College Basketball · Week 13 · 2026

Northern Illinois 53, Ball State 58

Sat, Jan 24

Northern Illinois

Away

53

Final

Home

58

NovaModel entering Week 13

Built only from games played before this one.

#249

42.0

#284

37.2

Box Score

NIU		BALL
53	Score	58
7	Assists	9
34	Rebounds	29
11	Turnovers	8

Before This Game

Each team's season up to kickoff; ranks are NovaModel's entering Week 13.

NIU		BALL
4-12-1	Record	4-13
L1	Streak	W2
L L L W L	Last 5	L L L W W
64.9	Points / game	66.1
74.8	Allowed / game	74.0
#114 → #249	Rank this season	#228 → #284
#327 / #121	Off. / def. rank	#331 / #182
–	vs top 25	0-1
#187	Avg. opp. rank	#209
4 days	Rest	4 days

Around This Game

Northern Illinois

Previous · Tue, Jan 20L 77-80 at Ohio Next · Tue, Jan 27W 85-65 vs Western Michigan Full schedule →

Ball State

Previous · Tue, Jan 20W 68-67 at Central Michigan Next · Sat, Jan 31L 55-73 at Toledo Full schedule →