MUNCIE, Ind. — Mickey Pearson Jr. had 24 points in Ball State's 75-58 win over South Carolina Upstate on Tuesday night.
Pearson had six rebounds for the Cardinals (4-1). Basheer Jihad scored 12 points and added five rebounds. Davion Bailey had 11 points.
Trae Broadnax finished with 14 points, four assists and two steals for the Spartans (2-4). Justin Bailey added 13 points and Ahmir Langlais had nine points, eight rebounds and two blocks.
BOX SCORE
SC-UPSTATE (2-4)
Langlais 4-10 1-1 9, J.Bailey 4-11 4-5 13, Broadnax 7-11 0-0 14, Alves 2-2 0-0 5, Surratt 2-4 0-1 5, Ayesa 1-3 0-0 3, Breazeale 2-6 0-0 5, Rideau 1-7 0-0 2, Placer 0-2 0-0 0, Ochoa 0-0 0-0 0, Iriel 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-57 5-7 58.
BALL ST. (4-1)
Jihad 5-11 2-3 12, Pearson 9-14 5-5 24, Hendriks 3-3 1-2 7, Anderson 3-9 4-4 10, D.Bailey 4-12 0-0 11, Jones 1-3 2-2 4, Middleton 2-4 1-2 5, Bell 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Doughty 1-1 0-0 2, Zagorsak 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-58 15-18 75.
Halftime: Ball St. 32-25.
3-Point Goals: SC-Upstate 5-21 (Alves 1-1, Ayesa 1-2, Surratt 1-2, Breazeale 1-4, J.Bailey 1-7, Placer 0-1, Rideau 0-4), Ball St. 4-16 (D.Bailey 3-7, Pearson 1-2, Bell 0-1, Middleton 0-1, Anderson 0-2, Jihad 0-3).
Rebounds: SC-Upstate 21 (Langlais 8), Ball St. 37 (Jones 7).
Assists: SC-Upstate 10 (Broadnax 4), Ball St. 14 (Anderson 6).
Total Fouls: SC-Upstate 19, Ball St. 14.
Attendance: 3,018 (11,500).