Senior guard Rayshawn Simmons gets blocked during the game against Ball State in McGuirk Arena, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.
A pair of beefy, 6-foot-6, 245-pound Ball State forwards named Bo Calhoun and Franko House wore down the Chippewa frontcourt.
Central Michigan men’s basketball sophomore forward DaRohn Scott fouled out and sophomore Luke Meyer sat on the bench out of energy late in Saturday’s game as Ball State earned a 75-63 win.
There were 18 lead changes and 11 tie scores, with the last coming with 4:20 to go with the score tied at 68. Calhoun scored the next seven points of the game to give BSU its largest lead of the night and extinguish CMU’s hopes of avoiding a three-game losing streak.