The program's staple duo each finished their MAC careers by playing the entire game (40 minutes). She tallied 11 points and six rebounds but just two assists.Ĭlephane notched a team-high 20 points, and Dis Agustsdottir finished with 10 points. Bischoff never found her rhythm, tying her season-low in points (three) on 1-for-7 shooting, and Kiefer's dampened interior aggressiveness (seven rebounds, three blocks) was apparent as the Falcons repeatedly fed the post and found cutters for layups.īackup sophomore big Alex Richard added seven rebounds and three blocks in 19 minutes as well, but her 2-for-6 showing at the charity stripe didn't help narrow BSU's fourth-quarter deficit.Īlly Becki played the best out of Ball State's sophomore class, yet she could only do so much against BG's full-court defensive attention on her. More: Emotional in press conference, Lewis happy with season and excited to build for the futureįoul trouble also plagued Ball State as sophomores Marie Kiefer and Madelyn Bischoff both fouled out in just 34 combined minutes. "It just felt like we couldn't get stops, or even rebounds when we did," Dis Agustsdottir said. Brett, who played just 16 minutes before fouling out, hit a trio of back-breaking triples that repeatedly keep BSU at bay, and Day's ruthless paint presence and soft midrange touch thwarted every potential Cardinals run.Īnd when BSU buckled down to force misses, it seemed like the ball bounced right into a Falcon's grip more often than not. Sallee's group might've had a chance to comeback if not for BG's top-2 players, seniors Elissa Brett and Allison Day, breaking out of their slumps to score 17 of the team's 20 points in the fourth quarter. Still, graduate student Thelma Dis Agustsdottir hit two 3-pointers in the frame to keep the Cardinals within striking distance, including one just before the buzzer. The Cardinals' sustained long-range shooting woes made it difficult to match their opponent's growing confidence, and they eventually lost the period 19-10. That momentum shift carried over to the third quarter when BSU went scoreless for the first 4.5 minutes, during which BG generated a 7-0 spurt to take a lead it'd never relinquish thereafter. Redshirt senior Anna Clephane dominated with 11 points through the first 14 minutes, only for the Falcons to narrow their deficit to three points entering the locker room.
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More: Ball State suffers worst MAC tournament loss since 1999, 90-70 to Ohio in first roundīall State led by as much as nine points in the first half, beginning the second frame with a 9-0 run while forcing seven BG turnovers. "I love the team I'm coaching, and I hate that I couldn't have been better for them today and gotten them into this championship game." That seemed to be the difference and changed the trajectory of the game," head coach Brady Sallee said. "I think they flipped the script there in the third quarter, amped up their toughness, their physicality.
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The separation came down to the Cardinals getting outrebounded 39-31 and shooting just 7-for-14 at the free throw line and 4-for-22 on 3s, as well as the Falcons turning their offense around in the second half to hit several clutch shots. It was an extremely competitive and physical bout between the MAC's top-2 offenses. 3 Ball State women's basketball (25-8), that inevitability resulted in a 70-61 Mid-American Conference tournament semifinal loss to No. CLEVELAND, Ohio - When a tournament features multiple elite teams, something's got to give.įor No.
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