Jarrod Jones News

No smile, no cordial handshakes. Ball State basketball coach Billy Taylor walked out of the Liacouras Center locker room Tuesday night for his post-game interview visibly frustrated by a 20-point loss to Temple.

All losses sting, but for SIU-Edwardsville coach Lennox Forrester, the 30-point beatdown at the hands of Evansville on Wednesday felt as if someone took a Louisville Slugger to his noggin.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Good news for Ball State: Its next opponent shudders at the mere thought of playing zone defense.

Huntington's men's basketball team improved to 7-0 with an 86-62 victory over visiting Saint Francis on Saturday.

Ball State made its free throws down the stretch and held on for a 57-47 victory over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Saturday.

Jarrod Jones scored 19 points and Jauwan Scaife added 12 as Ball State defeated SIU-Edwardsville 57-47 on Saturday.

If Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has learned anything from its 0-3 start, it's that the Cougars need to play better defense.

The Valparaiso University men's basketball team saw exactly what a couple of its newcomers were made of Friday night in the Crusaders' season opener at Ball State University.

MUNCIE -- Oh my, how those glass slippers fit perfectly on Ball State in 1990. The Cardinals danced past Oregon State and Louisville to their first and only NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance.

On one hand, Ball State sophomore forward Jarrod Jones felt honored that the media selected him preseason All-Mid-American Conference.

CIE - Six letterman and eight players in all return for Ball State men's basketball in 2009, led by Mid American Conference Freshman of the Year last season, forward Jarrod Jones, who averaged eleven points and seven rebounds last season.

MUNCIE -- Billy Taylor held his first press conference for the 2009-10 season on Monday afternoon at Worthen Arena.

In hopes to improve on their second season transitioning to Division I basketball, the SIUE men's basketball program has added Matt Laur as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2009-2010 season.

Matt Laur has joined the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men's basketball program as an assistant coach.

MUNCIE, Ind., May 11 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: The Ball State men's basketball team wrapped up the 2008-09 season with the annual postseason banquet at Cardinal Hall in the LA Pittenger Student Center.

CLEVELAND, Ohio , March 13 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: The Ball State men's basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the 2009 Mid-American Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon as the second seeded Cardinals battled to a 64-61 overtime victory over seventh-seeded Central Michigan at the Quicken Loans Arena.

For the first time since his hire in August of 2007, Ball State men's basketball coach Billy Taylor and his staff hit the recruiting trail this summer as an established entity.