CANTON, OHIO- The Walsh University Men's Basketball team traveled a few minutes South of campus to battle neighboring Malone University in their first match up of the year. After a Lebron James inspired celebration by the Malone student section at the start of the game, both teams headed back to their locker rooms for a 40 minute delay of game while the court was cleaned up. After returning to the court, the Cavs struggled to find their rhythm.  They would fall short on the G-MAC battle 53-69.

LOCATION: Osborne Hall(Malone University)

SCORE: Walsh 53, Malone 69

RECORDS: Walsh(5-3, 3-1 G-MAC), Malone(8-2, 4-0 G-MAC)

FOR THE CAVALIERS:

• Tim Smith Jr. paced the Cavaliers with a double-double on the day.
• Smith scored 10 points, added 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
• Coming off the bench, Luke Howes tallied 8 points for the Cavs.
• Howes also contributed 4 assists and 3 steals against the Pioneers
• Milan Square, Caleb Canter and Zakai Alexander each threw up 7 points on the board.
• Square added 4 rebounds, Canter accounted for 7 boards and 2 assists and Alexander was able to pull down 6 rebounds.

FOR THE PIONEERS:

• Bryce Butler guided the Pioneers with 15 points. He also added 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
• Bo Myers and Levi Seiler each had 12 points for Malone.

The Cavaliers host the Barons from Franciscan Thursday December 16th at noon in Alumni Arena.