MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - Sean Esposito scored 20 points, leading four IUPUI players in double figures, and the Jaguars defeated Ball State 77-68 on Sunday.
Esposito had six 3-pointers in the game. John Hart had 14 points and seven rebounds for IUPUI (5-10). Lyonell Gaines added 13 points and Jordan Shanklin scored 11.
Jauwan Scaife scored 21 points to lead all scorers for the Cardinals (5-6). Chris Bond and Tyler Koch each scored 10 points for Ball State.
The Cardinals led only in the first minute of the game. IUPUI came back to take a 13-point lead later in the half and led 38-32 at the break.
Ball State outscored the Jaguars 40-20 in the paint but IUPUI made 11 3-pointers while Ball State had four.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| IUPUI (5-10) « | 38 | 39 | 77 |
| Ball State (5-6) | 32 | 36 | 68 |
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| IUPUI Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Gaines, F | 34 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| D. Gibbs, F | 27 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| S. Esposito, G | 37 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Hart, G | 36 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| G. Rice, G | 28 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Shanklin | 24 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| N. Kitcoff | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Barksdale | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Hubert | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-52 | 12-16 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 77 | |
| 51.9% | 75% | ||||||
| Ball State Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Majok, F | 31 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Bond, F | 23 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Z. Fields, C | 13 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Berry, G | 30 | 1-6 | 7-8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Scaife, G | 29 | 8-14 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Koch | 23 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| M. Posley | 22 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Ramey | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Calhoun | 10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C. Brogna | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-50 | 16-21 | 33 | 10 | 16 | 68 | |
| 48% | 76.2% | ||||||
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