2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team

2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	25–7 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach	Brady Sallee (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Tennille Adams Audrey McDonald-Spencer Ryan Patterson
Home arena	Worthen Arena

2017–18 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Buffalo	16	–	2		.889			29	–	6		.829
Miami (OH)	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Ohio	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
Kent State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
Bowling Green	3	–	15		.167			11	–	19		.367
Akron	3	–	15		.167			9	–	21		.300
West
Central Michigan †	17	–	1		.944			30	–	5		.857
Ball State	13	–	5		.722			25	–	7		.781
Western Michigan	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
Toledo	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Northern Illinois	7	–	11		.389			15	–	15		.500
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
† 2018 MAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2018

The 2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented 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, played 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 they defeated Middle Tennessee in the first round before losing in the second round to Purdue.

Roster

2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Katie Helgason 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Greenfield 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) Fr Columbus North Columbus, IN F 11 Keri Kleist 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Sycamore Cal State Bakersfield Cincinnati, OH F 12 Sara Price 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Howland Warren, OH G 20 Frannie Frazier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Worthington Columbus, OH G 22 Destiny Washington 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN G 24 Jasmin Samz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Wausaw Wausau, WI F 25 Zayn Dornstauder  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Hamilton San Francisco Regina, SK G 31 Nakeya Penny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Logansport Logansport, IN F 32 Oshlyn Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Chillicothe Chillicothe, OH F 33 Moriah Monaco 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Dover Dover, OH F 34 Aliyah Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Brownsburg Indianapolis, IN	Head coach Brady Sallee (Thomas More) Assistant coach(es) Tennille Adams (Arkansas) Audrey McDonald-Spencer (Ball State) Ryan Patterson (Malone) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP							RV	RV	RV											N/A
Coaches		N/A						RV	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2017–18 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team

References

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