Ball State earns conference win over Northern Illinois
With 17 minutes left in Ball State’s game against Northern Illinois on Saturday, Brittany Carter hit a 3-pointer, then a pair of three throws to give Ball State a 31-28 lead.
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With 17 minutes left in Ball State’s game against Northern Illinois on Saturday, Brittany Carter hit a 3-pointer, then a pair of three throws to give Ball State a 31-28 lead.
Nathalie Fontaine had another big game for Ball State. She scored 16 points and added 12 rebounds in a second half outburst to help beat Eastern Michigan 56-34.
The Ball State women’s basketball team was 8-1 in the Mid-American Conference and riding high on a six-game winning streak on Feb. 7. It was fresh off an upset win against Central Michigan and had a chance to move up to first place in the MAC West.
Akron’s Rachel Tecca was averaging 18.9 points per game coming into Saturday’s contest against Ball State. She ended the game with 22 points as Akron beat Ball State, 64-52.
Ball State was down just two points to the No. 1 team in the MAC, with a minute to go. Toledo’s Naama Shafir, who was shooting 5-for-18 at that point, was isolated on Shanee’ Jackson, arguably Ball State’s best perimeter defender.
Brandy Woody received the inbounds pass late in the fourth quarter. She ran a few steps, and then threw the ball up the court to Katie Murphy. Murphy was by herself underneath the basket, with one defender trailing. She pumped as the Central Michigan player bit on the fake and fouled her. Murphy regained her concentration to finish the play, resulting in the and-1 opportunity.
After missing one game with a back injury and coming back ineffective in the next, Nathalie Fontaine had a career night for Ball State.
Contrary to previous opponents, Western Michigan doesn’t have one player that Ball State will be focusing on.
Coming out of Winter Break, the Ball State women’s basketball team was 3-10, and had just suffered its seventh loss in eight games. Since that mark, the team has gone 5-1, all against conference foes.
Up by 20 with 7 minutes to go against Ohio, Ball State guard Shelbie Justice found a spot just behind the 3-point line in transition and stopped. The ball found Justice, and she let it fly.
Going into Wednesday’s game, Brandy Woody’s career high in points was 18. Her career high in rebounds was nine. Her career high in minutes played was 38.
After four conference games, Buffalo is in a similar situation as Ball State. After a lackluster 2-11 non-conference stretch, the Bulls have turned it on throughout confernce season, going 3-1 against Mid-American Conference opponents.
When Brady Sallee came to Ball State, he brought with him a new style of play.
Eleven years ago, Brady Sallee was an assistant coach at Kent State, trying to help the Golden Flashes beat MAC opponents.
After adding six new players to next season’s roster through a freshman class, most thought Ball State women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee was finished adding players for the future.
After two games of renewed conference hope, the Ball State has come back down to earth.
After two hard-fought, tough wins against Mid-American Conference opponents, the Ball State women’s basketball team still hasn’t gotten a break. It will travel to Bowling Green tonight for its third conference game of the season. The Falcons are 10-5 on the season, 1-1 in the conference. Bowling Green beat Kent State by 36, then lost to Toledo in a tight battle, 48-38. Ball State coach Brady Sallee knows challenging Bowling Green will be difficult. “Knowing that program, and knowing the way they play, we’re going to have to be good at our ball screen defense,” Sallee said. Sallee singled out one player that his team will have to focus on. “They’ve got a great player in Alexis Rogers,” Sallee said. “We’re going to have to come up with some sort of game plan to slow [her] down.” Rogers is a 6’1” forward who is averaging 10.3 points per game. Following a hot streak in late December, Rogers has cooled off lately. After five straight double-digit scoring games to go along with impressive rebounding totals, she won the MAC East Player of the Week award two straight weeks, on Dec. 24 and 31. Over those five games, Rogers averaged 18.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and four steals per game. Over the last two games since that mark, Rogers has averaged just 4.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. When Ball State played against Rogers and the rest of Bowling Green last season, she had just five points and four rebounds, but was hampered by foul trouble. Despite her pedigree, Rogers isn’t the one who leads her team in scoring. That would be senior guard Chrissy Steffen. Steffen, a native of nearby Carmel, Ind., is averaging 11.7 points per game this season. Last season against Bowling Green, Ball State guard Brittany Carter led her team with 11 points, but on 4-of-16 shooting. She went just 2-of-8 from three-point range. Bowling Green is in a similar situation to Ball State this season. Both teams have first-year head coaches leading their programs. Bowling Green coach Jennifer Roos took over for Curt Miller, who moved on to Indiana’s women’s basketball head coaching position. “The biggest thing is we’re going to have to be tough on the road, and that’s one of the toughest places to play in the league,” Sallee said. “We’ll be anxious to get up there and match ourselves up against one of the best in our league and see what we’re about.”
Ball State committed 18 turnovers in Sunday’s 57-51 women’s basketball win over Northern Illinois. The two teams combined for 43 turnovers. Ball State coach Brady Sallee warned not to call it an “ugly win.”
After an improbable Mid-American Conference opening win Thursday, Ball State will face Northern Illinois on the road today, in an attempt to go 2-0 in the conference for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
Ball State had a one-point lead when Brittany Carter went up for a shot at the top of the key with just 22 seconds left, and everybody in Worthen Arena believed Carter was going to attempt her tenth three-pointer.