After Ball State’s four leading scorers left the program, Basheer Jihad has become the Cardinals’ No. 1 option in 2023-24.
Jacob Grim was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/10-1/17.
Hung up during shoot around pregame, signs were draped up for players to see. Although each of them reads a different word or saying, head coach Brady Sallee said they all are tied together with one big one. “Fight for your culture.”
Ball State Men's Tennis defeated Xavier University with a 5-2 win. This continues their 2-0 win streak against Xavier and is their third straight win on the season.
12-for-15. 80 percent. That’s what the Cardinals shot from the field in the second quarter Wednesday night.
Ball State women’s tennis looks to live up to its legacy of success. The Cardinals are coming off of two MAC Championships.
The Cardinals defeated the Bulls behind five double-digit scorers and one double-double.
The excited screams of high-pitched little girls filled the air at the Ball State Gymnastic team’s first home meet of the season. Ball State’s unofficial cheerleading team could be seen standing in the front row of the bleachers, responding to different performances, with extra cheers for high-scoring routines from seniors Suki Pfister and Victoria Henry.
While being on CBS Sports Network, the community showed up, the students showed up, the band and all, it was the whole package for head coach Brady Sallee, he said.
Here are some results from Delaware County high school sporting events from 1/15-1/20.
The Ball State Cardinals (16-2, 6-0 MAC) came away with a 65-51 statement win over the MAC preseason favorite Toledo Rockets (12-4, 5-1 MAC).
Multiple Cardinals had career days including a program record at the Bob Parks Memorial Invitational.
The 14th-ranked Cardinals were unable to avenge their prior loss, however, as they fell to No. 8 Stanford (6-0) in four sets (25-9, 21-25, 30-28, 25-18).
Ball State (9-9, 1-5 MAC) lost a thrilling and heated 87-80 contest against Miami (OH) (9-9, 3-3 MAC). The Cardinals return to action Tuesday, Jan. 23 when they travel to Buffalo (2-15, 1-4 MAC) for a 7 p.m. contest.
The success in court 2 spread across Ball State's home courts propelling them to sweep their first home meet against Eastern Illinois, 7-0.
After going into overtime, Ball State fell to Miami 87-80 for the Cardinals’ fifth MAC loss of the season.
Ball State came in first place at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic after three Cardinals recorded perfect scores.
The Blackhawks started the game by hitting their first five 3-pointer attempts. They quickly jumped out to a 15-5 lead and led the rest of the game. At the end of the 1st quarter, they led 20-9. They also led 48-22 at halftime.
In doubles play, the Cardinals had a rocky start, conceding a point to Butler from two of three doubles teams.
Despite his momentum and preseason accolades, the junior outside hitter was unable to play in Ball State’s first nine matches. Ndavazocheva made his long-awaited return against No. 13 USC on Friday in the First Point Collegiate Challenge, hosted in Austin, Texas.
