COLUMBUS - With the calendar changed to 2023, the Ohio Dominican Panthers men's basketball team heads on the road to Canton for a Great Midwest matchup on Thursday (Jan. 5) evening.
Tipoff for the Panthers and Pioneers is at 5:30 PM from Osborne Hall.
GAME 14 NOTES (PDF)
OPENING TIPOFF
- Ohio Dominican starts 2023 with a two-game winning streak after they defeated Trevecca Nazarene 74-57 on New Year's Eve.
- Zach Szul (Waterville, Ohio) scored 23 points on ten-of-15 shooting vs. Trevecca. He has led the team in scoring seven times and tallied nine games of 10+ points (3 of 20+ pts.). Overall, Szul leads the team with 14.2 points and 3.2 assists per game. In conference games, Szul is scoring 17.4 points per game (2nd in the G-MAC) and has made 26-of-29 free throws (89.7% - 3rd best). He scored the 3rd most points in December among G-MAC players (17.6 PPG).
- Sean Marks (Delaware, Ohio) has averaged 17.8 points while shooting .521 (24-46) from the floor and .433 (13-30) from deep over the last four games - all double-digit affairs. In December, he scored 10.4 points, up from 6.4 points in November. Against Trevecca, Marks scored 16 points with five assists.
- Keshawn Heard (Newark, Ohio) scored seven points in his third start. Since returning from injury on 12/10, Heard is scoring 9.8 points per game with a .408/.333/.800 clip and five blocks.
- Ohio Dominican led at halftime against Trevecca, the 3rd time this season ODU has led at half - they are 3-0 when leading.
- In wins, ODU is outscoring teams 73.0-61.4. The Panthers have held teams to under 60 points in three of five wins (49, 56, 57).
- Ethan Haynes (Florence, Kentucky) made his fifth straight start and totaled a season-high 17 points. He tied a career-high with five threes on seven attempts.
- Jarius Jones (Gahanna, Ohio) scored nine points off the bench, the lowest bench output this season for the Panthers, a team that averages 20.85 BPPG, 5th in the G-MAC.
- Malone leads the Division II series history with the Panthers, sitting at 13-5 since ODU joined D2 for the 2010-11 school year. The Pioneers have won six straight contests and have collected wins in eight of nine matchups in Canton.
ABOUT THE PIONEERS
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Malone begins 2023 with a 9-2 record overall and 4-1 in the G-MAC. They sit in a second place tie with Ashland, half a game behind Hillsdale.
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The Pioneers have won five straight games, dating back to a 76-66 win over Walsh on Dec. 10. They hosted two non-conference teams over the NYE weekend with both being wins - Central State (96-61) and Point Park (91-56).
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Malone has two one-possession losses this season, a 74-73 defeat at Lenoir-Rhyne and a 57-55 loss to Lake Erie.
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Justin Miller leads the Pios and the G-MAC with 18.2 points per game and he also paces the major team categories of assists (4.5 APG) and steals (1.6 SPG). He averages 20.4 points in G-MAC games and tallied nine games of 10+ points along with five games of more than 20 points. He was named G-MAC Player of the Week on Dec. 19.
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Bo Myers sits behind Miller in 2nd among the Pioneers and all G-MAC players with 17.9 points per game. He also leads the G-MAC with 9.0 rebounds per game. In November, Myers scored 22.0 points per game, best in the G-MAC as he was awarded G-MAC Player of the Week on Nov. 21.
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Malone has started the same five in all 11 games.
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Malone averages 78.5 points scored, 41.1 rebounds, and is shooting .473 overall (.387 from deep). The opposition is scoring 62.5 points per game, grabbing 30.9 rebounds and holding a .398 clip shooting (.347 from three).
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The Pioneers lead the G-MAC in rebounding, rebounding margin and defensive rebounds.
UP NEXT
Ohio Dominican will have a week off to prepare for the Cedarville Yellow Jackets as they play at Alumni Hall on January 12th at 7:30 PM.
Contact: Tyler Stotsky
stotskyt@ohiodominican.edu
