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NCAAB MATCHUP REPORT

January 3, 2026, 2:00 | Alumni Arena

Ball State Cardinals (4-9) VS Buffalo Bulls (12-2)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
Moneyline			226 -275	250 -300
Spread			6 -108 -6 -112	6.5 -110 -6.5 -110
Total	o u	o u	144.5 o -127 144.5 u 107	145.5 o -110 145.5 u -110	o u

RECENT FORM

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Ball State	4-9	4-7	68.00	67.62	0.38	2-2	1-4	3-8	1-3	0-5
Buffalo	12-2	9-3	79.50	70.43	9.07	3-1	5-1	6-6	4-0	2-4

POWER STATS

Assists Turnovers

Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
BALL	13.36	11.36	1.18
BUFF	13.73	10.27	1.34

Rebounding

Name	Offense	Defense	Total
BALL	10.36	22.86	33.22
BUFF	9.33	23.2	32.53

ShootingPercentage

Name	Offense	Defense	Total
BALL	42.15	44.36	-2.21
BUFF	48.81	43.79	5.02

SMART CHART

BALL	NAME	BUFF
68.29	OFFENSE	79.87
68.86	DEFENSE	70.53
-0.57	DIFFERENTIAL	9.34
10.36	OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS	9.33
22.86	DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS	23.20
42.15	FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE	48.81
67.31	FREE THROW PERCENTAGE	74.86
7.07	THREE POINTERS	9.53
7.93	STEALS	7.80

TEAM RECORDS

Ball State Cardinals

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	4-9	4-3	0-6	4-7	3-2	1-5	68.00	67.62	0.38
Last 10	2-8	2-3	0-5	3-6	2-2	1-4	67.00	67.50	-0.50
vs Conf	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	77.00	86.00	-9.00

Buffalo Bulls

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	12-2	6-1	6-1	9-3	3-2	6-1	79.50	70.43	9.07
Last 10	8-2	3-1	5-1	6-3	1-2	5-1	79.90	71.40	8.50
vs Conf	2-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	84.50	69.00	15.50

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	68.00	334	70.43	111
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	55.50	363	74.29	308
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	33.83	192	29.14	47
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	79.50	136	67.62	60
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	82.29	189	70.67	37
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	30.71	358	42.83	349

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG 1/2	FG%	REB	3PT	STEALS
Ball State	4-6	6-4	5-5	73.70	36.40	42.36	39.10	71/226	6.30
Buffalo	6-4	4-6	5-5	75.00	34.50	41.25	41.00	81/271	7.40

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Feb 22, 2025	BUFF	BALL	66	80	-9	BALL	151.5	U	BALL	BALL	BALL	36	41	40	43.6	32	41	4/23	6/13	4	5
Feb 1, 2025	BALL	BUFF	89	76	2.5	BALL	154	O	BALL	BALL	BUFF	45	32	46	38.5	45	37	6/17	8/39	4	5
Jan 23, 2024	BALL	BUFF	87	59	2	BALL	145.5	O	BALL	BALL	Push	45	31	50.8	32.8	46	27	10/23	10/33	10	6
Jan 24, 2023	BUFF	BALL	91	65	-6	BUFF	150.5	O	BUFF	BUFF	BUFF	45	27	59.7	40	40	26	11/22	9/23	7	8
Feb 12, 2022	BALL	BUFF	74	80	-11.5	BALL	155.5	U	BALL	BUFF	Push	36	38	46.7	42.9	36	42	7/21	7/21	8	9
Jan 14, 2022	BUFF	BALL	74	68	7	BALL	162	U	BUFF	BUFF	BUFF	34	30	40.6	35	45	39	11/31	4/25	7	3
Feb 2, 2021	BUFF	BALL	78	58	5	BUFF	154.5	U	BUFF	BUFF	BUFF	33	32	42.4	32.8	44	40	8/24	7/32	13	5
Jan 9, 2021	BALL	BUFF	69	86	-5.5	BUFF	153	O	BALL	BUFF	BUFF	31	33	43.3	39	39	53	5/17	11/29	6	12
Feb 18, 2020	BALL	BUFF	59	72	-4	BUFF	146	U	BALL	BUFF	BUFF	29	29	36.4	32.9	42	51	7/28	8/31	5	8
Jan 7, 2020	BUFF	BALL	68	88	-4	BALL	147.5	O	BALL	BUFF	BALL	34	48	45.5	47.9	39	37	3/18	10/27	3	9

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Buffalo Bulls

Buffalo is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Ball State
Buffalo is 15-6 SU in its last 21 games when playing Ball State
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Buffalo's last 24 games when playing Ball State
Buffalo is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Ball State
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Buffalo's last 14 games when playing at home against Ball State
Buffalo is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home

Ball State Cardinals

Ball State is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Ball State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Ball State's last 10 games on the road
Ball State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
Ball State is 6-15 SU in its last 21 games when playing Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Ball State's last 24 games when playing Buffalo
Ball State is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Ball State's last 14 games when playing on the road against Buffalo

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Ball State Cardinals

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Total	ATS Result	Field Goal Percentage	Free Throw Percentage	Three Pointers	Location
Dec 29, 2025	EARLHM	93-30	W	N/A	N/A	N/A	63.79	52.63	9	H
Dec 20, 2025	M-OH	77-86	L	7.5	147.5	L/O	49.12	77.78	7	H
Dec 14, 2025	CAMP	64-69	L	7.5	145.5	W/U	40.68	70.00	2	A
Dec 9, 2025	SDAKST	64-68	L	5.5	142.5	W/U	36.07	70.00	6	H
Dec 3, 2025	EVANS	52-64	L	6.5	136.5	L/U	32.14	71.43	6	A

Buffalo Bulls

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Total	ATS Result	Field Goal Percentage	Free Throw Percentage	Three Pointers	Location
Dec 31, 2025	NIU	81-67	W	-6	155	W/U	49.09	69.57	11	A
Dec 22, 2025	PS-ERI	92-63	W	N/A	N/A	N/A	62.50	53.33	14	H
Dec 20, 2025	WMU	88-71	W	-2	149.5	W/O	49.15	75.00	12	A
Dec 14, 2025	ECU	70-73	L	1.5	146.5	L/U	38.98	76.19	8	A
Dec 9, 2025	UMBC	83-79	W	-2.5	145.5	W/O	54.55	88.89	7	A

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