Canton Reporter

Malone University Athletic Department issued the following announcement on Jan. 18

After playing three consecutive games on the road, the Malone University men's basketball team is back at home on Wednesday night.

The Pioneers will host the Lake Erie College Storm in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) matchup.

Malone is looking to complete the season sweep of the Storm, and also trying to win their sixteenth consecutive game overall inside Osborne Hall.

GAME INFORMATION

The Matchup: Lake Erie College Storm (8-5, 2-4 G-MAC) at Malone University Pioneers (12-4, 7-2 G-MAC)

Where: Canton, Ohio | Osborne Hall

When: Wednesday, January 19 | 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 31st meeting all-time between Malone University and Lake Erie College.

The Pioneers have won four consecutive meetings, and overall dominated the series 21-9.

In the earlier meeting this year, Malone narrowly escaped with an 82-80 win in overtime. 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.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT MALONE UNIVERSITY

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• After a bit of a shakeup over the weekend, the Pioneers are back atop the G-MAC standings in sole possession of first place. Walsh University stands in second-place with a 7-2 league mark, but Malone holds the tiebreaker over the Cavaliers by virtue of the Pioneers' 69-53 head-to-head win earlier this season.
• Bryce Butler poured in a team-high 22 points to help lead Malone to a 74-70 win over Cedarville on Saturday. Butler now leads the team, and ranks fourth in the conference, averaging 17.5 points per game. 
• Bo Myers, who earlier last week scored the 1,000th point of his MU career at Ohio Dominican, is second on the team (and fifth in the league) averaging 16.5 points per game.
• Justin Miller's 14.6 points per game is also a top-10 mark in the conference. Miller is also tied for the G-MAC lead with 74 assists on the season. 
• Marcus Ernst has notched a double-double in two out of the last three games. His 9.7 rebounds per game is second-best in the conference
• As a team Malone still boasts the league's highest scoring offense. The Pioneers are scoring an average of 83.3 points per game. 

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT LAKE ERIE COLLEGE

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• Lake Erie is coming off of a 73-61 loss at home to Kentucky Wesleyan in their last time out. That loss snapped what had been a three-game winning streak for the Storm. 
• LEC is 2-4 in the league. Their wins have come against Tiffin University and Trevecca Nazarene.
• The Storm's offense is led by junior guard Jordan Burton. His 14.8 points per game ranks seventh in the conference. When the Pioneers played the Storm in Painesville last month Burton finished with 19 points on 7-18 shooting from the field.
• Sophomore forward Johnny Manning is the only other LEC player averaging in double-digits at 11.7 points per game.
• As a team the Storm ranks right in the middle of the G-MAC in scoring (72.6 ppg) and team defense (68.7 ppg).
• Head Coach Kyle Conley is in his sixth season leading Lake Erie. They were picked to finish ninth in the conference in the preseason coaches poll this year after finishing 4-14 overall last season. 

UP NEXT

The Pioneers head right back out on the road next week. Malone will travel to Kentucky Wesleyan College on January 27 and Trevecca Nazarene University on January 29. 

Original source can be found here.