Ball State opens the 2006-07 season Wednesday with the first of two exhibition games for the Cardinals. BSU welcomes in the Ohio Legends team sponsored by the Ohio Girls Report Magazine to Worthen Arena at 7 p.m.. Admission is FREE!! 

Exhibition History . . .
The Cardinals ­under head coach Tracy Roller are 7-3 all-time in exhibition games, including two victories last season. Last year, the Cardinals downed the Ohio Legends, 74-65, before picking up a last-second victory over the Hoosier Stars, 94-93.

BSU is playing the Ohio Legends and the Hoosier Stars for the third straight season in exhibition play.

Scouting the Cardinals  . . .
Ball State returns eight letterwinners, including four players who started at least nine games, from last season's 17-12 team. The Cardinals return 71% of their scoring and 76% of their rebounding from last season's team.

Ball State is led by preseason All-Mid-American Conference selection Julie DeMuth. DeMuth, a junior from Merrillville, Ind., led the Cardinals in scoring last season at 11.4 points per game and also led the the conference in rebounding at 8.9 boards per contest.

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The Cardinals also return a trio of seniors in guards Kelsey Corbin and Tina Bolte as well as center Becca Bajorek. Corbin was third on the team in scoring at 8.6 points per game and led the team with 115 assists. Bolte was one of the top three-point shooters in the entire MAC last season as she connected on 67-of-192 (.368) of her long-range shots. She was second on the team in scoring with 305 points last season. Bajorek missed the first half of the season due to an injury but came on late to averaged 6.2 points per game for the Cardinals down the stretch.

Also in the mix with starts last season are guards Porchia Green and Kiley Jarrett. Green made nine starts last season as a true freshman as she averaged 3.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest. Jarrett finished the year second on the team in assists with 74 and is the only returning player that appeared in every single game a year ago.

Rounding out the returning letterwinners from last season is forward Lisa Rusche and sophomore Dana Moorman. Rusche made one start last season and averaged 3.1 points per game while Moorman appeared in 11 games.

The Cardinals add three freshmen to the mix this season in forward Kalynne Proctor and guards Audrey McDonald and Kyleigh Jones.

Proctor, a forward from Shaker Heights, Ohio, was a three-year letterwinner at Regina High School. She was named an All-Ohio Honorable Mention as a senior and guided her team to a state championship as a junior.

McDonald, a guard from nearby Kokomo, Ind., joins the team after starring four-years at Kokomo High School. During her career, she led her team to wins in over 86 percent of their games and holds the career records for three-pointers made (238), attempted (579) and is second all-time in three-point percentage at .411.

Jones, a guard from Elwood, Ind., was a four-year standout at Elwood High School. She finished her storied career as the all-time leading scorer in both boy's and girl's basketball at Elwood with 1,698 career points.