After sweeping last season's Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament championships, Ball State women's basketball had the unenviable task of revamping its roster after returning just four players. Widespread roster turnover is commonplace across college athletics these days thanks to the transfer portal, but Ball State only added two Division I transfers from the portal this offseason. Instead, the Cardinals' recruiting efforts were concentrated overseas — a strategy that has proven very beneficial thus far. Ball State's roster features six international players hailing from four different countries, all of whom joined the team this year. There's Zhen Verburgt from Hemiskem,...
