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Women's Basketball Returns Home Saturday Against Western Michigan for Alumni Day
January 31, 2025 | Women's Basketball
The Cardinals look to improve to 10-0 in #MACtion
| Ball State Women's Basketball Hold Alumni Day | |
| Game 22 vs. Western Michigan | Saturday, Feb. 1 at 1:00 p.m. Live Stats |  ESPN+ |
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Opening Tip:
- Saturday's game against Western Michigan will mark the 93rd time in program history the two schools have met with Ball State leading the all-time series record, 53-39. The Cardinals won their last meeting against the Broncos by a score of 78-56 on Jan. 3, 2024 in Kalamazoo.
- Ball State owns a 33-8 ledger over Western Michigan dating back to the 2004-05 season. Brady Sallee holds an 20-4 career mark against the Broncos.
 - The last time the Cardinals lost to the Broncos in the MAC regular season was in Kalamazoo, Mich., was on March 2, 2019 by a score of 54-72. Since then, Ball State has won nine-straight over Western Michigan.
- Ball State is one of only two teams that have won 11-straight contests while ranking 32nd in the nation in win percentage (17-4 | .810).Â
- The Cardinals have been road warriors the past four years during Mid-American Conference action. Ball State owns a 32-10 (.761) ledger when playing league games on the road dating back to the 2021 MAC season with its best showing being in 2021 when the Cardinals went 9-1 that year.
- For the second-straight season, the Cardinals have opened Mid-American Conference with an 9-0 ledger. Ball State remains the only team in league play that is undefeated. The Cardinals won 10 in a row last season.Â
- Ball State has won 13-straight MAC regular season games dating back to last year. The Cardinals haven't lost a regular season league contest since Feb. 24, 2024, which was at Toledo.Â
- The Cardinals rank in the top 50 in the nation in these statistical categories; 40th in assists per game (16.5), 39th in field goal percentage (45.9), 42nd in scoring margin (15.1), 48th in scoring offense (75.6) and 50th in steals per game (10.4).
- Ally Becki ranks seventh in the nation in assists (129), ninth in assists per game (6.1), 37th in steals (51) and 5th in double-doubles while Marie Kiefer 44th in the nation in blocks (35) and 51st in blocks per game (1.67).
Home-Sweet-Home:
John E. Worthen Arena has been very good to the Cardinals for the past decade. Ball State has a record of 197-87 (.654) at Worthen Arena from 2004-present. In 13 seasons Brady Sallee has compiled a 131-56 (.691) record in Worthen Arena. His best season at home was in 2022-23 when the Cardinals went 15-1 in Worthen.
The Only ONE:
Ally Becki is the only player in program history to have scored 1,500+ points, pull down 600+ rebounds and dished out 600+ assists. Becki has scored 1,508 point, totaled 661 rebounds and 634 assists.Â
Another 20-Win Season on the Horizon:
The Cardinals are three wins away until they hit the 20-win plateau for their third-straight season. It will be the eighth time in Sallee's career at Ball State to have reached that milestone. Sallee's 20-win seasons at Ball State were — 22-10 (2015-16), 21-11 (2016-17) 25-7 (2017-18), 21-10 (2019-20), 20-13 (2021-22), 26-9 (2022-23) and 20-2 (2023-24).
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