BOTTOM LINE: Ball State and Monmouth square off in Easton, Pennsylvania.
The Hawks have a 2-3 record in non-conference games. Monmouth ranks eighth in the CAA with 10.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Jason Rivera-Torres averaging 2.8.
The Cardinals are 2-3 in non-conference play. Ball State ranks ninth in the MAC shooting 31.4% from 3-point range.
Monmouth is shooting 41.8% from the field this season, 4.5 percentage points lower than the 46.3% Ball State allows to opponents. Ball State has shot at a 42.7% rate from the field this season, 2.5 percentage points greater than the 40.2% shooting opponents of Monmouth have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Stefanos Spartalis is scoring 15.0 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Hawks. Justin Ray is averaging 13.8 points and 1.0 rebound while shooting 55.6%.
Devon Barnes is shooting 31.6% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, while averaging 9.6 points. Armoni Zeigler is averaging 11.8 points and 1.8 steals.