NIU (15-15, 7-10 MAC) at Ball State (19-11, 10-7 MAC)
Date / Time: Saturday, March 3, 2017 • 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) 
Site: Worthen Arena • Muncie, Ind.
TV: ESPN3
Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM (DeKalb) • TuneIn
Live Stats: BallStateSports.com 
All-time Series: Ball State leads 51-37
Last Meeting: Feb. 14, 2017 • Ball State 81-72 (ot)

Huskie Quick Hits
• Marin Maric has recorded a double-double in each of the last four games and is averaging 19.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per contest during that stretch, shooting 76.9 percent (30-of-39) from the field and 72 percent (18-of-25) from the free-throw line. 
• Over the last six games, German is averaging 18.2 points per game, shooting 53.8 percent (42-of-78.) from the field.
• Aaric Armstead is one of just five active players in the country with 1,000 career points, 600 career rebounds and 150 career steals. The rest of the list includes: Tim Coleman (NJIT), Josh Hart (Villanova), QJ Peterson (VMI) and Sindarius Thornwell (South Carolina). Armstead ranks 16th in NIU history with 1,181 points and third with 150 steals. 
• Austin Pauga is is shooting 48.3 percent (14-of-29) from three-point range over his last 10 games. He is ranked seventh in the MAC in league play, shooting 42.9 percent (15-of-35) from three-point range.
• Levi Bradley is averaging 10.1 points per game over the last 14 games.  
• Justin Thomas is ranked fourth in the MAC in steals among freshmen (1.1 pg) and is second, behind Miami's Michael Weathers, in league play at 1.4 per contest. 
• NIU has 65 wins over the last four seasons going back to the beginning of the 2013-14 campaign, the second-best four-year stretch in program history.
• NIU has played in five overtime games this season, the most for a Huskie team since the 1981-82 season, when NIU also played five overtime contests. One of NIU's five overtime contests this season was the first meeting with Ball State. 

About Ball State
• The Cardinals come into Friday's regular season finale with a 19-11 overall record, 10-7 in Mid-American Conference play. Ball State has won four of its last five, three of which have come on the road. 
• Tayler Persons is averaging 16.3 points per game to lead Ball State; Franko House also scores in double figures at 13.2 points per contest. 
• Ball State ranks third in the MAC in field goal percentage at 46.5 percent and second in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to just 41.6 percent shooting. 

All-time Series with the Cardinals
• Ball State holds a 51-37 advantage in the all-time series against NIU, including a 32-10 edge all-time in Muncie.
• NIU has won five of the last seven in the all-time series against Ball State. 
• Three of the last seven games overall in the series have gone to overtime, including this season's first meeting, claimed by the Cardinals, 81-72. 
• NIU has won in two of its last three trips to Ball State, the Cardinals won last season's meeting, 63-59, in Muncie, but the Huskies earned wins in both 2014 and 2015 on the road in the series.