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NCAA Men's Basketball · Purcell Pavilion

BALLCardinals

Ball State Cardinals5-4

80–77

Final

Final

NDFighting Irish

Notre Dame Fighting Irish7-2

BALL & ND Highlights

0:44Persons hits game-winning 3-pointer to upset No.9 Notre Dame.ESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:16Notre Dame's Geben throws down two-handed dunkESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:20Tyler, Persons give Ball State its first leadESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:17Sellers cleans up miss for easy putbackESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:16Geben's strong move in the post draws 3-point playESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:24Colson goes over Ball State's bench on rebound attemptESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:23Notre Dame's defense leads to Colson dunkESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:25Pflueger starts second half with acrobatic and-1ESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:23Colson goes coast-to-coast with steal and layupESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:21Persons gets friendly rollESPN · 3263d ago ↗
0:20Gibbs' 3-pointer cuts deficit in halfESPN · 3263d ago ↗

Live Fans Plays Box Score Team Stats Videos

All Scoring BALL ND

Play-by-play

2nd Half
+3 Points
77–77
0:24 · 2nd Half
Matt Farrell made Three Point Jumper.
Offensive Rebound
77–74
0:31 · 2nd Half
Rex Pflueger Offensive Rebound.
Three Point Jump Shot
77–74
0:31 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson missed Three Point Jumper.

PersonalFoul

75–74

0:51 · 2nd Half

Foul on TJ Gibbs.

+2 Points

75–74

1:15 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Layup. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

Defensive Rebound

75–72

1:26 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger Defensive Rebound.

ShortTimeOut

75–72

1:44 · 2nd Half

Notre Dame Timeout

+3 Points

75–72

1:47 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

+1 Point

73–69

2:17 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell made Free Throw.

+1 Point

73–68

2:17 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell made Free Throw.

Defensive Rebound

73–67

2:27 · 2nd Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

LayUpShot

73–67

2:45 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs missed Layup.

Three Point Jump Shot

71–67

3:25 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson missed Three Point Jumper.

PersonalFoul

69–67

3:35 · 2nd Half

Foul on John Mooney.

MadeFreeThrow

69–67

3:53 · 2nd Half

John Mooney missed Free Throw.

+1 Point

69–67

3:53 · 2nd Half

John Mooney made Free Throw.

Defensive Rebound

69–66

3:57 · 2nd Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

+1 Point

69–66

4:11 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell made Free Throw.

+1 Point

69–65

4:11 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell made Free Throw.

PersonalFoul

67–64

4:33 · 2nd Half

Foul on Bonzie Colson.

+2 Points

67–64

4:51 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell made Layup.

+3 Points

67–62

5:25 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell made Three Point Jumper.

JumpShot

67–59

5:52 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben missed Jumper.

Steal

67–59

6:11 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben Steal.

+1 Point

67–59

6:30 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Free Throw.

Dead Ball Rebound

67–58

6:30 · 2nd Half

Notre Dame Deadball Team Rebound.

MadeFreeThrow

67–58

6:30 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson missed Free Throw.

ShortTimeOut

67–58

6:37 · 2nd Half

Notre Dame Timeout

JumpShot

65–58

7:00 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs missed Jumper.

MadeFreeThrow

62–58

7:47 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs missed Free Throw.

+1 Point

62–58

7:47 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs made Free Throw.

PersonalFoul

60–57

8:08 · 2nd Half

Foul on Matt Farrell.

PersonalFoul

60–57

8:12 · 2nd Half

Foul on Austin Torres.

+1 Point

60–57

8:30 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Free Throw.

Dead Ball Rebound

60–56

8:30 · 2nd Half

Notre Dame Deadball Team Rebound.

MadeFreeThrow

60–56

8:30 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson missed Free Throw.

JumpShot

57–56

9:19 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger missed Jumper.

+2 Points

55–56

10:01 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Layup.

Steal

55–54

10:05 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson Steal.

+1 Point

55–54

10:14 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben made Free Throw.

+1 Point

55–53

10:14 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben made Free Throw.

Steal

55–52

10:23 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger Steal.

+2 Points

55–52

10:36 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Jumper. Assisted by TJ Gibbs.

Steal

55–50

10:47 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben Steal.

Lost Ball Turnover

55–50

11:01 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs Turnover.

Offensive Rebound

55–50

11:16 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs Offensive Rebound.

JumpShot

55–50

11:16 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.

Lost Ball Turnover

52–50

11:46 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson Turnover.

PersonalFoul

50–50

11:58 · 2nd Half

Foul on John Mooney.

JumpShot

50–50

12:05 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben missed Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

50–50

12:20 · 2nd Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

PersonalFoul

49–50

12:20 · 2nd Half

Foul on Martinas Geben.

+2 Points

49–50

12:38 · 2nd Half

John Mooney made Layup. Assisted by Rex Pflueger.

JumpShot

47–48

13:09 · 2nd Half

Matt Farrell missed Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

47–48

13:35 · 2nd Half

D.J. Harvey Defensive Rebound.

+2 Points

47–48

13:52 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Jumper. Assisted by Martinas Geben.

Defensive Rebound

47–46

14:12 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.

+2 Points

47–46

14:31 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Jumper. Assisted by Martinas Geben.

ShortTimeOut

47–44

14:34 · 2nd Half

Notre Dame Timeout

JumpShot

45–44

14:44 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.

Lost Ball Turnover

43–44

15:08 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs Turnover.

Three Point Jump Shot

40–44

15:50 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger missed Three Point Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

40–44

16:12 · 2nd Half

Notre Dame Defensive Rebound.

+1 Point

40–44

16:34 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Free Throw.

+2 Points

40–43

16:34 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Jumper.

Block Shot

38–41

17:04 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson Block.

+2 Points

38–41

17:13 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger made Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

Defensive Rebound

38–39

17:39 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.

+2 Points

38–39

17:51 · 2nd Half

Bonzie Colson made Layup.

+3 Points

36–37

18:26 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

+2 Points

34–34

19:05 · 2nd Half

Martinas Geben made Layup.

Defensive Rebound

34–32

19:24 · 2nd Half

TJ Gibbs Defensive Rebound.

PersonalFoul

34–32

19:27 · 2nd Half

Foul on TJ Gibbs.

+1 Point

34–32

19:41 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger made Free Throw.

+2 Points

34–31

19:41 · 2nd Half

Rex Pflueger made Layup.

Jumpball

34–29

20:00 · 2nd Half

Jump Ball won by Notre Dame

1st Half

PersonalFoul

32–29

0:02 · 1st Half

Foul on Rex Pflueger.

Three Point Jump Shot

32–29

0:10 · 1st Half

John Mooney missed Three Point Jumper.

ShortTimeOut

30–29

0:31 · 1st Half

Notre Dame Timeout

PersonalFoul

30–29

0:31 · 1st Half

Foul on John Mooney.

MadeFreeThrow

30–29

0:50 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs missed Free Throw.

Dead Ball Rebound

30–29

0:50 · 1st Half

Notre Dame Deadball Team Rebound.

MadeFreeThrow

30–29

0:50 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs missed Free Throw.

Steal

30–29

0:56 · 1st Half

John Mooney Steal.

+3 Points

30–29

1:17 · 1st Half

John Mooney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

PersonalFoul

29–26

1:33 · 1st Half

Foul on Martinas Geben.

+2 Points

27–26

1:50 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson made Dunk. Assisted by Rex Pflueger.

Steal

27–24

1:53 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger Steal.

Lost Ball Turnover

27–24

1:57 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Turnover.

Defensive Rebound

27–24

2:09 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.

JumpShot

27–24

2:34 · 1st Half

Matt Farrell missed Jumper.

Three Point Jump Shot

27–24

2:51 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson missed Three Point Jumper.

PersonalFoul

25–24

3:03 · 1st Half

Foul on TJ Gibbs.

+1 Point

25–24

3:26 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben made Free Throw.

+2 Points

25–23

3:26 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben made Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

25–21

3:45 · 1st Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

+2 Points

25–21

4:09 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs made Layup. Assisted by Rex Pflueger.

Steal

25–19

4:16 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger Steal.

Lost Ball Turnover

25–19

4:28 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Turnover.

Defensive Rebound

25–19

4:34 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.

Block Shot

25–19

4:34 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Block.

Three Point Jump Shot

25–19

4:55 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs missed Three Point Jumper.

+2 Points

25–19

5:36 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson made Layup. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

+2 Points

23–17

6:19 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson made Jumper. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

JumpShot

21–15

6:41 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

21–15

6:51 · 1st Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

Lost Ball Turnover

21–15

7:13 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Turnover.

+1 Point

19–15

8:11 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs made Free Throw.

+1 Point

19–14

8:11 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs made Free Throw.

Steal

19–13

8:17 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Steal.

JumpShot

19–13

8:44 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

19–13

9:05 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.

Three Point Jump Shot

19–13

9:24 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger missed Three Point Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

19–13

9:31 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Defensive Rebound.

Lost Ball Turnover

19–13

9:41 · 1st Half

D.J. Harvey Turnover.

Defensive Rebound

19–13

9:55 · 1st Half

Notre Dame Defensive Rebound.

LayUpShot

19–13

10:04 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben missed Layup.

Offensive Rebound

19–13

10:18 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Offensive Rebound.

Three Point Jump Shot

19–13

10:18 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs missed Three Point Jumper.

PersonalFoul

17–13

10:30 · 1st Half

Foul on D.J. Harvey.

JumpShot

17–13

10:44 · 1st Half

D.J. Harvey missed Jumper.

+1 Point

14–13

11:19 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben made Free Throw.

+2 Points

14–12

11:19 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben made Layup. Assisted by John Mooney.

LayUpShot

12–10

11:40 · 1st Half

Matt Farrell missed Layup.

Lost Ball Turnover

10–10

12:07 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs Turnover.

Defensive Rebound

10–10

12:27 · 1st Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

JumpShot

10–10

12:40 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson missed Jumper.

+1 Point

8–10

13:39 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson made Free Throw.

+1 Point

8–9

13:39 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson made Free Throw.

Defensive Rebound

8–8

13:52 · 1st Half

John Mooney Defensive Rebound.

Three Point Jump Shot

8–8

14:01 · 1st Half

Matt Farrell missed Three Point Jumper.

Lost Ball Turnover

5–8

14:48 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Turnover.

Defensive Rebound

5–8

15:20 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Defensive Rebound.

+3 Points

5–8

15:40 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by TJ Gibbs.

Three Point Jump Shot

2–5

16:13 · 1st Half

Matt Farrell missed Three Point Jumper.

Offensive Rebound

2–5

16:18 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger Offensive Rebound.

Three Point Jump Shot

2–5

16:18 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson missed Three Point Jumper.

Defensive Rebound

2–5

16:34 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Defensive Rebound.

+2 Points

2–5

16:46 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben made Dunk. Assisted by Matt Farrell.

Defensive Rebound

2–3

16:56 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben Defensive Rebound.

JumpShot

2–3

17:07 · 1st Half

Martinas Geben missed Jumper.

Lost Ball Turnover

0–3

17:57 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger Turnover.

Steal

0–3

18:02 · 1st Half

TJ Gibbs Steal.

+2 Points

0–3

18:26 · 1st Half

Matt Farrell made Layup.

Defensive Rebound

0–1

18:50 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson Defensive Rebound.

+1 Point

0–1

19:12 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson made Free Throw.

Dead Ball Rebound

0–0

19:12 · 1st Half

Notre Dame Deadball Team Rebound.

MadeFreeThrow

0–0

19:12 · 1st Half

Bonzie Colson missed Free Throw.

JumpShot

0–0

19:35 · 1st Half

Rex Pflueger missed Jumper.

Jumpball

0–0

20:00 · 1st Half

Jump Ball won by Notre Dame