BEYOND VARSITY: Time for Ball State basketball to make a statement
January 12, 2011I just kept running into the men's basketball team at its worst.
I just kept running into the men's basketball team at its worst.
The title of "Best in the West" is up for grabs.
Despite blowing a 20-point lead, Ball State held off a Western Michigan second half rally to get a 67-60 win, its first in the Mid-American Conference this season.
Jarrod Jones earned Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Monday.
After squandering its first two Mid-American Conference contests to Toledo and Eastern Michigan on the road last week, Ball State is in a funk.
The holiday break was anything but relaxing for the Ball State women's basketball team.
Ball State began MAC play Saturday afternoon defeating Northern Illinois 75-70 at the Convocation Center.
The holidays were good to Ball State as it improved to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in the Mid- American Conference.
Ball State opened Mid-American Conference play on the road against Toledo Wednesday evening with a 63-46 loss.
Chris Bond made one dribble from outside the free throw line and took off. Instead of finishing the play at the basket, Bond wrapped a pass around his defender and found Jarrod Jones for a reverse layup.
After ending 2010 with a win, Ball State started 2011 poorly, losing 86-51 to Duquesne University on Sunday afternoon.
Through four minutes of play against Ball State in Friday's game, North Carolina A&T attempted six 3-point shots.
In a game that was as sloppy as a family room on Christmas morning, Ball State found itself with a comfortable 78-59 win over St. Louis University Thursday evening.
Ball State finished the Caribbean Classic without a win after a 74-70 loss to University of Nevada Reno Tuesday afternoon.
It was clear Ball State had a physical advantage over Mount St. Joseph before the game even started.
In its first game in the Triple Crown Sports Caribbean Classic, the Ball State women's basketball team dropped its game against the University of Alabama at Birmingham 61-56.
Through the first eight games of the season, it seems Jarrod Jones has been in the middle of every strong performance by the Ball State men's basketball team.
Tyrae Robinson's winning layup with 2.7 seconds left in overtime closed out an opportunistic game for the Ball State men's basketball team.
With 11 seconds left in the game and up by three, senior forward Emily Maggert went to the foul line to shoot two shots and potentially put Ball State up by five.
