Women's Basketball Returns Home Saturday in a MAC Matinee Against Bowling Green

Saturday, February 5

Muncie, Ind.

1:00 pm

Ball State University

Bowling Green

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Women's Basketball Returns Home Saturday in a MAC Matinee Against Bowling Green

February 04, 2022 | Women's Basketball

- Ball State and Bowling Green have met a total of 70 times in program history with the Falcons leading the all-time series record, 46-24.

- In the Cardinals and the Falcons first meeting this season on Jan. 1 Ball State fell at Bowling Green by a score of 58-82.

- Prior to last season, Ball State had won the last 10 meetings between the two programs.

- The 10-game winning streak against the Falcons ranked the first between Ball State and any other MAC school. The next team was Miami, Ball State had defeated them seven times in a row until the 2018-19 season.

- Ball State and Bowling Green's first-ever meeting was in 1974-75, the Cardinals defeated the Falcons by a score of 58-52 in Terre Haute, Ind.

- The Cardinals are looking for their fifth-straight after BSU has recently earned victories over Central Michigan (57-45), Miami (67-64), Buffalo (72-70) and Ohio (84-74).

- Bowling Green comes to Muncie hot off a win over Northern Illinois Wednesday. The Falcons defeated the Huskies 64-54.

- The last time the Cardinals had a five-game win streak in Mid-American Conference action was last season in 2021. BSU had won five in a row beating Ohio, Eastern Michigan, Miami, Kent State and Central Michigan.

Road Warriors:

The Ball State women's basketball team has a 6-2 mark when playing on the road this season and are 4-2 in Mid-American Conference action. Under Sallee, the Cardinals have always been a strong road team as Sallee and the Cardinals have an overall road record over a 10 year span of 77-59 (.566).

Backs, Crashers, & Keys:

This year, the Cardinals are forgoing "traditional" positions and using their own such as backs, crashers, and keys, to bring a sense of team unity. That system proved to be the lift Ball State needed, especially with so many new faces on the court. BSU started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2017.

Big Time Becki:

Freshman Ally Becki has been showing up big time for the Cardinals this season especially in Ball State's last four contests. In BSU's last four games, Becki has averaged 19.0 points per contest and 5.5 rebounds while dishing our 24 assists and knocking down 16 3-pointers.

Home Sweet Home:

John E. Worthen Arena has been very good to the Cardinals for the past decade. Ball State has a record of 157-84 (.656) at Worthen Arena from 2004-present. In 10 seasons Brady Sallee has compiled a 89-49 (.658) record in Worthen Arena. His best season at home was in 2017-18 when the Cardinals went 15-3 in Muncie. This season BSU is 6-2 at home.

In the Nation In 3's:

The Cardinals currently rank 19th in the nation among its Division I peers in 3-point field goals per game 9.0). Ball State also ranks in the top-50 in 3-point field goal attempts coming in at 12 with 532 and 23rd in the nation for total 3-pointers made with 171.

Ticket Information:

Call 888.BSU.TICKET or 765.285.1474 to join the Cardinal Family inside Worthen Arena! Season tickets and groups are on sale now. Single game tickets will be available Monday, October 18, at the numbers listed above and online at Ticketmaster.com.

Scouting Bowling Green:

- Head coach Robyn Fralick, in her fourth season at the helm of the Falcons, returned 10 players off of last year's BGSU roster.

- This season, the Falcons were picked to finish second in the MAC in the preseason coaches' poll.

- Leading the Falcons currently in scoring is senior forward Kadie Hempfling averaging 11.4 points per contest.

- The Falcons started that busy February stretch with a 64-54 win at Northern Illinois on Wednesday night (Feb. 2). Junior Elissa Brett led the way with a career-high 22 points, and a host of her teammates made key plays down the stretch as BGSU ended the game on a 12-1 run.