Ball State Cardinals (8-17, 3-9 MAC) at Ohio Bobcats (13-13, 7-6 MAC)Athens, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Ohio takes on Ball State after Jackson Paveletzke scored 22 points in Ohio’s 90-74 loss to the Miami (OH) RedHawks.The Bobcats are 9-4 on their home court. Ohio is 3-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.The Cardinals are 3-9 against conference opponents. Ball State allows 70.0 points to opponents and has been outscored by 3.6 points per game.Ohio scores 77.6 points, 7.6 more per game than the 70.0 Ball State gives up. Ball State averages 6.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 fewer makes per game than Ohio gives up.The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.TOP PERFORMERS: Paveletzke is averaging 16.8 points and 5.2 assists for the Bobcats. Aidan Hadaway is averaging 15.9 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 53.7% over the last 10 games.Popular ReadsDavion Hill is scoring 12.6 points per game with 4.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Cardinals. Armoni Zeigler is averaging 15.2 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 38.3 …
