Eastern Michigan Athletics
Wednesday, February 7
Muncie, Ind.
7 p.m.
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9-13, 5-6MAC
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Photo by: EMU Athletics/Andrew Mascharka
Lewis' Career-High Not Enough in Muncie
2/7/2018 9:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Courtnie Lewis tied a career-high with 29 points
MUNCIE, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – A career-high-tying performance by freshman Courtnie Lewis (Belton, Mo.-Belton) was not enough for the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team to overcome a short bench in a 91-85 defeat at Ball State University Wednesday, Feb. 7.
The Green and White (9-13, 5-6 MAC) finished the day 35-fo-78 from the field for its fifth straight game shooting above a 40.0 percent clip, while the Cardinals (19-4, 8-4 MAC) finished 30-of-61 from the floor for a 49.2 field goal percentage. EMU held the edge from beyond the arc, knocking down seven triples to BSU's two, but Ball State went 27-of-32 at the charity stripe to hold off Eastern Michigan.
Lewis led all scorers with a career-high 29 points, narrowly missing a double-double with nine rebounds. Three other Eagles reached double figures as redshirt junior Danielle Minott (Miami, Fla.-Miami Country Day (Syracuse)) finished with 13 points and redshirt freshman Corrione Cardwell (Cleveland, Ohio-New Tech East) and senior Micah Robinson (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron) chipped in 12 apiece. Cardwell's 12-point performance was a career-high, while she also registered three assists.
Eastern Michigan came out strong, running out to a 5-0 lead before Ball State battled back to even the score at 14 with 3:50 to go in the first quarter. The Cardinals gained their first lead of the game with three and a half minutes to go, and expanded their advantage to seven, 29-22, behind a 9-1 run. Jackson cut the deficit to five, knocking down a baseline jumper just before the buzzer to leave the score, 29-24, in favor of BSU through one quarter.
Just as they did in the first, the Eagles rattled off five straight points, capped by a Robinson triple to regain the lead, 31-29. A jumper spelled a three-minute scoring drought for the Cardinals and evened the score at 31. Trading buckets on both ends, the score was knotted at 39 with four minutes to go, until Eastern Michigan's offense caught fire. EMU doubled up BSU, 10-5, to close the half behind five points by Lewis and a clutch three-point play by redshirt junior Lorraine Enabulele (Ajax, Ontario-Notre Dame (Kansas)) to take a five-point lead into the break.
EMU saw its lead erased in a hurry as BSU used a 14-2 run over the first five minutes of the half to take a 58-51 lead. The Green and White turned the ball over six times and used two timeouts to try and slow the Cardinals, but could not get any closer than five as Ball State led 69-60 into the final period.
In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals pushed their advantage to a game-high 11, 85-74, with 2:33 left to play. The Eagle defense tightened up from that point, forcing the Cardinals to get their points at the charity stripe down the stretch, but fouls piled up as the Eagles fell short, 91-85.
Eastern Michigan is back in action against the University of Akron at home Sunday, Feb. 11. Tipoff between the Eagles and Zips is scheduled for 2 p.m.
The Green and White (9-13, 5-6 MAC) finished the day 35-fo-78 from the field for its fifth straight game shooting above a 40.0 percent clip, while the Cardinals (19-4, 8-4 MAC) finished 30-of-61 from the floor for a 49.2 field goal percentage. EMU held the edge from beyond the arc, knocking down seven triples to BSU's two, but Ball State went 27-of-32 at the charity stripe to hold off Eastern Michigan.
Lewis led all scorers with a career-high 29 points, narrowly missing a double-double with nine rebounds. Three other Eagles reached double figures as redshirt junior Danielle Minott (Miami, Fla.-Miami Country Day (Syracuse)) finished with 13 points and redshirt freshman Corrione Cardwell (Cleveland, Ohio-New Tech East) and senior Micah Robinson (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron) chipped in 12 apiece. Cardwell's 12-point performance was a career-high, while she also registered three assists.
Eastern Michigan came out strong, running out to a 5-0 lead before Ball State battled back to even the score at 14 with 3:50 to go in the first quarter. The Cardinals gained their first lead of the game with three and a half minutes to go, and expanded their advantage to seven, 29-22, behind a 9-1 run. Jackson cut the deficit to five, knocking down a baseline jumper just before the buzzer to leave the score, 29-24, in favor of BSU through one quarter.
Just as they did in the first, the Eagles rattled off five straight points, capped by a Robinson triple to regain the lead, 31-29. A jumper spelled a three-minute scoring drought for the Cardinals and evened the score at 31. Trading buckets on both ends, the score was knotted at 39 with four minutes to go, until Eastern Michigan's offense caught fire. EMU doubled up BSU, 10-5, to close the half behind five points by Lewis and a clutch three-point play by redshirt junior Lorraine Enabulele (Ajax, Ontario-Notre Dame (Kansas)) to take a five-point lead into the break.
EMU saw its lead erased in a hurry as BSU used a 14-2 run over the first five minutes of the half to take a 58-51 lead. The Green and White turned the ball over six times and used two timeouts to try and slow the Cardinals, but could not get any closer than five as Ball State led 69-60 into the final period.
In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals pushed their advantage to a game-high 11, 85-74, with 2:33 left to play. The Eagle defense tightened up from that point, forcing the Cardinals to get their points at the charity stripe down the stretch, but fouls piled up as the Eagles fell short, 91-85.
Eastern Michigan is back in action against the University of Akron at home Sunday, Feb. 11. Tipoff between the Eagles and Zips is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Team Stats
EMU
BSU
FG%
.449
.492
3FG%
.350
.143
FT%
.667
.763
RB
41
39
TO
21
22
STL
9
13
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
29
FGM
12
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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