Ball State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Travels to Wright State Saturday
December 14, 2005 | Women's Basketball
MATCHUP AT A GLANCE:
Arena (Seating Capacity) Ervin J. Nutter Center (11,019)
Tip-off 1 p.m.
Television none
Webcast WCRD FM 91.3 and WXFN 1340 AM
Series Ball State leads 5-3
RADIO COVERAGE: The BSU-Wright State contest will be broadcast live by WCRD FM 91.3 . . . BSU's student-run station will carry 26 regular-season games plus all postseason competition . . . Sports director Nathan Rausch is in his second full season as a part of the broadcast team and will handle play-by-play duties this year . . . Joel Nickels will provide color commentary, while Kyle Trompeter will do sideline reporting . . . The WCRD broadcasts can be heard via the internet at the official web site of Ball State athletics: www.ballstatesports.com.
MORE RADIO: Besides the 26-game WCRD package, Ball State will have 15 regular-season games carried by Muncie's WXFN 1340 AM, including the Wright State contest . . . All tournament games will also be carried by the station . . . Kevin Lee will do play-by-play for this game . . . He is in his fifth season as part of the team . . . Jay Garrison, who is in his fourth season, will provide the color commentary against WSU . . . When scheduled, the WXFN broadcasts can be heard via the internet at www.ballstatesports.com or www.yahoo.com.
BALL STATE PROBABLE STARTERS:
1 Tina Bolte G 5-7 Jr./Jr. 11.6 ppg 2.7 rpg 1.6 apg 28.3 mpg
11 Kelsey Corbin G 5-9 Jr./Jr. 7.3 ppg 4.6 rpg 4.9 apg 27.1 mpg
13 Raechelle Hampton C 6-2 Sr./Sr. 10.3 ppg 5.4 rpg 1.3 spg 26.4 mpg
23 Erica Cotton G 5-8 Sr./Jr. 2.7 ppg 1.7 rpg 2.0 apg 16.4 mpg
14 Julie DeMuth G 5-10 So./So. 14.1 ppg 9.3 rpg 1.7 spg 25.7 mpg
OFF THE BENCH:
2 Stephanie Douglas G 5-9 Jr./Jr. 4.2 ppg 2.6 rpg 0.8 spg 8.4 mpg
3 Porchia Green G 5-8 Fr./Fr. 10.5 ppg 4.5 rpg 3.5 spg 26.5 mpg
12 Kiley Jarrett G 5-4 Fr./Fr. 3.1 ppg 1.4 rpg 3.6 apg 18.6 mpg
25 Dana Moorman F 6-0 Fr./Fr. 0.8 ppg 1.0 rpg 0.0 apg 5.3 mpg
35 Krista Stewart C 6-1 Sr./Jr. 11.4 ppg 2.7 rpg 1.7 spg 21.3 mpg
42 Lisa Rusche F 6-1 So./So. 3.3 ppg 2.9 rpg 0.4 spg 11.7 mpg
44 Brandy Ross F 6-1 So./So. 1.7 ppg 1.8 rpg 0.3 apg 9.2 mpg
52 Becca Bajorek C 6-2 Jr./Jr. 0.0 ppg 0.0 rpg 0.0 bpg 0.0 mpg
SCOUTING BALL STATE: Ball State improved to 6-1 with a 74-66 victory at Butler last Saturday . . . The Cardinals, whose 6-1 start is bettered by just one other team in the 32-year history of women's basketball at the university, are led by Julie DeMuth's 14.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game . . . Tina Bolte is the second of four active players averaging double digits for BSU with 11.6 points per game . . . Krista Stewart is third at 11.4, while Raechelle Hampton has boosted her season average to 10.3 thanks to a career-high 21-point effort at Butler . . . Kelsey Corbin is dishing off a team-best 4.9 assists per game . . . DeMuth and Stewart top the squad with 12 steals each . . . BSU averages 71.7 points and 40.1 rebounds per game, while yielding 62.3 points and 36.9 rebounds to its opponents.
INJURY UPDATE: Junior center Becca Bajorek is out indefinitely due to a hip injury . . . She has not played this season . . . Freshman guard Porchia Green has missed five straight games . . . Her status is day-to-day . . . She averaged 10.5 points per game before her injury.
SCOUTING WRIGHT STATE: Wright State, which has dropped three straight, is 3-5 overall . . . The Raiders' three wins have been over Longwood, Western Carolina and Miami, while its losses have come at the hands of Virginia, Montana, Dayton, Toledo and Marshall . . . Brittney Whiteside leads the team with 12.8 points and is second with 5.0 rebounds per game . . . Rhea Mays is averaging 10.8 points per game . . . Whitney Lewis, who is scoring at a 9.3 clip, is first with her 5.6 rebounding average . . . WSU averages 63.6 points and 34.6 rebounds, while surrendering 66.9 points and 40.4 rebounds to its opponents.
BALL STATE VS. WRIGHT STATE: Ball State and Wright State have met eight times since the first matchup Feb. 27, 1982, and the Cardinals own a 5-3 advantage . . . The Raiders won three of the first four meetings, but BSU has won each of the last four, including 82-46 Dec. 21, 2002.
LAST MEETING: Ball State jumped out to a 41-14 lead after the first 20 minutes and never looked back in posting an 82-46 win Dec. 21, 2002, in Dayton . . . Then sophomore Kate Endress led the way with a game-high 29 points -- the second-highest point production of her career . . . She added 10 rebounds . . . Julie Just was second with 18 points , while Tamara Bowie chipped in with 15 . . . Raechelle Hampton, then a freshman, pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds . . . Krista Stewart was the only other current player who saw action in the game, but her stats were not recognized after later receiving a medical redshirt for the season.
BSU CAPTAINS: Juniors Tina Bolte and Kelsey Corbin plus sophomore Julie DeMuth are tri-captains of the 2005-06 squad . . . Corbin is in her second season as a captain for the Cardinals . . . All three players were regular starters on last season's team, which posted a 16-13 overall mark and an 11-5 MAC slate.
SCHOOL RECORD START: Ball State's 6-1 start has been bettered by just one other team in the 32-year history of women's basketball at the university . . . The 1975-76 squad began its campaign with a 7-1 record, before eventually finishing with a 13-6 mark . . . Ball State's 5-0 start to the 2005-06 season is the best in school history . . . The five wins surpassed the 4-0 start of Brenda (Oldfield) Frese's 1999-2000 team . . . Four of the wins came in the friendly confines of Worthen Arena.
BALANCED BALL STATE: Ball State has had at least three players score in double figures in five games thus far . . . Four players reached double digits against Butler last week and Evansville Nov. 22 . . . Five hit the plateau against North Dakota State Nov. 27 -- Krista Stewart, Kiley Jarrett, Julie DeMuth, Kelsey Corbin and Raechelle Hampton . . . All 11 players who dressed against Lipscomb scored at least three points.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS: Sophomore Julie DeMuth is leading Ball State for the second-straight year in rebounding . . . She is averaging 9.3 per game and has led BSU in rebounding five times this season . . . She posted back-to-back double-doubles -- giving her three-straight this season and a total of six in her career -- with 14 points and 10 boards against Valparaiso Dec. 4 after 19 points and 14 rebounds versus Illinois State Nov. 30 . . . She had 11 points and 13 rebounds vs. North Dakota State Nov. 27 . . . She has 11 double-digit rebounding marks in her career and has led BSU in that category a total of 16 times . . . She also boasts 12 double-figure scoring efforts in her career.
MAC STATS: Ball State currently tops the Mid-American Conference in assists with 16.6 per game and assist/turnover ration at 1.09 . . . The Cardinals rank in the top four in five more categories, including second in offensive rebounds, third in scoring offense, field goal percentage and turnover margin, plus fourth in scoring margin and steals . . . Individually, Julie DeMuth is second in the Mid-Am with her 9.3 rebounding average . . . DeMuth is also second in offensive rebounds, sixth in defensive rebounds, seventh in scoring, 13th in field goal percentage, tied for 13th in steals and 15th in free throw percentage . . . Krista Stewart is 20th in scoring, eighth in field goal percentage, 12th in blocked shots, tied for 13th in steals and 15th in 3-point field goals made . . . Tina Bolte is 19th in scoring plus second in 3-point field goals made and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage . . . Kelsey Corbin and Kiley Jarrett place No. 5 and No. 12, respectively, in assists . . . Jarrett and Corbin are eighth and 11th, respectively, in assist/turnover ratio . . . Raechelle Hampton has moved into No. 25 in scoring . . . She is also third in offensive rebounding and field goal percentage plus 19th in rebounding.
WONDERFUL WORTHEN: Ball State is 47-16 in home games over the last six campaigns for a .746 rate of success . . . BSU, which is 4-1 in home contests this season, finished with an 8-5 mark in home games in 2004-05 after a 6-5 slate during the 2003-04 season . . . BSU posted a 7-2 record at Worthen Arena in 2002-03, dropping two games by a combined total of nine points -- 68-64 to Eastern Michigan March 2 and 78-73 to Toledo Feb. 11 . . . With its first-round WNIT victory over Louisville March 13, 2002, Ball State finished with a program record 13-1 mark at Worthen Arena in 2001-02 . . . The previous best home record was the 2000-01 team's 9-2 ledger.
SCHEDULE CHANGE: Ball State's Jan. 14 game at home versus Central Michigan has been moved to a 7 p.m. starting time to accommodate television . . . The game will be broadcast by the Ball State Sports Network as part of a two-game package.
TV SCHEDULE SET: Ball State is scheduled to have two games aired by the Ball State Sports Network -- Jan. 14 vs. Central Michigan and Feb. 15 against Toledo . . . In addition, the Cardinals will appear on FSN Ohio Jan. 31 at Ohio and on Comcast Local Feb. 28 versus Northern Illinois.
FORMIDABLE FOE: When Ball State travels to Duke Dec. 19, it will be taking on a squad that was picked No. 1 in The Associated Press Preseason Poll and No. 2 in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Preseason Poll . . . Duke, which currently ranks second in both polls, finished last season with a 31-5 overall record and ranked 7/8, respectively, in the final polls . . . When the Blue Devils visited Muncie Dec. 20, 2004, they were the No. 3 ranked team in the nation.
DEMUTH GARNERS MAC AWARD: Julie DeMuth was honored for the first time in her career with her selection as Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Dec. 5 . . . She gained the award after averaging 16.5 points and 12 rebounds over a two-game span . . . DeMuth notched her second and third-straight double-doubles of the season -- the fifth and sixth of her career -- with 19 points and 14 rebounds in a win over Illinois State Nov. 30 and then 14 points and 10 boards in a loss versus Valparaiso Dec. 4.
BSU CAPTURES CLASSIC: The Cardinals captured the championship of the first-ever Ball State Credit Union Classic Nov. 26-27 . . . BSU trounced Lipscomb 83-53 in the semifinals and then defeated North Dakota State 65-54 to win the title . . . The Cardinals averaged 74 points, 43 rebounds and 13 steals a game, while holding their opponents to 53.5 points, 35 rebounds and a cool .352 (38-of-108) field goal percentage . . . BSU also forced its two opponents into 47 turnovers . . . Julie DeMuth was selected as the classic's Most Valuable Player, while Krista Stewart and Kelsey Corbin were named to the all-tournament team . . . With its championship in the Classic, the Cardinals have captured non-conference tournament titles in each of the past four seasons -- all under head coach Tracy Roller and are 11-5 record in non-conference tournament competition.
HOME GROWN: Ball State's 2005-06 roster boasts five players from the state of Indiana -- juniors Tina Bolte (Columbus) and Kelsey Corbin (Fort Wayne), sophomore Julie DeMuth (Merrillville) and freshmen Porchia Green (Indianapolis) and Kiley Jarrett (Bloomington) . . . Bolte, Corbin and DeMuth were all fulltime starters last season.
THROUGH MICHIGAN AND OHIO: If not from Indiana, you should look at Detroit, Mich., to find the homes of four more Cardinals -- Erica Cotton, Stephanie Douglas, Raechelle Hampton and Brandy Ross . . . Three more hail from the state of Ohio -- Becca Bajorek (Columbus), Lisa Rusche (Cincinnati) and Dana Moorman (Dayton).
LAST SEASON: Ball State concluded the 2004-05 campaign with a 16-13 overall record and an 11-5 Mid-American Conference mark . . . The Cardinals tied for second place in the West Division and earned the No. 5 seed in the MAC Tournament . . . The fifth-seeded Cardinals hosted 12th-seeded Akron in the first round and posted a 77-52 victory . . . In quarterfinal action at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, BSU's season was ended with a 72-64 loss at the hands of fourth-seeded Eastern Michigan.
IT'S ACADEMIC: The spring 2005 grading period marked the fourth-straight semester the Ball State women's basketball team has combined for a better than 3.00 grade-point average . . . The 11-member squad tallied a 3.10 GPA for the 2005 spring semester, a 3.02 for the 2004 fall semester, a 3.18 GPA for the 2004 spring semester and a 3.30 GPA for the 2003 fall semester . . . The 2004-05 team boasted an overall cumulative GPA of 3.17 with eight members netting 3.0 or higher marks . . . Kate Endress topped the team with a 3.96 GPA after posting a perfect 4.0 mark her final two semesters . . . Kelsey Corbin was second with a 3.67, followed by Tina Bolte at 3.37, Becca Bajorek at 3.36, Julie DeMuth at 3.30, Lisa Rusche at 3.20, Brandy Ross at 3.16 and Raechelle Hampton at 3.10.
THREE SIGN EARLY: Head coach Tracy Roller inked three players during the early signing period -- Indiana guards Kyleigh Jones (Elwood, Ind./Elwood H.S.) and Audrey McDonald (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo H.S.) plus post player Kalynne Proctor (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Regina H.S.) . . . Jones and McDonald are both Super Senior 25 preseason picks by Regional Roundball.
