Men's Hoops Hosts Manchester New Year's Eve At 4 P.M.

December 30, 2009 | Men's Basketball

By: Ball State Athletics

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What's On Tap . . .
Ball State closes out 2009 Thursday afternoon as the Cardinals host Manchester College in a non-conference tilt at Worthen Arena ... The Cardinals enter the game riding a two-game winning streak as they have picked up wins over North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore ... Ball State is led by third-year head coach Billy Taylor ... Manchester College enters the week with a 6-4 overall record ... The Spartans snapped a two-game skid December 19 when they defeated Concordia University (Chicago) 103-85 ... Manchester is scheduled to play Howard Payne Wednesday night at 7 p.m. before facing the Cardinals Thursday ... The Spartans are led by fifth-year head coach Brad Nadborne.

Thursday's game will be broadcast on 104.1 WLBC FM with Morry Mannies and Jeff Weller calling the game ... Live stats will be available at www.ballstatesports.com.

Series History With Manchester . . .
Thursday's game marks the 73rd meeting all-time between Ball State and Manchester ... The Cardinals lead the all-time series by a 41-31 advantage ... The two teams first played January 14, 1921 in the Cardinals' second game all-time when Manchester claimed a 27-24 victory at home ... The two teams met 70 times between the 1920-21 season and the 1963-64 season ... The Cardinals and Spartans last met on the hardwood November 27, 1993 when BSU claimed an 84-73 victory at Worthen Arena.

Jones Named MAC West Co-Player Of The Week . . .
Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday ... This is Jones' second career MAC weekly honor and he joins Western Michigan's Alex Wolf as this week's West Division representatives.

Jones, the reigning MAC Freshman of the Year, led the Cardinals to a 59-45 victory over North Carolina Central as he posted his second double-double in the past three games ... He scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to record his fifth career double dip ... He led the Cardinals' second half surge as he scored 12 of his 16 points in the second frame, including a stretch of 10 straight points for BSU ... He connected on five-of-10 from the field and was six-of-eight from the free throw line, while also handing out a career-high three assists.

New Year's Eve Games . . .
The Cardinals will be playing on New Year's Eve for the fifth time in program history ... Ball State is 2-2 all-time in games on December 31 ... The Cardinals played on New Year's Eve during the 2007-08 (W vs. IPFW), 2005-06 (L vs. Indiana), 2002-03 (L at Indiana) and 1966-67 (W vs. Evansville) seasons ... In their last New Year's Eve game, the Cardinals took home a 69-62 victory over IPFW as former Cardinal Peyton Stovall scored a career-high 37 points and grabbing nine rebounds.

Last Time Out . . .
The Cardinals picked up their second straight victory Monday night as they defeated Maryland Eastern Shore 56-47 ... Ball State's defense held the Hawks to just 31.6 (18-of-57) percent shooting in the game and just 25.8 percent (eight-of-31) shooting in the second half ... The Cardinals connected on all five three-point attempts in the victory.

Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones posted his third double-double in the past four games as he scored a team-high 12 points while grabbing a season-high 12 rebounds ... Jones connected on four-of-11 from the field and four-of-six from the free throw line ... Sophomore guard Randy Davis scored 11 points as he was three-of-three from three-point land ... Freshman guard Jauwan Scaife added 11 points as well, eight of which came in the second half ... Sophomore forward Mo Hubbard added six points and six rebounds while freshman guard Myron Green Jr. added a career-high six points.

Three-Point Leaders . . .
Ball State enters Thursday's game as the top three-point shooting team in the Mid-American Conference as the Cardinals are connecting on 39.5 percent (32-of-81) from long range ... The Cardinals have been efficient from three-point land as they only average 3.20 three-pointers per game, which is fewest in the MAC this season ... In fact, the Cardinals have attempted a MAC-low 81 three-pointers while Akron leads the league in three-point attempts with 256.

Ball State also connected on 100 percent of is three-point shots Monday night against Maryland Eastern Shore as it went five-of-five from long range.

Media Exposure . . .
The Cardinals have already aired three non-conference games on the Ball State Sports Network (BSSN) and will have seven more games broadcast by BSSN the rest of the season ... The Cardinals will have upcoming games against Northern Illinois (1/9), at Eastern Michigan (1/23), at Ohio (1/31), at Kent State (2/10), against Central Michigan (2/17), at Toledo (2/27) and at Western Michigan (3/4) broadcast on BSSN ... For a list of affiliates for each game, go to www.ballstatesports.com.

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 Indiana 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 Indiana.

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 Thursday's game with a 5-5 overall record as it has won back-to-back games over North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore ... The Cardinals are averaging 60.0 points per game while holding opponents to 62.0 points per game ... Ball State is out-rebounding its opponents by a 34.4-30.5 margin this season.

Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones leads the Cardinals in scoring at 14.6 points per game and in rebounding at 7.6 boards per contest ... Freshman guard Jauwan Scaife is second on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game and leads the team in shooting from three-point land at 48.4 percent (15-of-31).

Junior forward Malik Perry is third on the team in scoring at 9.6 points per game and third on the glass at 4.7 boards per game ... Perry leads the team and the Mid-American Conference in field goal percentage at 65.3 percent (32-of-49) ... Senior forward Terrence Watson adds 7.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while sophomore guard Randy Davis adds 6.1 points and 3.10 assists per game.

Scouting The Spartans . . .
Manchester College enters the week with a 6-4 overall record and is coming off of a 103-85 victory over Concordia ... The Spartans are scheduled to play Howard Payne Wednesday night at home before facing the Cardinals ... Manchester is averaging 80.6 points per game this season and is allowing 72.1 points per game against ... The Spartans are out-rebounding their opponents by a 35.8-28.8 margin.

Mitch Schaeffer leads the team in scoring at 11.7 points per game and has connected on a team-high 29 three-pointers while shooting 45.3 percent (29-of-64) from long range ... Tyler Henn is second on the team in scoring at 10.4 points per game and has hit 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from long range this season ... Henn also leads the team in rebounding at 5.5 caroms per contest ... Jordan Moss is third in scoring at 10.1 points per game to round out the Spartans' double figure scorers.

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 14.6 points per game ... Jones is also fifth in rebounding (7.6), fifth in field goal percentage (.523), fourth in blocked shots (1.10) and third in defensive rebounds (5.70) ... Freshman guard Jauwan Scaife is 20th in the MAC in scoring at 10.8 points per game, which ranks fourth best among MAC freshmen ... Scaife is also second in free throw percentage (.871), 14th in field goal percentage (.440) and second in three-point percentage (.484).

Senior forward Terrence Watson is 12th in the MAC in rebounding at 5.8 boards per game ... Watson is also third in blocks (1.30) and seventh on the offensive glass (2.90) ... Junior forward Malik Perry leads the league in field goal percentage at 65.3 percent ... Perry is also 28th in scoring (9.6) and third in offensive rebounds (3.11) ... Sophomore guard Randy Davis is ninth in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.29) and 10th in assists (3.10).

Home Sweet Home . . .
Thursday's game marks the 262nd game for the Cardinals in Worthen Arena (previously University Arena) since its opening January 15, 1992 ... Ball State owns a 190-71 record all-time in Worthen Arena, which is good for .728 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, North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore ... 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 eight out of his first 10 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, 10 against No. 4 Purdue and 11 points against Maryland Eastern Shore.

Scaife is currently fourth in scoring in the Mid-American Conference among freshmen ... He only trails Toledo's Jack Barnett (14.1) and Stephen Albrecht (11.2) as well as Ohio's D.J. Cooper (12.1) ... 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 30.5 boards per game ... BSU is second in the MAC in rebounding margin at +3.9 ... The Cardinals have three players averaging at least four rebounds per game in Terrence Watson (5.8), Jarrod Jones (7.6) and Malik Perry (4.7).

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.

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 1083-984-1 record all-time, which is good for a .524 winning percentage ... Ball State is 720-311 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).

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.