December 20, 2007
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Pioneers Overwhelm OSU-Marion 96-46The Malone College men’s basketball team posted a dominating 96-46 road win against The Ohio State University at Marion on Thursday evening. The Scarlet Wave scored the first basket of the game to take a 2-0 lead, but it was all Pioneers the rest of the way as the visitors quickly took control of the contest, building a 52-22 halftime lead en route to the 96-46 final. The victory stretches Malone’s winning streak to five games and improves the squad’s overall record to 10-4 (0-0 AMC North) on the season.
The Pioneers shot over 54% (35-54) from the field on the night, drained a season-high 11 three-pointers, and out-rebounded the hosts by a 55-28 margin. OSU-Marion (3-12 overall) hit only 14 of its 63 shot attempts (22.2%) in the contest, including just 9 of 41 (22.0%) three-point tries.
All 12 Pioneers who played in the game scored and six Malone players reached double figures. Junior guard Zach Fanning (Garaway H.S.) led the way with 17 points and three assists. Junior guard Andrew Weaver (Hiland H.S.) followed with 15 points, junior forward Jarrod Ferwerda (Lake H.S.) and senior forward Tyler Renner (Garaway H.S.) each tossed in 13 points, and senior center Shane Humphrey (Loudonville H.S.) notched 12 points. Other important contributors included sophomore center Ted Lawver (CVCA) with 10 points and junior forward Taurean Dailey (McKinley H.S.), who pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds in his Pioneer debut.
A pair of career milestones were reached in Thursday’s game as well, as Renner surpassed 1500 career points and Humphrey eclipsed 500 career rebounds. Renner is now tied for 14th on Malone’s all-time scoring list with 1505 career points and Humphrey currently ranks 24th on the Pioneers’ career rebounding list with 501 boards.
This week, Malone (10-4 overall, 0-0 American Mideast Conference North Division) will be idle. The squad will return to action on January 1st and 2nd when it travels to Daytona Beach, Florida to participate in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Bahama House Shootout. The Pioneers will open play at the event on Tuesday (Jan. 1) with a 6:00 p.m. game against Tennessee Wesleyan College (3-8 overall, 2-2 Appalachian Athletic Conference). NAIA Division II #4 Embry-Riddle (10-0 overall, 0-0 Florida Sun Conference) will then face NCAA Division III Philadelphia Biblical University (0-7 overall, 0-2 North Eastern Athletic Conference) in Tuesday evening’s second contest at 8:00 p.m.. The losers of Tuesday’s match-ups will then meet in a consolation game at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday followed by the tournament’s championship contest at 8:00 p.m.
Pioneer Notes: Tyler Renner paces the team in scoring at 16.5 points per game followed by Ben Carver at 15.9 and Andrew Weaver at 10.6…Renner also leads the team in rebounding with 8.0 boards per outing followed by Shane Humphrey with 6.1…Carver is averaging a team-high 2.9 assists per contest…Humphrey recently moved into the Top 50 on Malone’s all-time scoring list and currently ranks 49th with 850 career points. |
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