Ball State University Athletics
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Women?s Basketball Advances To Semifinals Of MAC Tournament
March 14, 2009 | Women's Basketball
“I'm obviously pleased on a lot of different levels,” said head women's basketball coach Kelly Packard. “The first one would be that we've been an offensive team all year long. Where we've struggled and what I have said is we will get as far into March as our defense takes us. I really felt like the first half today was a team that finally decided it would work just as hard on defense as it does on offense. Our defense led to our offense today.”
The Cardinals have now won nine-straight which is the third longest win streak in program history.
Three Cardinals reached double digit figures with sophomore forward and Third Team All-MAC selection Emily Maggert leading the Cardinals with 20 points. Junior forward and Third Team All-MAC honoree Danielle Gratton along with freshman guard Patrice King each chipped in 12 points apiece. Senior guard Kiley Jarrett dished out a game-high nine assists.
The Cardinals shot better from the field than
It was all Cardinals shot extremely well while playing strong defense against
Every player on
Maggert scored the first seven points for the Cardinals in the first half to give
The Cardinals continued shooting well surging ahead of the RedHawks by 21 (38-17) at the 6:01 mark.
Maggert led all scorers at halftime after dropping in 11-points. McDonald was 3-for-4 from the three-point line while King came off the bench in the first half and scored eight for the Cardinals.
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