Ball State women’s basketball will host Ohio University in a clash of Mid-American Conference leaders — the Cardinals (14-4, 6-1 MAC) are on top of the MAC West standings, and the Bobcats (16-3, 8-0 MAC) are first in the MAC East.
Both teams are ranked in the top 50 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s RPI rankings, and Cardinal head coach Brady Sallee said it would also be a game of conflicting styles.
“There’s no doubt it’s going to be a game of, 'Can our inside play beat their perimeter play?'” he said. “We’ve got to be better at what we do than they are at what they do.