2008-09 Ball State Women's Basketball
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Ball State Women’s Basketball Game Notes • Temple (Worthen Arena) Paula Haughn • Women’s Basketball Contact 2008-09 BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 765.285.8927 phone • 765.285.8929 email • [email protected] • ballstatesports.com 2008-09 Cardinal Schedule Date Opponent Time Nov. 2 HOOSIER STARS (Exhib.) W, 75-69 Temple Nov. 14 at Indiana University (WNIT)& L, 84-68 Game 8 Nov. 21 vs. Robert Morris (WNIT)& W, 85-81 Nov. 22 vs. Cleveland State (WNIT)& W, 61-60 Dec. 22, 2008 Nov. 25 at Illinois State L, 91-68 7 p.m. Tip-Off Dec. 5 EVANSVILLE W, 81-78, OT Dec. 7 at No. 13 Louisville L, 82-51 Worthen Arena Dec. 10 WRIGHT STATE W, 65-61 Dec. 13 INDIANA STATE W, 82-63 Muncie, Ind. Dec. 20 at Western Kentucky W, 72-71, OT Dec. 22 TEMPLE 7 p.m. Crimson Tide Holiday Classic% Coverage of Today’s Game: WXFN-AM 1340 Jay Garrison, WCRD (91.3 FM) and Dec. 29 vs. Richmond% 1 p.m. www.ballstatesports.com. Dec. 30 Alabama/Belmont% 1/3 p.m. Jan. 4 at St. Louis 2 p.m. Jan. 7 EASTERN MICHIGAN* 7 p.m. Scouting Ball State: The Cardinals are coming off of a 72-71 overtime win at West- Jan. 10 at Western Michigan* 2 p.m. ern Kentucky Saturday, Dec. 20. Senior guard Kiley Jarrett hit a last second layup to Jan. 14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 7 p.m. Jan. 17 TOLEDO* 1 p.m. win the game for Ball State. The victory over Western Kentucky is Ball State’s fi rst Jan. 21 at Northern Illinois* 7 p.m. road win of the season. The Mid-American Conference was 0-13 against Western Jan. 24 at Akron* 2 p.m. Kentucky, Ball State is the only MAC school that has defeated the Hilltoppers. The Jan. 27 NORTH DAKOTA 7 p.m. Jan. 31 MIAMI* 7 p.m. Cardinals improve to 6-3 overall and will host Temple Monday in Worthen Arena. Feb. 3 at Bowling Green* 7 p.m. Tip-off is a 7 p.m. Ball State is currently undefeated this season at home with a 5-0 Feb. 8 at Buffalo* 2 p.m. record. Feb. 11 KENT STATE* 7 p.m. Feb. 14 OHIO* 1 p.m. Feb. 22 at Central Michigan* 2 p.m. Scouting Temple: The Temple Owls visit Muncie with an 5-4 overall record. Temple Feb. 24 at Eastern Michigan* 7 p.m. is coming off of a 65-56 loss to Villanova. Shaqwedia Wallace led the Owls after net- Feb. 28 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 1 p.m. March 4 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 7 p.m. ting a career-high 26 points at Villanova. Wallace scored 22 of those points in the sec- March 7 at Toledo* 2 p.m. ond half alone. Shenita Landry pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds and dropped March 10-14 Mid-American Conference Tournament^ TBA in six points. The Owls are under fi rst year head coach Tonya Cardoza. Temple has Cleveland, Ohio posted wins this season over Bowling Green (70-55), Illinois (66-47), Hampton (79-50), Dartmouth (65-29) and Toledo (73-46). * - Mid-American Conference game & = Preseason WNIT % = Crimson Tide Holiday Classic-Alabama Series History: This is the second meeting between Ball State and Temple. Temple leads the all-time series record 1-0. The two teams met last season in Philadelphia, in which Temple earned a 72-48 victory over the Cardinals. The Owls are 10-2 against NEXT UP FOR THE CARDINALS: MAC school’s with its only losses coming against Bowling Green and Miami. Richmond Next Up: Ball State is off for the holidays until Dec. 29 when they travel to Alabama for the Crimson Tide Holiday Classic where they will face the Richmond Spiders at 1 p.m. Today’s Probable Starters Ball State Cardinals Pos. No. Name Hometown/High School Cl. Ht. Pts. Reb. F 35 Danielle Gratton Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park Jr. 6-1 12.1 6.8 F 41 Emily Maggert Paris, Ill./Paris So. 6-1 13.7 5.3 G 03 Porchia Green Indianapolis, Ind./Arlington Sr. 5-9 13.7 5.8 G 12 Kiley Jarrett Bloomington, Ind./North Sr. 5-4 7.2 3.6 G 33 Audrey McDonald Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo Jr. 5-8 10.0 2.6 Temple Pos. No. Name Hometown/School Cl. Ht. Pts. Reb. F 14 Shenita Landry Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King Sr. 6-2 11.6 9.3 F 45 Shanea Cotton Gulfport, Miss./Harrison Central Sr. 6-4 12.6 5.9 G 10 LaKeisha Eaddy Columbia, Md./River Hill Jr. 5-6 10.9 3.7 G 13 Shaqwedia Wallace Wilmington, N.C./Emsleya Laney So. 5-9 13.3 3.6 G 22 Lindsay Kimmel Binghamton, N.Y./Harpursville So. 6-0 5.4 3.3 2008-09 BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 Green Named MAC Player of the Week: Senior guard Porchia Green was Ball State vs. In-State Rivals: The Cardinals have faced three teams this named MAC West Division Player of the Week after her performance on courth season from the state of Indiana. Ball State dropped a 84-64 loss in its sea- against Evansville and No. 13 Louisville. Green led the Cardinals with an aver- son opener at Indiana but rebounded with wins over Evansville (81-78) and age of 21.0 points per game, accumlating 42 points in two games this weekend. Indiana State (82-63). The Cardinals suffered losses to all three schools’ Green also averaged 3.0, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. Green netted a career- last season. high 28 points in an 81-78 overtime win at Worthen Arena Dec. 5 against in-state rival Evansville. Green scored 14 points Sunday in the Cardinals’ loss to No. 13, Green 1,000 Point Watch: Senior guard Porchia Green currently has 926 after only trailing 33-31 at the half. points for her career. She needs 74 to be the 19th member of the Ball State women’s basketball 1,000 point club. Currently Green is averaging 13.7 Nine Straight At Home: The Cardinals have won nine straight home games ppg, which if she continues that average in the Cardinals next 21 games she dating back to Feb. 9 of last season. Ball State defeated Robert Morris 85-81 will have scored 287.7 points. in its home opener and continued its winning ways with a 61-60 win over Cleve- land State. Ball State grabbed win number seven in an overtime thriller against BSU vs. 2008 NCAA Participants: Five of the last nine opponents the Evansville Friday, Dec. 5 defeating the Purple Aces 81-78. The Cardinals ex- Cardinals have faced this season were 2008 NCAA participants. Ball State tended their streak to eight with a 65-61 win over Wright State and increased to has defeated Robert Morris, Cleveland State, Western Kentucky and only nine after defeating Indiana State Saturday, Dec. 13. trailed by two 33-31 at the half over No. 13 Louisville. She Can Shoot But She Can Also Rebound: Junior guard Audrey McDonald McDonald Named MAC West Division Player of the Week: Against Rob- we all know can shoot the ball. She leads the team for the most three-pointers ert Morris, McDonald helped the Cardinals and head coach Kelly Packard with 21. McDonald in the Cardinals win over Indiana State managed a career- pick up their fi rst win of the season by leading BSU with 25 points, including high nine rebounds. McDonald’s old record was seven at Indiana in 2006. 7-of-11 effort from behind the arc. On Nov. 22, McDonald had 14 points and made four three-pointers in Ball State’s win over Cleveland State. She also Jarrett Ties Career-high Points: Senior guard Kiley Jarrett tied her career-high tied her career-high in assists with six. McDonald also broke the preseason of 19 points Dec. 13 against Indiana State. Jarrett helped the team to a 82-63 WNIT record with 13-three pointers made. win over ISU. The last time Jarrett had scored 19 points was against Western Michigan last January. McDonald Moving Up: Junior guard Audrey McDonald in eight games this season has made 22 three-pointers. McDonald has made 165 three’s mov- Looking Back BSU vs. Temple: Ball State lost 72-48 at Temple last season. The ing her to fourth all-time in three-point fi eld goals made. She surpassed Cardinals struggled from the fi eld against the Owls and they were outrebounded. Markita Griffi n (1996-99) who had 152. McDonald needs 25 three’s to move Ball State was on a two-game winning streak before they fell to Temple. into third all-time. Former Cardinal Tina Bolte owns the record with 189 (2007-present). 2007-08 • Temple 72, Ball State 48 Ball State Signs Two Recruits: Ball State women’s basketball coach Kelly Packard has announced the signing of her fi rst recruiting class in Chloe Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Ball State vs Temple Barnes (Quincy, Ill./Quincy Notre Dame) and Shanee’ Jackson (Hilliard, Ohio/ 11/28/07 7:00 p.m. at Philadelphia, Pa. (Liacouras Center) Hilliard Darby) who have both signed national letters of intent on Wednesday Ball State 48 • 3-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds afternoon, the fi rst day of the early signing period. Barnes, a 5-9 guard from ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Quincy, Ill., averaged 16 points per game and eight rebounds as a junior.