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03/10 03:43 CDT Ball State Cardinals and Bowling Green Falcons square off in MAC Tournament Ball State Cardinals and Bowling Green Falcons square off in MAC Tournament By The Associated Press Bowling Green Falcons (17-13, 9-9 MAC) vs. Ball State Cardinals (25-6, 16-2 MAC) Cleveland; Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Ball State plays in the MAC Tournament against Bowling Green. The Cardinals have gone 16-2 against MAC opponents, with a 9-4 record in non-conference play. Ball State is 3-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Falcons are 9-9 in MAC play. Bowling Green leads the MAC scoring 14.1 fast break points per game. Ball State makes 46.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.0 percentage points higher than Bowling Green has allowed to its opponents (40.4%). Bowling Green has shot at a 39.2% rate from the field this season, 2.2 percentage points above the 37.0% shooting opponents of Ball State have averaged. The teams meet for the second time this season. Ball State won 82-67 in the last matchup on Feb. 14. Bree Salenbien led Ball State with 32 points, and Paige Kohler led Bowling Green with 17 points. TOP PERFORMERS: Karsyn Norman is averaging 9.4 points and 4.8 assists for the Cardinals. Tessa Towers is averaging 19.2 points and 8.8 rebounds while shooting 57.0% over the last 10 games. Kohler is shooting 37.1% and averaging 15.0 points for the Falcons. Lauren Gerken is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 9-1, averaging 84.0 points, 40.7 rebounds, 22.2 assists, 8.4 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.4 points per game. Falcons: 6-4, averaging 67.5 points, 31.2 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 12.5 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 37.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.1 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.