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BALL STATE 2020-21 Women’s Basketball | Game Notes 6 MAC West Division Championships • 2 MAC Regular Season Championships • 1 MAC Tournament Championship 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (2009) • 1 WNIT Final 16 • 9 WNIT Appearances Date Opponent Time/Results Ball State Cardinals (8-5,6-3 MAC) N. 25 at UW-Milwaukee L, 56-67 N. 30 IUPUI L, 49-73 Central Michigan Chippewas (10-3, 8-3 MAC) D. 2 EASTERN MICHIGAN L, 58-77 February 3, 2021 >> McGuirk Arena>> Mt. Pleasant, Mich. D. 5 at Western Kentucky W, 58-54 D. 14 at Bellarmine W, 98-42 GAME 14 at Central Michigan D. 20 *at Akron W, 67-60 J. 2 *BOWLING GREEN L, 55-89 QUICK FACTS J. 6 *TOLEDO W, 93-78 Head Coach: Brady Sallee | 9th Season J. 9 *at Kent State L, 61-70 Record at Ball State: 157-113 (.581) J. 13 *at Ohio W, 88-85 OT Overall Career Record: 293-224 (.566) J. 16 *BUFFALO POSTPONED Location: Muncie, Ind. J. 20 *NORTHERN ILLINOIS POSTPONED J. 23 *at Eastern Michigan W,68-64 J. 27 *MIAMI W, 85-82 QUICK FACTS J. 30 *at Western Michigan W, 78-71 Head Coach: Heather Oesterle | 2nd Season F. 3 *at Central Michigan 5 p.m. Record at Central Michigan: 33-10 (.767) F. 6 *AKRON 4 p.m. Overall Career Record: 33-10 (.767) F. 10 *OHIO 7 p.m. Location: Mt. Pleasant, Mich. F. 13 *at Miami 1 p.m. F. 17 *at Buffalo 5 p.m. • Wednesday’s contest at CMU is part one of the two-game Mid-American Conference series F. 24 *at Northern Illinois 6 p.m. when Ball State travels to McGuirk Arena for a 5 p.m. ET tip-off. Last season, Ball State fell at F. 27 *at Toledo TBA the start of league play to the Chippewas in their first meeting, 39-66 on Jan. 15, 2020 in Mt. M. 3 *CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7 p.m. Pleasant. But the Cardinals returned the favor on their home court in Worthen Arena last year M. 6 *WESTERN MICHIGAN 1 p.m. handing the then MAC undefeated Chippewas a 67-62 loss on Feb. 29. At the time, CMU held an No. 15 RPI ranking prior to BSU’s upset. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT (CLEVELAND) • Wednesday’s game against Central Michigan will mark the 82nd time the teams have met, M. 10 %Quarterfinals TBA with the Chippewas leading the all-time series record, 43-38. CMU has won five of the last six M. 12 %Semifinals TBA meetings over the Cardinals. M. 13 %Championship TBA • Ball State is looking to extend its win streak to five at CMU. The Cardinals have been on a BOLD = HOME GAMES | * MAC Games roll since their 88-85 overtime victory at Ohio on Jan. 13. Since then, BSU has taking down %=Cleveland, Ohio (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) Eastern Michigan (68-64), Miami (85-82) and Western Michigan (78-71). Ball State’s last four wins have been decided by seven points or less. PLEASE NOTE: The Ball State women’s basketball schedule and team will • Ball State is one of only two teams that were able to beat the Chippewas last year. The only operate in the “subject to change” environment moving forward other team to defeat CMU was Toledo. as the sports world navigates the Covid-19 global pandemic. • CMU has won its last three contests after defeating Akron (92-69), Toledo (83-74) and Buffalo Please note for home games that current guidance from the (66-62). Delaware County Health Department will prohibit general public • Ball State and Central Michigan first met in 1977-78 on Jan. 14 in Muncie, Ind., resulting in a attendance at Worthen Arena. 70-66 victory for the Cardinals. PROJECTED GAME STARTERS Ball State Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG F 32 Oshlynn Brown 6-1 Sr. Chillicothe, Ohio 16.7 11.6 F 10 Thelma Dis Agustsdottir 6-0 Jr. Keflavik, Iceland 11.8 5.4 G 30 Anna Clephane 5-10 R-So. Taylor Mill, Ky. 10.6 3.5 G 11 Sydney Freeman 5-8 So. Albion, Ind. 12.3 3.4 F 42 Annie Rauch 6-3 So. Hilliard, Ohio 7.2 5.0 Central Michigan Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG G 1 Micaela Kelly 5-6 Sr. Detroit, Mich. 22.5 5.0 F 50 Kyra Bussell 6-1 Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich. 11.2 5.1 G 14 Molly Davis 5-7 So. Midland, Mich. 19.3 5.2 C 21 Jahari Smith 6-0 Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 7.1 7.0 G 4 Maddy Watters 5-9 Sr. Rockford, Mich. 10.5 2.4 BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL University Information Location ...................................................... Muncie, Ind. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Enrollment ........................................................... 22,541 Anna Clephane cle-FAIN Founded ................................................................. 1918 Thelma Dis Agustsdottir AH-gust-daughter Nickname .........................................................Cardinals Katie Helgason HEL-guh-son Colors ...................................................Cardinal & White Maliah Howard-Bass mah-LEE-ah President ......................Geoffrey Mearns (Yale University) Bri Kulas cool-AS Athletics Director ...........................................Beth Goetz Estel Puiggros pew-GROSS Conference ................................................Mid-American Annie Rauch rah-OUSH Arena .......................................... John E. Worthen Arena Ivet Subirats EYE-vet SUE-be-rats Seating Capacity ................................................. 11,500 Brady Sallee sal-LEE Ticket Office ..................................... 1.888.BSU.TICKET Coaching Staff 2020-21 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE STANDINGS Head Coach ..................Brady Sallee (Thomas More ‘93) Record at Ball State .......... 157-113 (.581) /Ninth Season MAC OVERALL Career Record .................... 293-224 (.566)/19th Season W-L W-L Assistant Coach .......................... Bri Kulas (Missouri ‘14) Kent State 4-0 5-2 Assistant Coach . Roman Tubner (Centenary College ‘11) Bowling Green 9-2 13-3 Assistant Coach .............Audrey Spencer (Ball State ‘10) Central Michigan 8-3 10-5 Director of Basketball Operations ................................... Buffalo 6-3 9-5 ........................Cassandra Morrissette (Mount Union ‘19) Ball State 6-3 8-5 Graduate Assistant ............. Jasmin Samz (Ball State ‘20) Northen Illinois 6-3 8-6 Administrative Assistant ............................... Tina Cooper Ohio 7-4 9-5 Eastern Michigan 6-4 9-6 Athletic Communications Staff Toledo 4-7 8-7 Associate Athletics Director ....................Shawn Sullivan Akron 1-9 4-9 Assistant Director/WBB Contact ................Paula Haughn Western Michigan 1-9 2-10 Office ........................................................ 765.285.8242 Miami 0-11 1-14 Cell .......................................................... 765.716.1837 E-mail ............................................. [email protected] Associate Director ....................................... Brad Caudill Assistant Director ................................... Tyson Mathews INTERVIEWS/POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE Assistant Director ........................................Josh Rattray Ball State’s practice slots vary week to week. The Cardinals Director of Broadcasting ............................... Joel Godett practice in the Shondell Center and Worthen Arena. Practice times will vary during the season due to travel, game days Program History and the COVID-19 global pandemic. As of right now, there First Year of Program .........................................1974-75 will be no in person interviews only zoom and or phone All-Time Overall Record ........................... 585-673 (.465) interviews, please contact assistant athletics communications All-Time MAC Record .............................. 308-349 (.468) director Paula Haughn for your interview requests. MAC Overall Regular Season Titles ......... 2/2 co-champs MAC West Division Titles ........................ 6/1 co-champs SOCIAL MEDIA MAC Tournament Championship ........................1 (2009) NCAA Tournament ..............................................1 (2009) @BallStateSports, @BSUCoachBrady, WNIT ............................................................................ 9 @BallStateWBB BallStatewomensbasketball Players Starters R/L ............................................................... 4/5 @BallStateWBB FOLLOW THE CARDINALS >> #CHIRPCHIRP #WEFLY Twitter Facebook Internet/Live Stats Radio Live Stream @BallStateSports Ball State Sports ballstatesports.com Muncie Sports Station ESPN+ @BallStateWBB Ball State Women’s Basketball mkepanthers.com 102.9 PM/1340 AM @BSUCoachBrady Brady Sallee BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 ROSTER/NOTES No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr/Elig. Hometown | High School 2 Krystal Rice 5-8 G Jr. Flint, Mich. | Flint Hamady Note: Majoing in psycholog -First Season with the Cardinals transferred drom Johnson County Community College 3 Cameron Grant 6-1 F Fr. Macomb, Mich. | Dakota Note: Majoring in psychological science/early childhood- ranked third in the state of Michigan, helped Dakota H.S. to most wins in pro- gram history, Miss Michigan Basketball candidate 4 Essence Booker 5-8 G Jr. Las Vegas, Nevada | Spring Valley Note: Majoring in pre-nursing -Scored a season high 22 points vs. Bellarmine (12/14/20). 5 Maliah Howard-Bass 5-9 G Sr. Columbus, Ind. | North Note: Majoring in business - registered career bests in points (20) at Eastern Michigan (2/16/19) and rebounds (5) twice 10 Thelma Dis Agustsdottir 6-0 F Jr. Keflavik, Iceland Note: Majoring in actuarial science - registered career-bests in scoring (26) points at Buffalo (2/15/20) and in rebounding (12) at EMU (2/16/19). Earned MAC Player of the Week Honors and Scholar Athlete of the Week (2/18). 11 Sydney Freeman 5-8 G So. Albion, Ind. | Central Noble Note: Majoring in English education - scored a season-high 18 points against Central Michigan (2/29/20). 12 Ella Skeens 5-11 G/F Jr. Chillicothe, Ohio. | Southeastern Note: Majoring in criminal justice - First Season with the Cardinals transferred from the University of Dayton 13 Ivet Subirats 5-9 G Fr. Cerdanyola Del Valles, Spain Note: Majoring in biology - Scored a season high 10 points vs. IUPUI (11/30/20). 21 Blake Smith 6-3 F Jr. Carmel, Ind. | Carmel Note: Major undecided - four-year letterwinner - scored a career-best 10 points four times last time at Kent State (1/29/2020) 22 Estel Puiggros 5-9 G So. Manresa, Spain | Segle XXI Note: Majoring in education - scored a career-best 10 points at Purdue Fort Wayne (11/12/19) and Butler (11/23/19) 30 Anna Clephane 5-10 G R-So. Taylor Mill, Ky. | Scott Note: Scored a career-high 24 points at Ohio (1/13/21) and pulled down a personal best 9 rebounds against Cincinnati (11/28/18).