CANTON -- The Malone University men's basketball team is back on the road this weekend.

The Pioneers will make the trip to Ohio Dominican University to take on the Panthers in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) contest.

GAME INFORMATION
The Matchup: Malone University Pioneers (10-4, 5-2 G-MAC) at Ohio Dominican University Panthers (4-9, 2-4 G-MAC)
Where: Colubmus, Ohio | Alumni Hall
When: Thursday, January 13 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Ohio Dominican University Ticket Office
Live Video Stream: Great Midwest Digital Network
Live Stats: Great Midwest Digital Network

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 92nd meeting all-time between these two schools. Malone holds a commanding 65-26 lead in the overall series. 

The Pioneers won the lone meeting last season, a 77-63 win inside of Osborne Hall. 

Overall Malone has won the last four meetings in a row. The last win for the Panthers came in December of 2018. 

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT MALONE UNIVERSITY
Roster | Schedule | Stats

• Malone suffered their second G-MAC defeat of the season last week with an 81-70 loss at No. 20 Hillsdale College. The Chargers jumped out to a fifteen-point lead at halftime, and the Pioneers ran out of time to finish the comeback in the second-half. 
• Bryce Butler poured in a game-high 29 points at Hillsdale. He still has yet to score less than 15 points in any game this season, and is the team's leading scorer (and ranked third in the G-MAC) at 17.9 points per game.
• Bo Myers (17.1 ppg) and Justin Miller (15.4 ppg) are also ranked inside the top-10 in scoring in the league. Myers netted 13 points against the Chargers, and needs just 10 points on Thursday to hit the 1,000 career point mark.  
• Marcus Ernst notched his first double-double of the season with 13 points and 16 rebounds against Hillsdale. He has pulled down double-digit rebounds in four straight games, and ranks second in the G-MAC averaging 9.5 rebounds per game. 
• Head Coach Casey Kaufman enters Thursday's contest with 99 career head-coaching wins in his seven-year career at Malone. One more win would make him just the third Pioneer coach to win at least 100 games during their career.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
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• The Panthers are coming off of a 56-51 win over Trevecca Nazarene back on January 3. ODU's game with Lake Erie originally scheduled for January 6 was postponed. 
• Junior guard Alek West leads the Panthers in scoring at 14.2 points per game. Sean Marks (13.2) and Zach Szul (10.7) are also scoring in double-digits. 
• Alex West leads the conference in assists per game at 5.0. 
• Ohio Dominican, who was picked to finish tenth in the preseason coaches poll, is under the direction of head coach Kelly Winter. Winter is in his third season as head coach, and eighth overall with the Panther basketball program. 

UP NEXT
Malone wraps up the weekend with another road game, this time at Cedarville University. Saturday's tip-off is scheduled for 4:15 p.m.