Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.
Ball State Men’s Basketball and Central Michigan are now sitting at 11-8 and 4-2 in the Mid-American Conference after the Cardinals fell short in a close one, 71-66.
Sophomore forward Thelma Dis Agustsdottir had two points in the game against Miami (Ohio) just over a year ago. One year later, Agustsdottir went 8-for-12 from the field, including making seven of her last eight shots, to lead Ball State with 19 points, her second-highest season total.
Prior to Saturday, Ball State Men’s Volleyball had never been on the short end of the stick against the New Jersey Institute of Technology. However, the Cardinals’ 10-match win streak against NJIT ended Saturday, as the Highlanders were victorious, 3-0.
Ball State Men’s Tennis split its doubleheader in East Lansing, Michigan, losing 4-2 to Michigan State and defeating Niagara 5-0.
While Ball State Men's Basketball was able to knock down its turnover count in the second half and make a comeback, the first-half slump would eventually lead to a 71-66 loss to Central Michigan.
Ball State’s streak of three consecutive wins in dual meets came to an end Saturday after falling to MAC foe Ohio, 188.5-110.5.
Spreading the ball around helped Ball State Women’s Basketball take down Miami (Ohio), 80-63.
After a slow offensive start to the game, Monroe Central found its groove on both ends of the floor to pull away against conference rival Eastern Hancock, 60-47, on Homecoming for the Golden Bears.
Ball State’s Women’s Tennis couldn’t quite get things going Saturday afternoon, as Louisville ran away with a 5-2 win in the second-ever meeting between the two Cardinal squads.
Tying his career high in kills with 22 in last Friday’s win over California State Northridge, sophomore outside attacker Kaleb Jenness set a new career high Thursday at No. 12 George Mason with 26. However, the Patriots (4-1, 0-0 MIVA) ultimately had the edge over the Cardinals, taking the match, 3-2.
Scoring a career-high 13 points, freshman forward Annie Rauch found her groove to spark the Cardinal offense.
In the forest of 6 feet, 4 inches; 6 feet, 6 inches all the way up to 6 feet, 8 inches, it’s 5-foot-10-inch senior libero Nick LaVanchy who speaks for the trees.
Ball State Women’s Basketball found itself down in the game, but its effort never faded, as it pushed on and beat Buffalo, 69-65.
This time last season, he was watching his team play from the bench with a wrist injury, and he knew he had to improve his body.
Ball State Gymnastics defeated Pittsburgh, 193.750- 193.225, after going into the final event with less than a one-point lead. The final event for Ball State came down to beam, where the team finished with a score of 48.550.
Luke Bumbalough ended the game with 13 points and three assists in the Cardinals’ 71-62 win, making it his fifth game scoring in double figures. The Cardinals are undefeated when he scores 10 or more points.
The Cardinals were outscored by the Bobcats in three of the four quarters Saturday. Outscoring Ohio, 20-11, in the fourth quarter was enough to get it close but not enough to complete the comeback.
“They’re just a very good team. They do a lot of things well.” That’s what Ball State Men’s Volleyball head coach Joel Walton had to say about No. 4 UC Santa Barbara, who swept the Cardinals Saturday in the second contest of Ball State’s six-match road trip.
The women’s team faced Indiana State, and the men having no opponent, instead raced each other in an intersquad event. The women were able to take the win, 159-141.
