Box Score DAYTON, Ohio -- Tayler Persons gave Ball State a one-point lead with 2.4 seconds to play Friday at Dayton, but the Flyers spoiled the Cardinals' bid for a season-opening road win in the final second.
Dayton's Josh Cunningham caught a lob, turned and laid it in with just 0.1 seconds showing on the clock as the Flyers escaped with a 78-77 victory.
"Tough ending," Ball State coach James Whitford said. "I just told the guys in the locker room I thought we played a good game. I felt like we had some first-game discomfort, and I feel like we're better than we played tonight.