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The Malone University men's basketball team welcomed Kentucky Wesleyan College to Osborne Hall on Thursday night for a Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) showdown. 

The Pioneers used a record-breaking performance in shooting beyond the arc to easily dispatch of the visiting Panthers by a final score of 104-71. 

THE ESSENTIALS

• Final Score: Malone University Pioneers 104 - Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers 71
• Records: Malone (6-2, 3-1 G-MAC) | Kentucky Wesleyan (5-4, 2-1 G-MAC)
• Location: Canton, Ohio | Osborne Hall

THE GAME

Kentucky Wesleyan opened up the scoring on the night with a two-point basket. 

Malone countered with a bucket by Simon Blair, and then Levi Seiler put the Pioneers up 4-2 just outside the first minute of play. Malone never trailed again. 

Less than four minutes into the game Justin Miller connected on his first, of what would be eight three-pointers, on the night. 

A couple of possessions later Miller again hit from long range. He was fouled on the shot, and completed the four-point play at the free throw line to give the Pioneers their first double-digit lead of the evening. 

Malone added eight more three-pointers to their total in the first half, as KWC seemingly had no answer for the Pioneers offense. 

Terrance Broughton got in on the long-range barrage late in the opening half. He connected from downtown three consecutive times to help give Malone a 55-28 halftime lead. 

The Panthers opened up the second-half strong, but the huge first-half effort by Malone left little doubt about the final outcome of the game. 

Kentucky Wesleyan was only able to get as close as 63-43 because the Pioneers were able to match them basket for basket. 

Late in the second-half Brady Moore drilled a three-pointer to put Malone up 99-63 and tie the school record for three-pointers made in a game. 

Twenty seconds later Caleb Conard helped etch the 2022-23 version of the Pioneers into the school record books with his second three-pointer, and the team's 21st of the contest.  

The 21 made triples goes down as the second-most all-time by a G-MAC institution in a single game, and played a huge role in what was ultimately a 104-71 Pioneer win. 

DETAILS

• Justin Miller set a new career-high mark with a game-high 31 points. He was 8-12 from three-point territory, and 11-17 from the field overall.
• Terrance Broughton also scored a career-high 18 points. The freshman was 6-7 from long range. 
• Simon Blair finished with 17 points on 7-12 shooting. 
• Bo Myers dished out a team high 7 assists. He also pulled down 10 rebounds.
• Tonight's three-point performance is one more than the 2016-17 Pioneers had in a December 2016 win over Wright State-Lake.
• Malone outrebounded Kentucky Wesleyan 41-25. The Pioneers had 12 offensive rebounds which led to 19 second-chance points.

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