Women's basketball wins 73-57 at Northern Illinois
By Staff Reports / February 17, 2016After losing two straight games, Ball State women's basketball returned to form with a 73-57 win on the road Feb.
After losing two straight games, Ball State women's basketball returned to form with a 73-57 win on the road Feb.
Senior women’s basketball guard Nathalie Fontaine is just the second player in Ball State history to score 2000 career points.
Ball State walked into the locker room at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio, with a sense of urgency, and that urgency lead to a 73-56 victory over Miami.
After defeating first place Central Michigan on the road Feb. 13, Ball State men's basketball began preparing to travel to Miami on Feb. 16.
Ball State women's basketball senior forward Nathalie Fontaine was awarded the Mid-American Conference player of the week for the sixth time this year.
Senior forward Bo Calhoun dominated the Central Michigan Chippewas with his play in the Feb. 13 matchup. He scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.
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.
With Ball State (15-9, 6-5 Mid-American Conference) in a three-way tie for first place in MAC West with Central Michigan (13-11, 6-5 MAC) and Toledo (15-9, 6-5 MAC), Ball State sophomore guard Jeremie Tyler has experienced this pressure before.
After Ball State (16-6, 8-3 MAC) lost to division-leader Central Michigan (16-7, 10-2 MAC), Cardinal head coach Brady Sallee said he was not excited to watch the game film. "I’ll have to watch it, but what I’m afraid of is the lessons that we would talk about off this film are effort-related, want-to-related," he said.
Ball State women's basketball lost its first home game of the season against Central Michigan 74-65 after struggling in areas the team normally excels at.
The last time Ball State played Ohio on the road Jan. 9, the Bobcats' forward Antonio Campbell dominated with 27 points while Kenny Kaminski was held scoreless. Things were different a month later at Worthen Arena.
Tuesday’s Social Media Night game promotion was not enough to push the Cardinals (15-9) to a win against the Ohio University Bobcats (15-8) in Worthen Arena.
Ball State lost to Ohio, 72-69, Tuesday night in Worthen Arena. The Cardinals are now 6-5 in Mid-American Conference play, and still tied for first in the West Division.
Trailing by as many as 7 in the second half to Ohio, the Ball State men's basketball team had one last chance with the clock winding down as redshirt junior Ryan Weber missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer as the Cardinals lost, 72-69.
Ball State men's basketball is tied for first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division and returns at 7 p.m. on Feb. 9 against Ohio at Worthen Arena.
Students will be cheering for more than just a basketball game on Feb. 9, as Ball State athletics hosts its second annual social media night at Worthen Arena. Through email, Ball State athletics gave away free customized T-shirts for students who sent their name, T-shirt size and Twitter handle. Around 1,000 students are set to receive shirts.
Ball State women’s basketball senior guard Nathalie Fontaine has been named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for the fifth time this season. Fontaine earned the honor after scoring 20.0 points per game and hauling in 11.5 rebounds per game over the last week. She scored 18 points in the Cardinals’ come-from-behind victory at Buffalo, 59-57.
It took an overtime period to separate Ball State and Western Michigan, but the Cardinals came away with a 75-71 win at Worthen Arena.
Ball State women’s basketball (16-5, 8-2 Mid-American Conference) came back to beat Buffalo (11-10, 3-7 MAC) 59-57 after trailing by as much as 14 earlier in the game.
