ESTERO, Fla. – The Ball State women's basketball had the program's best performance against Duke in its third ever meeting Saturday afternoon in the Cardinals second game of the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Cardinals fell to the Blue Devils by a score of 79-62.
With the loss, Ball State drops to 1-4 overall while Duke improves to 3-2 on the year.
For the game, the Cardinals were led in scoring by sophomore guard Maliah Howard-Bass while defensively, sophomore forward Oshlynn Brown had her second-straight double-digit rebounding performance with 10.
The Duke Blue Devils led 8-2 at the first media timeout with 6:32 to go, after a layup from Leaonna Odom.