Ball State vs Lafayette — College Basketball, Nov 29, 2025

Lafayette beat Ball State 55–37 at home on Nov 29, 2025.

FinalSat, Nov 29

Ball State Cardinals

10-19 · 4-11 on the road

37

Lafayette Leopards

10-21 · 5-10 at home

55

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
BALL	15	22	37
LAF	23	32	55

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Ball State Cardinals

• Juwan MaxeyG

  11 pts · 2 reb
  4-12 FG

  3-10 3PT
• Armoni ZeiglerG

  10 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
  3-10 FG

  0-4 3PT
• Davion HillG

  9 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
  3-9 FG

  0-2 3PT

Lafayette Leopards

• Shareef JacksonF

  11 pts · 14 reb · 1 ast · Double-double
  3-8 FG
• Christian Humphrey-RembertF

  10 pts · 10 reb · Double-double
  2-4 FG

  1-1 3PT
• Caleb WilliamsG

  10 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
  4-16 FG

  1-8 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

BALL	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mason Jones	33	0	5	1	1	1	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	—
Armoni Zeigler	32	10	8	1	0	0	2	3-10	0-4	4-4	—
Juwan Maxey	26	11	2	0	0	0	3	4-12	3-10	0-1	—
Elmore James IV	23	4	4	0	0	0	2	2-8	0-4	0-0	—
Preston Copeland	16	2	5	1	0	2	0	1-5	0-0	0-0	—
Davion Hill	28	9	7	1	2	0	2	3-9	0-2	3-5	—
Cam Denson	22	1	4	1	0	4	0	0-6	0-3	1-2	—
Devon Barnes	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	—
Jai Anthoni Bearden	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Easton Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		37	37	5	3	7	11	13-59	3-29	8-12

LAF	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Phillips	34	6	5	0	0	0	0	2-13	0-4	2-3	—
Christian Humphrey-Rembert	31	10	10	0	0	2	0	2-4	1-1	5-5	—
Mark Butler	30	8	1	2	0	0	1	4-8	0-1	0-0	—
Shareef Jackson	26	11	14	1	0	2	1	3-8	0-0	5-5	—
Ryan Pettit	23	2	1	0	5	0	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	—
Caleb Williams	29	10	3	1	0	1	0	4-16	1-8	1-2	—
Luke Bevilacqua	12	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	2-3	—
Folabomi Fayemi	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	—
Malik Rasul	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	—
Misha Bednostin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Luke Azzinaro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Ashton Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
KaiMani Murdock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		55	38	4	5	5	5	18-54	2-14	17-20

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

BALLLAF

22.0%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 13-59, home 18-54.

33.3%

10.3%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 3-29, home 2-14.

14.3%

66.7%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 8-12, home 17-20.

85.0%

42

Rebounds

46

14

Offensive rebounds

10

5

Assists

4

11

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

8

3

Steals

5

7

Blocks

5

16

Points in the paint

32

0

Fast-break points

4

19

Fouls?Fewer is better.

13

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

See the model’s call (graded) →

Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

BALL offensevsLAF defense

BALL offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups (1 by a clear margin) · LAF defense in 3 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

47.0%

#332

53.6%

slight#283

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.2%

#153Stronger

13.4%

#267

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

27.1%

#289

28.6%

Stronger#92

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

22.4%

#266

22.7%

Stronger#89

LAF offensevsBALL defense

LAF offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · BALL defense in 4 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

49.3%

#277

52.7%

slight#247

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

13.6%

#104

16.4%

slight#60

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

25.8%

#321

31.0%

Stronger#204

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

22.3%

#275

24.8%

Stronger#152

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

BALLLAF

−8.1 285thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions298th −9.4

101.2 322ndOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions290th 103.9

109.3 165thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)270th 113.3

65.3 313thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)266th 66.5

Expected pace: about 66 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  BALL turnovers

  BALL offense 14.2% (153rd) vs LAF defense allowing 13.4% (267th)
  +114 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

BALL

INST

MONM

LAF

Back-to-back: 2nd night

TFSSMTWTFGame

LAF

STO

LEM

BALL

Back-to-back: 2nd night

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

BALL · last 10

10-19 · back-to-back

• Nov 28 vs MONML 73–80
• Nov 22 @ INSTL 52–70
• Nov 15 vs LRL 62–68
• Nov 11 @ WISL 55–86
• Nov 3 vs ULW 75–64
• Mar 7 @ M-OH2024–25L 66–79
• Mar 4 vs CMU2024–25L 67–69
• Mar 1 @ BGSU2024–25L 52–61
• Feb 25 vs AKR2024–25L 82–87
• Feb 22 vs BUF2024–25W 80–66

2-8 in these

LAF · last 10

10-21 · back-to-back

• Nov 28 vs LEML 63–76
• Nov 21 @ STOL 70–74
• Nov 17 @ WVUL 59–81
• Nov 13 vs CORL 78–97
• Nov 8 @ TEXL 60–97
• Nov 3 @ JOESL 76–85
• Mar 6 @ AMER2024–25L 69–71
• Mar 4 vs HC2024–25W 69–68
• Mar 1 @ BU2024–25L 64–66
• Feb 25 vs ARMY2024–25W 81–65

2-8 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.