CANTON -- The Malone University men's basketball team will play their first home Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) game of the season on Thursday night when the Pioneers host Trevecca Nazarene University. 

Malone is looking for their sixth win in a row this season, and their eleventh consecutive win overall inside Osborne Hall.

GAME INFORMATION
The Matchup: Trevecca Nazarene University Trojans (3-4, 0-2 G-MAC) at Malone University Pioneers (5-2, 1-0 G-MAC)
Where: Canton, Ohio | Osborne Hall
When: Thursday, December 9 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Malone University Ticket Office 
Live Video Stream: Great Midwest Digital Network
Live Stats: Great Midwest Digital Network

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the tenth meeting all-time between these two schools. Malone holds a 7-2 record in the all-time series.

The two teams split a pair of meetings last season with the home team winning each time. 

The Trojans 58-57 win in Nashville snapped a four-game winning streak for Malone. 

The Pioneers responded with a 70-65 win later in the season in the game that was played in Canton. 

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT MALONE UNIVERSITY
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• The Pioneers opened up G-MAC play on Saturday, and earned a hard-fought 82-80 win in overtime at Lake Erie College. The Storm actually had a three-point look at the buzzer that would have won the game. The shot came up short however, and Malone escaped with their fifth win in a row.
• Bo Myers finished with a game-high 19 points to lead Malone's offense. The junior was 5-9 from beyond the three-point line. He also had three rebounds and two assists. He enters play on Thursday second in the conference in scoring at 21.6 points per game. One of the best all-around players in the league, Myers is also tenth in rebounds (6.9 rebounds per game), fifth in field goal percentage (58.7%), first in three-point field goal percentage (50%), first in three-point field goals per game (3.9), and third in steals per game (2.0)
• Justin Miller added 17 points on 7-12 shooting from the field against Lake Erie. The redshirt senior ranks second on the team, and fifth in the G-MAC in scoring at 17.9 points per game. He also leads the conference with 5.3 assists per game. 
• The Pioneers still have not been held to under 80 points in a single game this season. Malone continues to pace the conference in scoring as team, coming into Thursday's game averaging 92.6 points per game. 

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
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• The Trojans enter play with a 3-4 record overall, and off of a 73-48 loss to Hillsdale College in their last game. Trevecca started out the season 3-1 overall, but enter Thursday's game on a three-game losing streak. Their last win was a 67-58 victory of Shorter University back on November 20.
• Senior CJ Penha is the leading scorer for the Trojans averaging 18.4 points per game. That puts him fourth overall in the G-MAC. He has scored in double-digits in all but one of the team's games this season. 
• Juniors Josh Price (16.0) and Chris Rogers (11.0) are the only other Trevecca players averaging double-digit point totals this season. 
• Trevecca, who was picked to finish eighth in the conference in the preseason coaches poll, is under the direction of fourth-year head coach Omar Mance. Last year the Trojans finished 5-17 overall. 

UP NEXT
The Pioneers remain at home this weekend. Malone will host Kentucky Wesleyan College on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.