Ballstatesports.com
If it’s possible to upstage a player breaking a school’s most hallowed women’s basketball record, Renee Bennett might have come close Wednesday night.
Senior forward Nathalie Fontaine became Ball State’s all-time scoring leader in stunning fashion on the final play of the game.
Yet the feel-good scene that spilled onto the Worthen Arena court wouldn’t have been the same if not for Bennett’s scoring splurge that lifted the Cardinals from a three-point deficit with four minutes left and delivered a 76-68 victory over Northern Illinois.
Fontaine was on the cusp of breaking the record when Ball State gained possession of the ball at half court, leading by six points with just 5 seconds to play.