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The Ball State Daily News sports section got the travel day out of the way yesterday, and today was all focused on coverage.
Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) held the first senate meeting after spring break March 12. The meeting started by welcoming Larry Gerstein, director of the university's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies who talked about Peace Plaza, a monument located between the College of Architecture and Planning and the Miller College of Business.
Ball State’s Financial Wellness Department has launched a program designed to help students better understand financial concepts. According to the department's website, services include budget planning assistance and financial strategies for financing larger purchases, such as an apartment or car.
MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State baseball head coach Rich Maloney woke up Tuesday morning approaching the game against Purdue Fort Wayne just as any other game, but it wasn't just any other game. Rich Maloney had his first chance of reaching win number 1,000.
Tonight: A calm night is in store for this evening. Lows will drop into the mid-40s with partly cloudy skies and calm winds as well. It should be a great night to take a walk while wearing a light jacket.
MUNCIE, Ind. – Teachers and students come back from spring break vacations assuming the weather would stay cold and brittle, but the exact opposite happened.
Shelby Anderson is a first-year journalism major and writes “Shelby’s Scribbles” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.
MUNCIE, Ind. — The new YMCA near Muncie Central opened its doors to the public earlier this week. The grand opening welcomed Muncie residents of all ages and backgrounds, celebrating a project worth many years in the making.
In this episode of 9-1-1: What’s Your Hot Take, Sam and Willow discuss what they think will happen in the second half of season 8.
CLEVELAND – When Ball State women’s head coach, Brady Sallee, is up during the “lonely hours” in his hotel finding it hard to sleep, he is thinking of getting his seniors a Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship.
CLEVELAND — In Ball State’s Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament opening contest against Western Michigan, the seniors put on a show for the Cardinal faithful. The women’s basketball “Core Four” seniors have been around the block in Cleveland, and the additions of Elise Stuck, Maliyah Johnson and Lachelle Austin have built a strong foundation for the Cardinals. The seven seniors scored all but two of the 82 points.Here was how the seniors performed in this morning’s contest.Ally BeckiBecki, the MAC Player of the Year, showed why she earned that award against the Broncos. Becki scored 14 points on 6-for-9 from the field and knocked down one from deep. She added eight assists, three rebounds and a steal in her 32 minutes played. Becki has played over 30 minutes in every game this season and has been shining over the last few weeks. Lachelle AustinAustin is in her first year with the Cardinals but is no stranger to Cleveland and the MAC. She transferred after playing three seasons at Eastern Michigan. The Eagles made it to Cleveland twice in her three seasons in Ypsilanti.She scored seven points on 3-for-11 from the field and one three-ball knocked down. She had two rebounds and seven assists as well. Austin also played 32 minutes in the contest.She drained a deep three to send the game into halftime on a shot that felt like all but drained the wind out of the Broncos’ sails.Marie KieferThe MAC Defensive Player of the Year performed on both ends of the court against Western Michigan. Kiefer had a steal and a block on the defensive end.She scored 10 points and had 13 rebounds for the double-double. Kiefer played 33 minutes in the contest and was a force cleaning the glass throughout.Kiefer’s double-double was an impressive showing of the strong play she has had all season. Alex RichardRichard has been the most consistent player for Ball State over the last month of MAC play. She was yet again the most sound Cardinal on offense, shooting 8-for-12 from the field with 17 points. Richard led the team in scoring and added five rebounds, an assist and a steal. Although her performance felt “quiet,” her presence in the paint is always felt. Richard played 25 minutes in a game where she sat more than she has throughout the MAC slate.Madelyn BischoffBischoff continued to shoot the ball well from beyond the arc with four three-balls falling. She scored 14 points on 5-for-10 from the field.She had eight rebounds, two assists and a block in a team-leading 38 minutes. Every time the Broncos got it close, Bischoff hit big threes to pull the lead back away.Maliyah JohnsonJohnson had six points off the bench on 2-for-3 from the field. She has been a major piece off the bench for head coach Brady Sallee and his staff of the year. In her seven minutes on the floor, she was 2-for-2 from the charity stripe and had two rebounds.Elise StuckSince returning from injury, Stuck had not seemed like her full self. Today was the first game she had seemed to be back in full swing.She scored 12 points on 4-for-7 from the field and knocked down the only three-ball she took. Stuck had six rebounds and two assists in her 17 minutes on the floor.She was a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line as well. Stuck is one of the best players in the MAC when it comes to drawing fouls, and makes it worth while by knocking down all her shots.Contact the DN Sports team via email at sports@bsudailynews.com or via X @dn_sports
CLEVELAND — Ball State put on an offensive clinic in the opening game of the 2025 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament. The No. 1 seeded Cardinals took down the No. 8 seed Broncos in a 82-53 contest, in which the Cardinals led for 37 of the 40 minutes.Here are three takeaways from the quarter-final round win.Both sides live and die by the three-ballBall State took a healthy amount of shots from deep in the morning contest of the MAC Tournament’s opening day of games. The Cardinals have not been a team that relies on the deep ball throughout the season, but took nine in the opening frame.The Cardinals hit 6.7 three-balls per game, and are knocking them down at a 31.7 percent. In the opening frame, Ball State was 3-for-9 from deep and senior Madelyn Bischoff hit two of the three. Western Michigan was also taking advantage of the deep shot, shooting seven and knocking down three of them. Neither team shot at an impressive rate, but took a lot of open shots.In the second frame, neither squad had things rolling. At the 3:13 timeout, both teams were 0-for-4 from deep. The last three minutes did not improve much either, as Ball State went 1-for-5 and had not hit one until Lachelle Austin’s buzzer beater to close out the half. Western Michigan was not much higher at 0-for-6.The first half was a preview of more to come in the second half. Ball State went on to shoot 3-for-8 in the second half and 7-for-22 on the game — shooting from deep at 31.8 percent.Cardinals dominate the boardsIt feels like beating the same drum over and over again, but Ball State has dominated teams on the glass all season. The size, and depth of size, on this Ball State roster is arguably the deepest in the MAC.Ball State starts two six-footers in Marie Kiefer and Alex Richard. Coming off the bench are two more six-footers with Maliyah Johnson and Elise Stuck. Outside of them, freshman Grace Kingery stands at 5-feet 11-inches, the Cardinals do not lack size or length on either end of the floor.Defensively, Ball State has MAC Defensive Player of the Year Marie Kiefer roaming the paint, blocking shots. Beside her, one of the better defensive players in the conference, Alex Richard provides a strong defensive presence.As a team, Ball State scored 38 paint points, 12 more than Western Michigan’s 26. It has been a recurring theme of the Cardinals outsourcing opponents in the paint this season. On the glass, Ball State out-rebounded Western Michigan 44-to-26, a category in which the Cardinals are leading their opponents by an average of four rebounds per game.Of those 44 rebounds, 13 were offensively, allowing the Cardinals to score 19 second chance points. 31 defensive rebounds kept the ball out of Western Michigan’s hands, and the Broncos only scored four second chance points.The size of this lineup is one that has propelled the Cardinals often in their 16 MAC wins. Lookout for Ball State to continue to play in its size and to rely more on their paint production over shooting the deep ball.Ball State’s seniors lead the wayMaking their third or fourth trips to Cleveland for the MAC Tournament, Ball State’s seniors were shining in todays’ contest.Outside of Elise Stuck and Maliyah Johnson, all of the senior Cardinals have made multiple trips to Rocket Arena to compete. Lachelle Austin, the Eastern Michigan transfer, played in the 2022 tournament with the Eagles. 80 of Ball State’s points were scored by its seniors today. Leading the way scoring was Alex Richard with 17 points. She shot 66.6 percent from the field and knocked down all but four of her shots. MAC Player of the Year Ally Becki had one of her best games in Cleveland with 14 points, three rebounds and eight assists. Her eight assists led the team.Keifer led the way cleaning the glass with 13 rebounds and a block adding on to her Ball State record. Kiefers’ presence and length in the paint is a tall challenge for teams, which was recognized with her wining the MAC Defensive Player of the Year award.The Defensive Player of the Year did not lack offensively though, as she tallied a double-double with 10 points to go with the abundance of rebounds.Having an experienced roster that has been through the challenged of the MAC Tournament can be a difference maker compared to past Cardinal teams. The leadership was there for those squads under Sallee the last few seasons, but this team has the leadership, experience and talent that jumps off the charts.With the win, Ball State will play the winner of No. 4 Kent State and No. 5 Miami (OH) March 14 at 10 a.m. in the semifinals with a chance to advance to the MAC Championship game.Contact Logan Connor via email at logan.connor@bsu.edu or via X @_loganconnor.
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With a 1-1 count and the play at first, Purdue-Fort Wayne infielder Kevin Hall hits a grounder to second, leading to the easy out. Just like that, Ball State head coach Rich Maloney reached his 1,000th career win. Ball State (12-5, 3-0 MAC) came back from a 7-1 deficit in the bottom of the second and defeated Purdue-Fort Wayne (1-14, 0-0 Horizon) yesterday in an offensive bout to continue Maloney’s legacy. Even though the significance of this milestone seems priceless, Maloney never really gave it any special attention, as to him it's just another day doing what he loves and values most. “To me, it’s just another game really. I'm just being honest,” he said. "But I realized because people were calling me and started to text me last night, even before we had won the game. It's those relationships that matter most. I'm just so thankful.”To Maloney, it’s those relationships that truly bring this together in full circle.“My college coach Fred Decker was here, and he had a great influence on my life, and I'm thankful for that,” Maloney said. “My dad and my brother were able to make it back from Detroit. Even Mike Shebek, who they named the stadium after, flew in from South Carolina to be here. I mean, it goes on and on and on.”With all those people mentioned, Maloney credits one more than just on occasion. His son and assistant coach Alex Maloney has been with him throughout the whole journey leading up to this very moment.Alex played for Ball State from 2014-2017 under his dad, so being able to witness a purpose coaching the sport you love can bring you led to Alex following in his father’s footsteps. “It’s great to be able to come to games and practice everyday, and get a blueprint of how to do it,” Alex said. “I'm just trying to take in everything and learn something new every single day. Hopefully one day I can get an opportunity at someplace to be a head coach myself, but right now it's pretty nice to be able to learn under such a historically great coach.”To Alex, seeing his father reach 1,000 wins was nothing short of astounding, especially with the site of the milestone being at a ballpark that not just the father and son duo love and cherish dearly, but the entire Maloney family.“ It’s amazing because we have our whole family here,” Alex said. “ This is a very special place. My father brought me in for the first time as a player, and I ultimately met my wife here.“My brother and sister share the same admiration for this place as well. It's a special deal and a true family affair. I'm grateful to coach at my alma mater and under my father, so this program means a lot to our family. We're just so very lucky to experience this all together.”The journey for Rich may have come with trials and tribulations, but he wouldn’t trade any of it back. Not one bit. To him, reaching 1,000 wins didn't just add a positive moment to his career, it added an optimistic outlook to himself as a man. “Today is one of those days where you realize the reflection becomes real, and your heart of gratitude, it's overwhelmed with granted gratitude for the privilege to be a coach for this long,” Rich said. “Now, I think moving forward in the future, I think it's going to be rare for guys to coach 30 years.”Rich Maloney stays true to his reason to keep going, with it not only carrying him for the last 29 years, but also fulfilling the purpose of what he believes he was born to do. “What kept me going throughout the years was my love for the players, my love for the challenge of building,” Rich said. “Building a team first and foremost, then building a stadium, essentially building a culture.“Right before I left for Michigan, I had a dream to build a stadium here. I didn't expect to ever come back here, but through fate, I had a chance to come back and rebuild it. Although my wife loved her experience here at Ball State, she was on the fence about coming back to Muncie. But then I said ‘No, we’re going to finish what we started here.”Not only did that dream come true, but the dream continues and doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. The Cardinals look to add on their six game winning streak with a three-game series against the Toledo Rockets (5-10, 1-2 MAC) kicking off Friday, March 14th at 3:00 pm at Shebek Stadium. Contact Calvin Scott with comments at calvin.scott@bsu.edu or on X @CalvinAJScott.
MUNCIE Ind— Ball State Head Baseball coach Rich Maloney played against his alma mater, Western Michigan.
MUNCIE, Ind.— The culture change between Brazil and Indiana took more than one season for Ball State men’s volleyballs setter to adjust to. However, Lucas Machado has improved on and off the court.
The Ball State Daily News sports team has made the trip to Cleveland for the Mid-American Conference Basketball Tournament. The sports team consists of freshmen Logan Connor and Titus Slaughter, juniors Zach Carter, Elijah Poe, and Andrew Berger and senior Derran Cobb.Logan and Elijah will cover Ball State’s women’s team games while Titus and Andrew take photos. Zach will provide columns, opinion pieces and other content throughout the week as Derran keeps the social media followers up to date on the happenings of the team and games.Day oneTravel began at 9:30 a.m. where the crew departed from Scheumann Stadium. The first leg of the trip was full of sports talk — the guys call it “ball talk” — before arriving at the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio for a quick pit-stop. After that stop, the team continued their travel to Mansfield, Ohio, where they stopped for a quick lunch at Uncle John’s Place. Everyone ordered a cheeseburger of some sort, and one guy got an interesting reuben burger.After departing Uncle John’s, the team made the final hour of the trip to Cleveland. They drove by “The Shawshank Redemption” filming site but could not go in as it was closed. The last hour of the trip was full of more “ball talk” and some nap time.The team arrived in Cleveland, checked into their hotel, and walked over to dinner at Geraci’s Slice Shop. There were all meat slices, hot honey slices, and the slice of the day had pickle and ranch on it with bacon crumbles. The guys got back to their rooms around 8:15 p.m. and got last minute prep done for the Cardinals’ first game at 11 a.m. against Western Michigan.Contact the sports team via email at sports@bsudailynews.com or via X @dn_sports.
Tonight: Another clear and beautiful night is ahead for us. It will be slightly chillier than the last few with the low tonight being 39 degrees. The wind will be active tonight, blowing 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Ball State Soccer announced the hiring of Andy Stoots as the Cardinals next head soccer coach, according to a March 11 press release. Stoots takes over the Cardinal squad which failed to make the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament last season, it's first absence in three years.
Today: Sunny skies and warm temperatures with a high of 69 degrees.
