Through one half, UB was playing Ball State even in their own house and keeping the most dangerous Cardinal options mostly in check. The tenor of the second half makes the ultimate 68-63 loss a bit surprising, as Ball State found serious contributions from their secondary scorers in the third and fourth quarters, but UB showed plenty of fight to nearly upset their hosts. Our takeaways:
1. Winning on the road in the MAC is hard
I've already said this once this week. Ball State is an extremely good team and are 8-0 at home.