Live Blogging: Ball St. Cardinals at Notre Dame Fighting Irish 12/05/2017

NCAA MBK: Ball St. Cardinals at Notre Dame Fighting Irish

ESPN/ACC Network Extra TV Broadcast

Hello and welcome to another edition of ‘Live Blogging on Shish on College Basketball’. Tonight it is a battle between the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). As the Ball St. Cardinals take on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Ball St. comes in with a record of 4-4, while the Irish are coming in with a record of 7-1.

Ball St. is one of those programs who will probably need to win their conference championship, in order to make it to the NCAA Tournament.

On the other hand Notre Dame is looking to improve on their Round of 32 exit in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Returning from last year is Senior Bonzie Colson. Colson is the Irish’s main threat for a double-double averaging 18.8 PPG and 9.8 RPG.

Statistically the Ball St. Cardinals average 80.5 PPG and allow 81.3. They also average 34.8 RPG and 13.5 APG.

The Irish average 80.1 PPG, while allowing 61.9 PPG. Rebounds they average 35.8 RPG, and 14.6 APG.

It is the Ball St. Cardinals versus Notre Dame Fighting Irish, coming up shortly.

Game Location: Purcell Pavilion, South Bend, IN

Possible Starting Lineups:
Ball St. Cardinals (4-4):
G: J. Walker
G: S. Sellers
G: T. Persons
F: K. Mallers
F: T. Teague

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-1):
G: T. Gibbs 
G: R. Pflueger
G: M. Farrell 
F: B. Colson 
F: M. Geben

1st Half:
​Ball St. in red. Notre Dame in white. 
20:00: Notre Dame wins the tipoff. 
19:18: Persons fouls Colson. 
19:11: Colson makes 1 of 2 free throws. BSU 0, ND 1
18:20: Farrell makes a FG. BSU 0, ND 3
17:25: Persons makes a layup. BSU 2, ND 3
16:39: Gavin makes a jam. BSU 2, ND 5
15:50: Sellers makes a 3-point FG. BSU 5, ND 5
15:35: Pflueger makes a 3-point shot. BSU 5, ND 8
14:48: T.V. Timeout #1: BSU 5, ND 8

​14:29: Tyler makes a 3-point FG. BSU 8, ND 8
13:39: Colson draws a foul. 
13:39: Colson makes both free throws. BSU 8, ND 10
13:11: Persons makes a FG. BSU 10, ND 10
12:01: Persons makes a layup. BSU 12, ND 10
11:39: Jump Ball! Ball St. ball. Notre Dame will have possession arrow, in their favor. 
11:38: T.V. Timeout #2: BSU 12, ND 10

​11:32: Teague with a FG. BSU 14, ND 10
11:18: Geben makes a layup and a foul. BSU 14, ND 12
11:18: Geben makes a free throw. BSU 14, ND 13
11:09: Kiapway makes a 3-point FG. BSU 17, ND 13
10:30: Tyler makes 2-of-3 free throws. BSU 19, ND 13
8:11: Kiapway commits a foul. Kiapway is injured on the play. 
8:11: Gibbs makes both free throws. BSU 19, ND 15
7:32: Sellers makes a layup. BSU 21, ND 15
7:25: T.V. Timeout #3: BSU 21, ND 15

6:32: Persons makes a FG. BSU 23, ND 15
6:19: Colson makes jumper. BSU 23, ND 17
6:00: Moses makes a FG. BSU 25, ND 17
5:36: Colson makes a layup. BSU 25, ND 19
5:25: Notre Dame is in the Bonus. 
4:09: Gibbs makes the layup. BSU 25, ND 21
3:26: Geben makes a jumper and the foul. BSU 25, ND 23
3:26: T.V. Timeout #4: BSU 25, ND 23

​3:26: Geben makes a free throw. BSU 25, ND 24
3:03: Persons makes both free throws. BSU 27, ND 24
1:50: Colson makes a dunk. BSU 27, ND 26
1:33: Moses makes a layup and the foul. BSU 29, ND 26
1:33: Moses makes a free throw. BSU 30, ND 26
1:17: Mooney makes a 3-point FG. BSU 30, ND 29
:50: Gibbs misses both free throws. 
:31: Official Timeout: BSU 30, ND 29 
:31: Sellers makes both free throws. BSU 32, ND 29
:02: Cardinals Timeout #1: BSU 32, ND 29
:00: Mallers makes a FG at the buzzer. BSU 34, ND 29

Halftime: 
BSU 34, ND 29

Halftime Leaders:
Scoring: Persons (BSU) 10 points
Rebounding: Geben (BSU) 5 rebounds
Assists: Farrell (ND) 4 assists

Halftime Thoughts: Well it looks like Notre Dame is playing a little rusty. As for Ball St. they got to be feel confident after a good first half. The story in this game is that Ball St. is outrebounding Notre Dame 22-15. 

2nd Half:
Notre Dame will inbound the ball to start second half. 
​19:41: Pflueger hits a jumper and the foul. BSU 34, ND 31
19:41: Pflueger makes a free throw. BSU 34, ND 32
19:05: Geben makes the layup. BSU 34, ND 34
18:39: Teague makes the Jumper. BSU 36, ND 34
18:26: Pflueger makes a 3-point jumper. BSU 36, ND 37
18:11: Walker makes a FG. BSU 38, ND 37
17:51: Colson makes a layup. BSU 38, ND 39
17:13: Pflueger makes a FG. BSU 38, ND 41
16:53: Persons makes a FG. BSU 40, ND 41
16:34: Colson makes a FG and foul. BSU 40, ND 43
16:34: Colson makes the free throw. BSU 40, ND 44
16:07: Cardinals Timeout #2: BSU 40, ND 44
15:57: T.V. Timeout #1: BSU 40, ND 44

​15:34: Mallers makes a 3-point FG. BSU 43, ND 44
15:01: Persons makes a FG. BSU 45, ND 44
14:38: El-Amin makes a Layup. BSU 47, ND 44
14:34: Fighting Irish Timeout #1: BSU 47, ND 44
14:31: Colson makes a jumper. BSU 47, ND 46
13:52: Colsom makes a FG. BSU 47, ND 48
13:09: Persons with the foul. 
12:56: Teague makes a layup. BSU 49, ND 48
12:38: Mooney with the layup. BSU 49, ND 50
12:20: Teague draws a foul by Geben. 
12:20: Teague makes 1 of 2 free throws. BSU 50, ND 50
11:58: T.V. Timeout #2: BSU 50, ND 50
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​11:58: Teague makes both free throws. BSU 52, ND 50
11;31: Tyler makes a 3-point FG. BSU 55, ND 50
10:36: Colson with a FG. BSU 55, ND 52
10:14: Geben draws a foul on Teague. 
10:14: Geben makes both free throws. BSU 55, ND 54
10:01: Colson's layup gives the Irish back the lead. BSU 55, ND 56
9:36: Teague counters with a FG. BSU 57, ND 56
9:36: Cardinals Timeout #3: BSU 57, ND 56 
​9:04: Mallers makes a 3-point FG. BSU 60, ND 56
8:30: Colson draws the foul on Moses. 
8:30: Colson makes 1 of 2 free throws. BSU 60, ND 57
8:30: Next BSU foul and Notre Dame will go to Double Bonus. 
7:52: Persons makes a jumper. BSU 62, ND 57 
7:47: T.V. Timeout #3: BSU 62, ND 57
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7:47: Gibbs makes 1 of 2 free throws. BSU 62, ND 58
7:36: Irish is in the Double Bonus. 
7:23: Persons makes a 3-point FG. BSU 65, ND 58
6:47: Persons makes a FG. BSU 67, ND 58 
6:36: Irish Timeout #3: BSU 67, ND 58

​6:30: Colson makes 1 of 2 free throws. BSU 67, ND 59
5:25: Farrell makes a 3-point FG. BSU 67, ND 62
4:51: Farrell makes a FG. BSU 67, ND 64
4:33: Colson commits the foul. 
4:33: Ball St. is now in the Bonus. 
4:13: Teague makes a layup to stop the Cardinal bleeding. BSU 69, ND 64
4:11: Teague fouls Farrell. 
4:11: Farrell makes both free throws. BSU 69, ND 66
3:53: Teague commits the foul.
3:53: T.V. Timeout #4: BSU 69, ND 66

​3:53: Mooney makes 1 of 2 free throws. BSU 69, ND 67
3:35: Mooney fouls Moses. 
3:35: Moses makes both free throws. BSU 71, ND 67
3:05: Sellers with the tipin. BSU 73, ND 67
2:17: Tyler commits the foul. 
2:17: Farrell makes both free throws. BSU 73, ND 69
1:58: Moses gets the layup to go. BSU 75, ND 69 
1:58: Ball St is 2:00 away from their first win vs. ND.
1:47: Gibbs hits a 3-point FG. BSU 75, ND 72
1:47: Fighting Irish Final Timeout: BSU 75, ND 72
​1;12: Colson makes the layup. BSU 75, ND 74
:51: Gibbs fouls Sellers. 
:51: Sellers makes both free throws. BSU 77, ND 74 
:24: Farrell makes a 3-point FG. BSU 77, ND 77
:02: Persons makes the FG. BSU 80, ND 77
:00: The game is over. 
Ball St. defeats Notre Dame for the first time in this series. 

Final: 
BSU 80, ND 77
BSU: (5-4) 
ND: (7-2)

Final Leaders:
Scoring: Colson (ND) 26 points
Rebounding: Colson (ND) 6 rebounds
Assists: Farrell (ND) 8 assists

Final Thoughts: 
Well Ball St. played the game of their program. They played a 40 minute game while the Irish played better in the 2nd Half. This will be one of the games that Ball St. fans will remember. The Cardinals won this game on the glass. They outrebounded the Irish 40-26. 

Ball State's next game will be Valparaiso at home on Saturday. The Irish will play at Delaware on Saturday. 

This is Paul Shishkoff, Jr. This has been 'Live Blogging on Shish on College Basketball'. Thanks for visiting this page. 
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