2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team

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

2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2017–18 record25–7 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tennille Adams
  • Audrey McDonald-Spencer
  • Ryan Patterson
Home arenaWorthen Arena
2017–18 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Buffalo16–2 .889  29–6  .829
Miami (OH)12–6 .667  21–11  .656
Ohio9–9 .500  16–15  .516
Kent State5–13 .278  13–19  .406
Bowling Green3–15 .167  11–19  .367
Akron3–15 .167  9–21  .300
West
Central Michigan †17–1 .944  30–5  .857
Ball State13–5 .722  25–7  .781
Western Michigan9–9 .500  18–15  .545
Toledo8–10 .444  18–15  .545
Northern Illinois7–11 .389  15–15  .500
Eastern Michigan6–12 .333  11–20  .355
† 2018 MAC Tournament winner
As of March 24, 2018; 

Roster
2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Katie Helgason 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrGreenfield 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) FrColumbus North Columbus, IN
F 11 Keri Kleist 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS SrSycamore
Cal State Bakersfield		 Cincinnati, OH
F 12 Sara Price 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrHowland Warren, OH
G 20 Frannie Frazier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrWorthington Columbus, OH
G 22 Destiny Washington 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrLawrence North Indianapolis, IN
G 24 Jasmin Samz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrWausaw Wausau, WI
F 25 Zayn Dornstauder  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrHamilton
San Francisco		 Regina, SK
G 31 Nakeya Penny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrLogansport Logansport, IN
F 32 Oshlyn Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrChillicothe Chillicothe, OH
F 33 Moriah Monaco 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrDover Dover, OH
F 34 Aliyah Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoBrownsburg Indianapolis, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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
PollPre-
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Coaches N/A RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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