Ball State Cardinals (6-4) at Northern Kentucky Norse (2-8, 0-2 Horizon)

Highland Heights, Kentucky; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Kentucky heads into the matchup against Ball State as losers of six straight games.

The Norse are 1-3 in home games. Northern Kentucky is 1-3 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Cardinals are 1-1 in road games. Ball State is sixth in the MAC with 9.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Alex Richard averaging 2.6.

Northern Kentucky is shooting 39.2% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points lower than the 40.4% Ball State allows to opponents. Ball State averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Northern Kentucky gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Macey Blevins is shooting 34.6% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Norse, while averaging 12 points and 1.7 steals.

Ally Becki is averaging 13.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.3 steals for the Cardinals.