Monday, November 30
Muncie, Ind.
7 p.m.
Ball State University
0-2,0-0MAC
49
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73
IUPUI
2-0,0-0Horizon
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IUPUI
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Ball St.
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Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services
BSU Women’s Hoops Turning Page to MAC Opener after Loss to IUPUI
November 30, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Cardinals fell to defending Horizon League champs in first home game of season
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The college basketball season is a long one. It's not how you start, but how you finish. And one thing about Brady Sallee's teams at Ball State is they are almost always in the mix at the finish.
Sallee believes this version of the Cardinals will be contenders, too … even if Monday's home opener didn't appear to show it. His short-handed Cardinals fell to defending Horizon League champion and this year's preseason favorite IUPUI, 73-49, at Worthen Arena.
BSU dropped to 0-2 on the young season, while IUPUI – coming off a 23-8 campaign last year – improved to 2-0.
Ball State faced the challenge in the post of defending IUPUI's Macee Williams, the two-time Horizon League player of the year. Williams scored 20 points in the first half on the way to a game-high 28 on 13-of-17 shooting.
She helped IUPUI up a double-digit lead midway through the second quarter after a tight first frame. The Jaguars controlled things from there.
"Austin (Parkinson) has done a heck of a job with that program," Sallee said. That's a good basketball team we just played … Impressed with their players and the system even before we played them. Macee Williams is as good of a post player as we'll see all year."
Making the task even greater, Ball State plowed through Monday's game with just eight available players as the Cardinals deal with a variety of injuries on top of the already present challenges of preparing and playing in 2020.
"You just face adversities all though a season; you never know when they're going to come," Sallee said. "All this stuff will make us better if we allow it to, so that's the approach we're taking."
The game was not without promising signs. Spanish freshman Ivet Subirats scored 10 points and knocked down the Cardinals' only two 3-pointers on a night when the team struggled from beyond the arc. And junior Thelma Dis Agustsdottir had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds on the heels of a 19-point performance in the season opener.
The Cardinals will look to build on those performances Wednesday when they host Eastern Michigan at 6 p.m. in the MAC opener. The league schedule normally wouldn't start until the turn of the calendar, but nothing is normal in 2020. Still, the Cardinals are viewing this matchup the way they would any conference opener.
"You betcha we want to start off 1-0 on Wednesday and put ourselves in a position as we progress through this season to – it sounds crazy right now – but to play for a championship into February and March. That's what this program stands for, and believe me when I tell you it will be full steam ahead."
Sallee believes this version of the Cardinals will be contenders, too … even if Monday's home opener didn't appear to show it. His short-handed Cardinals fell to defending Horizon League champion and this year's preseason favorite IUPUI, 73-49, at Worthen Arena.
BSU dropped to 0-2 on the young season, while IUPUI – coming off a 23-8 campaign last year – improved to 2-0.
Ball State faced the challenge in the post of defending IUPUI's Macee Williams, the two-time Horizon League player of the year. Williams scored 20 points in the first half on the way to a game-high 28 on 13-of-17 shooting.
She helped IUPUI up a double-digit lead midway through the second quarter after a tight first frame. The Jaguars controlled things from there.
"Austin (Parkinson) has done a heck of a job with that program," Sallee said. That's a good basketball team we just played … Impressed with their players and the system even before we played them. Macee Williams is as good of a post player as we'll see all year."
Making the task even greater, Ball State plowed through Monday's game with just eight available players as the Cardinals deal with a variety of injuries on top of the already present challenges of preparing and playing in 2020.
"You just face adversities all though a season; you never know when they're going to come," Sallee said. "All this stuff will make us better if we allow it to, so that's the approach we're taking."
The game was not without promising signs. Spanish freshman Ivet Subirats scored 10 points and knocked down the Cardinals' only two 3-pointers on a night when the team struggled from beyond the arc. And junior Thelma Dis Agustsdottir had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds on the heels of a 19-point performance in the season opener.
The Cardinals will look to build on those performances Wednesday when they host Eastern Michigan at 6 p.m. in the MAC opener. The league schedule normally wouldn't start until the turn of the calendar, but nothing is normal in 2020. Still, the Cardinals are viewing this matchup the way they would any conference opener.
"You betcha we want to start off 1-0 on Wednesday and put ourselves in a position as we progress through this season to – it sounds crazy right now – but to play for a championship into February and March. That's what this program stands for, and believe me when I tell you it will be full steam ahead."
Team Stats
IUPUI
BSU
FG%
.484
.333
3FG%
.320
.105
FT%
.455
.778
RB
39
38
TO
17
21
STL
9
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
10
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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