The Malone University men's basketball team dropped to 5-5 on the season and 0-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) following an 80-66 loss to Cedarville University Saturday afternoon in Osborne Hall. The Yellow Jackets shot 56.1% in the victory as they improved to 4-4 this season and 2-0 in G-MAC play. The two teams will meet again in mid-February.
 
Recap
The Pioneers broke an 8-8 tie early on and took their largest lead of the game eight minutes into the contest. An 8-2 run featuring three-pointers from Jaret Majestic and Bo Myers and a layup from Sehill Mouliom put the Pioneers ahead 16-10. Malone stayed in front for the next eight minutes and even created some highlight-reel footage on a thunderous alley-oop slam from Marcus Ernst off an inbounds pass from Eli Ramsey under the basket.
 
After Ernst's dunk made it a 23-19 margin, the momentum surprisingly swung in favor of Cedarville. The Jackets scored on back-to-back possessions before the two squads saw themselves deadlocked at 26-26 with under five minutes left in the half. The visitors closed out the half on a 16-5 run and carried a 42-31 lead into the break.
 
The Pioneers came out firing in the second half and closed the gap to just two points at 47-45 when Daylan Haynie buried an open three-pointer six minutes into the frame. Malone, however, never came closer for the duration of the game. Cedarville pulled away methodically down the stretch, scoring 29 points in the final 10 minutes to hand Malone its first conference loss.

Game Highlights

• Cedarville shot 32-of-57 overall, totaling 26 assists on their 32 made baskets. The Jackets connected on 10 three-pointers.
• The Pioneers shot just 38.2% overall (21-55) and 7-for-21 from distance. Malone also finished 17-of-27 (63.0%) at the free-throw line.
• Despite committing just 10 turnovers, Malone was outscored 17-10 in points off of miscues.
• Cedarville outrebounded Malone 35-29 and held a 40-26 edge in points in the paint.

Pioneer Highlights

• Freshman Bo Myers reached 20 points in a game for the fourth time in his young career, tossing in a career-high 24 points in addition to six rebounds.
• Jaret Majestic tallied 13 points
• Daylan Haynie collected 10 points and four assists.
• Marcus Ernst totaled nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
   

Yellow Jacket Highlights

• 6'8" Center Kollin Van Horn shot 9-of-11 from the field and finished with a team-high 21 points. In the 32 minutes he was on the floor, Cedarville outscored Malone by 26.
• Demond Parker canned four treys and finished with 19 points and six assists

Up Next
Malone will be off until next Saturday, December 14th when they travel to Ohio Dominican for a G-MAC road affair.