The Malone University men's basketball team secured their second victory of the season in their home opener over Bethany College 90-57. The Pioneers even their record at 2-2 overall in 2019 and the Bison fall to 0-4.
 
Recap:
The Bethany College Bison scored five points to start the game, but by the first media timeout, Malone had acquired an 8-point lead. Eli Ramsey had another scoring spurt to start the game, netting nine of the team's first 15 points.
 
The Pioneers would hold a 5-10 point lead for the rest of the first half. The Bison hit tough shot after tough shot to stay in the game and Malone took a 37-28 lead into the half. The opening stanza was capped off by a dunk in transition from Marcus Ernst and a three-ball from the big man on the next possession.
 
Dylan Furlong scored on a pair of threes early in half number two, but the Pioneers started to pour it on offensively.
 
Malone had a 54-44 lead with 12 minutes left, when the Pioneers turned on the microwave from distance. Three longballs, including one from Jaret Majestic and two from Bo Myers, extended the gap to 19 with 10:53 to go. Those nine points would be the beginning of a 26-3 landslide that put the game out of reach.
 
Malone got ahead by pushing the ball down the floor and accumulated 23 fast break points in the game. Myers connected on a long three and was fouled for an and-one with 8:40 left in the game as the Pioneers began to flex their muscles late with a 70-44 lead. The freshman went scoreless in the first half, but grinded out a game-high 21 points, all in the second half, including six buckets from beyond the arc.
 

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Men's basketball topped Bethany 90-57 Saturday afternoon, freshman Bo Myers hit six threes in the second half and scored a team-high 21 points!

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Tracey Sumner buried a three for his first career points off an assist from Cameron Watts to give the Pioneers their largest lead of the day at +35 and ended up with a 90-57 victory.
 
Malone Highlights:
- After shooting 2-of-9 from three in the first half, the Pioneers turned it around in the second and went 10-of-19 from long range.
- 53 second half points is the most Malone has scored in a half since the opening 20 minutes in a 90-76 win over Tiffin a season ago.
- Bo Myers finished with a new career-high 21 points, all coming in the second half, and equaled his total 3-pointers from the first three games combined with six today.
- Daylan Haynie impacted the game in a variety of ways and was knocking on the door of a triple-double. The senior scored 10 points, brought down seven rebounds, dished out nine assists and recorded two steals.
- Marcus Ernst was the second-leading scorer with 15 points, including two dunks.
- Eli Ramsey shot 6-of-9 for the game and collected 13 points.
- Sehill Mouliom and Jaret Majestic both had an even statline of 11 points and seven rebounds.
 
Bethany Individual Highlights:
- Dylan Furlong led all Bison scorers with 12, all coming off of 3-point shots.
- Khalil Wilson scored 10 points and gathered four rebounds.
- Dalton Hamrick finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
- Derek White Jr led the squad with six assists and was 5-6 from the free throw line.
 
Up Next:
The Pioneers travel to Wheeling for a non-conference game against the Cardinals on Wednesday, November 20 at 6 pm.