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MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State men's basketball team picked up its second straight Mid-American Conference victory Wednesday evening as the Cardinals used a 36-18 first half effort on their way to a 75-68 victory over Western Michigan at Worthen Arena. The victory improves the Cardinals to 8-8 on the season and 2-2 in MAC play, while the Broncos fall to 10-7 overall and 2-2 in league action. "Obviously we are very proud of our guys tonight," head coach Billy Taylor said. "Our guys played with great energy and we got great leadership from our guards, particularly Brawley (Chisholm), Randy (Davis) and Pierre (Sneed). Those guys did a tremendous job setting the tempo and getting us off to a good start. Western Michigan is a very talented, senior-laden team and our guys were ready with great intensity from the start."
Sophomore guard Randy Davis (Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth) paced four Cardinals in double figures as he scored a career-high 21 points in just 21 minutes of play. Davis did most of his damage from the charity stripe as he finished 14-of-16 from the line, including hitting 13 straight in the final five minutes of the game. Ball State hit 22-of-27 from the free throw line in the second half to secure the victory. Senior forward Terrence Watson (Detroit, Mich./Univ. of Mississippi) posted his second straight double-double as he scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a career-high 34 minutes. Sophomore guard Pierre Sneed (Chicago, Ill./Simeon) continued his strong play on both ends of the floor as he scored a career-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and worked hard on the defensive end against WMU leading scorer David Kool. "We have a lot of different guys who can step up for us in any given game," Taylor said. "Terrence gets a double-double again and was all over the court defensively and Pierre's great effort defensively and making mid-range jump shots was big for us. It is really good for our team to have multiple players step up and take advantage of the opportunities we are getting each game."
The Cardinals opened the game quickly as they scored the first four points and held a 6-2 lead six minutes into the game. After Western Michigan narrowed the gap to two, Ball State posted an 11-0 run to force a Broncos' timeout with BSU leading, 17-4. Sophomore forward Jarrod Jones (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) started the run with a runner in the lane and Watson highlighted the spurt with a pair of jumpers. Western Michigan was able to narrow the gap to nine points at 19-10, but the Cardinals posted a 14-4 run to take a 31-14 lead with just over two minutes left in the half. Senior guard Brawley Chisholm (Bronx, N.Y./Western Texas College) was the catalyst in the run as he scored five points, including Ball State's only three-pointer of the first half. The Cardinals took a 36-18 lead into the locker room as they connected on 61.5 percent (16-of-26) from the field in the first half. Watson, Sneed and Chisholm all led the offensive attack as they each scored nine first half points. Watson almost tallied a first half double-double as he had nine points and eight rebounds. Ball State's defense held Western Michigan to just 26.1 percent (6-of-23) shooting from the field in the opening frame. The Broncos also missed on all eight of their three-point shots in the first half. The Cardinals forced WMU into eight turnovers in the first half and turned those miscues into 11 points. Western Michigan came out of the locker room and posted an 8-2 run in the opening three minutes to narrow the BSU lead to 38-26. The Cardinals responded with six straight points as Davis nailed a three-pointer and junior forward Malik Perry (Philadelphia, Pa./Philadelphia Lutheran) scored three straight points. The Broncos kept battling as they posted a 7-2 run to pull with 13 points, but the Cardinals had an answer each time on the offensive end. Sneed nailed a jumper with 5:23 remaining to put the Cardinals ahead 57-43. Western Michigan lengthened the game down the stretch with full court pressure and fouling to send the Cardinals to the free throw line. Watson put the Cardinals ahead 66-56 with a free throw with 1:37 left in the game, but Kool nailed a contested three-pointer to pull within six points. The Cardinals iced the game at the charity stripe down the stretch as Davis hit six straight in the final 1:30 of the game and freshman guard Jauwan Scaife (Muncie, Ind./Muncie Central) nailed 3-of-4 to seal the victory. Ball State finished the game shooting 51.1 percent (24-of-47) from the field in the victory and 73.5 percent (25-of-34) from the free throw line. The Cardinals controlled the glass as well as they owned a 34-26 advantage on the boards, including 12 on the offensive end. Chisholm finished the night with 11 points off of the bench in 20 minutes of action. He was 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, while handing out three assists. Scaife chipped in seven points while Jones added six points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Western Michigan finished the game shooting 42.3 percent (22-of-52) from the field in the loss and 33.3 percent (7-of-21) from three-point land. Kool led all scorers with 22 hard-fought points before fouling out with 1:02 remaining in the game. Alex Wolf chipped in 18 points off of the bench as he nailed three three-pointers.
Official Basketball Box Score
Western Michigan vs Ball State
01/20/10 7 p.m. at Muncie, Ind. -- Worthen Arena
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VISITORS: Western Michigan 10-7, 2-2 MAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 HUTCHESON, Nate..... f 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 24
24 LAWSON, Donald...... c 2-4 0-0 0-2 4 2 6 3 4 1 3 2 1 25
01 WARD, Demetrius..... g 0-4 0-2 1-4 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 15
05 DOUGLAS, Mike....... g 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 17
23 KOOL, David......... g 7-14 2-5 6-6 0 3 3 5 22 4 4 0 2 39
03 McLEMORE, Martelle.. 3-6 2-5 2-2 2 2 4 4 10 1 3 0 1 24
15 WOLF, Alex.......... 5-6 3-4 5-5 1 0 1 2 18 1 2 0 1 23
25 BROWN, David........ 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
33 WHITFIELD, Flenard.. 5-10 0-0 3-4 2 1 3 5 13 2 1 0 0 30
TEAM................ 2 1 3 1
Totals.............. 22-52 7-21 17-24 12 14 26 29 68 12 16 2 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 6-23 26.1% 2nd Half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 42.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 11-14 78.6% Game: 70.8% 3
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HOME TEAM: Ball State 8-8, 2-2 MAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 WATSON, Terrence.... f 5-8 0-0 2-4 4 7 11 3 12 0 5 2 2 34
45 JONES, Jarrod....... f 3-9 0-1 0-0 2 5 7 4 6 1 3 2 0 23
03 DAVIS, Randy........ g 3-6 1-3 14-16 0 1 1 2 21 3 2 0 2 21
04 SCAIFE, Jauwan...... g 2-9 0-2 3-4 0 4 4 3 7 1 1 0 0 29
34 SNEED, Pierre....... g 5-6 0-0 3-3 1 1 2 3 13 0 1 1 0 31
01 PERRY, Malik........ 1-2 0-0 1-3 3 1 4 5 3 0 2 0 2 18
05 CHISHOLM, Brawley... 4-4 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 11 3 3 0 1 20
11 GREEN JR., Myron.... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 19
30 HUBBARD, Maurice.... 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
TEAM................ 2 1 3 1
Totals.............. 24-47 2-7 25-34 12 22 34 23 75 10 18 5 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-26 61.5% 2nd Half: 8-21 38.1% Game: 51.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 28.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 22-27 81.5% Game: 73.5% 6
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Officials: D.J. Cartensen, Chris Beaver & Kevin Ferguson
Technical fouls: Western Michigan-HUTCHESON, Nate; TEAM. Ball State-WATSON,
Terrence.
Attendance: 3032
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Western Michigan.............. 18 50 - 68
Ball State.................... 36 39 - 75
BSU's No. 01 fouled out at 2:05
WMU's No. 23 fouled out at 1:02
WMU's No. 33 fouled out at 0:07
Points in the paint-WMU 24,BSU 26. Points off turnovers-WMU 17,BSU 19.
2nd chance points-WMU 12,BSU 7. Fast break points-WMU 2,BSU 6.
Bench points-WMU 41,BSU 16. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-WMU 2nd-00:02, BSU 2nd-03:07.
Largest lead-WMU None, BSU by 21 1st-00:06.
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MUNCIE, Ind. -- David Kool scored 22 points and Alex Wolf added a career-high 18, but Western Michigan couldn't overcome a big first half deficit in losing at Ball State, 75-68, on Wednesday night. Kool moved into second all-time in career points at Western Michigan (10-7, 2-2 MAC) with 1,750, which is 38 points shy of tying Manny Newsome's school record. The Broncos could never get on track offensively in the first half against a staunch Ball State (8-8, 2-2 MAC) defense as the Cardinals jumped out to a 17-4 lead. Kool came back with back-to-back scores in the paint to cut the lead to nine, 17-8, with 8:42 to play. Baskets were still too few for WMU and Ball State went on an 19-7 run to go up by 21, 36-15, on Pierre Sneed's three-point play with six seconds left in the half. Alex Wolf hit three free throws with six-tenths of a second remaining to cut the deficit to 18, 36-18, at halftime.
The Broncos shot 26 percent and made only six field goals and no three-pointers in the opening half, while the Cardinals made 61.5 percent (16-26) of their shots, including nine buckets in the paint. Early in the second half, the Broncos went on an 8-0 run behind back-to-back McLemore triples to pull within 12, 38-26, less than three minutes into the half. Ball State responded with six in a row of its own to go back up by 18, 44-26, after a putback by Malik Perry with 15:30 remaining. The Broncos cut the lead to 12, 48-36, with 10:01 to go when Kool found Wolf in the left corner for a three-pointer and again with 9:15 to go when Kool hit two free throws, 50-38. The Broncos kept pushing and Wolf canned another three from the right wing to pull WMU within 10, 53-43, with 7:12 to play. BSU came back and hit back-to-back jumpers to go up 14, 57-43, with 5:22 to go. The Broncos kept hanging around and finally got the lead to single digits, 59-50, as Kool hit a three-pointer on the left wing to tie Booker James for second place in career scoring at Western Michigan with 4:11 on the clock. Ball State scored four in a row, but then Kool stole and inbounds pass and went in for a lay-up. Ball State turned the ball over again on the inbounds and Kool hit a step-back jumper to cut the lead to nine, 63-54, with 2:37 to go. The Broncos kept hitting three-pointers down the stretch as Wolf hit his fourth of the game to cut the deficit to six, 70-64, with 52 seconds to go and then it was five, 71-66, after Lawson's lay-up with 13 seconds to go. Ball State countered with 16-of-18 free throws in the final five minutes ot the game to hang on.
Guard Alex Wolf:(On scoring a career-high 18 points) "I was getting the ball in my hands and trying to create something for the team, but when you look at it, it's a loss. I'm not too excited about it."
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -Randy Davis made 14 of 16 from the free-throw line and scored 21 points as Ball State defeated Western Michigan 75-68 in Mid-American Conference play Wednesday night. Terrence Watson posted a double-double (12 points and 11 rebounds) and Pierre Snead added 13 points to the victory. The Cardinals (8-8, 2-2) started the game on a 17-4 run and would carry a 36-18 lead into halftime. The Bearkats (10-7, 2-2) would cut the lead down to 6 points off an Alex Wolf 3-pointer with 52-seconds left to make it 70-64. Ball State never trailed in the game and led by as many 21 in the first half. The Bearkats were led by David Kool's 22 points, 18 of which came in the second half. Wolf had 18 points and was 3 of 4 from 3-point range. Western Michigan's bench outscored its starters 41 to 27 and outscored Ball State's bench by 25.
Official Basketball Box Score -- 2nd Half
Western Michigan vs Ball State
01/20/10 7 p.m. at Muncie, Ind. -- Worthen Arena
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VISITORS: Western Michigan 10-7, 2-2 MAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 HUTCHESON, Nate..... f 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
24 LAWSON, Donald...... c 2-3 0-0 0-2 3 1 4 1 4 1 0 2 0 14
01 WARD, Demetrius..... g 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 7
05 DOUGLAS, Mike....... g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8
23 KOOL, David......... g 5-8 2-3 6-6 0 2 2 4 18 3 3 0 1 19
03 McLEMORE, Martelle.. 2-3 2-3 2-2 1 2 3 4 8 0 2 0 1 14
15 WOLF, Alex.......... 4-5 3-4 2-2 0 0 0 2 13 1 1 0 0 12
25 BROWN, David........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 WHITFIELD, Flenard.. 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 0 16
TEAM................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 16-29 7-13 11-14 7 8 15 20 50 10 8 2 3 100
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 6-23 26.1% 2nd Half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 42.3%
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 33.3%
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 11-14 78.6% Game: 70.8%
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HOME TEAM: Ball State 8-8, 2-2 MAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 WATSON, Terrence.... f 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 3 0 2 2 1 17
45 JONES, Jarrod....... f 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 10
03 DAVIS, Randy........ g 2-5 1-3 13-14 0 1 1 0 18 2 0 0 1 14
04 SCAIFE, Jauwan...... g 2-4 0-1 3-4 0 2 2 1 7 0 1 0 0 15
34 SNEED, Pierre....... g 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 17
01 PERRY, Malik........ 1-2 0-0 1-3 3 1 4 3 3 0 2 0 2 13
05 CHISHOLM, Brawley... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
11 GREEN JR., Myron.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
30 HUBBARD, Maurice.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM................ 1 1 1
Totals.............. 8-21 1-4 22-27 7 7 14 12 39 2 10 3 4 100
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-26 61.5% 2nd Half: 8-21 38.1% Game: 51.1%
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 28.6%
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 22-27 81.5% Game: 73.5%
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