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Ball State Cardinals at Buffalo Bulls: January 3, 2026

The Buffalo Bulls beat the Ball State Cardinals 85-72 on January 3, 2026 (2025-26 season).

Final · Played January 3, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most points: Devon Barnes (Ball State Cardinals, 20); Ryan Sabol (Buffalo Bulls, 22).

Line score

TeamH1H2Final
Ball State Cardinals254772
Buffalo Bulls414485

What stood out

  • The Buffalo Bulls' biggest edge came in the 1st half (41-25).

Player lines

  • Armoni Zeigler (BALL G): 29 MIN, 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV
  • Cam Denson (BALL F): 16 MIN, 2 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Davion Hill (BALL G): 24 MIN, 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Devon Barnes (BALL G): 25 MIN, 20 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Elmore James IV (BALL G): 32 MIN, 11 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Jai Anthoni Bearden (BALL F): 7 MIN, 2 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Mason Jones (BALL F): 32 MIN, 3 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 0 3PM, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Preston Copeland (BALL F): 20 MIN, 2 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Angelo Brizzi (BUF G): 30 MIN, 15 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Daniel Freitag (BUF G): 37 MIN, 9 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TOV
  • Derrick Talton Jr. (BUF G): 22 MIN, 2 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TOV
  • Ezra McKenna (BUF F): 12 MIN, 2 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Mikhali Pocknett (BUF F): 13 MIN, 2 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 0 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV
  • Noah Batchelor (BUF G): 30 MIN, 12 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TOV
  • Ryan Sabol (BUF G): 34 MIN, 22 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TOV
  • Tim Oboh (BUF C): 22 MIN, 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 0 3PM, 2 STL, 2 BLK, 2 TOV

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full Buffalo Bulls vs Ball State Cardinals head-to-head (2 meetings).

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