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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Doug Roorbach, Sports Information Director 585.567.9556

Malone Closes Out Highlanders

 

(Canton, Ohio)—The men’s basketball team’s season came to an end Saturday night at the hands of the Malone College Pioneers, 83-65.

            Malone got out to an 18-point lead (29-11) in the first 15 minutes. Houghton couldn’t get its offense going, shooting 8-29 (28 percent) on the way to a 40-23 halftime deficit.

            Early in the second half, Malone pulled away, leading 54-30 five minutes in. Houghton made one run, cutting the deficit to 75-61, but with only 2:37 left there wasn’t enough time and Malone coasted to the win.

            In the last game of his Houghton career, senior forward Rimgaudas Valaitis scored 18 on 6-12 shooting (4-8 from beyond the arc) to lead the Highlanders. Mada Abdelhamid had 11 points and Ben Kopp scored 10, hitting 2-3 three-pointers and 4-4 from the line. Senior guard Jon Van Skiver had six points (2-7 from three-point range) in his last college contest.

            Tyler Renner had 21 for Malone, and was helped out by Ben Carver with 19 and Andrew Weaver with 18. The Pioneers out-rebounded Houghton, 38-29.

            The victory gives Malone the American Mideast Conference North Division title with a 20-8 overall record,

Rim Valaitis fires for three.

(7-3 in the AMC North). Houghton ends its season at 7-19 overall, (0-10 in the AMC North).

 

Photo by Mike Wise. For more photos of the game, click here.

Houghton College has deep and solid roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play and in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference for the Kingdom on campus, in Allegany County, in the Northeast and around the world.  Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door for Houghton to be a leader, both in the Northeast and nationally, in character education. Through hands-on, innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and student-athletes are working together to change the culture of sport and to change our culture through sport.