The Pioneer men's basketball team will host a non-conference contest against Silver Lake College on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m.
Live Stats: http://www.gliac.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20151128_qh6o.xml 2015-16 RostersMalone |
Silver Lake 2015-16 StatisticsMalone | Silver Lake (unavailable)
2015-16 RecordsMalone: 2-1
OCU: 3-9
Last Season's RecordsMalone: 11-17 overall, 9-13 GLIAC
Silver Lake: unavailable
All-Time SeriesThe Pioneers topped Silver Lake 91-69 in the first-ever meeting between the two teams last season.
Malone Notes:-Malone suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday, falling at home to Ohio Christian University by a final score of 74-64
-In the game vs. OCU, the Trailblazers took a 35-28 advantage into the locker room at intermission and then stretched their lead out to 55-40 eight minutes into the second stanza.
-Malone fought back down the stretch, cutting the deficit to 69-64 but the five-point margin was as close as the Pioneers would get
-Center
Brian Stone scored 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field before leaving the game with an ankle injury; Stone currently leads the Pioneers in scoring with an average of 19.7 points per outing…He has also grabbed six boards per game and has made nearly 75% (26 of 35) of his field goal attempts
-Malone shot a season-low 37.5% from the field and 29.2% from the three-point line against the Trailblazers; On the season, Malone is shooting 46.6% from the floor and 37.5% from long range
-Forward
Mitchell Spotleson notched 15 points and seven rebounds against OCU; The sophomore is averaging 14.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game through the Pioneers' first three regular-season contests
-After missing almost the entire 2014-15 campaign due to injury, guard
Christian Graves has averaged 11.0 points in his first three games back in the line-up while knocking down 9 of 18 (50%) three-pointers
Silver Lake Notes:-The Lakers are members of the USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association)
-Silver Lake played three games in Ohio in three consecutive days last week...SLC fell 89-48 at the College of Wooster on Nov. 19, 89-47 at Ashland University on Nov. 20 and 104-69 at Ohio Dominican University on Nov. 21
-Overall, Silver Lake has lost five games in a row
-The Lakers have two players on the their roster from Canton - Forward Tyler Wells and center Quentin Hamilton
Up Next:The Pioneers will begin Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play next week with a pair of games in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Malone will face Michigan Tech University on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. before taking on Northern Michigan University on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.