Ball State Men's Basketball looks to continue strong early season into MAC play
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“The power rankings, records and all historical markers of how good a league is are telling us that this is the best the league has ever been.”
While Emens Auditorium sits just down the street from Worthen Arena, the theatrics were on full display on the Cardinals home court as Ball State Men's Basketball (10-5, 1-1 MAC) went the distance with Eastern Michigan (7-8, 1-1 MAC).
Lift off was forced to be rescheduled for the Rockets as a strong defensive performance by Ball State Men's Basketball (10-4, 1-0 MAC) would lead the Cardinals to a dominating conference opening win over Toledo (12-2, 0-1 MAC), 79-64.
A free throw made by Delaware State's Ameer Bennett sparked a small ovation from the crowd at Worthen Arena.
A little over a year ago, redshirt senior guard Tayler Persons stunned the Crusaders with a three pointer in the dying seconds to lift the Cardinals over Valpo.
With a little over a month of the 2018-19 high school basketball season in the books, many colleges have inked some of the standouts across the nation. Ball State Men's Basketball has also done some signing of their own and continues to pursue others. Here's who will be and may be donning the cardinal and white next season.
As the end of the non-conference season comes to a close, many MAC squads have proved to be front runners for the conference title while others have some work to do. Here are five takeaways from the NCAA's most recent NET rankings
The Cardinals went into the locker room after the first half with a 45-37 lead over the Purple Aces and holding that lead for 18:20 minutes.
December 5th. Two big wins. Same tie.
In a homecoming of sorts for five different Cardinals, Ball State Men's Basketball (5-3, 0-0 MAC) was able to pull away from IUPUI (5-3, 0-0 Horizon) in the late second half for the 85-75 win.
Coming off of a 46 point win over Tiffin on Tuesday, Ball State Men's Basketball (4-3, 0-0 MAC) will face a hot IUPUI (5-2, 0-0 Horizon) squad on Saturday in Indianapolis.
Breaking triple digits for the first time since its double overtime win against Akron last season, a strong team effort gave Ball State Men's Basketball (4-3, 0-0 MAC) a dominating win over Tiffin (2-4, 0-0 G-MAC), 108-62.
In a neck-in-neck battle half way through the first half, redshirt junior guard KJ Walton would down 19 points in the first 20 minutes to give Ball State Men’s Basketball (3-3, 0-0 MAC) a substantial lead throughout the game and eventually a 82-72 win over Evansville (2-3, 0-0 MVC)
With 2:43 left in regulation, it was looking like Ball State Men's Basketball (2-3, 0-0 MAC) would leave the Charleston Classic with a win as it held an 11-point lead over Appalachian State (1-4, 0-0 Sun Belt).
The Cardinals held the lead for 15 seconds.
Opening up play in the Charleston Classic, Ball State Men's Basketball (1-2, 0-0 MAC) took on No. 16 Virginia Tech (2-0, 0-0 ACC). Hokie scoring runs as high as 12-2 would continuously set the Cardinals back. An 8-0 scoring run to end the game, would be too little, too late as they would fall, 73-64.
Coming off of a close loss to No. 23 Purdue, Ball State Men’s Basketball (1-1, 0-0 MAC) heads down to Charleston, South Carolina for the Charleston Classic. The Cardinals will open tournament play against another ranked opponent in No. 15 Virginia Tech (1-0, 0-0 ACC).
On a cold Tuesday night, ineligible for a bowl game and playing in front of a crowd of only 5,503, Ball State Football played with its heart on its sleeve in a thrilling 42-41 overtime win over Western Michigan.
Coming out of the second half, Ball State Men's Basketball (1-1, 0-0 MAC) were only down by one point to No. 24 Purdue (2-0, 0-0 Big 10), but after five straight fouls and a 13-0 Boilermaker run, the Cardinals could not keep up and would fall, 84-75
Hot out of the gate against UIndy on Friday, junior redshirt forward Tahjai Teague lead Ball State Basketball (1-0, 0-0 MAC) to a 86-69 win over Indiana State (0-1, 0-0 MVC), knocking down 21 points along the way.