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Madison, NJ (January 12, 2008) – Four players reached double digits and the DeSales University men's basketball team shot 50.8 percent from the field en route to its seventh straight win, 73-60, over FDU-Florham on Saturday afternoon in Freedom Conference action.
The win improves DeSales to 12-1 overall and 2-0 in the Freedom, while the Devils fall to 1-13 overall and 0-1 in the Freedom. The Bulldogs out-rebounded FDU-Florham, 36-26, and forced 23 Devils turnovers in the win.
After falling behind 3-0 early, DSU scored 12 straight points to lead by nine 4:30 into the game. The two teams went back-and-forth over the next 10 minutes before the Devils closed to within two points, 30-28, with eight straight points before the Bulldogs finished the half on an 8-3 run to lead by seven, 38-31, entering the locker room.
Sophomore Darnell Braswell (Allentown, PA/William Allen) paced the Bulldog attack with 11 points as nine different players scored in the opening half.
In the second half, DeSales led by nine, 56-47, at the 12-minute mark when the Bulldogs put the game away with an 11-1 run over the next five minutes to take a 67-48 lead with 7:13 to play. Five different players scored during the run.
Braswell finished with a game-high 15 points and added five rebounds in the win. Senior Phil Stricker (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) added 13 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds and senior Eddie Ohlson (Allentown, PA/Parkland) netted 12 points and added six assists and three steals.
Junior Matt Zwetolitz (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) totaled 10 points off the bench, while junior Ed Lapinski (Red Hill, PA/Upper Perkiomen) had nine points and seven rebounds and sophomore Jim Malatesta (Warminster, PA/Archbishop Wood) totaled seven points, five rebounds and three steals in the win.
Ryan McPherson finished with a game-high 24 points leading the Devils. Milton LaCroix added 15 points and Ricky Fetske finished with 10 tallies in the loss.
The Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday, January 16th when they travel to Wilkes University for another Freedom Conference battle beginning at 8:00 pm. For those unable to attend you can follow the game via LIVE stats at the following link - http://www.wilkes.edu/sports/livestats/basketball/xlive.htm.
