In their first game of the Challenge against the University of Pittsburgh, Ball State defeated the Power 5 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Panthers 73-62.
A year ago, the Cardinals pulled out a two-point win in overtime at Pittsburgh. Tuesday afternoon, they took some punches from the Panthers (5-6) and pulled away at the end of the game for the win.
Here are some results from Delaware County sporting events from 12/11-12/16.
Ball State fans traveled to Indianapolis to support the Cardinals in the Indy Classic.
Indianapolis native Davion Bailey returned to the court for the Cardinals' game against Indiana State in the Indy Classic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Ball State men's basketball moved to 8-3 on the season, falling to Indiana State (10-1) in the second annual Indy Classic. Here are three takeaways from the loss that snapped the Cardinals' three-game winning streak.
Alexis Fields was voted as the Delaware County High School Athlete of the Week for the week of 11/29 -12/6.
After living lives full of sport, these Ball State athletic to-be graduates are preparing to face a life without it. In the process, they’re battling the unknown and the loss of an identity.
Coming out with a 67-59 win, there was some tough sledding that came with the loss of junior Madelyn Bischoff, who was sidelined against the Hilltoppers. Sallee said Bischoff has been day-to-day, but did not want to risk anything playing her today and is more focused on the big picture.
Here are Delaware County sports results from the week of 12/4-12/9.
In Ball State’s 83-71 win over SIU Edwardsville (6-5), the Cardinals moved to 7-0 at home this season. Ball State (8-2) travels to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Saturday, Dec. 16, for its next contest against Indiana State (9-1) as part of the Indy Classic.
It’s extremely tough to contain offenses like Notre Dame in UConn as they are both AP Top 25 teams. Ball State let up 90 to both of those teams. In all of their other games, they were holding opponents to just under 64 points per game. Head coach Brady Sallee has said throughout this season that defense can be his teams’ calling card. In the second quarter, it was just that.
Junior Basheer Jihad recorded his fourth double-double in the Cardinals' 83-71 win over SIUE.
From walk-ons to transfers to season-ending injuries, these four former Ball State football players all had different paths during their tenures. None of them will return to the Cardinals next season.
“To come to the field house is on everyone's bucket list,” Muncie Central head coach Justin Ullom said. “To be able to watch a full day of competitive games I think we can really promote Delaware County basketball with this type of event.”
In the long jump, there were four Ball State athletes in the top five. Senior Jenelle Rogers was first with a jump of 5.83 meters (m). Freshman Emma Upp placed second with a 5.36m jump. Freshman Kendra Keesling and sophomore Lindley Steele placed fourth and fifth, respectively, with a 5.27m jump.
Senior Jackson Wors led the Eagles with 23 points as the Eagles defeated the Tigers 54-52.
“It was the main reason we scheduled it,” head coach Brady Sallee said. “When Hana came here, UConn reached out to Beth Goetz who had worked at UConn. They got together and were like ‘It would be awesome if we could get the Mühl sisters together.’ Beth came to me and I said absolutely.”
Ball State looked to Bischoff to carry the offensive load in the first quarter. She had 12 points, making four of her five attempts from 3-point land and scored over half of the Cardinals’ points in the first quarter.
Delta senior D'Amare Hood was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 11/22-11/29.
