December 15, 2007

Malone Rolls To 101-55 Win Over Christendom

 
The Malone College men’s basketball team stretched its winning streak to four games on Saturday afternoon with a convincing 101-55 home victory over Christendom (VA) College.  The Pioneers never trailed in the final game of the McKinley Grand Hotel Classic as the squad outscored the Crusaders 22-4 over the final seven minutes of the first half to take a commanding 52-25 lead into the locker room at halftime.  A 12-0 Christendom (2-9) run early in the second stanza trimmed the deficit to 18 points at 55-37, but that was as close as the visitors would get as Malone (9-4, 0-0 AMC North) pulled away for the 101-55 victory.
 
The Pioneers connected on over 53% (40-75) of their shot attempts in the game and grabbed a season-high 15 steals.  The Crusaders, meanwhile, hit 19 of their 45 (42.2%) shots from the field, but committed 26 turnovers and trailed 36-31 in total rebounds.
 
Junior guard Zach Fanning (Garaway H.S.) came off the bench to pace the Pioneers with a career-high 18 points and six steals.  Senior forward Tyler Renner (Garaway H.S.) also notched 18 points with five rebounds and two blocked shots.  Senior guard Ben Carver (Shelby H.S.) added 17 points, five assists, four boards, and three steals while senior center Shane Humphrey (Loudonville H.S.) contributed 12 points and five rebounds.
 
On Friday evening, in the second game of the classic, Wilberforce University defeated Christendom by the final score of 107-51.
 
This week, Malone (9-4, 0-0 AMC North) will travel to the Ohio State University at Marion on Thursday for a 7:30 p.m. contest.
 
This week’s opponent: OSU-Marion- Thursday’s game will mark the first ever meeting between the Pioneers and the Scarlet Wave.
 
Pioneer Notes: Ben Carver currently leads the team in scoring at 17.0 points per game followed by Tyler Renner at 16.8 and Andrew Weaver at 10.3…Renner paces the squad in rebounding with 7.9 boards per outing followed by Shane Humphrey with 6.2 and Carver with 4.8…Carver is also averaging a team-high 2.9 assists per outing…Renner needs just eight more points to reach 1500 for his Malone career…With five rebounds in Saturday’s win over Christendom, Humphrey moved into the Top 25 on the Pioneers all-time rebounding list and currently ranks 25th with 496 career boards.
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