MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State seeks its first conference victory this week while traveling to Kent State and continuing play in the Mid-American Conference. The Cardinals enter their third game in the MAC after falling in three-point shootouts against both Central Michigan and Western Michigan.
** Ball State has absorbed a pair of gut-wrenching defeats in the MAC so far. The Cardinals engineered a five-play, 97-yard two-minute drill touchdown to take a 34-30 lead at Central Michigan, but a victory was snatched from the Cardinals' hands in the final seconds. Last Saturday against Western Michigan, Ball State led 35-31 through three quarters but an interception contributed to consecutive WMU fourth-quarter TDs and a 45-35 deficit.