GAME 3-5 • SAVANNAH INVITATIONAL BALL STATE UNIVERSITY 113 4 2 Cardinals The number of games Head Coach Brady This is the first time in a (2-0, 0-0 MAC) the Cardinals have won Sallee is the only coach in decade that the Cardinals in Worthen Arena since program history to have have had a 2-0 start to 2004. four consecutive winning their season. The last seasons. time was in 2006-07. AUBURN GAME 3 Tigers 4:30 p.m. (3-0, 0-0 SEC) live stats- http://statb.us/b/154707 NC A&T GAME 4 Aggies BALL STATE PROBABALE STARTERS 2 p.m. (1-2, 0-0 MEAC) live stats-http://statb.us/b/154709 #5 - Jill Morrison - Third Team All-MAC Sr./Guard/5-7 - 932 Career Points - 26 Points Career High EAST CAROLINA Winchester, Ind. (Western Kentucky 12/6/13) GAME 5 Pirates 4:30 p.m. Averaged 15.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assits (3-1, 0-0 AMERICAN) live stats- http://statb.us/b/154713 #3 - Carmen Grande - All-MAC Freshman Team • Radio Muncie Sports Station 102.9 FM/1340 AM So./Guard/5-8 - 173 Career Assists Noah Reed (Play-By-Play) and Mick Tidrow (Color) - 18 Points Career High • Tournament Link http://www.savannahinvitational.com/ Madrid, Spain (at Bowling Green 1/16/16) - The Ball State women’s basketball team is having their best start in a decade after the Cardinals defeated Evansville, 84-49, last Wednes- Averaged 4.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 7.0 assits day night in Worthen Arena. The last time Ball State began their sea- son with a 2-0 start was in 2006-07 under the direction of former head coach Tracy Roller, that year Ball State ended its season 24-7. #14 - Renee Bennett - 22 Points Career High Sr./Center/6-5 (Arkansas Pine-Bluff 11/11/16) - Five Ball State players reached double figures against the Purple - 11 Rebounds Career High Aces, with senior guard Jill Morrison leading the way with 19 points. Muskego, Wis. (Arkansas Pine-Bluff 11/11/16) Senior center Renee Bennett was the second leading scorer behind Morrison with 16 points and 10 rebounds. This is the second-straight Averaged 19.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.0 assits game Bennett has recorded a double-double and the third of her ca- reer. Junior forward Moriah Monaco and newcomer Destiny Washing- ton finished the contest with 14 points apiece, while senior guard Calyn #10 -Calyn Hosea - 16 Points Career High Hosea ended the game with 11 points. Sr./Guard/5-11 (Duquesne 11/30/14) - 9 Rebounds Career High - This is Ball State’s second-straight Thanksgiving tournament on the Indianapolis, Ind. (vs. Charlotte 12/15/14) road. The Cardinals played at the Omni Hotel Classic in Boulder, Colo. last year and went 1-1 in that tournament, losing to Florida (85-79) and Averaged 7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assits defeating UMass (81-54). - Ball State will face Auburn for the first time since 2013 and only the #33 - Moriah Monaco - 28 Points Career High third time in program history when it plays against the Tigers Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Civic Center located in Savannah, Ga. The Cardi- Jr./Forward/6-1 (at EMU 2/27/26) - 8 3’s at EMU second nals then face North Carolina A&T for the first time in program histo- ry Wednesday with a 2 p.m. tipoff and then will close the tournament Dover, Ohio highest in program history Thursday at 4:30 p.m. against East Carolina. The Cardinals have faced the Pirates once which resulted in an 81-78 victory for Ball State in Averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 assits 2003-04. BALL STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MAC West Division Championships MAC Regular Season Championships 6 2015, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2002 2 2003, 2002 MAC Tournament Championships NCAA Tournament Second Round 1 2009 1 2009 WNIT Final 16 WNIT Appearances 1 2013 8 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2007, 2003, 2002 2016-17 Ball State Women’s Basketball Quick Facts Team Information General Information Overall Record 2015-16 ....................................................... 22-9 Location ....................................................................Muncie, Ind. MAC Record/Finish ........................................................... 13-5/2 Founded ...............................................................................1918 WNIT .....................................................................Second Round Enrollment .........................................................................21,196 Starters Returning/Lost ..........................................................4/1 Interim President ..........................................................Terry King Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................8/2 Alma Mater ......................................................... Whittier College Newcomers ................................................................................6 Colors ............................................................ Cardinal and White Returners ....................................................................................9 Nickname ......................................................................Cardinals Home Facility ........................................................ Worthen Arena 2016-17 Outlook Information Capacity ............................................................................11,500 Starters Returning (4) Affliation .............................................................. NCAA Division I Renee Bennett*** .............................6-5, Sr.., C, 9.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg Conference ..................................... Mid-American/West Division Moriah Monaco** ............................. 6-1, Jr., F, 11.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg Athletics Director .......................................................Mark Sandy Jill Morrison*** ..................................5-7, Sr., G, 9.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg Press Row Phone ...................................................765.285.8930 Carmen Grande* ..............................5-8, So., G, 6.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg Media Room Phone .....................765.285.2034 or 765.285.2035 Letterwinners Returning (8) Coachign Staff Renee Bennett*** .............................6-5, Sr.., C, 9.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg Head Coach ........................... Brady Sallee (Thomas Moore ‘97) Lucia Fernandez* ..............................6-1, So., F, 2.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg Record at Ball State ............................ 76-54 (.578)/Fifth Season Frannie Frazier .................................. 5-9, Jr., G, 4.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg Career Record ................................. 212-166 (.558)/12th Season Carmen Grande* ..............................5-8, So., G, 6.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg Assistant Coach ......Tennille Adams (University of Arkansas) ‘99 Calyn Hosea** .................................5-11, Sr., G, 1.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg Assistant Coach ................ Ryan Patterson (Malone College) ‘99 Moriah Monaco** ............................. 6-1, Jr., F, 11.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg Assistant Coach .........................Audrey Spencer (Ball State) ‘10 Jill Morrison*** ..................................5-7, Sr., G, 9.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg Director of Basketball Operations ................................................ Brionna Simond* .............................5-5, So., G, 0.7 ppg, 0.4 rpg ............................................ Sydney Mitchell (Eastern Illinois) ‘13 Video Coordinator ...............................Jessica Fields (Ball State) Letterwinners Lost (2) Administrative Assistant ....................................... Stephanie Cox Nathalie Fontaine**** ....................6-2, Sr., G, 20.6 ppg, 10.2 rpg Shelby Merder*** ............................... 6-3, Sr., F, 4.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg Athletic Media and Alumni Relations Staff Associate Athletics Director ........................................Mike Clark Newcomers (4) Assistant Director/WBB Contact ........................... Paula Haughn Alana Aguirre ..............................Frisco, Texas (Justin Wakeland) Office ......................................................................765.285.8242 Morgan Glatczak ........................ Mukwonago, Wis. (Mukwonga) Cell .........................................................................765.716.1837 Aliay Walker ................................ Indianapolis, Ind. (Brownsburg) E-mail ..........................................................pmhaughn@bsu.edu Megan Walton .................. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) Assistant Director ..................................................... Brad Caudill Assistant Director ...............................................Tyson Mathews Transfers (1) Graphic Designer ......................................................Kelly Barock Jasmin Samz ..................................... Wausau, Wis. (Saint Louis) Graduate Assistant ................................................Morgan Young Mailing Address ..............................................Ball State Athletics Media Information .................................................HP 266 Muncie, Ind. 47306-0927 Flagship Radio .......................................... Muncie Sports Station Athletics Website .......................................... ballstatesports.com ................................... WXFN 102.9 FM/1340 AM in Muncie, Ind. Local Newspaper ................................Star Press in Muncie, Ind. Team History Student Newspaper .............Ball State Daily News in Muncie, In First Year of Program ...................................................... 1974-75 All-Time Overall Record.........................................498-615 (.446) SOCIAL MEDIA All-Time MAC Record ............................................254-317 (.445) MAC Overall Regular Season Titles ...................