Ball State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Calumet College Sunday
November 25, 2011 | Men's Basketball
What's On Tap . . .
The Cardinals continue their three-game home stand Sunday afternoon as they host Calumet College, an NAIA member, at 2 p.m. at Worthen Arena ... Ball State enters the game with a 1-2 overall record while the Crimson Wave enter the game with a 1-5 mark ... Sunday's game will be broadcast on 104.1 WLBC FM with Morry Mannies and David Eha providing the call ... The game will also be video streamed online at www.ballstatesports.com.
Series History . . .
Sunday's games marks the first ever meeting between Ball State and Calumet College.
Coats For Cardinals . . .
Ball State will conduct its first-ever Coats For Cardinals campaign by collecting coats at the gates prior to Tuesday's contest against Texas Southern ... Fans who donate a coat at the door will receive a free general admission ticket to that night's game ... All coats will be donated to organizations in the Muncie community.
Coaching Comparison . . .
Ball State is led by fifth-year head coach Billy Taylor ... Taylor has led the Cardinals to 54 wins over the past four seasons, including a 19-win campaign last year which marked the 11th most wins in program history ... The Cardinals have finished either first or second in the Mid-American Conference West Division the past three years and have advanced to the MAC Tournament semifinals two out of the last three years.
Calumet College is led by fifth-year head coach Ryan Sexson ... Sexson played at Lafayette Jefferson High School, Valparaiso and Purdue-Calumet.
Last Time Out. . .
The Cardinals picked up their first win of the season Wednesday night as they posted a 69-62 victory over instate foe IUPUI ... Senior forward Jarrod Jones scored a career-high 26 points in the victory as he connected on 10-of-16 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line ... Jones also grabbed six rebounds and posted two steals in 34 minutes of play.
Junior guard Jauwan Scaife came off the bench for just the third time in his career and scored 15 points ... Scaife hit 4-of-6 three-pointers in 22 minutes of action ... Senior guard Randy Davis posted 13 points and dished out eight assists as he hit all six of his free throws ... Sophomore forward Matt Kamieniecki grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters the game with a 1-2 overall record after picking up a seven-point victory over IUPUI ... The Cardinals are averaging 60.7 points per game while allowing 64.0 points per game ... Ball State is shooting 39.1 percent (63-of-161) from the field and 30.6 percent (19-of-62) from three-point land.
Senior forward Jarrod Jones leads the team in scoring at 19.3 points per game and on the glass at 7.7 rebounds per game ... Jones currently leads the Mid-American Conference in scoring, 1.3 points ahead of Toledo's Rian Pearson ... Junior guard Jauwan Scaife is second on the team in scoring at 14.7 points per game ... Scaife leads the team with 10 three-pointers as he is connected on 45.5 percent.
Senior guard Randy Davis leads the team and the MAC with 7.7 assists per game (23) and is third on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game ... Sophomore forward Matt Kamieniecki is second on the team in rebounding at 7.5 caroms per contest.
Scouting The Crimson Wave . . .
Calumet College enters Sunday's game with a 1-5 overall record with its lone win coming against IU-Kokomo ... The Crimson Wave are averaging 64.5 points per game while allowing 71.7 points per game against ... Calumet is shooting 41.8 percent (143-of-342) from the field and 35.8 percent (38-of-106) from three-point land.
Guard Roddy Richardson leads the team in scoring at 14.8 points per game, including 22 points in their lone victory ... Karl Anderson is second on he team in scoring at 9.8 points per game.
Climbing The Charts . . .
Senior forward Jarrod Jones currently ranks 16th in Ball State history with 1,240 career points and is sixth all-time with 743 rebounds ... Jones moved up two spots Wednesday in all-time scoring with his 26-point effort against IUPUI ... Senior guard Randy Davis is 10th all-time in Ball State records with 325 assists.
Scoring
13. Chris Williams, 2001-03 1,291 14. Randy Boarden, 1975-79 1,290
15. Ed Butler, 1961-64 1,278
16. Jarrod Jones, 2008-11 1,240
17. J. Sylvester, 1990-94 1,238
18. C. Thompson, 1989-92 1,219
Rebounding
3. Steve Payne, 1992-95 885
4. Theron Smith, 1999-2002 882
5. Bonzi Wells, 1994-98 843
6. Jarrod Jones, 2008-11 743
Assists
5. Bonzi Wells, 1994-98 386
6. Patrick Jackson, 1998-02 349
Peyton Stovall, 2003-08 349
8. John Williams, 1979-82 344
9. Randy Zachary, 1993-97 340
10. Randy Davis, 2008-11 325
Jones Collects MAC Honor . . .
Senior forward Jarrod Jones was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Monday ... Jones tied his career-high with 25 points against No. 16 Arizona Sunday night while also grabbing nine rebounds ... He connected on 11-of-15 (73.3%) against the nationally ranked Wildcats, including hitting 3-of-3 from three-point land ... He played a team-high 37 minutes as the Cardinals led by 11 points in the second half before their upset bid fell short ... His 25 points ties his career-high which he has posted two other times in his career.
Cardinals Tabbed Second . . .
Ball State has been picked to finish second in the Mid-American Conference West Division preseason poll as selected by the MAC News Media Association ... The Cardinals were picked to finish second in the MAC West Division with 111 points, including nine first place votes, behind Western Michigan (128/14) ... The Cardinals finished last season with a 19-13 overall record and a 10-6 mark in MAC play, finishing second in the West Division ... The Cardinals returns nine letterwinners, including its top five scorers, from last season's team which posted the 11th most wins in program history.
Rounding out the MAC West Division are Central Michigan (92/1), Toledo (76), Northern Illinois (59) and Eastern Michigan (38) ... Reigning MAC regular season champion Kent State was selected to win the East Division with 132 total points, including 16 first place votes ... Akron was tabbed second with 104 points and eight first place votes followed by Ohio (94), Miami (80), Buffalo (62) and Bowling Green (32).
Kent State was also selected to win the 2012 MAC Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio as it received 12 of the 24 votes ... Akron was second with six votes followed by the Cardinals (3), Western Michigan (2) and Central Michigan (1).
Captains Earn MAC Honors . . .
Ball State senior captains Jarrod Jones and Randy Davis were named to the preseason All-Mid-American Conference West Division teams last week ... The two Cardinals were joined by Western Michigan's Flenard Whitfield and Demetrius Ward along with Central Michigan's Trey Zeigler on the West Division squad.
Jones highlights the MAC West Division preseason team, earning preseason accolades for the third time in his career ... He earned First Team All-MAC and MAC All-Tournament honors last season as a junior when leading the team in scoring at 14.7 points per game and rebounding at 8.4 caroms per game ...He scored double figures in 27 of BSU's 32 games, including five games of 20-plus points last season while posting 11 double-doubles.
Davis earns preseason All-MAC honors for the first time in his career after starting all 32 games last season as the Cardinals' point guard ... He averaged 9.8 points per game while leading the team with 160 assists and 48 steals ... He led the MAC from the free throw line connecting on 87.3 percent (117-of-134) while placing second in assists per game (5.0).
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award . . .
Senior forward Jarrod Jones has been selected as one of 30 candidates for the 2011-12 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award given to basketball student-athletes who excel on and off the court ... Jones is the first Cardinal to be selected as a candidate since Peyton Stovall was a finalist for the 2007-08 award.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as a NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition ... The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot ... Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, Division I men's coaches and fans who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
Cardinals Sign Four . . .
Ball State head coach Billy Taylor announced the signings of Michael Ramey (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport), Bo Calhoun (South Bend, Ind./Washington), Marcus Posley (Rockford, Ill./Rockford Auburn) and Mading Thok (Boyden, Iowa/Western Christian) to national letters of intent Friday morning during the early signing period.
Ramey, a 6-5 shooting guard, was recently ranked as a Top 25 Shooter in the country for the class of 2012 by ESPN.com after leading the state in three-point shooting as a junior, connecting on 52.4 percent (66-of-126) ... He averaged 19.5 points per game as a junior to earn First Team All-Conference honors.
Calhoun, a 6-6 forward, earned First Team All-Northern Indiana Conference honors last season after averaging 18.0 points and 9.1 rebounds per game ... He has led the Panthers to a 46-22 record during his first three seasons, including a 12-7 mark last season.
Posley, a 6-1 guard Illinois High School Association All-State honors as a junior as he averaged 19.4 points per game and 4.5 assists per contest ... He also picked up All-Northern Illinois Conference and All-Area accolades last season.
Thok, a 7-0 center, is a native of Bor, Sudan ... He averaged 8.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a junior while shooting 54.3 percent from the field and 67.6 percent from the free throw line.
Digital Guide Available Online . . .
The Ball State men's basketball digital guide is available online at www.ballstatesports.com by clicking the digital guide page.
Fresh Faces . . .
The Cardinals welcome in two freshmen to this year's team in guard Zeke Chapman and forward Aaron Adeoye ... Also, Ball State will have redshirt sophomore forward Tyler Koch available this season after sitting out last year due to NCAA transfer rules coming from Wright State.
Chapman comes to the Cardinals from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... He earned All-State honors as a senior when he led the Firebirds to the Class 5A state championship game ... He averaged 17.6 points, 4.4 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game as a senior.
Adeoye (pronounces A-DAY-oo-ee) joins the Cardinals from Marion, Ill., where he was a three-year letterwinner at Marion High school ... He averaged 19.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game as a senior while earning Honorable Mention All-State honors.
Summer Trip To Canada . . .
Ball State took a nine-day foreign trip to Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada this past August ... The Cardinals posted a 4-0 record on the trip as they picked up wins over Quest University, Trinity Western University, Victoria Select and Vancouver Island University.
The Cardinals averaged 101.8 points per game in the four-game trip as they won by an average margin of 31.5 points per game ... Ball State posted 22.5 assists per game while shooting 49.6 percent from the field as a team.
Nine different Cardinals averaged at least six points per game on the trip ... Junior guard Jauwan Scaife led the team in scoring at 19.5 points per game while hitting 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from long range ... Sophomore Chris Bond added 15.3 points, 7.3 rebounds. 4.0 assists and 3.25 steals per game ... Senior forward Jarrod Jones chipped in 15.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while senior Randy Davis added 9.5 points and 7.0 assists per game.
Looking Ahead . . .
The Cardinals wrap up their three-game homestand Tuesday evening as they host Texas Southern.
