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UPSET IN SOUTH BEND!
Cardinals knock off No. 8 Notre Dame 80-77. Tayler Persons scores 24 points and hits the game-winning 3 in the final seconds!
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𝙏𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 😤
A fixture in Indiana basketball, @CoachMikeLewis brings the energy. 🔋🔋🔋
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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1000.
We honored Payton Sparks tonight with a ball presented by Coach Lewis. Congratulations Payton on reaching 1000 career points.
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IT'S FINAL!
Ball State 71, Valpo 70
Tayler Persons does it again! Another game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds as the Cardinals run the winning streak to five games!
#ChirpChirp
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This was a big one!
✅ MAC West Championship
✅ No. 3 seed and tourney bye
✅ Headed to Cleveland
#GoodNightAndGoodSports
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"Expect greatness from yourself."
@CoachMikeLewis and the team already hard at work on this One Ball State Day.
#ChirpChirp l #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 111, Akron 106 (2OT)
Tahjai Teague finishes with 26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists. Tayler Persons (26), Trey Moses (20), Kyle Mallers (18) and Sean Sellers (10) add double figures ... Cards now 13-8 (4-4 MAC). #WeFly
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MOVING ON!!!
The Cards are headed to Cleveland after an opening-round win over Eastern Michigan! Next up: No. 3 seed Bowling Green in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsEMU
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 75, Ohio 68
Trey Moses finishes with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Tayler Persons also scores 16. Kyle Mallers (14) and Jeremie Tyler (13) also score double figures. Cardinals improve to 11-5 (2-1 MAC).
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You only score your first college points once.
Welcome to the team Luke Brown.
#WeFly l #ChirpChirp
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This group played together and had a blast doing it. Had a real chance to make some noise this week, but circumstances are what they are. Bummed especially for Tahj, Kyle and Josh, but grateful for the legacy they leave. From Costa Rica to Hawaii to Worthen, it was a fun year.
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THE CARDINALS DEFEND THE NEST!!!
@jarron_coleman has a team-high 22. @PaytonSparks6 and @_Demariusjacobs both finish in double figures.
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 82, Central Michigan 76
Jeremie Tyler leads five double-figure scorers with 21 points. Tayler Persons has 12 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Trey Moses logs 13 points and 11 rebounds. Cards improve to 12-6 (3-2 MAC).
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‼️BREAKING NEWS‼️
The Cardinals are really good at basketball🏀 But that’s no surprise😏
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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THAT'S A CARDINAL VICTORY!!!
@jarron_coleman and @PaytonSparks6 both finish with double-doubles!!
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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From head coach James Whitford on the passing of Zach Hollywood, a beloved member of our team ...
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 72, Eastern Michigan 62
The winning streak is alive at 9 games! Cards win the @MACsports opener behind 17 points from Kyle Mallers. Trey Moses scores 13 and grabs 10 rebounds. Tahjai Teague adds 12 points.
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THAT'S A 7-GAME WINNING STREAK!!!
Cardinals defend the home court with a big @MACSports victory!!!. @PaytonSparks6, @jarron_coleman, @JaylinSellers, and @basheerjihad11 all finish in double figures.
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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CARDS DEFEND THE NEST‼️
@JaylinSellers, @luke_bumbalough, @basheerjihad11, @_Demariusjacobs, and @PaytonSparks6 all finish in double figures!!
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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There's been a lot of love for
@CoachMikeLewis
since the announcement of him leading the Cards.
We had coach sit down to go through some of the awesome messages from Cardinal Nation!
#ChirpChirp l #WeFly
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Head coach Michael Lewis statement on the passing of Bob Knight at the link below:
bit.ly/3QpZZoe
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365 days ago, something pretty special happened ... another big-time road opportunity tonight.
Ball State Sports
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FATT HILL ARE YOU KIDDING ME🤯🤯
#SCTop10
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Much love to the Muncie community and students in @TheNestBSU for showing out today! Worthen was rockin! We could feel your support and your energy! #ChirpChirp #WeFly
Photos courtesy @_KyleCrawford
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On Dec. 10, 1988, Rick Majerus' Cardinals defeated Purdue, 70-56, in front of a standing-room only crowd in the old Irving Gym en route to a 29-3 season and the NCAA Tournament.
The teams get together Saturday at Purdue for the first meeting in six years.
#TBT | #ChirpChirp
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Congratulations to Coach James Whitford on earning his 100th career victory today!
He is only the 3rd coach to reach 100 wins at BSU, joining Jim Hinga and Ray McCallum.
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!
BSU leads wire-to-wire to snap Toledo’s 10-game winning streak with a resounding win on the opening night of @MACSports play. Tayler Persons scores 21, Tahjai Teague goes for a double-double.
NEXT: Tues. (7pm) vs. EMU at home
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsTOL
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Basketball is a big deal, but @CoachMikeLewis is here for so much more.
Who's 🔥'd up!?!
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 87, Kent State 68
Trey Moses matches his career-high with 22 points, while Tahjai Teague goes for 20 points and a career-best 13 rebounds. Cards win for the 4th time in 5 games to improve to 16-9 (7-5 MAC). #ChirpChirp #WeFly
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To everyone who joined us in South Bend last night ... to those who gathered and sang the fight song after the game ... to the students who waited past midnight to greet us when we returned to campus ...
THANK YOU!
What a night!
👏👏👌👌
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CARDINALS WWWWWWIN!!!
Ball State extends its winning streak to six games!!! @jarron_coleman and @_Demariusjacobs both finish with 20+ points!!!
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 99, Toledo 71
Cards take down MAC co-leader Toledo for the second time this year! Ishmael El-Amin (18) and Zach Gunn (16) score career highs. Tayler Persons also scores 18, and Tahjai Teague posts another double-double. BSU now 18-9 (9-5 MAC). #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!!!
BSU finishes strong and takes down 2018 Final Four team Loyola Chicago behind 22 points from K.J. Walton, 14 from Tahjai Teague and 12 each from Zach Gunn and Tayler Persons.
Make it 5 wins in a row!
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsLUC
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Congratulations to @SeanSellers34, the new Ball State 3-point king! Sellers now has 2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ treys in his career, surpassing Jesse Berry's previous school record of 224. 3️⃣👑
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Congratulations to Tahjai Teague on reaching 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ points for his career!
@leroyohboy becomes to 33rd all-time member of the Cardinals’ 1,000-Point Club.
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #1KCards
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The ball reversal to Luke Bumbalough who drains a 3 for his first collegiate bucket. Cards leading 20-8 with 10:56 to go in the first half.
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsDEF
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CARDINALS WIN!!!
Trey Moses’ tip-in lifts BSU to a third straight win! Tayler Persons leads the way with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Cards improve to 14-11 (5-7 MAC).
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsAKR
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Tayler Persons drains a top-of-the-key 3 with 3.3 seconds left, and the Cardinals lead it 71-70!!! Timeout on the floor.
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👀 👀 👀
Persons doing his best Pistol Pete Maravich impersonation ... the sweet behind-the-back look to Mallers for the finish ...
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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THANK YOU Muncie for showing out on red-out night.
BIG. TIME. WIN ⚪️🔴
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!!!
Tayler Persons (29 points), Trey Moses (22) and Tahjai Teague (14) score all but seven of Ball State’s points. Cardinals improve to 12-11 (3-7 MAC).
NEXT: Home Saturday (2pm) vs Western Michigan
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsNIU
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🚨 MILESTONE ALERT 🚨
With just one more assist, @TaylerPersons8 will join an exclusive club of active Division I players with at least 1,500 career points and 500 career assists.
That list currently includes just one player -- Jon Elmore of Marshall. 😮
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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Welcome home, @Gohamjdub!
Thrilled to have former Ben Davis sharpshooter Jalen Windham in the fold. The 2019 Indiana All-Star spent his freshman year with the No. 7 team in the country. Now he’ll be filling up buckets in Worthen Arena!
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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"They showed me exceptional love."
@Gohamjdub is excited to join @BallStateSports after his transfer from Creighton this offseason.
#WeFly l #ChirpChirp
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CARDINALS WWWWWWIN!!!!!! BSU makes it 6-straight victories!!
For the 4th-straight game, 5 Cardinals finished in double figures!! @PaytonSparks6 and @Mickeypearson24 both record double-doubles.
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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Your Cardinals walk away with the W in the inaugural Indy Classic‼️
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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The Cardinals return to Worthen Arena tomorrow night as a Top 50 team!
BSU is No. 49 nationally in the NCAA's latest NET rankings.
Check 'em out ➡️ ncaa.com/rankings/basketball…
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 77, Northern Illinois 68
Seventh victory in the past eight to move within a game of first place. Trey Moses goes for 23 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks. Tayler Persons adds 14 points and 5 assists. Cards now 19-9 (10-5 MAC). #ChirpChirp #WeFly
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Thirty years after leading our program to a school-record 29 wins and our first NCAA Tournament victory, Rick Majerus is headed for the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. #CBHOF
MORE ➡️ ballstatesports.com/Majerus-…
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Congrats to one of our alumni Al Gooden for winning his 500th career game!
He's the first Black HS coach in Indiana to win 500 games!
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 70, Jackson State 54
Make it 7 wins in a row! Kyle Mallers posts a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Francis Kiapway and Sean Sellers also score 11. Trey Moses grabs 11 boards.
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CARDINALS WWWWIN!!!
BSU defeats CMU to make it 4-straight wins. @Mickeypearson24, @_Demariusjacobs, @JaylinSellers, @PaytonSparks6, and @basheerjihad11 all finish in double digits.
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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“Life is deeper than basketball ... I love my teammates.”
@TaylerPersons8 finding some perspective after tonight’s loss to NIU in the regular season finale.
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Ball State 90, Akron 75
Double-doubles for Trey Moses (22 pts, 13 rebs) & Tahjai Teague (21 pts, 10 rebs). Tayler Persons adds 18 points. Cardinals pull away in the second half to improve to 17-9 (8-5 MAC). Home Saturday for Toledo at 2pm. #ChirpChirp #WeFly
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Trey Moses was officially presented the 2020 @NCAA Inspiration Award last night in Anaheim.
Trey's impact off the court has always been as great as, if not greater than, all his accolades in the game. He continues to share his powerful story.
📰 ballstatesports.com/news/202…
#WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!
Final Score: Ball State 93, Indiana State 85
Five BSU players score double figures: Persons (18), Sellers (14), Teague (13), Walker (13), Kiapway (11) ... Cardinals shoot 61.7 percent as a team and make 11 of 19 from 3-point range.
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Ball State 59, Bowling Green 56
Tayler Persons with his THIRD game-winning 3 of the year. He finishes with 15 points & 5 assists. Trey Moses (12) & Tahjai Teague (11) also score double figures. Cards improve to 15-9 (6-5 MAC). #ChirpChirp #WeFly
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Cardinals Win!
Ball State 79, North Florida 65
@treymoses32 leads the way with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists ... The winning streak now stands at 6 games. #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN!!!
K.J. Walton goes for a career-high 24 points, including 16 in the second half. Tayler Persons scores 21. Cardinals improve to 11-7 (2-3 MAC).
NEXT UP: Tues. (7pm) vs. Miami at Worthen Arena.
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BSUvsCMU
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Make it 2-0 in @MACSports play with wins over both reigning division champs, including the two-time defending league champion Bulls.
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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CARDINALS WIN‼️CARDINALS WIN‼️
The @BallState student section showed up huge tonight. BSU feed off their energy and had 6 players score double digits for the 1st time since 2018‼️
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #MuncieOut
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Ball State 75, Toledo 63
BSU hands Toledo just its second MAC loss as Cards improve to 14-8 (5-4). Tayler Persons finishes with 16 points, 8 rebounds & 8 assists. Tahjai Teague (21 pts, 11 rebs) & Trey Moses (15 pts, 14 rebs) notch double-doubles. #ChirpChirp
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With his 21 points tonight, @TaylerPersons8 reached the 1,000-point mark for his career. Only a junior, Persons needed just 69 collegiate games to join the 1,000-Point Club.👌👌
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CARDINALS WIN!
Ball State 75, Florida A&M 54
That's 8️⃣ in a row now. Tahjai Teague led the way with 16 points. Trey Moses had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
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The campus party planner has your weekend plans covered‼️
RED OUT🔴
FRIDAY 6:30p.m.🕰️
WORTEN ARENA🏀
500 NEST VOUCHERS🎟️
And @elonmusk, get our coach his Twitter back!
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CARDINALS WIN‼️CARDINALS WIN‼️
@_1Montana1_ hits the game winner for BSU‼️
@LukeBumbalough scores 21 and @PaytonSparks6 scores 20‼️
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #Family
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Welcome to the family, @LukeBumbalough!
New Castle’s Luke Bumbalough signed his NLI today. His scoring and dishing skills will keep BSU opponents on their toes for years to come.
Whitford says: “He’s the type of leader and point guard every team wants.”
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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With the regular season officially complete, the Cardinals have secured the No. 4 seed and a first-round bye in the @MACSports Tournament. BSU will play Thursday in Cleveland against either Kent State or Northern Illinois. #ChirpChirp #WeFly
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Back-to-back 3-balls from Luke.
K.J. adds a bucket, and the lead swells to 54-30 as we tick under 10 minutes to play at UIC.
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Our guy @TaylerPersons8 joined a pretty exclusive club yesterday. So exclusive it only has three members at the moment.
Ladies and gentlemen, you're active Division I players with at least 1,500 career points and 500 career assists ...
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #BucketsAndDimes
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.@BallState students, you don't want to miss this opportunity!! ALL STUDENTS will receive one voucher for a free 🌭, 🍕, 🥤, or 🍺!! Let's pack The Nest!!
#ChirpChirp x #WeFly
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This guy is now the active leader in both career points and career assists among active @MACSports players ...
1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ POINTS
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More big things still to come from @TaylerPersons8! 💪
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly
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