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The Indiana State men’s basketball team took to the road for a clash with longtime rival Ball State on Saturday afternoon and emerged victorious 94-84 inside Worthen Arena.
Camp Wagner led the way with 19 points, including five bombs from beyond the arc as he was on fire with his 3-pointers.
His buckets really started to come after back-to-back 3s by Bruno Alocen in the first half. Indiana State coach Matthew Graves said having Alocen off the bench is a nice security blanket.
“He comes in and he changes the tempo, changes the pace, he provides us with another guy that can pass, dribble, shoot and think,” Graves said. “He has a really high basketball IQ and it allows our offense to flow even better.”
Graves said Wagner did a great job of sprinting to the corner, sprinting off cuts and that his teammates did a good job of finding him.
“It’s a team-wide effort, but certainly really pleased with how Camp shot the ball today,” Graves said.
Wagner said it felt awesome and to go on the road and beat anybody is a great feeling.
Ball State jumped out to an early lead, but ISU’s Jahni Summers knocked down a 3-pointer at the 16:34 mark to close the gap. The Cardinals continued to hold the lead, but the Sycamores kept chipping away.
Alocen connected on a 3 with 13:53 left in the first half to give the Sycamores their first lead of the game at 13-11. After a Ball State two, Alocen fired in another trey. Wagner knocked down one of his own a few minutes later to pad the Sycamores’ cushion.
The Ball State defense seemed to catch on that Alocen was a threat and swarmed him every time he had the ball. After the Sycamores held their lead for a while, the Cardinals eventually tied it with 8:25 left in the first half. This caused ISU to call timeout. It was a tight game throughout the first half with the teams trading buckets and Ball State hanging around after trailing by as many as eight.
Compared to their loss at home to SIU-Edwardsville, the Sycamores improved in their 3-point shooting and…
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Publish date : 2024-11-17 00:16:00
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