Men's Basketball 2017-18 Game #31 Schedule/Results
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Game #31 Men’s Basketball 2017-18 BALL STATE TV/INTERNET Schedule/Results ESPN3 NOVEMBER Andy Garcia (play-by-play) 6 ST. FRANCIS (IND.) (Exhib.) W, 91-67 Carl Armato (analyst) 10 at Dayton L, 77-78 15 at Oklahoma^ (FS SW PLUS) L, 69-108 RADIO 17 STONY BROOK^ (ESPN3) W, 87-76 Ball State Radio Network 19 at Oregon^ (PAC-12 NETWORK) L, 71-95 WLBC 104.1 FM 22 at Bucknell^ (PLN) L, 83-87 Tyler Bradfield (play-by-play) 25 at Indiana State (ESPN3) W, 93-85 Ball State Northern Illinois David Eha (analyst) 28 OAKLAND CITY (ESPN3) W, 81-57 Cardinals Huskies DECEMBER Record: 19-11 (10-7 MAC) Record: 12-18 (5-12 MAC) 2 IUPUI (ESPN3) W, 83-64 H: 14-2; A: 5-9; N: 0-0 H: 10-4; A: 1-12; N: 1-2 5 at #9/8 Notre Dame (ESPN3) W, 80-77 Coach: James Whitford Coach: Mark Montgomery 9 VALPARAISO (ESPN3) W, 71-70 Last: L, 71-51 at CMU Last: L, 97-67 vs. Toledo 19 NORTH FLORIDA (ESPN3) W, 79-65 Streak: Lost 2 Streak: Lost 3 22 JACKSON STATE (ESPN3) W, 70-54 29 FLORIDA A&M (ESPN3) W, 75-54 March 2, 2018 (7 p.m. CT/8 ET) | DeKalb, Ill. | NIU Convocation Center (10,000) JANUARY 2 EASTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN3) W, 72-62 About the Cardinals 6 BUFFALO* (ESPN3) L, 63-83 • Ball State wraps up the regular season with a trip to Northern Illinois for the second meeting 9 at Ohio* (ESPN3) W, 75-68 between the teams in 11 days. The Cardinals won the first matchup 77-68 in Muncie. 13 at Western Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 58-73 16 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (ESPN3) W, 82-76 • Ball State can still be anywhere from the No. 3 to the No. 6 seed in next week’s MAC 20 at Miami* (ESPN3) L, 53-71 Tournament. The Cardinals can secure a top-4 seed and first-round bye with a win Friday. If the 23 at Kent State* (ESPN3) L, 80-88 (OT) Cardinals lose, they would need losses by Western Michigan at Central Michigan and Kent State 27 AKRON* (CBSSN) W, 111-106 (2OT) at Akron to get a bye. 30 at Toledo* (ESPN3) W, 75-63 FEBRUARY • Ball State is one victory shy of reaching the 20-win mark in three consecutive seasons for the 3 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 41-58 first time since the Cardinals had five straight 20-win campaigns from 1988-93. A win would also 6 BOWLING GREEN* (ESPN3) W, 59-56 give BSU 20 victories in the regular season for the second straight year. 9 KENT STATE* (ESPNU) W, 87-68 13 at Akron* (ESPN3) W, 90-77 • The Cardinals are coming off a 75-51 loss at Central Michigan in which they recorded a season- 17 TOLEDO* (ESPN3) W, 99-71 low five assists and posted their second-worst shooting performance in conference play at 36.5 20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (ESPN3) W, 77-68 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN2) L, 80-87 percent. BSU had won seven of eight before falling to Western Michigan and CMU last week. 27 at Central Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 51-75 • Junior center Trey Moses leads Ball State in conference play in both scoring (14.5 ppg) and MARCH rebounding (9.4 rpg). He had a career-high 23 points in the last meeting with NIU. 2 at Northern Illinois* (ESPN3) 8pm 5 MAC First Round # (ESPN3) TBA • Point guard Tayler Persons has 965 points and 296 assists in two years at Ball State, seeking to 8 MAC Quarterfinals # TBA become the first player in BSU history to reach 1,000 points and 300 assists in a two-year period. 9 MAC Semifinals # (CBSSN) TBA 10 MAC Championship # (ESPN2) TBA • Senior guard Sean Sellers is two games away from the school record for career games played All times listed as Eastern and subject to change. (129), set last season by Franko House. Sellers, who has missed just two games in his career, is ^ PK80 - Phil Knight Invitational Ball State’s all-time leading 3-point shooter with 228 makes. * Denotes Mid-American Conference game # MAC Tournament -- First round at campus sites; remainder in Cleveland, Ohio Projected Starters (based on last game) Pos. No. Name Cl. PPG RPG APG Notes Follow the Cardinals Online ... 1 2 Tayler Persons Jr. 14.6 3.3 4.3 Game-winners vs. ND, Valpo & BGSU Website .............ballstatesports.com 2 34 Sean Sellers Sr. 8.6 4.3 1.2 BSU career 3’s record holder (228) Twitter. .@BallStateSports 3 14 Kyle Mallers So. 9.8 4.7 1.3 Scoring avg. up from 2.2 ppg last year @BallStateMBB 4 25 Tahjai Teague So. 11.8 7.4 1.2 Five 20-point games in MAC play 5 24 Trey Moses Jr. 11.5 8.4 2.1 Eight double-doubles in MAC play Ball State at Northern Illinois | March 2, 2018 | DeKalb, Ill. (NIU Convocation Center) Ball State Roster QUICK FACTS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) GENERAL INFORMATION 0 Francis Kiapway G 6-3 190 Sr. Hamilton, Ontario (St. Thomas More [Conn.]) School. .Ball State University 1 Jontrell Walker G 6-1 182 Jr. Aurora, Ill. (Incarnate Word) Location . .Muncie, Ind. Founded. 1918 2 Tayler Persons G 6-3 220 R-Jr. Kokomo, Ind. (Northern Kentucky) Enrollment. 22,513 3 Josh Thompson G 6-0 200 R-So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North) Nickname. .Cardinals 5 Ishmael El-Amin G 6-1 172 Fr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins) Arena . .Worthen Arena (11,500) 11 Tyler Leedy G 6-0 146 Fr. Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville) Affiliation . NCAA Division I 12 Brachen Hazen* F 6-8 215 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Columbia City) Conference. Mid-American Conference 14 Kyle Mallers F 6-7 220 So. Columbia City, Ind. (Carroll) . (West Division) President . Geoffrey Mearns 15 Zach Gunn F 6-6 200 Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) Athletics Director. .Mark Sandy 20 K.J. Walton* G 6-3 202 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Brownsburg) Press Row Phone. .765-285-8930 24 Trey Moses C 6-9 245 Jr. Louisville, Ky. (Eastern) 25 Tahjai Teague F 6-8 222 R-So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike) BASKETBALL HISTORY 34 Sean Sellers G/F 6-6 216 Sr. Greensburg, Ind. (Greensburg) First Year of Basketball . .1920-21 44 Blake Huggins C 6-10 241 Fr. Union City, Tenn. (Obion County Central) All-Time Record. 1216-1124-1 (97 yrs) NCAA Appearances. 7 (last in 2000) *Sitting out as a transfer Best Showing. Sweet 16 (1990) NIT Appearances. 4 (last in 2002) CIT Appearances . 2 (last in 2017) The Coaching Staff Head Coach: James Whitford (Wisconsin, 1994); Fifth season TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record. .21-13 Associate Head Coach: Jason Grunkemeyer (Miami University, 2001); Fifth season MAC Record/Finish . 11-7/T1st-West Assistant Coach: Brian Thornton (Xavier, 2005); Fourth season Postseason. .CIT Assistant Coach: Danny Peters (Ohio State, 2010); Fourth season Starters Returning/Lost. .4/2 Director of Basketball Operations: Kindon Crowder (Ball State, 2014); First season Letterwinners Returning/Lost. 8/4 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jason Roberson (Upper Iowa, 1999) Newcomers . 6 Athletic Trainer: Troy Hershman (Ball State, 1992) COACHING STAFF Head Coach . James Whitford Alma Mater . .Wisconsin, 1994 Pronunciation Guide Record at Ball State (yrs). .73-86 (5) Francis Kiapway (kee-AHP-way) Career Record (yrs) . Same Assoc. Head Coach. Jason Grunkemeyer Kyle Mallers (MAL-ers) Alma Mater . .Miami University, 2001 Tahjai Teague (TAH-zhay) Assistant Coach . .Brian Thornton Ishmael El-Amin (el-ah-MEEN) Alma Mater . Xavier, 2005 Brachen Hazen (BRACK-en) Assistant Coach . Danny Peters Alma Mater . Ohio State, 2010 Director of Operations. Kindon Crowder MEDIA INFORMATION Alma Mater . Ball State, 2014 Secretary. Tina Cooper Office Phone. .765-285-8141 MEDIA LIST: To be added to the Ball State men’s basketball distribution list for releases and game notes, e-mail Tyson Mathews at [email protected]. The Ball State game notes are also available on ballstatesports.com, along with releases and statistics. MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Director/ INTERVIEW REQUESTS: All requests for interviews with Ball State head coach James Whitford, MBB Contact . Tyson Mathews men’s basketball student-athletes and assistant coaches must be arranged through Tyson Mathews Office Phone . 765-285-8227 in the Ball State Athletics Media Relations Office and requested at least 24 hours in advance of the Cell Phone . 765-716-7235 desired interview time. E-Mail . temathews@bsu .edu Associate A.D.. Michael Clark Assistant Director. Brad Caudill Assistant Director. .Paula Haughn Ball State Athletic Media Relations Assistant Director/Design. Kelly Barock Men’s Basketball Contact: Tyson Mathews Broadcasting/Multimedia. Joel Godett Email: [email protected] | Office Phone:765-285-8227 | Cell Phone: 765-716-7235 Graduate Assistant. Morgan Young 2 www.ballstatesports.com Ball State at Northern Illinois | March 2, 2018 | DeKalb, Ill. (NIU Convocation Center) #0 | Francis Kiapway #1 | Jontrell Walker #2 | Tayler Persons #3 | Josh Thompson #5 | Ishmael El-Amin Sr. | G | 6-3 | 190 R-Jr. | G | 6-1 | 182 R-Jr. | G | 6-3 | 220 R-So. | G | 6-0 | 200 Fr. | G | 6-1 | 172 Hamilton, Ontario Aurora, Ill. Kokomo, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. #11 | Tyler Leedy #12 | Brachen Hazen #14 | Kyle Mallers #15 | Zach Gunn #20 | K.J. Walton Fr. | G | 6-0 | 146 So. | F | 6-8 | 215 So. | F | 6-7 | 200 Fr. | F | 6-6 | 220 Jr. | G | 6-3 | 202 Zionsville, Ind. Columbia City, Ind. Fort Wayne, Ind. Fishers, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. #24 | Trey Moses #25 | Tahjai Teague #34 | Sean Sellers #44 | Blake Huggins Jr.