Ball State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Maryland Eastern Shore Monday Night
December 27, 2009 | Men's Basketball
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What's On Tap . . .
Ball State returns to action Monday night after a week break for the holiday season as the Cardinals host Maryland Eastern Shore in a non-conference affair ... Monday's game is the second of three straight home games for the Cardinals ... Ball State enters the game with a 4-5 overall record and is coming off of a 59-45 victory over visiting North Carolina Central last time out ... Monday's game will be the Cardinals' sixth home game in their first 10 contests of the year ... Ball State is led by third-year head coach Billy Taylor ... The Hawks enter the game with a 3-7 overall record and have lost two straight after winning three in a row ... UMES dropped an 87-69 contest at Northern Illinois last time out and has also lost to Mid-American Conference member Eastern Michigan (76-51) already this season ... The Hawks are led by second-year head coach Frankie Allen.
Monday's game will be broadcast on 104.1 WLBC FM with Morry Mannies and David Eha calling the game ... Live stats will be available at www.ballstatesports.com.
Series History With Maryland Eastern Shore . . .
Monday's game marks the second meeting all-time between Ball State and Maryland Eastern Shore ... The Cardinals and Hawks met December 4, 1992 in Muncie with the Cardinals claiming a 67-47 victory in Irving Gym.
Last Time Out . . .
The Cardinals snapped a two-game losing streak last Monday night as they claimed a 59-45 victory over North Carolina Central at Worthen Arena ... Ball State outscored the Eagles 31-22 in the second half to pull away for the victory ... The Cardinals dominated play on the glass as they out-rebounded the Eagles by a 37-23 margin and also played an unselfish brand of basketball as they dished out a season-high 17 assists on just 22 field goals ... Ball State scored 36 points in the paint and got 45 points from its three forwards in junior Malik Perry (17), sophomore Jarrod Jones (16) and senior Terrence Watson (12).
Perry came off the bench for the first time this season and responded in impressive fashion as he scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds ... He connected on seven-of-11 from the field and was a perfect three-of-three from the free throw line in 27 minutes of action ... Jones tallied his second double-double in the past three games as he scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds ... He connected on five-of-10 from the field and was six-of-eight from the free throw line ... Watson added 12 points as he was five-of-12 from the field.
Digital Guide Available Online . . .
The 2009-10 Ball State men's basketball digital guide is available online at www.ballstatesports.com by clicking the digital guide button on the left hand side ... The guide was produced by the BSU athletics media relations office and 180 Communications ... The digital guide will replace Ball State's traditional printed media guide.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters Monday's game with a 4-5 overall record and is coming off of a 14-point victory over North Carolina Central ... The Cardinals are averaging 60.4 points per game while allowing 63.7 points per game against ... BSU is out-rebounding opponents by a 33.9-30.1 margin this season.
Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones leads the Cardinals in scoring at 14.9 points per game and on the glass at 7.1 rebounds per game ... Jones has connected on 54.1 percent (54-of-98) from the field this year ... Freshman guard Jauwan Scaife is second on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game and tied for second in assists with 15 ... Scaife is shooting 46.7 percent (14-of-30) from three-point land and 86.2 percent (25-of-29) from the free throw line.
Junior forward Malik Perry is third on the team in scoring at 9.6 points per game and is second on the glass at 4.7 caroms per contest ... Perry leads the team and the Mid-American Conference in field goal percentage as he is connecting on 65.3 percent (35-of-49) from the field ... Senior forward Terrence Watson adds 7.9 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Cardinals.
Scouting The Hawks . . .
Maryland Eastern Shore enters Monday's game with a 3-7 overall record and it has dropped back-to-back games at Wright State and at Northern Illinois ... The Hawks have also dropped games to Stony Brook, Marquette, Missouri State, Eastern Michigan and the Citadel while defeating American, Delaware State and Navy ... All three of UMES' victories have come at home ... The Hawks are averaging 59.6 points per game this season while allowing 74.9 points per game against ... UMES is being out-rebounded by a 38.4-33.4 margin this season and has committed 154 turnovers in 10 games.
Hillary Haley leads the team in scoring at 11.0 points per game despite shooting 28.9 percent (35-of-121) from the field this season ... Kevin White is second on the team in scoring at 10.2 points per game while Tim Burns is third in scoring at 9.6 points per contest ... Neal Pitt leads the team on the glass at 5.9 rebounds per game while Sean Berry adds 4.7 caroms per contest.
Cardinals In MAC Stats . . .
Through the early part of the year, the Cardinals are sprinkled throughout the Mid-American Conference statistical leaders ... Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones is fourth in the MAC in scoring at 14.9 points per game ... Jones is also seventh in rebounding (7.1), fourth in field goal percentage (.541), eighth in blocked shots (8.9) and third in defensive rebounds (5.33) ... Freshman guard Jauwan Scaife is 19th in the MAC in scoring at 10.8 points per game, which ranks third best among MAC freshmen ... Scaife is also second in free throw percentage (.862) and fourth in three-point percentage (.467).
Senior forward Terrence Watson is 13th in the MAC in rebounding at 5.8 boards per game ... Watson is also third in blocks (1.11) and seventh on the offensive glass (2.89) ... Junior forward Malik Perry leads the league in field goal percentage at 65.3 percent ... Perry is also fourth in offensive rebounds (3.11) ... Sophomore guard Randy Davis is 11th in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.21) and ninth in assists (3.22).
Home Sweet Home . . .
Monday's game marks the 261st game for the Cardinals in Worthen Arena (previously University Arena) since its opening January 15, 1992 ... Ball State owns a 189-71 record all-time in Worthen Arena, which is good for .726 winning percentage ... Last season, the Cardinals posted a 10-6 home record on the year, including a 6-2 mark in Mid-American Conference play ... The Cardinals opened the home portion of the 2009-10 schedule with victories over Valparaiso, SIU Edwardsville and most recently North Carolina Central ... During its history, Ball State has averaged just over 10 wins per season at Worthen Arena.
Muncie's Own . . .
Freshman guard Jauwan Scaife has posted a strong debut to his collegiate career ... Scaife, a Muncie native, scored in double figures in his first four games this season and seven out of his first nine collegiate games ... He is second on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game ... He scored 14 points against Valparaiso, 12 points against SIU Edwardsville, 10 points at Temple, 14 points against UC Davis, 14 points at Indiana State, 13 points at Tennessee Tech and 10 against No. 4 Purdue.
Scaife is currently third in scoring in the Mid-American Conference among freshmen ... He only tails Toledo's Jack Barnett (14.1) and Ohio's D.J. Cooper (11.8) ... Last season, the Cardinals' Jarrod Jones was one of the MAC's top freshmen scorers at 11.2 points per game on his way to MAC Freshmen of the Year honors.
Hitting The Glass . . .
The Cardinals dominated the glass at Indiana State as they held a 35-22 advantage ... Ball State posted more defensive rebounds (27) than the Sycamores had total rebounds (22) ... The Cardinals accomplished the same feat against North Carolina Central as they out-rebounded the Eagles by a 37-23 margin ... BSU posted 25 defensive rebounds compared to just 23 total rebounds for North Carolina Central.
The Cardinals lead the Mid-American Conference in rebounding defense as they are limiting opponents to 30.1 boards per game ... BSU is second in the MAC in rebounding margin at +3.8 ... The Cardinals have three players averaging at least four rebounds per game in Terrence Watson (5.8), Jarrod Jones (7.1) and Malik Perry (4.8).
Road Victory . . .
Ball State picked up its first road victory of the season at Indiana State ... The victory is the Cardinals' first road win since January 10, 2009 at Eastern Michigan (46-42) ... The Cardinals only posted three road wins last year (at Milwaukee, IPFW and Eastern Michigan) ... Ball State's victory gave Indiana State its first home loss of the season and was just the 17th victory all-time for the Cardinals in Terre Haute in 64 meetings in program history.
Walk-On Impact . . .
The Cardinals have recently received a spark from one of its four walk-on players in freshman guard John Green ... Green, a native of Osceola, Ind., has played in five out of the last six games including 21 minutes against nationally ranked Butler and 14 minutes in the Cardinals' victory over Indiana State ... He scored three points and grabbed two rebounds while recording an assist, a steal and a blocked shot against Butler ... He followed that up with two points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal against the Sycamores ... Green scored a career-high seven points while playing a career-high 25 minutes at Tennessee Tech.
Green was a three-year letterwinner at Penn High School before spending one year at Naval Academy Prep.
Great Alaska Shootout . . .
The Cardinals will be part of the 2010 Great Alaska Shootout, which will be held November 24-27 on the campus of Alaska Anchorage ... Ball State will be joined in the eight-team field by host Alaska Anchorage, Arizona State, Drake, Houston Baptist, St. John's, Southeast Louisiana and Southern Utah ... The Cardinals will be making their second trip all-time to Alaska as they took part in the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks during the 2002-03 season in which they posted a 2-1 record.
Defensive Prowess . . .
The Cardinals are second in the Mid-American Conference this season in scoring defense as they are holding opponents to 63.7 points per game ... Senior forward Terrence Watson is third in the MAC this season in blocked shots as he is averaging 1.25 rejections per game while sophomore forward Jarrod Jones is fourth at 1.00 blocks per game.
Last season, the Cardinals limited opponents to just 59.7 points per game and only 57.2 points per game in conference play ... Ball State held 16 opponents under 60 points last year, including four teams under the 50-point mark
Welcome To Ball State . . .
The Cardinals had a pair of strong debuts in the season opener as senior forward Terrence Watson and freshman guard Jauwan Scaife each played well in their first career BSU games ... Watson, a transfer from Mississippi, fell just shy of a double-double with 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds ... He also recorded four blocked shots in 31 minutes of play.
Scaife, a Muncie native, scored 14 points in his collegiate debut in 30 minutes of action ... He connected on five-of-10 from the field and tallied a pair of three-pointers.
Offensive Outburst . . .
The Cardinals turned in a strong offensive performance in the season opener as they scored 88 points against Valparaiso ... The 88 point output is the largest for the Cardinals since the 2005-06 season when BSU scored 89 points in a victory over Eastern Michigan in overtime (March 4, 2006) ... It is the most points scored in a regulation games since the Cardinals scored 88 points against Western Michigan in the 2004-05 season (March 5, 2005).
A Cardinal Six-Pack . . .
Ball State had six different players in doubles figures in their season opening victory over Valparaiso ... Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones led the team in scoring with 19 points, junior Malik Perry had 17 points, freshman Jauwan Scaife had 14 points, senior Brawley Chisholm had 12 points, senior Terrence Watson had 11 points and sophomore guard Randy Davis added 11 points ... The six players in doubles figures were the most for the Cardinals since February 7, 1999 (vs. Bowling Green).
Preseason Honors. . .
Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones has recently been named to the CollegeInsider.com preseason Mid-Major All-America Team ... Jones is one of four players from the Mid-American Conference to be honored, joining Rodney Pierce (Buffalo), David Kool (Western Michigan) and Anthony Hitchens (Akron) ... Jones, a native of Michigan City, Ind., turned in one of the top freshmen seasons in Ball State history last year as he was third all-time among BSU freshmen in rebounding (227) and fourth all-time in freshmen scoring (346) ... He was named the MAC Freshman of the Year after leading the Cardinals in scoring at 11.2 points and rebounding at 7.2 boards per game.
He opened the 2009-10 season in impressive fashion as he scored a team-high 19 points against Valparaiso ... He connected on seven-of-11 from the field and five-of-six from the free throw line ... In his first two career season openers, he is averaging 20.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game ... He is shooting 14-of-22 (.636) from the field and 12-of-16 (.750) from the line in season openers.
Cardinals Sign Two . . .
Head coach Billy Taylor announced the signing of Matt Kamieniecki (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) and Marvin Jordan (Peoria, Ill./Manual) to national letters of intent during the early signing period ... Kamieniecki and Jordan will begin their Ball State careers during the 2010-2011 season.
Kamieniecki, a 6-7 forward, is a standout at Clarkston High School ... He averaged 13.0 points and nine rebounds last season while leading the Wolves to a 24-2 overall record ... His play helped Clarkston to a state semifinal appearance in Class A as he averaged 15.3 points per game in the postseason ... As a sophomore, he guided Clarkston to a state quarterfinals appearance and a 13-2 record ... Highlighting his postseason run was a 22-point, 13-rebound effort in the quarterfinals against eventual state champion Saginaw.
Jordan, a 5-11 point guard, stars at Peoria Manual High School ... He is a two-time Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Honorable Mention All-State recipient and has led Manual to a 48-16 record in two seasons as a starting point guard ... He led his team to back-to-back conference and sectional championships as well as a berth in the 2008 2A State Championship game ... He averaged 11 points per game as a junior and dished out four assists per game ... He was rated No. 25 overall in the Class of 2010 by Windycitybasketball.com and was tabbed as one of the top 25 Illinois recruits in 2010 by Scout.com.
89th Season Underway . . .
Ball State is in its 89th season in program history ... The Cardinals have posted a 1082-984-1 record all-time, which is good for a .524 winning percentage ... Ball State is 719-311 all-time at home in Muncie as the Cardinals have won 69.8 percent of games at home.
This year's opener marked the 89th season opener in program history and the Cardinals are 52-37 all-time in openers ... Ball State is 40-9 all-time when it opens the year at home in Muncie
MAC Honors For Jones . . .
Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones was named preseason All-Mid-American Conference West Division as voted on by the MAC News Media Association ... Jones, a native of Michigan City, Ind., turned in one of the top freshmen seasons in Ball State history last year as he was third all-time among BSU freshmen in rebounding (227) and fourth all-time in freshmen scoring (346) ... He was named the MAC Freshman of the Year after leading the Cardinals in scoring at 11.2 points and rebounding at 7.2 boards per game.
Jones, an Honorable Mention All-MAC selection last year, started 30 of 31 games while scoring in double figures 18 times. He burst onto the scene with a 21-point, 13-rebound effort in his collegiate debut, marking the first of his three double-doubles on the year.
BSU Picked Fourth In West . . .
The Cardinals were tabbed to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference West Division in the preseason poll and were one of five MAC West Division team to earn first place votes ... Central Michigan was selected to capture the league's West Division title, picking up 113 points in the very balanced division ... Northern Illinois (102 points) was chosen second, followed by Eastern Michigan (94 points). Western Michigan (79) and Toledo (29) round out the West Division poll.
Voting for the East Division saw defending MAC Tournament champion Akron come out on top, earning 190 points ... Kent State was second with 108 points, followed by Buffalo (97 points), Miami (78 points), Bowling Green (54 points) and Ohio (32 points).
The Zips were also the favorite to win the 2009 MAC Tournament title, earning 19 votes, followed Buffalo (2), Northern Illinois (1), Kent State (1) and Bowling Green (1).
Media Exposure . . .
The Cardinals have aired three non-conference games on the Ball State Sports Network (BSSN), including Indiana State, Valparaiso and Butler ... New to the affiliate lineup this year for men's basketball is the addition of WTTV-4, beginning with the Butler game ... The addition of WTTV-4 as an affiliate of BSSN will allow BSU men's basketball to be broadcast statewide.
Also, the Cardinals will have two games broadcast on FSN Ohio as part of the Mid-American Conference package ... Ball State's Jan. 17 game at home against Toledo and its Feb. 6 game against Akron are slated to be aired on FSN Ohio.
Next weekend's contest against nationally ranked Purdue will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
Seven New Faces . . .
The Cardinals added seven newcomers to the team this season, five of which will be eligible to play this year ... Leading the charge for Ball State is freshman guard Jauwan Scaife, freshman forward Myron Green Jr., freshman guard John Green, freshman guard Zach Harrison and freshman forward Will Hauser ... Sophomore forward Franklin Henderson and junior guard Dusty Mills will sit out the season after transferring.
Looking Ahead . . .
The Cardinals continue their three-game home stand Thursday afternoon as they host Manchester in a New Year's Eve contest at 4 p.m.
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