The Wright State women's basketball team led by seven with 12 minutes remaining, but Ball State followed with a 24-7 run and that proved to be the difference as the Cardinals won 75-68 in the season opener for the Raiders Saturday afternoon at Worthen Arena.

A 7-0 burst, including four from Erica Richardson, gave WSU a 15-6 margin at the 11:09 mark of the first half and the Raiders maintained that advantage until a three-point play by Julie DeMuth gave Ball State a 27-26 lead with 3:53 remaining.

The Cardinals had the lead the rest of the half, but Wright State hung close and trailed just 37-36 at the break following a Whitney Lewis layup with 10 seconds left.

WSU again had a early run in the second half, this time 6-0, to go up 44-39 and the lead grew to 50-43 with 12:04 to play on two Danielle Duncan foul shots.

Ball State, however, scored 12 of the next 14 points to start their decisive run and, after Tyanda Hammock tied the game at 55 with a three at the 7:27 mark, again tallied 12 of the next 14 points to go up 67-57 with 4:36 left.

Threes by Kanisha Ward and Lewis cut the deficit to 73-68 with 20 seconds remaining, but the Raiders could get no closer as two Kelsey Corbin foul shots at the eight-second mark put the game out of reach.

Wright State shot 43 percent overall, including 44 percent from three-point range, but could not overcome Ball State shooting 50 percent both overall and from behind the arc, including a six-for-nine performance the final 20 minutes. The Cardinals also held a slight 33-29 rebounding advantage and BSU led 13-6 in second-chance points.

Lewis tied a career-high with 19 points for Wright State, tying the 19 she scored in her final game last season at UIC in the Horizon League Quarterfinals. Brittney Whiteside and Hammock each added 15 while Richardson had eight off the bench in her collegiate debut and Ward chipped in five points and six assists.

DeMuth paced Ball State (2-0) with a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds while Corbin added 10.

Wright State hosts the Miami RedHawks in the home opener on Tuesday, November 21, at 7:00 before heading to the Sunshine State for the UM Thanksgiving Tournament November 24-25.