Men's Basketball 01/06/16

Gameday Notes: Men's Basketball Takes On Ferris State and Grand Valley State

Senior forward Neil Gingerich collected seven points and seven rebounds at Hillsdale

The Malone University men's basketball team continues Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) play this week with games against NCAA DII #23 Ferris State University (MI) this Thursday, January 7th at 8:00 pm and Grand Valley State University (MI) this Saturday, January 9th at 3:00 pm.

Live Video Available For Both Games: http://livestream.com/maloneuniversity
Live Stats (FSU): http://www.gliac.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160107_hf3b.xml
Live Stats (GVSU): http://www.gliac.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160109_6dcm.xml

2015-16 Rosters
Malone | Ferris State | Grand Valley State

2015-16 Statistics
Malone | Ferris State | Grand Valley State

2015-16 Records as of January 7th:
Malone 3-8 (0-6 GLIAC) | Ferris State 10-2 (4-2 GLIAC) | Grand Valley State 9-3 (3-3 GLIAC)

All-Time Series:
Malone is 1-2 all-time against Ferris State and 1-4 all-time versus Grand Valley State.
The Pioneers dropped an 82-65 decision to Ferris State a season ago but earned their first victory over GVSU in an 81-61 triumph in 2015.

Malone Notes:

The Pioneers, who started 3-1 on the season, have lost seven straight games. Four of those games, including each of the last three, have been decided by three points or fewer.
Malone, scoring 78.5 points per game, is ranked 2nd in the conference in made threes per game (8.8) and 5th in the conference in three-point shooting percentage (37.3)
Senior guard Stephen O'Daniel III scored a team-high 19 points in a 73-70 loss at Hillsdale on Sunday...with five made three-pointers in the game, O'Daniel III climbed to 5th in the GLIAC with 28 treys
Malone big man Brian Stone leads the team with 16.3 ppg on 73.1% shooting from the field
Stone, who missed three games due to injury, has played in 72.7 % of Malone's games...had he played in enough games to qualify (a player must play in 75% of a team's games), Stone would lead all of NCAA DII in FG shooting percentage
Mitchell Spotleson, a 50% shooter from the field, is chipping in 13.1 tallies per night...Spotleson is 6th in the GLIAC with 7.8 rebounds an outing
Despite shooting struggles (4-30 FG, 2-19 3PT) over his last three games, Christian Graves is scoring 12.2 points a night and remains 2nd in the GLIAC with 30 made three-pointers
Point guard Jay Parker, who flirted with a triple-double (18 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast) in a 72-69 loss to Saginaw Valley on Saturday, is 9th in the GLIAC with 4.2 assists per game including 25 assists over his last four games

Ferris State Notes:

The Bulldogs, ranked 23rd in the most recent NCAA Division II National Poll, are averaging 79.1 points while allowing just 67.6 per contest
Ferris State leads the GLIAC in rebounds per game (43.1), assists per game (18.0), blocks per game (8.7), and opponents' field goal percentage (38.1)...FSU is currently 6th in NCAA DII in opponents' field goal percentage and number one in all of college basketball (NCAA DI, DII, & DIII) in blocks...Ferris has recorded exactly 13 blocks on four separate occasions
6'10'' post presence Jared Stolicker is the GLIAC's 10th highest scorer at 17.2 points a night...the 2014-15 GLIAC All-Defensive Team Selection leads the conference in rebounding (10.4 rpg) and through 12 games, ranks 10th in the nation with 33 blocked shots
Senior Josh Fleming is providing 13.8 points and 5.7 boards per night....he is 4th in the GLIAC with 19 blocks
Senior James Chappell checks in with 12.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and a team-high 13 steals
The Bulldogs are coming off a 71-68 win over Wayne State (MI) on Sunday...Stolicker led all players with 22 points and 13 boards

Grand Valley State Notes:

The Lakers come to Canton scoring 77.6 points per game while allowing the second fewest points in the GLIAC (66.2)
GVSU features a defense ranked 2nd in the GLIAC in both opponents' field goal percentage (39.2) and steals per game (8.0)...in addition, the Lakers are first in the GLIAC and 11th in NCAA DII in rebounding margin (+8.4)
Leading scorer Luke Ryskamp is averaging 15.3 points an outing
Senior forward Ricardo Carbajal, who reached the 1,000 point milestone in the Lakers' last game, is averaging 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game
Ohio native Chaz Rollins (9.8 ppg) is 6th in the GLIAC in both rebounds per game (7.8) and total blocks (15)
Through 12 games, forward Trevin Alexander (8.4 ppg) and guard Aaron Hayes (9.8 ppg) have recorded 18 and 17 steals respectively
Grand Valley lost to Findlay 82-66 on Sunday...Hayes scored 13 points while Rollins added 12