Ball State 55, 
Northern Illinois 56
3:00 PM ET, February 28, 2009
Convocation Center
DeKalb, IL
| BALL STATE CARDINALS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Malik Perry, F | 28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jarrod Jones, F | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Brandon Lampley, G | 36 | 8-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Laron Frazier, G | 33 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Rob Giles, G | 18 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Randy Davis, G | 9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Wormely, F | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| M Hubbard | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Pierre Sneed, G | 24 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 21-45 | 8-12 | 5-8 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 55 | ||
| 46.7% | 66.7% | 62.5% | ||||||||||
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Najul Ervin, F | 27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sean Smith, F | 31 | 8-15 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Ante Dzepina, C | 17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Mike DiNunno, G | 23 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Darion (Jake) Anderson, G | 37 | 8-20 | 0-4 | 3-6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Bryan Hall, G | 15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Patton, G | 21 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeremy Landers, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Fisher, F | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Storm, F | 15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Fakuade, C | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 22-51 | 3-18 | 9-20 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 56 | ||
| 43.1% | 16.7% | 45.0% | ||||||||||
Officials: Alvin Cox ,Bill Kaminski ,Lamar Simpson
Attendance: 2,283
Men's Basketball Scores
Other Scores:
Saturday, February 28th
| Ball State | 55 | Final |
| Northern Illinois | 56 |
| Eastern Michigan | 57 | Final |
| Central Michigan | 56 |
| Western Michigan | 62 | Final |
| Toledo | 63 |