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FOR THE KIDS

The 10th-annual Ball State Dance Marathon took place from Saturday to Sunday in the Field Sports Building. The event raised $677,025 for Riley Hospital for Children.

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10th-annual Dance Marathon raises largest amount yet

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ore than 1,000 Cardinals helped raise just over $677,000 for Riley Hospital for Children during the 10th-annual Ball State University Dance Marathon.

The 13.1-hour event started at 1 p.m. Saturday, where dancers were

encouraged to stay on their feet for the entire time.

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Students reveal how much money was raised at the 10th-annual Riley Dance Marathon Sunday in the Field Sports Building. It is the largest philanthropy event on campus, raising over $670,000 this year to support various programs at Riley Hospital for Children.

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Although dancers were striving to raise $765,000 — a jump from last

year’s goal of $550,000 — this year’s total was still the highest ever and more than $67,000 higher than in 2016.

“We had a really ambitious goal with the 765 and that was to engage

in our Muncie community, and we knew that it was a big goal, but

with Dance Marathon you always shoot for the stars,” said BSUDM President Alyssa Van Fossen. “I think what is the most important is that we gave 100 percent and the Riley kids were our No. 1 focus.”

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Republican student group travels to national conference Patrick Calvert Politics Reporter The political landscape in the U.S. has changed quite a bit since the 2016 election, and nine students from the Ball State College Republicans got to see that change up close and personal last week.

Members of the club attended the multi-day Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland to meet fellow Republicans and hear party leaders speak.

The speakers at CPAC included President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Ted Cruz, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.

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Attendees heard from Trump, Pence, other party leaders

CARDINALS TIED FOR 1ST IN MAC Junior forward Moriah Monaco scores 1,000th career point

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The Ball State College Republicans pose with Matt Smith, a BSU alumnus and member of the American Conservative Union, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which took place Wednesday through Saturday.

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Pitching powers Ball State during tournament in South Carolina over the weekend.

Colin Grylls Sports Editor Ball State women’s basketball is now tied for first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division.

The Cardinals (20-8, 13-3 MAC) trailed the Central Michigan Chippewas (21-7, 13-3 MAC) 66-65 when sophomore guard Destiny Washington checked in with 7:01 remaining. Junior forward Moriah Monaco hit a layup with 6:31 on the clock to give Ball State the 67-66 lead on the sixth lead change of the fourth quarter.

Washington scored the next 10 points for the Cardinals as they extended the lead to 77-71, eventually winning 81-73.

“We knew we needed to buckle down and play on defense, and we needed stops and we needed to keep going,” Washington said. “So the thing that was on our mind was just to get stops and turn our defense into offense.”

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Report warns of state money fallout from health law repeal The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sobering report to governors about the potential consequences of repealing the Obama-era health care law warns that federal spending cuts probably would create funding gaps for states and threaten many people with the loss of insurance coverage.

The Affordable Care Act has two main components for expanding coverage: subsidized private health insurance available in all 50 states, and an optional Medicaid expansion that has been accepted by 31 states and the District of Columbia. Those two components of the health law cover more than 20 million people.

A report by the consulting firms Avalere Health and McKinsey & Company concluded that the changes under consideration by the GOP-led House would reduce significantly federal dollars for Medicaid and subsidized private insurance.

The effect on Medicaid would be farreaching. The federal-state program for low-income people covers more than 70 million Americans, many of whom have high health care needs.

The Associated Press obtained a copy

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of a slide presentation made by the consultants to governors meeting this weekend in Washington.

The report said the combination of phasing out Medicaid expansion money from the U.S. government, plus transforming the overall program from an open-ended federal entitlement to one that operates under a cap would likely result in state funding gaps. States that expanded Medicaid would face the deepest cuts.

States would get more flexibility to design their programs, but the money crunch could lead to cuts in eligibility, benefits, or payments to hospitals and other service providers. The impact of federal spending reductions would compound over time.

Reduced Medicaid spending could also hurt states with dampened economic activity and fewer jobs, the consultants said. Hospitals, which benefit from Medicaid coverage, are big employers in local communities. Costs of care for uninsured patients could become an issue.

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'Resist' graffiti on campus promotes needed conversation This past Friday, Ball State awoke to find “RESIST” painted in bold, stark white on five different brick walls around campus. The symbolism LEVI TODD is was glaring — just as Trump’s major a junior English campaign promise was building a wall at the USA-Mexico border, the major and mysterious painter also chose to post writes ‘Leave their message to various brick buildings it to Levi’ for across campus. I parked my bike near the Daily News. the Whisper Wall before my class on His views do Friday, and started beaming upon not necessarily seeing the encouragement to resist the Trump administration and its threats to agree with numerous communities. those of the Let’s get a few things clear: yes, newspaper. the vandalism was in violation of Write to Levi at Ball State’s university policy. Yes, it lctodd@bsu. was illegal. To be honest, I’m sure the edu. painter will be discovered in a few days and disciplined accordingly. And I’m sure they knew that going in — that level of awareness and commitment is something I admire, and of course I expect the university to act accordingly. That’s how civil disobedience works.

Because that’s what it is — civil disobedience is defined

by Merriam Webster as “refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government.” That sounds a lot like how Americans in the Boston Tea Party dumped British tea into the harbor — that was also a destruction of property. However, it symbolically represented an opposition to an unjust representation of the American people, and motivated a large body of people to fight against oppressive circumstances. I was taught to praise the Boston Tea Party’s significance since the third grade as a revolutionary act in the fight for American independence, and maybe the mysterious painter was, too.

Here’s what it comes down to: I have heard more clamor and appall over paint on a wall than I have about the thousands of refugees and American citizens who were unlawfully detained a few weeks ago, or the fact that transgender students now have to fear using public restrooms and attending school, or the fact that Trump banned The New York Times, CNN, and other major news organizations from his latest press briefing or the fact that he called for a National Guard invasion of Chicago. If you value a brick wall more than you do human life and liberties, then that’s a larger conversation we need to have.

And I know what you’re thinking: why couldn’t the artist just have protested peacefully? Because they succeeded in starting a conversation we needed to have. The majority of Ball State has mastered the art of ignoring anything political. The outcry that I’ve heard today is vastly larger than after any peaceful protest on campus. The artist wanted to get every person who claims to be “apolitical” to start talking, and they did.

So I’ll leave you with this. If you oppose the painted messages on campus, ask yourself if you’re just as outraged by the unlawful and discriminatory legislation the Trump administration is pursuing, and remember that every significant movement that we now respect (the American Revolution, the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Suffrage Movement, etc.) utilized civil disobedience and was regarded as criminal at the time.

And if you appreciated the call to step up — then do.

Use 5calls.org to call your local senators and reps and demand that they take action. Keep showing up to local demonstrations and protests. Donate to the ACLU and other legal defense funds to take unconstitutional legislation to court. Keep calling out your family and friends on their discriminatory language or defense of Trump’s actions. Remember that your children thirty years from now will ask what you did during this historic point in time. Make sure you’re able to tell them you resisted.

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Close-knit community Reagan Allen // DN

Yarn Stories is a yarn store located in downtown Muncie that sells knitting and crocheting supplies, along with other needles and fabrics. Yarn Stories’ three main goals are to educate the community, bring together and support the local fiber community and offer better quality and selection of fibers.

Local yarn store fosters friendships, hobbies for all ages, skill levels Justice Amick Daily News Reporter Editor’s note: Muncie Origins is a Ball State Daily News series profiling various businesses that originated in Muncie.

The sign on the front of an eclectic, colorful shop in downtown Muncie called Yarn Stories reads “Come in, we’re awesome.”

Yarn Stories sells a variety of knitting and crocheting supplies, along with other needles and fabrics. The store's goal is to fit every budget, with items starting at low as $3.

In August 2015, Lauren Back bought the store and joined as a co-owner. When the original owner decided to move, Back was left with the store all to herself.

Erica Ussery has more than 20 years of experience when it comes to a needle and yarn. She and her husband also own another business in Muncie, Monkey Paws Studio. Her business prints many of the designs for Yarn Stories and she is a teacher at the store.

When it comes to working at Yarn Stories, there's a lot that Ussery loves about the job.

"Oh god, [I love] everything," she said. "Lauren is absolutely wonderful. The community is absolutely wonderful. It's not just Lauren and I and the people who work here, it's everyone."

Yarn Stories is community focused. Its three main goals are to educate the community, bring together

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Aviva Haltom said Yarn Stories has done exactly that for her.

"I recently moved an hour away and I still come back here to spend time with the people I've met here and stay a part of this community," Haltom said.

She is currently working on a project of colorful socks.

Focusing on the community has fostered friendships between the workers and patrons of Yarn Stories.

"I've met a lot of really good friends here," Ussery said. "It's great because it's people from all walks of life. No one is better than anyone else here when it comes to crocheting or whatever you're doing. No one is here to judge."

The store has classes anyone can take, which cover basic skills of crocheting and knitting, among other skills.

Yarn Stories also hosts a Knit Night every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. This is a way for people in the community or those who already have a hobby in one of the skills to come and hang out while knitting.

There is always coffee and tea and a variety of people to talk to, something that Jonel Groscost, who is currently a stay-at-home mom, enjoys.

"This store is a great way for me to get out of the house and talk to other adults while I enjoy myself," she said. "Everyone is really supportive and interested in what you're doing and what you're making."

The excitement that Back, her employees and customers have for knitting, crocheting or any other skill is infectious and one can't help but contemplate starting a hobby of knitting. Plus, who doesn't need a nice fuzzy pair of colorful socks?

Contact Justice Amick with any questions or concerns at jramick@bsu.edu.

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SGA parody accounts help with engagement

Former presidents encourage incoming staff to continue Twitter tradition Devan Sticka & Rachel Page Daily News Reporters As the 2017-18 Student Government Association elections are drawing near, accompanying the speeches and debates comes the tradition of the SGA parody accounts on Twitter.

Starting with former SGA president Jack Hesser in 2015, the parody accounts have been used as a platform to spread both humor about and awareness of the elections.

“We created a fake Twitter account called '50 Shades of Blue,'” Hesser said. “The whole joke was that 'Fifty Shades of Gray' had just come out in theaters. We made up organizations and pretended like we were visiting the underwater basket weaving club and just had fun with it.”

Hesser said when transitioning out of office and welcoming in the new president after his run senior year, he and the other

staff leaving behind SGA encouraged the incoming staff to continue the parody accounts each year.

Current SGA president James Wells said the parody accounts have been carried out in good spirit.

“It’s been kind of a tradition for the past couple of years carrying over from president to president that a fake slate appears at nomination convention,” Wells said. “Mostly for fun but also to kind of be another way of bringing attention to the SGA elections.”

Continuing with the Fifty Shades theme started by Hesser, the latest parody, @ShadesBSU, took on “50 Shades of Transparency," satirizing the presidential election along with the SGA elections.

“We knew we could capitalize on the previous election and what has happened there and use that to bring more attention to the SGA elections this year,” Wells said. “We use it as a way to bring attention to the elections and to try to keep the slates on their toes and feet.”

Concerns pertaining to whether students knew the accounts were parodies have been brought up in the

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This year was the second time Andrew Hammers, a junior economics major and the chairman of the Ball State College Republicans, attended the conference.

"At the time [in 2016], we were very divided as a party because we all had our own candidate," Hammer said. "This year it is definitely 100 percent behind the president."

Hammer said he views CPAC as a meeting of different groups within the conservative movement — the officials and politicians who live their lives pursuing conservative policy and the grassroots movement. He also sees CPAC as a ”meeting of college Republicans” and recalls seeing a lot of college-aged students at the event.

"I think that sometimes conservatives are depicted in a way that they're angry and today in this experience that's not what we seen," Hammer said. “I think they are truly happy and inspired by the way the country is moving.”

Isaac Miller, a freshman political science major and vice chairman of the Ball State College Republicans, said his favorite aspect of the trip was meeting people from the conservative side of politics.

"The network experience that you get at this event, which is incredible, shaking hands, bumping elbows with people that are major in the political world," Miler said.

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Van Fossen has been involved in Dance Marathon since her freshman year and now, as a senior about to graduate, she said the experiences she has had with the kids from Riley are ones she will never forget.

“I’ve realized that life is so valuable and these Riley kids are the heroes of our lives,” she said.

Even though they didn’t meet the goal, BSUDM “created history,” Van Fossen said.

“I was slightly disappointed that we didn’t make it, but I’m still extremely proud of the result because we tried our hardest and every penny still counts,” said Jenny Carter, a senior marketing major. “That money is still going to help someone who needs it.”

The day was filled with multiple performances and activities, including a talent show and line dance sessions.

BSUDM members also had the opportunity to meet with children from Riley Hospital for Children whose stories sparked “inspiration and hope,” dancers in attendance said.

The audience heard from 11 patients, former patients and family members at Riley Children’s Hospital about their experiences at the hospital.

“Riley talks” included: the Cruz Family, Allen Family, Tamosaitis Family, Blackwell Family, Ogle Family, Halton Family, Deputy Family and DJ. All spoke with the same underlying message: how the hospital has greatly impacted and changed their lives.

Five-year-old Bet Blackwell, a Riley kid, was inspired by her sister to cut and donate inches of her hair at the event. It was her second Dance Marathon.

“I get to see all my buddies and do a lot of the events,” Blackwell said.

Zach Brown, a Ball State alumnus, joined 30 other Dance Marathon alumni at the event and said things “went well,” adding that he felt energized throughout the night.

“You have to step back from it a little bit because you’re so involved with it in college and [now] you have this new wave of people who are champions for Riley

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​ resident Trump speaks at CPAC on Wednesday.

P He spoke about the media, the First Amendment, the 2016 election, the border wall, jobs and infrastructure.

He described seeing Trump, Pence and other leaders of the Republican Party as a “once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Miller said he personally believes that the main demographic the conference

Hospital,” Brown said. “You just want to be back and encourage them in anyway you can.”

Emma Nossem, a junior who danced for two friends she lost to cystic fibrosis, said she was also happy with how the event turned out.

“Most of the teams met their Riley kid which is really nice,” Nossem said. “We gave our Riley kid a gift and sang and that was really fun.”

Nossem said she was feeling excellent and “even better than when [she] walked in,” toward the end of the event. Her goal was to raise $800, which she was hoping to reach before the end of the night.

“Who knows, maybe I will get to $1,000.

I would like to keep moving it up,” Nossem said.

Carter said she began to get tired as the night progressed, but she did her best to keep moving and staying active.

The morale dance, Carter said, was what she looked forward to the most.

“The morale dance is always my favorite so I always get really hype when that comes on,” Carter said.

Carter also said that she has enjoyed being able to hear the Riley Kids’ stories of what they go through.

Allison Ulitzsch, a freshman biology major, said she logged longer hours than most of the participants because of her role as a committee member.

“We’ve were here since 9:45 a.m. because we are committee members and we have to stay to help clean up, so it’s a really long day,” Ultizsch said.

She chose to participate in the marathon in support of her sister, who was sick when she was born.

“I am from Ohio, so we don’t have Riley Hospital, but my sister was born when I was about 8 and she was really sick,” Ultizsch said.

Luckily, her younger sister was able to get help through the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

“She is OK now, thank goodness,” Ulitzsch said. “I just remember that really helpless feeling and I wanted to make sure families didn’t feel that way.”

Patrick Calvert, Gabbi Mitchell and Maggie Stolfa contributed to this story.

Contact Allie Kirkman, Andrew Smith, and Casey Smith with any questions or concerns at news@bsudailynews.com.

past; however, Wells said it has not been much of an issue this year.

“For the most part, I think students that have contacted us have known that it’s a fake slate,” Wells said.

Hesser said in the past, the biography on the accounts stated it was a parody.

“Our bio straight up said we’re not an actual slate, but we’re here just to have a good time,” Hesser said. “We would occasionally tweet that."

When not running the parody account, the SGA president has many other tasks to attend to during and after the elections.

“I am constantly meeting with administrators and communicating with faculty members the concerns of students on various issues,” Wells said. “Other times I’m working with the Senate with developing legislation to send to the university senate for their consideration.”

Meeting with faculty isn’t the only task of being the SGA president, Wells said.

“I think the best part of my job, that I didn’t realize, has to be when I’m able to not do the things that are in my list of responsibilities, or in the job description, but to go out and visit student organizations and just sit down

was speaking to was millennials.

"I think there is a wide variety of a conservative basis on campuses that just isn't as public about it,” Miller said. “I think that really got show at CPAC where you are surrounded by thousands of millennials."

He believes that CPAC's message to Republican millennials is to be proud of their conservative beliefs.

"You can have your political opinion, you can yell about it, you can argue about it but you can’t be proud of it. I think that CPAC really offers that opportunity," Miller said.

Kristin Baker, a junior business administration major, has been to CPAC twice and she said the atmosphere was very different compared to last year.

“This year I would only describe CPAC with the word 'united,'" Baker said. "Everyone was there to forward the conservative movement no matter what kind of conservative you are.”

Baker said within the Ball State College Republicans, students had varying views of Trump in the primaries but “everyone was supportive of him at CPAC this year.”

As for universities around the country, Baker believes it's “a given fact” that colleges and student bodies lean left.

"It's very easy to go to college and feel as a conservative that you are one of very few,” she said.

Baker said she believes there are a high number of conservatives throughout campuses due to the turnout at CPAC. "It's about 50/50 on the amount of college-aged students and young professionals to those who are not,"

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Student Government Association slates are running parody accounts on Twitter during election season. The parody accounts have been used as a platform to spread both humor about and awareness of the elections.

and get involved with them,” he said.

Contact Devan Sticka & Rachel Page with any questions or concerns at news@bsudailynews.com.

she said. "You are there and you’re surrounded by conservative leaders on their campus and they are going to be conservative leaders of our country and of our world one day."

One of Baker's favorite speeches was from a member of the UK Parliament, Nigel Farage, who is looked at as a leader of the Brexit movement in the UK. "He talked a lot about patriotism and really made you feel good for being an American because we have elected these Republicans now in office,” Baker said.

“We are on the right track, we are solving problems, and he really highlighted that."

The Daily News also asked students who attended CPAC what they thought of Milo Yiannopoulos being uninvited from the conference.

Prior to the conference, a video of Yiannopoulos resurfaced that appeared to show him defending pedophilia.

Hammer believes the American Conservative Union made the right choice by withdrawing Yiannopoulos’ invitation to speak at CPAC. "Once they reversed that invitation I thought that was a smart move,” Hammer said, “Once something like that occurs or that’s uncovered he can’t speak for a movement or whatever because he is legitimized."

Miller said Yiannopoulos is “kind of an outlier in terms of the conservative party” and Baker said “Milo was not missed.”

Contact Patrick Calvert with any questions or concerns at pcalvert@bsu.edu.

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Students hug at the 10th-annual Ball State Dance Marathon in the Field Sports Building Saturday. Ball State Dance Marathon funds two programs at Riley Hospital, “Magic Castle Cart” and the Palliative Care Program.

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Cardinals fall to Western Michigan Broncos Men's basketball now tied for 1st in MAC West Division Ryan Flanery Men’s Basketball Reporter In a matchup between the first and second place teams in the Mid-American Conference West Division, Ball State men’s basketball (18-11, 9-7 MAC) fell to Western Michigan (13-15, 9-7 MAC) 80-55 on Saturday.

"They were clearly ready for a big game," head coach James Whitford said.

"We didn't answer the bell."

The Broncos went on a 12-0 run to extend a 19-10 lead with under 10 minutes left in the first half and never looked back.

At halftime, Western Michigan had a 38-27 lead and shot 44.8 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from beyond the arc.

With 13:42 left in the second half, Western Michigan senior guard Tucker Haymond drained a 3-ball in transition to stretch out a 51-38 lead. The Broncos hot shooting didn't end there.

Nearly five minutes after Haymond’s 3-pointer, freshman guard Reggie Jones stepped back and hit a contested 3-ball to extend a 62-41 Western Michigan lead with 8:17 left to play in the game.

The Broncos would go on to hit 57 percent of their shots from beyond the arc, while Ball State shot just 30 percent from 3-point land.

Besides Western Michigan’s hot shooting, the team also out-rebounded

GAME STATS

Ball State stats: • Field goal percentage (41) • 3-point percentage (30) • Rebounds (25) • Assists (7) • Leading scorer: Tayler Persons (15) Western Michigan stats: • Field goal percentage (48) • 3-point percentage (57) • Rebounds (40) • Assists (13) • Leading scorer: Tucker Haymond (21)

Ball State 40-25 and added 16 secondchance points.

In the two games against the Broncos, the Cardinals have not had an answer for Haymond. The first time the teams met, he scored a team-high 21 points and matched that number in this win.

Whitford said he did not have an answer for Haymond's play during the game.

"I will have to watch the film and decide after watching the film," Whitford said.

Foul trouble hampered the Cardinals as sophomore guard Tayler Persons fouled out of the game with 4:52 left to play. Persons finished with 15 points on 7-12 shooting.

Ball State was led by Persons and senior forward Franko House, who finished with 13 points and three rebounds.

The Cardinals remain on the road as they travel to Toledo for their last regular season road game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Contact Ryan Flanery with any questions or concerns @Flanery_17.

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Senior guard Ryan Weber looks to pass the ball during the game against Eastern Michigan University on Tuesday in Worthen Arena. Ball State fell to Western Michigan 80-55 on Saturday.

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East Division 1. Kent State, 11-5 2. Ohio, 10-6 3. Buffalo, 9-7 t-4. Bowling Green State, 4-12 t-4. Miami (Ohio), 4-12 6. Akron, 2-13 West Division t-1. Central Michigan, 13-3 t-1. Ball State, 13-3 3. Northern Illinois, 12-4 4. Toledo, 10-6 5. Western Michigan, 7-9 6. Eastern Michigan, 1-15

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The Cardinals scored 17 points off of 11 Chippewas turnovers, while only turning the ball over six times.

Sophomore point guard Carmen Grande, who beat the halftime buzzer with a reverse layup, led the Cardinals with eight assists and didn’t turn the ball over in 38 minutes on the court.

Head coach Brady Sallee said Central Michigan’s style of defense generally doesn’t lead to many turnovers — the Chippewas only force 14.1 turnovers per game, the second-fewest in the MAC — but he was still ecstatic to hold onto the ball so well.

“There’s really no reason to turn it over, but still, to only have six?” Sallee said.

“That’s kind of crazy, especially playing at the tempo that we do.”

Washington led Ball State with 21 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks. She also added four assists.

“She’s a matchup nightmare,” Sallee said.

“Her skill set — I mean this box score is her skill set. Points, rebounds, blocks, assists, hustle plays. Some of the blocks we had there down the stretch, you can’t coach that.

You can only recruit it.”

Though Washington led the Cardinals

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Sophomore guard Carmen Grande brings the ball up the court during the game against Central Michigan University Saturday at Worthen Arena. Ball State won the game 81-73.

on the stat sheet, Monaco added 20 points and became the third Ball State player this season to reach 1,000 career points, joining seniors Jill Morrison and Renee Bennett.

“I think it says that people, when they have to game plan against us, they’ve really got to think it out,” Monaco said.

“Either you have to take away Renee and double her, but if you double off of Jill or

I then you leave people that can shoot the 3 wide open which, if we’re hitting, you can’t really do that.”

The win also marks the second straight season the Cardinals have won at least 20 games and the first time Ball State has reached the benchmark in consecutive seasons since the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons.

With just two games remaining before the conference tournament and a three-game lead over Toledo (19-8, 10-6 MAC) and Ohio (19-8, 10-6 MAC), who are tied for the fifthbest record in the MAC, the Cardinals have guaranteed a spot in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals in Cleveland.

Ball State can also win the regular-season title outright if it wins out and Central Michigan loses one of its last two.

“We’re just plain good, and this time of year that’s what every coach hopes for,” Sallee said.

Ball State hits the road for its next game Wednesday at Eastern Michigan.

Contact Colin Grylls with any questions or concerns @dn_sports.

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