The Cardinals, who came into the game against James Madison as the top 3-point shooting team in the Mid-American Conference at .430, pulled within four points on the Turner basket after trailing by 11 just a minute earlier.
Instead, Ball State couldn’t manufacture the momentum it needed from the play, and the mistakes that hounded it most of the game continued as James Madison regrouped to claim a 72-52 nonconference victory in Worthen Arena.
“It was a tough game, and we didn’t play well,” Cardinals coach James Whitford said. “We got out-played, out-hustled, out-worked and out-coached for 40 minutes. We have to regroup, learn our lessons and move on.”