Canton, OH--  On Wednesday, the Malone Men's Basketball team welcomed the Edinboro Fighting Scots to Osborne Hall for a non-conference matchup.

The Pioneers erased a 15 point second half deficit and walked away with a gritty 74-68. With the win, Malone improves to 3-0 on the season.

THE ESSENTIALS

• Malone University Pioneers 74 - Edinboro University Fighting Scots 68
• Records: Malone (3-0, 0-0 G-MAC) | Edinboro (0-3,0-0 PSAC)
• Location: Canton, Ohio | Osborne Hall

The Game
It was a bit of a slow start for the Pioneers, as Edinboro came ready to play despite having an 0-2 record. Just over six minutes into the contest Edinboro built a 18-6 lead.

A Tahleik Walker jumper helped start a rally for Malone. Just moment's later, Jaelyn Etheridge connected on a three pointer and fired up the Pioneer crowd.

Malone would go on a 13-1 run to tie the game up a 19-19. Head Pioneer Coach Charlie Wallrapp made some excellent in game adjustments to put pressure on the Fighting Scots.

The back-and-forth first half never saw Malone take a lead. It seemed like Edinboro had an answer for everything the Pioneers were doing and the lead was 40-31 at the half.

Coming out of the locker room, Edinboro came out focused and ready to go. The Fighting Scots were soild both offensively and defensively and with around 9 mintues they had buit a 15 point lead.

With the clock ticking, it wasn't tooking good for the Pioneers. However, Malone did not panic and it did not take long to completely erase Edinboro's advantage. 

The Pioneers went on an impressive 18-2 run in just under five mintues. Now the game was even at 62-62. Then Jake Bruns connected on a layup to give the Pioneers its first lead of the entire game. Moments later, Bruns fired in a three to put Malone up by five. 

In the end, Coach Wallrapp and the Pioneers held on for the 74-68 win. Malone with the gutsy win, stays unbeaten!


DETAILS

• Simon Blair was impressive once again with 25 points and 6 assists
• Caleb Conard was in double figures with 15 points
• Aaron Badibo notched another double double with 11 points and 11 rebounds

WHAT'S NEXT
Malone will hit the road Saturday when they travel to Central State University.  Tip-off is set for 5:00 p.m.

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