2019–20 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team

2019–20 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
2019–20 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Record	21–10 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach	Brady Sallee (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Audrey McDonald-Spencer; Ryan Patterson; Bri Kulas;
Home arena	Worthen Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
Ohio	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
Buffalo	9	–	9	.500	19	–	12	.613
Akron	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Miami (OH)	4	–	14	.222	11	–	20	.355
Bowling Green	3	–	15	.167	10	–	21	.323
West
Central Michigan	16	–	2	.889	23	–	7	.767
Ball State	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Western Michigan	10	–	8	.556	18	–	13	.581
Eastern Michigan	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Toledo	7	–	11	.389	14	–	17	.452
Northern Illinois	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367

† 2020 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by eighth year head coach Brady Sallee, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Arbrie Benson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Omaha Benson	Chicago, IL
G	1	Abi Haynes	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Lincoln	Vincennes, IN
G	2	Katie Helgason	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Greenfield Central	Greenfield, IN
G	5	Maliah Howard-Bass	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Columbus North	Columbus, IN
F	10	Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Keflavík	Reykjanesbær, Iceland
G	11	Sydney Freeman	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Central Noble	Albion, IN
F	13	Anna Gamarra	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Segle XXI	Barcelona, Spain
F	21	Blake Smith	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Carmel	Carmel, IN
G	22	Estel Puiggros	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Segle XXI	Manresa, Spain
G	23	Gabby Smith	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, IL
G	24	Jasmin Samz	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Wausaw	Wausau, WI
G	30	Anna Clephane	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Scott	Taylor Mill, KY
F	32	Oshlyn Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Chillicothe	Chillicothe, OH
F	34	Aliyah Walker	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Brownsburg	Indianapolis, IN
F	42	Annie Rauch	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Hilliard Darby	Hilliar, OH

Head coach

Brady Sallee (Thomas More)

Assistant coach(es)

Audrey McDonald-Spencer (Ball State)
Ryan Patterson (Malone)
Bri Kulas (Missouri)

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
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at IUPUI	W 65–48	0–1	IUPUI Gymnasium (612) Indianapolis, IN
November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, YouTube		at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 83–52	1–1	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (559) Fort Wayne, IN
November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, Bearcats TV		at Cincinnati	W 63–56	1–2	Fifth Third Arena (960) Cincinnati, OH
November 20, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Xavier	W 70–49	2–2	Worthen Arena (4,235) Muncie, IN
November 23, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Butler	W 74–70	3–2	Worthen Arena (4,192) Muncie, IN
November 28, 2019* 4:00 pm		vs. Lehigh Women's Basketball Bahamas Hoopfest Thanksgiving Classic	W 54–52	4–2	Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center Nassau, Bahamas
November 29, 2019* 7:00 pm		vs. Wisconsin Women's Basketball Bahamas Hoopfest Thanksgiving Classic	W 67–56	4–3	Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center (200) Nassau, Bahamas
December 7, 2019* 3:30 pm, ESPN+		Western Kentucky	W 91–86 ^OT	4–4	Worthen Arena (4,733) Muncie, IN
December 18, 2019* 6:30 pm		vs. Loyola Marymount Lobo Invitational	W 77–72	5–4	Dreamstyle Arena Alburqueque, NM
December 19, 2019* 7:00 pm		vs. Providence Lobo Invitational	W 52–51	6–4	Dreamstyle Arena Albuquerque, NM
December 20, 2019* 9:00 pm, Mountain West Network		at New Mexico Lobo Invitational	W 70–57	7–4	Dreamstyle Arena (4,728) Albuquerque, NM
December 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Urbana	W 84–49	8–4	Worthen Arena (947) Muncie, IN
MAC regular season
January 4, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Kent State	W 66–62	9–4 (1–0)	Worthen Arena (1,105) Muncie, IN
January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bowling Green	W 86–80 ^OT	10–4 (2–0)	Stroh Center (1,172) Bowling Green, OH
January 11, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Eastern Michigan	W 59–54	11–4 (3–0)	Worthen Arena (1,228) Muncie, IN
January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Central Michigan	W 66–39	11–5 (3–1)	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
January 18, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Ohio	W 79–71	11–6 (3–2)	Convocation Center (541) Athens, OH
January 22, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Buffalo	W 69–65	12–6 (4–2)	Worthen Arena (1,010) Muncie, IN
January 25, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Miami (OH)	W 80–63	13–6 (5–2)	Worthen Arena (1,315) Muncie, IN
January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Kent State	W 69–68	13–7 (5–3)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (1,521) Kent, OH
February 1, 2020 3:30 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan	W 68–65	14–7 (6–3)	Worthen Arena (5,238) Muncie, IN
February 8, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Akron	W 60–52	15–7 (7–3)	Worthen Arena (1,002) Muncie, IN
February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Toledo	W 60–58	16–7 (8–3)	Savage Arena (3,179) Toledo, OH
February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Buffalo	W 69–58	17–7 (9–3)	Alumni Arena (1,415) Buffalo, NY
February 19, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Illinois	W 97–89	18–7 (10–3)	Worthen Arena (1,334) Muncie, IN
February 22, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	W 61–58	18–8 (10–4)	Convocation Center (966) Ypsilanti, MI
February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Toledo	W 66–60	19–8 (11–4)	Worthen Arena (875) Muncie, IN
February 29, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Michigan	W 67–62	20–8 (12–4)	Worthen Arena (1,812) Muncie, IN
March 4, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Illinois	W 70–62	20–9 (12–5)	Convocation Center (564) DeKalb, IL
March 7, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Michigan	W 64–63 ^OT	21–9 (13–5)	University Arena (825) Kalamazoo, MI
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 7, 2020 approx. 5:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) Eastern Michigan Quarterfinals	W 64–63	21–10	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (960) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

^ "2019–20 Women's Basketball Schedule". 2019–20 Women's Basketball Schedule. Ball State Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
^ "Ball State Cardinals Schedule – 2019–20". Ball State Cardinals Schedule – 2019–20. ESPN. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

[1] "2019–20 Women's Basketball Schedule". 2019–20 Women's Basketball Schedule. Ball State Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

[2] "Ball State Cardinals Schedule – 2019–20". Ball State Cardinals Schedule – 2019–20. ESPN. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

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