By RENALDO DORSETT
Tribune Sports Reporter
rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
BOTH Johnathan McFall and Malachi McCoy got their senior seasons off to promising starts as the NCAA Division II basketball season tipped off last weekend in early season tournament play.
McFall scored a career high 28 points to lead Slippery Rock to a 82-72 victory over Notre Dame College (Ohio) on November 12 at Morrow Field House on day two of the Butler County Chamber of Commerce Conference Challenge.
His career high night came on an efficient 10-17 shooting from the field, 2-6 from three-point range and 6-8 free throws. The versatile wing also had five rebounds and three steals in 33 minutes.
In the season opener, McFall added 15 points, four rebounds and two blocked shots as SRU defeated Alderson Broaddus 68-62 in a comeback victory to begin the Conference Challenge.
SRU was picked to finish fifth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division this season in the preseason coaches poll.
In his first season with SRU last year, McFall averaged 13 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 steals and one block per game. He also shot 52 percent from the field and 83 percent from the free throw line.
McFall transferred to SRU after a year with Chowan and after a two-year stint with Catawba Valley Community College Red Hawks.
Slippery Rock looks to stay undefeated when they face Penn State Greater Allegheny.
McCoy and his Benedict Tigers split their opening weekend games at the South Region Tip Off Classic. The Tigers opened the season falling to Florida Tech 67-59 in the Benjamin E Mays HRC Arena in Columbia, South Carolina.
McCoy finished with 18 points and eight rebounds. He shot 8-11 from the field and made 1-3 from beyond the arc. Benedict got in the win column in game two with a 76-49 win over Rollins the following night.
The Tigers will face Bluefield State on November 19.
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