2016-2017 Ball State Cardinals

2016-2017 Ball State Cardinals Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
35 DouDou Gueye Sr FC 6-10 245 - Dakar Senegal SEED Academy
24 Zach Hollywood Fr SF 6-9 185 - Bourbonnais (IL) United States Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
15 Franko House Sr F 6-6 247 Sep 19, 1994 Elkhart (IN) United States Concord High School
13 Jordon Kedrowski So G 6-3 190 - Bolingbrook (IL) United States Downers Grove North High School
0 Francis Kiapway Jr G 6-3 195 Jan 7, 1995 Hamilton Canada St. Thomas More School
14 Kyle Mallers Fr SF 6-7 217 Oct 15, 1997 Fort Wayne (IN) United States Carroll High School
11 Kaleb Mallory Sr PG 5-8 160 Sep 25, 1992 Muncie (IN) United States Muncie Central High School
41 Trey Moses So PF 6-9 245 Aug 21, 1997 Louisville (KY) United States Eastern High School
2 Tayler Persons So G 6-3 220 Aug 31, 1995 Kokomo (IN) United States Kokomo High School
34 Sean Sellers Jr F 6-6 216 Apr 9, 1995 Greensburg (IN) United States Greensburg Community
25 Tahjai Teague Fr PF 6-8 215 Jun 25, 1997 Indianapolis (IN) United States Pike High School
3 Josh Thompson Fr G 6-0 194 Jun 15, 1996 Indianapolis (IN) United States Lawrence North High School
22 Jeremie Tyler Jr G 6-2 170 Sep 6, 1995 Indianapolis (IN) United States Arsenal Technical High School
33 Ryan Weber Sr F 6-6 226 Jun 1, 1993 Indianapolis (IN) United States Roncalli High School

Ball State Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Jontrell Walker Jr G 6-1 185 Nov 6, 1995 Aurora (IL) United States Incarnate Word

Recent Ball State Cardinals History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 15-16 (7-11) 9th (MAC) N/A N/A
2022-2023 20-12 (11-7) 4th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 14-17 (9-10) 6th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 10-13 (6-9) 8th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-13 (11-7) 3rd (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 16-17 (6-12) 10th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 19-13 (10-8) 4th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 21-13 (11-7) 2nd (MAC) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 21-14 (10-8) 3rd (MAC) 1st Rnd CIT 3rd Rnd
2014-2015 7-23 (2-15) 12th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 5-25 (2-16) 12th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 15-15 (8-8) 6th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 15-15 (6-10) 8th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 19-13 (10-6) 4th (MAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 15-15 (8-8) 6th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 14-17 (7-9) 6th (MAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 6-24 (5-11) 10th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 9-22 (5-11) 9th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 10-18 (6-12) 9th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 15-13 (10-8) 8th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 14-15 (10-8) 6th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 13-17 (8-10) 8th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A

2016-2017 Ball State Cardinals Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tayler Persons All-MAC Second Team
Franko House All-MAC Third Team
Trey Moses MAC All-Defensive Team
Franko House MAC Player of the Week (West) (Nov 14, 2016)
Tayler Persons MAC Player of the Week (West) (Mar 6, 2017)

2016-2017 Ball State Cardinals Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters F. Kiapway T. Persons R. Weber F. House T. Moses
Rotation J. Tyler   S. Sellers T. Teague  
Rotation     K. Mallers    
Lim PT K. Mallory       D. Gueye
Lim PT J. Thompson        

2016-2017 Ball State Cardinals Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tayler Persons 34 29.0 15.5 3.9 4.9 1.3 0.1 3.1
Franko House 34 26.2 13.4 6.4 2.3 0.4 0.6 2.2
Ryan Weber 34 26.1 9.6 3.0 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.7
Trey Moses 33 27.3 9.2 8.3 2.3 0.4 1.1 2.2
Sean Sellers 34 25.4 8.6 2.8 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.1
Jeremie Tyler 20 19.8 8.4 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.6
Francis Kiapway 34 24.7 8.1 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.1 1.0
Tahjai Teague 33 19.0 7.3 5.8 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.5
Kyle Mallers 34 11.1 2.2 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4
DouDou Gueye 19 5.3 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Kaleb Mallory 7 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1
Josh Thompson 4 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2

2016-2017 Ball State Cardinals Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
James Whitford Head Coach 2013-2014 Associate Head Coach (Arizona, 2012 to 2013)
Jason Grunkemeyer Associate Head Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Ball State, 2013 to 2015)
Brian Thornton Assistant Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Danny Peters Assistant Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Mark Sandy Athletic Director 2015-2016 Athletic Director (Eastern Kentucky, 2005 to 2015)
Walter Offutt Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Graduate Manager (Illinois, 2015 to 2016)
Michael Clark Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2015-2016 Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations (Eastern Kentucky, 2014 to 2015)
Kindon Crowder Graduate Manager 2015-2016 N/A
Nick Felhaber Graduate Manager 2016-2017 N/A
Neal Hazen Head Athletic Trainer 1996-1997 N/A
Shawn Comer Associate Athletic Trainer 2007-2008 N/A
Troy Hershman Assistant Athletic Trainer 2007-2008 N/A
Jillian Brigle Assistant Athletic Trainer 2010-2011 N/A