BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The numbers just didn't seem to add up in this one.
Ball State controlled the paint, found success in transition, shot nearly 50 percent from the floor and held Bowling Green to 34 percent.
Yet at the end of the game, the scoreboard read: Bowling Green 79, Ball State 78.
The Falcons (12-5, 4-0 MAC) lived at the free throw line, where they were 29-for-33, and shot 40 percent from the 3-point line (8-for-20), remarkable for a team that had such a poor shooting night overall. They won their ninth straight and improved to 9-0 at home.