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Women's Basketball Looks to Remain Undefeated at Chicago State Tuesday
November 13, 2023 | Women's Basketball
The Cardinals look to improve to 3-0 against the Cougars
Ball State (2-0) at Chicago State (0-3)
November 14, 2023 >>Jones Convocation Center>Chicago, Ill.>> 6 pm ET
Opening Tip:-The Cardinals are looking to start the 2023-24 season with a 3-0 mark when Ball State travels to Chicago State Tuesday evening for a 6 pm tipoff. The last time Ball State opened the season 3-0 was in 207-18.
- Ball State is coming off an 86-71 road win at Troy in the Cardinals first MAC-SBC Challenge game. Junior Madelyn Bischoff led the Cardinals with a 22-point performance. Annie Rauch finished the game with 17 points. Ana Barreto scored a personal best 13 points and Nyla Hampton rounded out the double figure scoring with 12 points.
- Chicago State is looking for its first win of the season having lost three straight. The Cardinals and the Cougars have met a total of 14 times with Ball State winning all those meetings. The last time these two teams met was Dec. 30, 2022, in Worthen Arena with the Cardinals winning that contest, 119-53. The Cardinals also broke the program's 3-point record in Worthen Arena with 17.
- So far the Cougars have lost to Loyola Chicago (47-74), Detroit Mercy (48-83) and Minnesota (42-100) this season.
- Ball State women's basketball head coach Brady Sallee is beginning his 12th year at Ball State, returns 10 players from a record-setting squad that saw the Cardinals finish 26-9 with a 14-4 Mid-American Conference ledger. The Cardinals' 26 wins a season ago tied the program record for most wins in a season. Ball State advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Tournament and the second round of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) for the first time since 2018. The 20-win season also marked the sixth time in the last eight years Sallee reached the 20-win plateau.
Third Game of the Season:
- The Cardinals have got to the line 39 times, making 24 of those attempts.
- Ball State continues to dominate offensively on all areas of the court which includes 55 percent from the field (70-28) and 43 percent from behind the arc (19-44).
- In her first two contests as a Cardinal, Nyla Hampton has stolen the ball 11 times and has dished out 12 assists. Hampton is seventh in the nation currently in steals (11) and eighth in steals per game (5.50).
- After two games the Cardinals rank third nationally in field goal percentage (54.7), ninth in steals per game (16.0), 15th in bench points (39.5), 16th in assists per game (21.5), 19th in turnover margin (11.0) 21st in three-point percentage (43.2) and 21st in scoring offense (91.5).
- The Cardinals have outscored their opponents in every quarter but one so far this season.
Inside the Paint:
After just two games the Cardinals proved that they can still dominate in the paint. So far this season Ball State has won both games after winning the paint battle; vs. Tennesse Tech (54-32) and Troy (48-34).
Falcon to Cardinal:
Hampton made her mark into the Bowling Green record book over her three-year stint, ranking first in steals per game (2.64), second in total steals (243), 10th in assists per game (3.02) and 14th in total assists (478). She also ended the 2022-23 campaign ranked seventh in the nation in steals per game (1.6). A three-time MAC All-Defensive Team recipient, Hampton is nearing the 1,000-point plateau with 865 career points. She has also pulled down 131 rebounds, dished out 278 assists, and stolen the ball 243 times. According to HD Intelligence, which rates and provides analytics on every player at the NCAA Division I and II levels, Nyla is the highest rated transfer for a school outside of the power 5 conferences.
The Ball State women's basketball team is set to host Notre Dame for the first time ever in Worthen Arena. The Cardinals and the Fighting Irish face off for a 5 pm ET tipoff on Friday, Nov. 24. The game is a "Blackout" event due to Black Friday. Prior to last year's contest in South Bend, Ball State and Notre Dame had not played one another since the 1981-82 season. The all-time series record is knotted at 2-2 between the two schools.
