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SVSU
Cardinal Men's Basketball
1999-2000 News
Mallek Barely Misses Triple Double
in Win
UNIVERSITY CENTER
– Senior Greg Mallek (Merrill) barely missed a "triple-double,"
but played his best game of the season as Saginaw Valley State University
knocked off Grand Valley State University 86-73 in O'Neill Arena
Thursday night.
Mallek scored 15 points, blocked 10
shots, and led the Cardinals with nine rebounds. He was a force
in the paint as the Cardinals held the Lakers to just 38.7 percent
shooting and held the league's leading scorer, John Flynn, to 13
points.
"That was a great performance by Mallek,"
said second-year Cardinal coach Dean Lockwood. "He was a huge presence
on the inside."
The Cardinals led from start to finish,
but used a 13-0 run to build a 25-11 lead with 11:14 left in the
first half. They clung to a 44-33 lead at halftime.
Grand Valley came back in the second
half to cut the lead to four points, 60-56 with 8:49 left in the
game, but the Cardinals held off ever Laker charge.
Junior Vernon Malone (Kankakee, IL)
scored seven straight points to put the Cards up 80-67 with two
minutes left to seal the win.
Sophomore Terrence Wright (Saginaw/Buena
Vista) led all scorers with 18 points for SVSU, while junior Sean
Stewart (Tyler, TX/John Tyler) added 17 and Malone 15. Malone also
had five steals, eight assist and six rebounds.
"I was very pleased with how we played
with energy," said Lockwood. "Terrence had a solid all-around effort
and Stewart and Malone were very consistent."
Donte Smith led GVSU with 16 points,
while Jason Bauer had 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. The
Lakers had a 46-41 rebounding edge.
The Cardinals improved to 12-13 overall
and 6-12 in the GLIAC North Division, while the Lakers have already
sewn up a post-season tournament berth despite dropping to 12-13
overall and 8-10 in the league.
SVSU will try to clinch a .500 record
when last-place Ferris State University visits O'Neill Arena Saturday.
The Cardinals will bid farewell to five seniors in the season finale.
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