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Women's Basketball Hosts Ohio Wednesday in Annual "Think Pink" Game
February 14, 2023 | Women's Basketball
The Cardinals encourage fans to wear pink in support of "Think Pink" "Play4Kay" contest
Feb. 15 | Muncie, Ind. | Worthen Arena | 6:30Â pm ET
Opening Tip:
- The Ball State women's basketball team looks to improve to a 12-1start in Mid-American Conference play for the first time in program history.Â
- Ball State is looking to extend its win streak to 10 when it hosts Ohio Wednesday for a 6:30 pm ET tip-off in Worthen Arena. The longest MAC regular season win streak was eight which happened in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09 and 2022-23. Ball State will be also looking to remain undefeated at home and improve to 13-0 in Worthen Arena.
- Currently, the Cardinals are tied for first place in the Mid-American Conference standings with Bowling Green.Â
- The Cardinals earned their 20th win of the season Wednesday, Feb. 8 when BSU defeated EMU, 68-50. The win gave 11th-year head coach Brady Sallee his sixth 20 win season at Ball State.Â
- With the Cardinals win against the Zips Saturday Ball State clinched a spot in the 2023 Mid-American Conference Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio (Mar. 8-11).
- Wednesday's game against Ohio will mark the 70th time in program history the two schools have met with the Bobcats leading the all-time series record, 39-30.Â
- Redshirt senior Anna Clephane has earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors. Last, Clephane averaged 24.5 points per game and 7.5 rebounds. She also shot a staggering 78 percent (15-19) from the charity stripe. Clephane helped Ball State remain atop of the MAC standings with an 11-1 league mark, while also extending BSU's win streak to nine. She also scored 26 points against Arkon, Feb. 11 which tied her career high. She pulled down a personal best 10 rebounds at Eastern Michigan, Feb. 8.
The Dynamic Duo:
The dynamic duo of Thelma Dis Agustsdottir and Anna Clephane made up for over 69 percent of the Cardinals total 68 points scored against the Eagles Feb. 8Â in Ypsilanti. The duo combined for 47 points and shot 51 percent from the field (17-33).
MAC Tourney Time:
This marks the 33rd appearance for the Cardinals in the Mid-American Conference Tournament in program history. Ball State has advanced to Cleveland 21 out of the past 23 seasons. The Cardinals are 22-31 all-time in MAC Tournament play and have advanced to the MAC Tournament finals on six occasions. Â
Fast Facts:
- Redshirt senior Anna Clephane has 1,153 points for her career and became the 10th player under Brady Sallee to reach the 1,000 point milestone against Miami (1/14/23). Clephane is first on the team in scoring averaging 15.0 points per game.
 - Sophomore Marie Kiefer has proven to be a great defender for the Cardinals. She currently sits in 12th place all-time in blocked shots with 84 and so far has 36 total this season. Kiefer averages 1.4 blocks per contest.
- Graduate senior Thelma Dis Agustsdottir has found her rhythm behind the arc again as she currently leads the team with 71 three's so far this season.Â
Agustsdottir has 290 total 3-pointers for her career and sits in third place all-time. She needs two more to move up to second place which is currently being held by former Cardinal and current assistant Moriah Monaco (2014-18) with 292 3-pointers.
Scouting Ohio:
- The Cardinals won their first meeting over the Bobcats this season by a score of 78-58 in Athens, Ohio, Jan. 28. Anna Clephane led all players with 20 points while Ohio's YaYa Felder led the Bobcats with 19 points that game. Both Clephane (15.0 ppg) and Felder (20.6 ppg) lead their respective teams in scoring this season.Â
- The Bobcats have went 2-3 since Jan. 28 in MAC action. Ohio earned wins over Eastern Michigan (65-55) and Northern Illinois (72-71) while losing to Ball State (78-58), Toledo (55-66) and Bowling Green (44-81).
- From 1998-2006 the Cardinals had held a nine-game win streak over Ohio. In 11 seasons under head coach Brady Sallee Ball State has won five games against the Bobcats .
"Think Pink" Information
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