Junior guard Jesse Berry never missed a game in his career before Saturday, but one chance was all freshman Marcus Posley needed to stir up some controversy at the off-guard spot.
While it would’ve been easier for Matt Kamieniecki to walk around Nate Hutcheson at midcourt, Ball State’s junior forward chose contact.
Like against Bowling Green a month ago, Ball State started in an ugly shooting slump, opening the game in an 0-of-11 hole from the field.
Brandy Woody and Shanee’ Jackson sat in utter silence, seemingly in shock at what had happened a few minutes earlier.
For 20 minutes, Jauwan Scaife walked the the ball up the court and initiated the offense. By the end of the second half, he was the offense.
Ball State is no stranger to big moments this season.
Ball State was ranked second in the MAC in field goal defense. Central Michigan was first in scoring. Something had to give.
Brandy Woody received the inbounds pass late in the fourth quarter.
Ball State’s (8-13, 2-7 MAC) second-half energy did little to improve the deficit as the team lost 69-42 to Ohio (16-6, 7-1 MAC) on Wednesday.
The Cardinals find themselves in a three-way tie for first place in the MAC West with Central Michigan and Toledo.
The past three regular season games between the Cardinals and Bobcats were decided by a combined six points.
Brady Sallee isn’t the type of coach likely to get caught looking ahead in the schedule.
As Ball State travels to Ypsilanti to face Eastern Michigan, it can take pride in knowing that it’s allowing 54 points per game since it’s started MAC play.
Jordon Crawford’s game could be described as flashy, maybe even wild, but his style is often wildly effective on the court.
She scored her points on 9-of-11 shooting, adding two points from the free-throw line.
Contrary to previous opponents, Western Michigan doesn’t have one player that Ball State will be focusing on.
There’s not much Majok Majok hasn’t done this season.
Coming out of Winter Break, the Ball State women’s basketball team was 3-10.
