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WBB Closes Non-Conference Play Against Urbana Wednesday
December 27, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Game #12 Urbana at Ball State
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016
Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Television: ESPN3
Listen: Muncie Sports Station 102.9 FM/1340 AM
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Game Notes: Ball State
Cardinal Notes:
• The Ball State women's basketball team has lost two straight games heading into Wednesday's contest. The game against Urbana is the last non-conference contest of the season for the Cardinals.
• The Cardinals suffered a 68-61 setback at Western Kentucky prior to the holiday break on Dec. 21 in Bowling Green, Ky. Despite the loss, Ball State overcame a 16-point halftime deficit (37-21) against the Lady Toppers and only trailed by three with less than two minutes left in the contest.
• At Western Kentucky, senior guard Jill Morrison led the Cardinals with an 18-point performance which gave her 987 points for her career just 13-points shy of 1,000.
• If senior guard Jill Morrison reaches 1,000 points in today's contest she will become the fourth player to reach that milestone under the direction of fifth-year Ball State women's basketball head coach Brady Sallee. Previous players were Nathalie Fontaine, Brandy Woody and Shelbie Justice.
• Sophomore Carmen Grande has dished out 87 total assists so far this season, she is averaging 8.0 assists per game which ranks second nationally. Grande registered a career-high 13 assists this season against North Carolina A&T (11/23) and Chicago State (12/1). Grande has also been more efficient lately with turnovers only committing eight combined over the last three games which is her best three game stretch of the season.
• Urbana and Ball State last met last year in exhibition play where the Cardinals scored 151 points that game which would have been a record if it was not an exhibition contest. The record for points scored in a game is 107 vs. Taylor University in 1975.
Next Game:
Ball State opens Mid-American Conference action at Toledo, Dec. 31 at Noon in Savage Arena.
