, Gebrewhit 0-1)
Fouled Out: Konan Niederhauser
Rebounds: Ball St. 32 (Jihad 10), N. Illinois 40 (Butler, Lovings-Watts 10)
Assists: Ball St. 15 (Anderson 7), N. Illinois 7 (Butler, Lovings-Watts, Russell 2)
Total Fouls: Ball St. 18, N. Illinois 20
Attendance: 1,317 (10,000)