Ball State University Athletics
WBB Faces Toledo in MAC Action Thursday on the Road
January 17, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Ball State (7-10, MAC 2-2) vs.
Toledo (10-7, MAC 2-2)
Thursday, 7 p.m. (EST)
John F. Savage Arena (Capacity 7,300)
Toledo, Ohio
Scouting Ball State: The Ball State women's basketball team enters Thursday's game with a 7-10 overall record and 2-2 mark in the Mid-American Conference. This is the second MAC road contest in a row for the Cardinals, they fell 84-66 to Central Michigan Saturday. The game against Toledo will end the first round of MAC West Division play as the Cardinals will face its first MAC East Divisional opponent Sunday against Akron. Ball State is led by sophomore forward Jazmin Hitchens who is averagin 11.7 points per game.
Scouting Toledo: The Toledo Rockets will enter Thursday's contest with an overall record of 9-7 and a league mark of 2-2. Toledo was picked to finish first in the MAC West Division preseason poll. The Rockets are 25-11 (.694) against MAC West Division opponents over the last three seasons under the direction of head women's basketball coach Tricia Cullop. The Rockets are coming off of a 49-47 road win against Northern Illinois Saturday. Toledo has two players averaging double figures, Andola Dortch (13.7) and Courtney Ingersoll (11.3). Defensively, Yoland Richardson and Lecretia Smith both pull down 5.1 rebounds per game.
The Coaches: Ball State head coach Kelly Packard is in her fourth season at Ball State . . . Packard's overall record at Ball State is 56-57 (.495), while her Mid-American Conference mark is 27-25 . . . Tricia Cullop is in her fourth season at Toledo . . . Cullop's overall record at Toledo is 81-37 and she owns a MAC record of 39-11 . . . Under Cullop Toledo has won the 2011 WNIT championship, a MAC regular-season title and two MAC West Division crowns.
The Series: This is the 67th meeting between Ball State and Toledo . . . The Rockets lead the all-time series 42-24 . . . The Cardinals lost both of their meetings to Toledo last season . . . The last time Ball State defeated Toledo at Savage Arena was in 2009 by a score of 75-69.
