Box Score MUNCIE, Ind. (Nov. 11) - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Women's Basketball team dropped a 88-60 decision to Ball State, here Friday morning at Worthen Arena.
 
In the first stanza of play, the Cardinals jumped out to a 13-2 lead, capped off by a Moriah Monaco three pointers at the 7:30 mark of the first quarter.
 
UAPB cut BSU's lead to 15-9 with 4:50 left in the stanza with a 7-2 run, capped off by a Muhammad Malaik layup.
 
The Cardinals closed out the first half with an 11-0 run to take a 26-9 lead into the second quarter.
 
In the second quarter, BSU outscored the Lady Lions 25-17 to take a 51-26 lead into the break.    UAPB finished the first half shooting 27.2 percent (9-of-30), where as the Cardinals shot 47.1 percent (16-of-34).
 
In the third quarter of play, both UAPB and BSU finished the quarter with 16 points each with the Cardinals taking a 67-42 lead into the fourth quarter of play.
 
BSU outscored UAPB, 21-18 in the fourth quarter for the 88-60 win.
 
UAPB (0-1) was led by Muhammad with 17 points, followed by both Niya Head and Shawntayla Harris with 11 points each.   Faith Ohanta and Harris led the Lady Lions on the boards with eight each.
 
BSU (1-0) had two players to finish with 20-plus points each.  Monaco finished the contest with 24 points to lead all scorers, while Renee Bennett finished with a double-double in 22 points and 11 rebounds.  Jill Morrison rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Cardinals with 12.