Kent State University
Ball State University
Women's Basketball Hits the Road for Test at Ball State
1/3/2017 3:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball (6-7, 0-1) will travel to Ball State (8-5, 1-0) for its first conference road trip of the season. The matchup is set for Saturday at 7 p.m.
Coverage
• Dave Wilson will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio and 640 AM WHLO
• The game will air live on ESPN3
• Live stats will run at ballstatesports.com
The Matchup
• Kent State is 37-18 all-time against Ball State
• The Golden Flashes won last season's lone meeting 59-50 at home
• Kent State has not picked up a win in Muncie since February 1997, as the team has lost the last nine games played at Worthen Arena
• The Cardinals opened their conference season with a 51-45 win at Toledo
• Ball State was the No. 3 seed in last year's MAC Tournament, losing 67-53 to No. 6 Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinals
• Renee Bennett leads the Cardinals by averaging 16.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game
• Four players for Ball State are averaging ten or more points this season
• The two teams have a common opponent this season in Western Kentucky. Kent State took WKU into overtime but lost 79-73. Ball State lost by a similar margin, 68-61
MAC Rankings
• Entering the game, Kent State ranks 3rd in the MAC in free-throw percentage and 3rd in rebounding defense
• Individually, Larissa Lurken is the top scorer in the MAC as she averages 22.1 points per game
• Lurken also ranks 10th in rebounding, 8th in free throw percentage, 10th in three-point shots made, 8th in blocked shots and 5th in defensive rebounds
• Jordan Korinek is 20th in scoring and 10th in offensive rebounds
• Naddiyah Cross is 8th in the MAC in assists
Improvement
• Kent State is showing a lot of improvement from a season ago
• The team has already matched last year's win total with six wins before even entering conference play
• They are scoring six more points a game and four more rebounds on average
• The Flashes also are shooting a higher percentage from the free throw line and have nearly two more blocks per game
Mark Your Calendar
• The Golden Flashes return home from their current road trip on Wednesday, January 11 to host Northern Illinois
• They hit the road again until bringing action back to the M.A.C.C. on Saturday, January 21st
• The game on the 21st is part of a double header with the men's team and with big news coming in between games
• Tickets are available at kentstatesports.com or by calling 330-672-2244
