Muncie Central, Yorktown, Wapahani, Cowan, Blackford, Monroe Central, Delta, Wes-Del, Muncie Burris and Daleville previewed for upcoming boys' basketball season.
Monday is Amber Seaman’s birthday. She woke up a champion. The feeling she and Ball State Women’s Volleyball felt Sunday night can only be described as “pure joy.” That is what head coach Kelli Miller Phillips called Ball State’s 3-2 win over Bowling Green to clinch the Mid-American Conference Championship Sunday.
In the loss that made it officially ineligible for the postseason, Ball State struggled the entire game on defense, but particularly in the second half in the loss to Kent State. The Cardinals had several opportunities to capitalize on offense but were unable to when it mattered most. Here are four takeaways from the Cardinals’ 41-38 loss to the Golden Flashes.
While three players set career highs and the team set a program record, the players' unselfishness ultimately led to these accomplishments and was the reason they won.
Fans were on the edge of their seats Saturday in Worthen Arena, as Ball State Women’s Basketball came out with a four-point win over Butler.
Mental toughness has been a theme for Ball State Women’s Volleyball. The Cardinals have dealt with playing down all season, and their 3-1 win against Miami (Ohio) was no different.
After going 0-for-9 from 3-point range in the first half Wednesday against Northern Kentucky, Ball State Men's Basketball went 13-for-20 in the first half and 21-for-37 in the game from deep Saturday to roll past Howard, 100-69.
The Cardinals were down but never out, as they completed the come-from-behind victory to hand Butler its first loss of the season, 74-70.
The game clock read six seconds. The score read 41-38 in favor of Kent State. After those six seconds, Ball State had fallen to the Golden Flashes and lost its chances of going to a bowl game.
Thirty-two minutes. That’s how much time it took for Muncie Burris to secure the win over Wes-Del.
Fourth-seeded Ball State Women’s Volleyball advanced to the semi-finals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Friday with a 3-1 win over Ohio.
Just over 16 years ago, Ball State Cross Country captured its first Mid-American Conference Championship title under former head coach Sue Parks. In the time since, Ball State has fallen in the rankings of the MAC. However, the program is making progress toward returning to its previous strength with the help of assistant distance coach Rachel McFarlane.
It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time, even after the Chippewas converted the following fourth-and-9 and subsequently scored a touchdown to reduce the Cardinals’ lead to 10. It did, however, when Central Michigan went on to win the game by one point.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball has the momentum needed to secure a Mid-American Conference Championship in 2019.
Senior forward Kyle Mallers was the booster the Cardinals required Wednesday. He scored all of his 17 points in the second half, making all four of the Cardinals' threes.
Each question was followed by laughter because they knew they couldn’t go into detail. They even apologized for not being able to answer in full. But they couldn’t give anything away because their job is one of the most important jobs on game day.
Ball State Men's Basketball shot a low 35.6 percent from the free-throw line in its 59-57 loss to Northern Kentucky Wednesday.
Watching the Steelers and Browns scuffle at the end of their matchup Thursday night left me with just one question about the sports I love so dearly: Is sportsmanship dead? The answer, unfortunately, is yes.
The Men's Basketball squad burst out of the gate to a 3-1 start in the early goings of the season. Their only loss: a four point defeat to an Evansville squad that knocked off 9th ranked Kentucky.
The hopes of a rather successful season are slipping away from the Cardinals’ football team. A team that was so high has hit the ground hard following a three-game losing streak, which knocked it out of reach of a MAC Championship bid.
