2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team will represent Ball State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship season. The Cardinals, led by sixth year head coach Brady Sallee, play their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 13–5 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC Women's Tournament to Western Michigan. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Middle Tennessee in the first round before losing in the second round to Purdue.

2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2017–18 record25–7 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tennille Adams
  • Audrey McDonald-Spencer
  • Ryan Patterson
Home arenaWorthen Arena
2017–18 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Buffalo162 .889  296  .829
Miami (OH)126 .667  2111  .656
Ohio99 .500  1615  .516
Kent State513 .278  1319  .406
Bowling Green315 .167  1119  .367
Akron315 .167  921  .300
West
Central Michigan171 .944  305  .857
Ball State135 .722  257  .781
Western Michigan99 .500  1815  .545
Toledo810 .444  1815  .545
Northern Illinois711 .389  1515  .500
Eastern Michigan612 .333  1120  .355
2018 MAC Tournament winner
As of March 24, 2018; 

Roster

2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Katie Helgason 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrGreenfield Central Indianapolis, IN
G 3 Carmen Grande 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr  Madrid, Spain
G 5 Maliah Howard-Bass 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrColumbus North Columbus, IN
F 11 Keri Kleist 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SrSycamore
Cal State Bakersfield
Cincinnati, OH
F 12 Sara Price 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrHowland Warren, OH
G 20 Frannie Frazier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrWorthington Columbus, OH
G 22 Destiny Washington 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 24 Jasmin Samz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrWausaw Wausau, WI
F 25 Zayn Dornstauder  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrHamilton
San Francisco
Regina, SK
G 31 Nakeya Penny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrLogansport Logansport, IN
F 32 Oshlyn Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrChillicothe Chillicothe, OH
F 33 Moriah Monaco 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrDover Dover, OH
F 34 Aliyah Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoBrownsburg Indianapolis, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2017*
7:00 pm
Illinois–Springfield W 92–42 
Worthen Arena (975)
Muncie, IN
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2017*
1:00 pm
at Cleveland State W 76–64  1–0
Wolstein Center (304)
Cleveland, OH
November 13, 2017*
7:00 pm
Missouri State W 70–58  2–0
Worthen Arena (1,040)
Muncie, IN
November 15, 2017*
7:00 pm
Lipscomb W 84–46  3–0
Worthen Arena (1,076)
Muncie, IN
November 20, 2017*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vanderbilt W 88–79  4–0
Memorial Gymnasium (5,367)
Nashville, TN
November 22, 2017*
1:00 pm
at Tennessee State W 85–65  5–0
Gentry Complex (468)
Nashville, TN
November 29, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Butler W 87–75  6–0
Worthen Arena (1,564)
Muncie, IN
December 4, 2017*
7:00 pm
at Purdue W 66–60  7–0
Mackey Arena (6,068)
West Lafayette, IN
December 7, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Southeast Missouri State W 69–56  8–0
Worthen Arena (1,519)
Muncie, IN
December 10, 2017*
2:00 pm, Sports Link
Oakland City W 126–55  9–0
Worthen Arena (1,011)
Muncie, IN
December 18, 2017*
11:00 am, ESPN3
Austin Peay W 89–57  10–0
Worthen Arena (3,077)
Muncie, IN
December 21, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Western Kentucky W 93–81  11–0
Worthen Arena (1,435)
Muncie, IN
MAC regular season
December 30, 2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Central Michigan L 65–69  11–1
(0–1)
Worthen Arena (1,513)
Muncie, IN
January 3, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Miami (OH) W 86–61  12–1
(1–1)
Worthen Arena (1,111)
Muncie, IN
January 6, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Bowling Green W 84–73  13–1
(2–1)
Stroh Center (1,478)
Bowling Green, OH
January 10, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Akron W 74–61  14–1
(3–1)
James A. Rhodes Arena 
Akron, OH
January 13, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Buffalo L 80–84  14–2
(3–2)
Worthen Arena (1,568)
Muncie, IN
January 17, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo L 66–72  14–3
(3–3)
Savage Arena (3,259)
Toledo, OH
January 20, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kent State W 79–58  15–3
(4–3)
MAC Center (472)
Kent, OH
January 24, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Bowling Green W 82–41  16–3
(5–3)
Worthen Arena (1,077)
Muncie, IN
January 27, 2018
2:30 pm, ESPN3
Northern Illinois W 81–72  17–3
(6–3)
Worthen Arena (3,867)
Muncie, IN
January 31, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Akron W 97–65  18–3
(7–3)
Worthen Arena (1,205)
Muncie, IN
February 3, 2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Ohio L 76–80  18–4
(7–4)
Convocation Center (8,027)
Athens, OH
February 7, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Eastern Michigan W 91–85  19–4
(8–4)
Worthen Arena (1,398)
Muncie, IN
February 10, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Western Michigan W 81–71  20–4
(9–4)
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
February 17, 2018
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Northern Illinois W 72–50  21–4
(10–4)
Convocation Center (794)
DeKalb, IL
February 21, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Western Michigan W 85–58  22–4
(11–4)
Worthen Arena (1,275)
Muncie, IN
February 24, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo W 78–73  23–4
(12–4)
Worthen Arena (2,822)
Muncie, IN
February 28, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Central Michigan L 80–88  23–5
(12–5)
McGuirk Arena (2,132)
Mount Pleasant, MI
March 3, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Eastern Michigan W 88–63  24–5
(13–5)
Convocation Center (1,370)
Ypsilanti, MI
MAC Tournament
March 7, 2018
7:30 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (6) Western Michigan
Quarterfinals
L 54–65  24–6
Quicken Loans Arena (3,012)
Cleveland, OH
WNIT
March 14, 2018
7:00 pm
Middle Tennessee
First Round
W 69–60  25–6
Worthen Arena (1,083)
Muncie, IN
March 18, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Purdue
Second Round
L 72–77  25–7
Worthen Arena (1,307)
Muncie, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. "2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule". 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule. Ball State Athletics. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. "Ball State Cardinals Schedule – 2017–18". Ball State Cardinals Schedule – 2017–18. ESPN. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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