Ball State saw 10 players contribute to the scoring effort, breaking five players into double figures. The win was also Ball State's largest margin of victory this season, cementing a 48-point spread.
After a slow start, Delta boys' basketball outscored Wabash, 29-22, in the second half to secure a 62-51 victory.
The Cardinals had a 1-0 lead in the first set. They actually had a 1-0 lead in every set Friday. They just didn’t have the lead at the end of any of them. In its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011, Ball State fell in straight sets (25-13, 25-18, 25-10) to No. 5 Nebraska.
Although the Cardinals do not have any players from Indiana on their roster, nine of the team’s 20 players are from Illinois.
Not only did head coach James Whitford say it was a valuable experience for Bumbalough, but it is something that can potentially help the offense find more of a rhythm down the road.
Eighteen points and a 25 percent shooting accuracy from the field proved costly for Ball State Men's Basketball, as the first-half slump put the Cardinals in a hole they couldn't get out of, falling to Loyola-Chicago, 70-58.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball is heading to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on fifth-seeded Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament Friday at 7 p.m.
The college football season is over for fans of the cardinal and white, but they shouldn’t be hanging their heads. Ball State finished the 2019 season at 5-7 — the best record it has finished with in the Mike Neu era. To go along with wrapping up the season, here are some of the Cardinals’ top aspects of the year.
The Cardinals went 1-1 on the tournament, grabbing a buzzer-beater win over the Mountain Hawks and falling short to the Badgers.
The Cardinals were in the locker room, facing a 27-14 deficit to Mid-American Conference East Division Champion Miami (Ohio). When they ran back onto the field, a switch had been flipped. The Cardinals went on to score 27 unanswered points and only allow one first down in the second half, leading to a 41-27 victory.
At one point, the Cardinals were shooting below 10 percent from the field. The Leathernecks, on the other hand, were putting points on the board, shooting 55 percent from behind the arc.
Muncie Central, Yorktown, Wapahani, Cowan, Blackford, Monroe Central, Delta, Wes-Del, Muncie Burris and Daleville previewed for upcoming boys' basketball season.
Monday is Amber Seaman’s birthday. She woke up a champion. The feeling she and Ball State Women’s Volleyball felt Sunday night can only be described as “pure joy.” That is what head coach Kelli Miller Phillips called Ball State’s 3-2 win over Bowling Green to clinch the Mid-American Conference Championship Sunday.
In the loss that made it officially ineligible for the postseason, Ball State struggled the entire game on defense, but particularly in the second half in the loss to Kent State. The Cardinals had several opportunities to capitalize on offense but were unable to when it mattered most. Here are four takeaways from the Cardinals’ 41-38 loss to the Golden Flashes.
While three players set career highs and the team set a program record, the players' unselfishness ultimately led to these accomplishments and was the reason they won.
Fans were on the edge of their seats Saturday in Worthen Arena, as Ball State Women’s Basketball came out with a four-point win over Butler.
Mental toughness has been a theme for Ball State Women’s Volleyball. The Cardinals have dealt with playing down all season, and their 3-1 win against Miami (Ohio) was no different.
After going 0-for-9 from 3-point range in the first half Wednesday against Northern Kentucky, Ball State Men's Basketball went 13-for-20 in the first half and 21-for-37 in the game from deep Saturday to roll past Howard, 100-69.
The Cardinals were down but never out, as they completed the come-from-behind victory to hand Butler its first loss of the season, 74-70.
The game clock read six seconds. The score read 41-38 in favor of Kent State. After those six seconds, Ball State had fallen to the Golden Flashes and lost its chances of going to a bowl game.
