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The Bowling Green Falcons and the Ball State Cardinals will face off in a Mid American clash at 7:00 p.m. ET on November 1st at Doyt L. Perry Stadium. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bowling Green fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They steamrolled past Akron 41-14 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as Bowling Green just coasted through the last quarter.
Bowling Green can attribute much of their success to Terion Stewart, who rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Bowling Green's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Darren Anders and Cashius Howell who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Ball State's four-game losing streak finally came to an end last Saturday. They came out on top against Central Michigan by a score of 24-17.
Ball State relied on the efforts of Kiael Kelly, who rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns, and Marquez Cooper, who rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown.
Bowling Green is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Ball State, their win bumped their record up to 2-6.
The two teams pleased both fans and bettors in their last matches by winning and covering the spread. Looking ahead to Wednesday, Bowling Green is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by six points. This contest will be Ball State's sixth straight as the underdogs (so far over this stretch they are 2-3 against the spread).
