| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 NIU | 20 | 56 | 7 | 83 |
 BALL | 38 | 38 | 13 | 89 |
Game Leaders
Juanse Gorosito
· G
Ethan Brittain-Watts
· G
Quentin Jones
· G
Quentin Jones
· G
Team Stats
26-63FG23-54
41Field Goal %43
13-363PT9-23
36Three Point %39
18-21FT34-50
86Free Throw %68
36Rebounds40
6Offensive Rebounds7
30Defensive Rebounds33
13Assists10
2Steals6
3Blocks3
Play-by-Play
0:00
End of Game
0:00
End of 1st OT
0:00
Ethan Brittain-Watts Defensive Rebound.
0:00
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
0:01
Mickey Pearson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
0:03
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
0:03
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
0:03
Tsvet Sotirov subbing in for Northern Illinois
0:03
Joe Munden Jr. subbing out for Northern Illinois
0:03
Foul on Joe Munden Jr..
0:03
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Free Throw.
0:03
Ball State Deadball Team Rebound.
0:03
Mickey Pearson Jr. missed Free Throw.
0:03
Technical Foul on Northern Illinois.
0:05
Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
0:06
Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
0:08
Jermahri Hill missed Layup.
0:38
Kailon Nicholls subbing in for Northern Illinois
0:38
Tsvet Sotirov subbing out for Northern Illinois
0:38
Northern Illinois Timeout
0:39
Quentin Jones made Dunk.
0:47
Ethan Brittain-Watts made Layup.
1:18
James Dent Jr. Turnover.
1:26
Jermahri Hill made Jumper.
1:50
Joe Munden Jr. made Jumper.
2:20
Mickey Pearson Jr. Turnover.
2:20
Foul on Mickey Pearson Jr..
2:26
Juanse Gorosito Steal.
2:26
Quentin Jones Turnover.
2:40
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
2:40
Jeremiah Hernandez subbing in for Ball State
2:40
Payton Sparks subbing out for Ball State
2:40
Jermahri Hill made Free Throw.
2:40
Foul on Joe Munden Jr..
2:44
Juanse Gorosito Defensive Rebound.
2:48
Payton Sparks Block.
2:48
James Dent Jr. missed Layup.
3:08
Joe Munden Jr. Defensive Rebound.
3:11
Ethan Brittain-Watts missed Jumper.
3:26
Juanse Gorosito Defensive Rebound.
3:30
Steven Tipton missed Three Point Jumper.
3:55
Mickey Pearson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Payton Sparks.
4:11
Steven Tipton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tsvet Sotirov.
4:31
Juanse Gorosito made Jumper.
5:00
Mickey Pearson Jr. subbing in for Ball State
5:00
Ben Hendriks subbing out for Ball State
0:00
End of 2nd half
0:01
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
0:01
Ben Hendriks subbing in for Ball State
0:01
Jermahri Hill subbing in for Ball State
Gorosito, Pearson lead Ball State to 89-83 OT win over Northern Illinois
— Juanse Gorosito scored 24 points and Mickey Pearson Jr. added five in overtime as Ball State defeated Northern Illinois 89-83 on Saturday.
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