Coming off the team's first Mid-American Conference win of the season, the Ball State University men's basketball team will look to win consecutive games for the first time since its season-opening wins.
The Cardinals will travel to Central Michigan University Friday. The Chippawas are 7-9 (2-2 MAC) and are coming off a 86-76 loss to Western Michigan.
One area that continues to improve for the Cardinals (5-12, 1-3 in the MAC) is the play of Micah Rollin. Tuesday, he had a career day against Northern Illinois, scoring a career-high 16 points and a career-high six field goals, including four dunks. In addition, Rollin tied the score at 48-48 on a dunk in the second half.
Rollin, who has played organized basketball for two years, has moved up his season average to 8.9 points per game and five rebounds per game.
"My coaches have definitely stuck it out with me," Rollin said. "The Lord blessed me with the ability to learn things fast and my coaches have been sticking it out with me, and I feel that if I keep working hard I'm going to be able to reach the goals I want to reach."
Rollin said he's still working on improving his game as the MAC season progresses.
"I need to work on everything," Rollin said. "I'm never satisfied. I don't want to be a one-dimensional player, so after practice Coach has me working on my handles and my jumpers. One-dimensional is not going to help my team; if I can do every little thing, it'll definitely help us get wins."
On Tuesday Rollin played one of the best centers he will face all season in the Huskie's James Hughes. Hughes is 18 blocks away from tieing the school record and is the defending MAC defensive player of the year.
"He's a shot blocker, he's really long," Rollin said. "I definitely had to try and out-quick him and use my body advantage. He blocked two of my shots so I had to make sure I used my strength and my physical ability to get to the rim."
In addition, guard Peyton Stovall said Rollin's presence on the court is assisted by the play of the guards.
"Even touching the ball, getting tips, that gets our guys back here, like Micah, going," Stovall said. "That's what our guards have to do, cause our offense starts with defense."
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