Fontaine watch
Tamara Bowie career points record: 2,091
Nathalie Fontaine career points: 2,000
Game stats
Fontaine points: 28
Fontaine shooting vs. Kent State: 10-16
Rest of team points: 22
Rest of team shooting vs. Kent State: 7-38
For the first time this season, Ball State women's basketball (16-7, 8-4 Mid-American Conference) has dropped two consecutive games after losing to Kent State (5-17, 2-10 MAC) 59-50.
Senior guard Nathalie Fontaine led the Cardinals with 28 points, making her just the second player in Ball State women's basketball history with 2,000 career points.
Fontaine also led the Cardinals with 10 rebounds, her 13th double-double of the season.
Ball State entered the game with the best shooting percentage in the MAC, hitting 43.5 percent of its shots, but hit just 31.5 percent against Kent State.
Fontaine was the only Cardinal to score more than 10 points in the game. She made 10 of her 16 shots — and all eight of her free-throw attempts — but the rest of the Cardinals hit just seven of their 38 attempts.
Ball State tied the game 48-48 with 4:10 left in the game, but Kent State finished the game with an 11-2 run.
Ball State's next game will be Feb. 17 as it travels to DeKalb, Ill., to take on Northern Illinois (10-12, 3-8 MAC).
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