The Malone University men's basketball team will be host to the Cedarville University Yellow Jackets on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. The Pioneers clinched a playoff berth in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Tournament with their win this past Wednesday. Saturday's matchup will be a fight for positioning as Malone and Cedarville each are battling for the fourth slot in the standings. Malone is the current owner of the spot.
 
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All-Time Series
 
The Pioneers are 51-42 all-time against the Yellow Jackets. However, Cedarville won their most recent matchup earlier this season 76-51 at Cedarville.

Hall of Fame Celebration
Malone's 2017 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees will be recognized at halftime of Saturday's game, along with all former Hall of Fame inductees in attendance.  The 2017 class includes: Laurie (Franklin) Nichols ('05, women's soccer), Jason Hess ('04, men's basketball), Todd Hoffman ('94, baseball), Dr. Leo Kormanik ('06, men's cross country, track & field), and Randy Lane ('83, men's soccer). 

Team Notes
 
Malone Schedule | Roster | Statistics

Record: 11-11 (4-5)
 

• The Pioneers had a rough shooting night in their first go-around with Cedarville, shooting just below 30% from the field, and a highly uncharacteristic 20% from three-point territory.
• Djuro Pantos did manage to get himself a double-double in the early contest against Cedarville, scoring eleven points and grabbing ten rebounds.
• The Pioneers have won three out of four games since then, with their sole loss coming from #15 ranked Kentucky Wesleyan 88-84.
• This past Wednesday, Malone routed Ohio Valley 87-65. The Pioneers had four players notch double digit scoring in the contest. Nate Sheppard scored a game-high 20 points, while Mitchell Spotleson had 14 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double.
• The team is shooting 34.8% from the three-point line which is second best in the conference. Spotleson is shooting 40.7% from beyond the arc, fourth best in the G-MAC.
• The team is first in assists in the conference, averaging 16.6 assists per game. Ty Jordan leads the G-MAC with 5.5 assists per game.
• Jordan, Spotleson and Sheppard all are in the top ten in the G-MAC in scoring, and they are all in the top five in threes made in the conference.

 
Cedarville Schedule | Roster | Statistics

Record: 11-12 (3-5)
 

• The Yellow Jackets just finished an impressive six-game winning streak from January 17^th to February 2^nd. The streak ended last Saturday in a 71-61 defeat at the hands of Alderson Broaddus.
• The Cedarville men are shooting 47% from the field, second best in the G-MAC. The team shot 50% against the Pioneers in their first match-up.
• Cedarville has two players in the top ten in the G-MAC in scoring, J.C. Faubion and Patrick Bain. Faubion and Bain each are scoring just over 14 PPG.
• Faubion is top five in the G-MAC in assists, free-throw percentage, and steals.