The spark sixth man Malachi Ransom giving Trojans growing louder and more under control all the time as he makes contributions with defensive pressure, scoring and facilitating

Tom Keegan
Onwardtrojans.com

The hotter Chesterton’s 3-point shooters get the more the defense has to spread out to try to stop them. The more they spread out, the more room sophomore guard Malachi Ransom has to get to the rim to either score or dish to expose a collapsing defense.
A lefty junior guard with the quickest first step on the team, Ransom is playing more under control than last season and as a result playing more efficiently and productively.
In helping Chesterton to 62-38 win Saturday at Grace College’s Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center vs. Fort Worth Snider, Ransom scored in double figures for the second time 18 hours.
Ransom tallied 12 points in a 75-30 win at Washington Township on Friday and backed it up with 10 points against Snider on Saturday to go with sound playmaking, excellent pressure defense.
“Mal played great today,” Chesterton coach Marc Urban said. “I was happy for him. I thought it started for him on the defensive end. He was really dialed in. Actually, I thought it started at the walkthrough. He had a good vibe about him. He was talking and he was engaged and I think that translates over to the offensive end. He’s got elite quickness.”
Ransom scores most of his points on drives to the hoop or from free throws after getting fouled on drives.
“He made a good pass for a 3 and then the 3 he made he was stepping into it on a paint touch, inside-out, and when he does that he can shoot it,” Urban said.
Ransom said he’s “feeling more comfortable now,” but still not where he will be.
“It’s taking me a while to get in my rhythm, but I still feel I’m not in the rhythm that I want to be in, so I’ll just keep working, keep playing hard,” he said. “And I’ll get into that rhythm.”
Ransom shared his thoughts on the cause of Chesterton’s early success, winning three games by an average margin of 29 points.
“We’re unselfish,” said Ransom, who is averaging 8.7 points per game. “We’re unselfish. That’s what’s going to make us good. If we do the little details and play unselfishly, we’ll have the outcome we want to have.”
As for what the Trojans can do even better, Ransom said, “We can stay more aggressive on defense, we can have an arm out, we can touch more guys. And I would say for myself I still need to work on getting more constrained.”