The Cardinals continue to lead the MAC after beating Kent State University, Bowling Green University and now Central Michigan back to back. The Cardinals won 196.000-195.325.
The visiting Ohio Bobcats eventually took the lead by end of regulation, benefitting from Jihad fouling out with 1:26 left to play with Cardinals up 70-68.
Coming into Wednesday evening, games between the Cardinals and the Northern Illinois Huskies (10-11, 4-6 MAC) in DeKalb, Illinois have been decided by a combined nine points since 2019. With 40 seconds left, the game was on par with the last five times Ball State has traveled to Northern Illinois.
Ball State women’s basketball is sitting at a 20-2 record this year and have won their last 14 games in a row, which is the longest in school history.
Challenges within name, image and likeness (NIL) and transfer portals were the topics covered in his presentation.
It's just eight days until the first pitch of the season.
Following a dominating 31-point win against Ohio University on Saturday, the Cardinals improve their win streak to 14, while also staying undefeated in MAC play.
For senior Jenelle Rogers, the track squad at Ball State has always been her support system.
Kieran Tewari was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/24-1/31.
Ball State (12-11, 4-7 MAC) men's basketball fell to Ohio (13-10, 7-4 MAC) for the seventh straight time with a 84-79 loss in overtime. The Cardinals return to action when they travel to San Marcos, Texas, for their second matchup in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge, this time against Texas State (9-14, 3-8 SBC) Feb. 10 at 5 p.m. ET.
Jalin Anderson led Ball State with 22 points as the Cardinals fell to Ohio 84-79.
“It is exciting,” head coach Mike Fleck said after the Ball State men's golf win. “It's exactly the start I envisioned for this group.”
Here are some results from Delaware County sporting events from 1/29-2/3.
Ball State won just four percent of all games played (27/114).
It was a rocky start for Ball State, but once they received a total of 49.275 points for bars, they were able to gain a slim lead. Ball State was only ahead by .050 after the third event. It was anyone’s meet, but the Cardinals’ 49.325 points on floor sealed the deal for Ball State’s win, and the meet ended 196.075-195.525.
“Our team is kind of like a pineapple, you can serve it so many different ways,” junior Nyla Hampton said. “Sliced, chopped, little circles, chunks, you never know what you are going to get exactly. There are so many different ways to swing it, and it makes it fun for me to play that way.”
Ball State (12-10, 4-6 MAC) bounced back from a loss less than a week prior with a 77-67 win against Western Michigan (8-14, 5-5 MAC). The Cardinals return to action Tuesday, Feb. 6 against Ohio (12-10, 6-4 MAC) at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana, at 7 p.m.
The Cardinals forced Ohio into seven turnovers and held them to just five points through the first eight minutes of Saturday’s game. Ball State’s full-court pressure has given teams trouble all season long and the Bobcats couldn’t get into any sort of offense to start the game.
