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MBB vs. Ball State
94
Winner Ball St. BSU 3-4,0-0 MAC
57
Florida Tech FT 0-5,0-1 Sunshine State
Winner
Ball St. BSU
3-4,0-0 MAC
94
Final
57
Florida Tech FT
0-5,0-1 Sunshine State
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ball St. BSU 46 48 94
Florida Tech FT 31 26 57

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Jeff Cooney Jr

Panthers Fall in Exhibition Contest to Ball State

MELBOURNE, FLA. – Florida Tech Panthers basketball took the loss in the exhibition contest against the Cardinals.

FINAL: Florida Tech 57, Ball State 97
Records: Florida Tech (0-3, 0-1 SSC) Ball State (3-4, 0-0 MAC)
Locations: Hertz Areana | Estero, FL

STATS OF THE MATCH:

First Half:
  • The Panthers got out to a hot start over the Cardinals with a 9-0 lead via the efforts from Elhadji Thiam & Donovan Brown scoring all the baskets.
  • The Cardinals would respond to get back on the board with an (8-0) run to get right back in the mix, 9-8.
  • The Cardinals would take the lead for the first time at 11-12 and never look back.
  • Ball State then went on a (17-2) run to separate themselves, 13-29.
  • The Panthers would get some offense going from Donovan Brown, Marko Malekinusic, and Xavier Ford-Belton to answer the run with some much-needed baskets bring the score to 25-31.
  • It would be Logan Allen off the bench who along with Marko Malekinusic to score for the Panthers and bring the half to a close, down 31-46.
 
Second Half:
  • Coming out of the half both teams would go scoreless in the first minute and it would be Can Kaan Turgut with a pullup three-pointer to bring the Panthers to within 13.
  • Both teams would then go scoreless for around three minutes until the Cardinals would get on the board, followed by Xavier Ford-Belton free throws, 35-48.
  • Logan Allen would continue where he left off in the first half and deliver an "and-1" to bring Tech within 10, 38-48.
  • This would be the closest that the Panthers would get to attempt a comeback in this one as the Cardinals would deliver the exclamation point of the game with an (18-5) run and take a 23-point lead.
  • It would then be Donovan Brown, Logan Allen, Manos Dimou, and Isaiah Edden who would score baskets down the stretch to bring the game to a finish as Tech would go scoreless in the final two minutes and lose 57-94
 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Donovan Brown led the Panthers in scoring with 14 points and brought down a team high seven rebounds in the process to go along with three assists.
  • Sophomore forward Logan Allen made the most of his minutes scoring a career high 13 points while bringing down two rebounds and a team high one block.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • Exhibition contest for the Panthers

UP NEXT:
The Panthers will have one more day in Estero, FL as they will compete against Southern Illinois tomorrow November 26th at 3pm in day three of the Gulf Coast Showcase.

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