Reading, PA (January 29, 2007) – Sophomore Ed Lapinski (Red Hill, PA/Upper Perkiomen) scored a career-high 21 points to lead the DeSales University men’s basketball team past PSU-Berks, 99-70, in a non-conference game on Monday evening.

 

        The win improves the Bulldogs to 15-4 overall, while PSU-Berks falls to 3-14 overall.  DSU shot 54.8 percent for the game and held a 45-27 edge on the glass in the win.

 

        DSU jumped out early opening up a 34-13 lead with 8:20 to go in the first half and led by 18 points, 50-32, at the break.  The Nittany Lions made a run at the lead coming out of the locker room cutting the margin to six points, 52-46, with 15:28 to go but DSU responded with a 12-4 run to push the lead back up to 15 points and cruised the rest of the way.

 

        Lapinski shot 8-for-11 from the field and grabbed a team-high six rebounds in the win.  He was joined in double figures by junior Jamie McCloskey (Newark, DE/St. Mark’s) who had 13 points, junior Phil Stricker (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) with 12 points and freshman Darnell Braswell (Allentown, PA/William Allen) with 12 points.

 

        Junior Eddie Ohlson (Allentown, PA/Parkland) totaled seven points and dished out 10 assists to become just the second player in men’s basketball history to record 400+ assists in a career.  Senior Steve Kriczky (Birdsboro, PA/Daniel Boone) finished with nine points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots in the win.

 

        PSU-Berks was led by Joe Askew who had 15 points, Adam Fusco with 11 points and Rashad Allen with 10 points to round out the double figure scoring.