CLEVELAND, Ohio — "We didn't want to survive and advance. We wanted to dominate."
Head coach Brady Sallee said Ball State women's basketball entered Wednesday's first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament with that mindset, and No. 3 BSU backed it up with a 92-68 blowout victory against No. 6 Akron.
Ball State (25-7) plays No. 2 Bowling Green (27-5), which won 70-36 over No. 7 Eastern Michigan, in the semifinals on Friday at approximately 12:30 p.m.
Five Cardinals scored in double figures en route to tying their MAC-play high in points. The team was extremely efficient, tallying 22 assists to just five turnovers while shooting 54.