Ball State Cardinals NCAA Basketball News

Dominic Calegari scored a game-high 24 points and also pulled down seven rebounds, leading the UC Davis Aggies to a 60-58 victory over the Ball State Cardinals in a non-league matchup at Worthen Arena.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Consistency breeds success, or so the old adage says. If so, then Ball State freshman guard Jauwan Scaife is destined to leave a lasting imprint on the program.

The Ball State Cardinals are in Philadelphia this evening to take on the Temple Owls.

A 57-point second half for Saint Francis broke up a tight battle against Taylor and gave the Cougars an 83-69 win Tuesday in a men's basketball game at Hutzell Athletic Center.

Juan Fernandez chipped in 13 points for the Owls . Brooks and Allen dished out seven assists apiece and Fernandez had five, setting career best for all three players.

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.

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

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

Terrence Watson, an All-American at Mott and a key contributer to the 2007 NJCAA national championship team, is back playing at the division one level after transferring to Ball State after his junior season at Ole Miss.

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 -- Far removed from the New York City street courts where he honed his game, Ball State senior point guard Brawley Chisholm turned in a breakout performance Friday night in the 88-78 victory over Valparaiso.

MUNCIE -- Just call it a little friendly family banter. After Friday's Ball State basketball season opener, former Cardinals standout Bonzi Wells stood on the floor and applauded an 88-78 BSU victory over Valparaiso.

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.

MUNCIE -- Compton meets Muncie. Sounds like the title to a bad movie script, right? Well, that exact scenario plays out daily in a Ball State dorm where freshmen guards Myron Green Jr.

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

So, the Ball State men's basketball team was selected to finish fourth in the West Division by the Mid-American Conference News Media on Wednesday.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 24 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle basketball team will once again participate in a BracketBuster game in 2010, and the opponent next February will play in Eblen Center in the future.

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

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.