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Women's Basketball Opens Season On The Road At IUPUI Tuesday
November 04, 2019 | Women's Basketball
Ball State (0-0, 0-0 MAC) vs. IUPUI (0-0, 0-0 HORIZON)
Tuesday, Nov. 5 (7 p.m.)
Indianapolis, Ind. (The Jungle)
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Game Notes: Ball State | IUPUI
TIME FOR TIP-OFF
- Ball State and IUPUI have met five times, with the Cardinals leading the all-time series record, 5-0.
- Ball State and IUPUI's last meeting was in 2001 in Indianapolis. The Cardinals defeated the Jaguars, 76-70.
- The last time Ball State won its season opener was in 2017, that year the Cardinals defeated Cleveland State on the road by a score of 76-64.
- Ball State last opened its season against IUPUI in 1998-99. BSU won that game in Muncie, 72-20.
- IUPUI will be the first of three Indiana schools that the Cardinals will face this season. Ball State will also play at Purdue Fort Wayne (Nov. 12) and host Butler (Nov. 23).
- Head coach Brady Sallee is 2-6 all-time in season openers at Ball State dating back to his first season in 2012-13.
- Sallee is 9-12 all-time at Ball State against teams from the state of Indiana.
- Ball State and IUPUI have two common opponents this season, Butler and Ohio University.
- Ball State and IUPUI are approximately 58 miles apart.
- IUPUI owns a 30-12 record at home the last three seasons.
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BALL STATE VS. IUPUI
- The Cardinals and the Jaguars will square off for the first time since the 2001-02 season. Ball State played at IUPUI on Dec. 21 of that year, winning the game 76-70. Historically, the Cardinals are undefeated against the Jaguars, leading the all-time series record, 5-0.
BROWN EARNS PRESEASON ALL-MAC ACCOLADES
- Junior forward Oshlyn Brown was selected as a member of the the 2019-2020 All-Mid-American Conference Team which was announced last week by the league office. Brown is a two-time post season All-MAC recipient, earning All-MAC Honorable Mention as a sophomore and was tabbed MAC Sixth Player of the Year as a freshman. Brown enters her junior season with 656 points and 532 rebounds for her career along with 17 double-doubles. She currently ranks fourth all-time in rebounds for a single-season which she accomplished last year with 290 rebounds. She also led the Cardinals last season in scoring (12.7 ppg) and rebounding (9.4 rpg).
SAMZ CAN SHOOT
- Graduate senior guard Jasmin Samz has shot 47 percent or better from the field in each of her first two seasons as a Cardinal. Last year, she led the Cardinals in shooting percentage and was second in 2017.
REBOUND THAT BASKETBALL
- Junior Oshlynn Brown continues to be a threat on the boards for the Cardinals. She not only currently has 532 rebounds for her career but she is also the second highest rebounder per game returning from the Mid-American Conference this year. Brown in her last two seasons has averaged 8.4 reboounds per game out of 63 contests played. Brown registered six double-doubles last season. Below are Brown's accomplishments.
17 Double-doubles
24 Double digit rebounding performances
38 Double digit scoring games
16 - Best rebounding performance (Vanderbilt (11/20/17)
25 - Best scoring performance (Western Kentucky (12/16/18)
A CARDINAL WIN WOULD
- A Cardinal win would give Brady Sallee his 129th career victory.
- Would keep Ball State undefeated in the all-time series record against IUPUI, improving to 6-0.
- Would give Ball State its first season opening win since 2017.
- Would give Brady Sallee his 10th win over a school from Indiana.
BALL STATE OPENS SEASON WITH 3-STRAIGHT ROAD GAMES
- For the first time since the 2004-05 season the Cardinals will be on the road for three games in a row. Ball State makes its first appearance in Worthen Arena this year on Wednesday, Nov. 20 against Xavier. That game will be the Cardinals fourth annual Kids Day Event with the game starting at 11:30 a.m. The event is open to elementary and middle school aged children.
DOUBLE-TROUBLE
- Three out of the Cardinals four home non-conference games this season will be played on the same day as the Ball State men's basketball game day. You can catch both teams on Nov. 20 with the women facing Xavier at 11:30 a.m. and the men will take on Northern Kentucky at 7 p.m. Both teams play again on Nov. 23 and on Dec. 7.
SEASON OPENER FACTS
- BSU is 18-28 all-time is season openers, the last time the Cardinals won their season opener they went on to make history. BSU went undefeated in non-conference play in 2017, Brady Sallee guided the Cardinals that year to an 11-0 mark, which was the best start in program history and the second longest win streak in school annals.
20+ WIN SEASONS
- The Cardinals have won 20 or more games seven times in program history, including a school-record three seasons in a row from 2015-2018 under the guidance of Brady Sallee. Ball State's first 20+ win season was in 2001-02 under former head coach Tracy Roller, that year the Cardinals finished with an overall record of 24-8.
