For the Ball State University women's basketball team's Saturday game against Indiana State University, some fans might get a special invitation.
As a way to increase attendance for the 7 p.m. Saturday game at Worthen Arena, coach Kelly Packard set up a competition between the players. She will have the players give out invitations to friends with a player's name on the invitations. The invitations are not tickets, Packard said.
Then the invitations will be counted at the gate, and the player who brought the most fans to the game will get to choose Packard's outfit for the Dec. 22 home game against Temple University.
Packard said women's basketball games don't have high attendance in early December, but her idea to bring fans would be fun for the players.
There would be guidelines for the outline, but it can be something fun, she said.
"It's just a healthy challenge to see who can invite the most people," she said.
As for the Indiana State game itself, Packard said the coaching staff will prepare for Indiana State's tendencies, but she wants to continue focusing on the team's effort in the second half.
"The conversation that we keep having is our own focus, our own focus on competitiveness," Packard said.
Ball State is 4-3 and defeated Wright State University in its last game 65-61. Indiana State is 2-5 and lost its last game to Tulane University 66-55.
Guard Porchia Green led Ball State in scoring with 22 points against Wright State.
Green said the team has to protect the basket against Indiana State, but it also needs to keep a strong competitive spirit for the whole game.
"In that second half, our energy just goes down and we always push it to a close game," she said.
As for the Packard outfit challenge, Green said the winner would be able to pick the clothes, makeup and hairstyle. Green said she has her own style, and Packard would be in her good hands if she won.
But Green said Packard might have some trouble if some other players win.
"I would be scared to be coach P because some of them are thinking about thrift store clothes," she said. "It could be entertaining."
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