FOOTBALL: Ball State trails 14-0 at Purdue
September 18, 2010The Cardinals trail the Boilermakers 7-0 after the first quarter.
The Cardinals trail the Boilermakers 7-0 after the first quarter.
The win clinched a second-place finish in the Tar Heel Classic, behind host North Carolina.
WEST LAYFAYETTE – Though Ball State was able to control Purdue's offense better in the second quarter, it was not able to close the two-touchdown gap and enters halftime down 14-0.
Purdue defeated Ball State 24-13 after scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter to take control of the game.
Ball State played Purdue Saturday at Purdue. The Boilermakers defeated the Cardinals 24-13.
With three players reaching the semifinals and one claiming runner-up in the Ball State Fall Invitational, coach Christine Bader called her coaching debut a success.
Saturday's event is the first annual, non-competitive marathon. There will be a full marathon, half marathon and quarter marathon for all ages.
A fluke touchdown near the end of the quarter was all Purdue needed to finish off Ball State. The Cardinals' upset bid fell short, dropping their first road game of the season 24-13.
Ball State (8-2) fell to North Carolina 25-20, 25-27, 25-16, 25-21.
In Ball State's 3-2 win against Duquesne on Saturday, Sarah Orisich broke free for her third consecutive game-winning goal.
David Letterman, Ball State's iconic alumnus, made his first appearance on campus in three years to host a conversation with the co-founder of Twitter, a company that announced changes this week making it more similar to Facebook.
The effects of a disappointing and tough loss to North Carolina on Friday night didn't keep Ball State from returning to their winning ways. Ball State defeated Temple in straight sets (25-20, 25-18, 25-22) to improve to 9-2 this season.
Stan Parrish knows better than to think he could silence the critics with a victory when Ball State travels to Purdue at noon Saturday. He merely hopes to change the detractors' tune.
The Ball State soccer team takes on Duquesne in their final nonconference match of the season Saturday.
David Letterman returned to Ball State on Friday night for the first time since dedicating the telecommunications building named in his honor three years ago. For once, students were encouraged to use their phones during a public speech.
Much of this week's chatter about Ball State's depth chart was directed at the apparent quarterback controversy.
A conversation with David Letterman and Biz Stone, a co-founder of Twitter, is taking place just days after the social media site announced its redesign plans to become more like Facebook with embedded photos and videos, and mini-profiles for users.
Ball State will face Big Ten opponents on back-to-back days this weekend, visiting Northwestern on Friday and Iowa on Saturday.
WASHINGTON — Officers in Washington shot and wounded a man who pointed a handgun at them early Friday blocks away from the U.S. Capitol.
Twitter almost never took off in the beginning because doubters urged co-founder Biz Stone to give up on the fledgling social media site, Stone told Ball State students Friday.
