Addy Barnes wins Delaware County High School Athlete of the Week, candidates for 1/24-1/31
By Staff Reports / January 31, 2024Addy Barnes was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/17-1/24.
Addy Barnes was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/17-1/24.
Despite a third-quarter comeback, the Tigers could not get over the hump and fell to Jay County 56-48.
Ball State (11-10, 3-6 MAC) fell 81-72 to Bowling Green (15-6, 6-3 MAC) to snap a previous two-game win streak. The Cardinals return to action Saturday, Feb. 3 when they travel to Kalamazoo for a 2 p.m. contest against Western Michigan (8-13, 5-4 MAC).
Despite having four Cardinals in double-digits, Ball State fell to Bowling Green 81-72.
The Owls led 13-5 at the end of the first and then led 28-14 at halftime. The Blackhawks were able to cut the lead down to 6 a couple of times in the third quarter but were unable to take a lead.
Here are some results from Delaware County sporting events from 1/22-1/27.
Despite the men’s team losing to Miami (OH), the women’s team took the bigger blow, as they traveled to Athens, Ohio for a battle of undefeated with Ohio University and took a massive 219-81 defeat at the hands of the Bobcats.
During the two-day event, Ball State had five first place finishes.
Even though they have busy schedules due to their sport, Ball State athletes make time to be more than teammates.
Ball State women’s tennis will next play Sunday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. at Notre Dame.
Basheer Jihad recorded his seventh double-double as the Cardinals defeated the Huskies 81-71.
The Cardinals' seven-man rotation came together to beat the Huskies in multiple statistical categories.
After the win against Toledo Sunday night, Ball State handled Miami (OH) Jan. 24. Saturday afternoon ended up being their third game in a span of six days. Because the win against the Rockets was an important one emotionally, Sallee said knew his team would embrace the task at hand.
It was tough sledding early on for Wapahani on the offensive end of the floor. The Eagles' defense was smothering and forcing the Raiders into long possessions, and making them work for everything.
In a battle of the birds, Ball State’s dreams of a perfect season in duels went up in smoke as the RedHawks took the meet in their men’s team’s first conference duel win of the season (190.00-110.00). The loss keeps the men’s team winless against Miami in duels in over two decades with their last win against the RedHawks being in 2002.
After Ball State’s four leading scorers left the program, Basheer Jihad has become the Cardinals’ No. 1 option in 2023-24.
Jacob Grim was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/10-1/17.
Hung up during shoot around pregame, signs were draped up for players to see. Although each of them reads a different word or saying, head coach Brady Sallee said they all are tied together with one big one. “Fight for your culture.”
Ball State Men's Tennis defeated Xavier University with a 5-2 win. This continues their 2-0 win streak against Xavier and is their third straight win on the season.
12-for-15. 80 percent. That’s what the Cardinals shot from the field in the second quarter Wednesday night.
