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Center Valley, Pa. (February 16, 2008) – The DeSales University men's basketball team used 13 three-pointers on Saturday afternoon to record a 75-47 win over FDU-Florham in a Freedom Conference on senior day in Billera Hall.
The Bulldogs (19-4, 9-2 Freedom) were three made treys away from tying the single-game record of 16 as they finished the game shooting 47.5 percent from the field and 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from outside the arc. DeSales' defense forced 26 Devil (2-21, 1-9 Freedom) turnovers in the win and DSU out-rebounded FDU, 35-31, in the win.
A tight game in the early going was opened up when a quick 8-0 run by DeSales pushed a two-point lead into a 15-5 advantage at the 12:42 mark. Freshman Colby Thompson ended the spurt with a short jumper but junior Ed Lapinski (Red Hill, PA/Upper Perkiomen) immediately pushed the lead back to double digits as the two teams went back-and-forth over the final nine minutes of the opening half with DeSales leading 34-23 at the break.
The Devils scored first out of the locker room to cut the margin down to single digits but that was the last time DSU led by less then 10 as a three-pointer from junior Matt Zwetolitz (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) ignited a 14-3 run that gave the Bulldogs a 20-point lead and eventually grew to as many as 30 points on three different occasions before the final was posted.
Sophomore Rob Schubach (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) was the story on the offensive end as he came off the bench to tie his career-high with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting including 4-of-7 from outside the arc as the lone Bulldog to reach double digits. A host of players finished with nine points including Zwetolitz and seniors Phil Stricker (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) and Eddie Ohlson (Allentown, PA/Parkland).
Lapinski contributed eight points and six rebounds off the bench and senior Jamie McCloskey (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) had a solid game with a team and career-high seven rebounds. In all 13 of the 15 Bulldogs who earned playing time reached the scoring column.
Freshman Danny Ciprut was the lone Devil in double digits with 12 points, while freshman Ricky Fetske finished with eight points and nine rebounds and junior Ryan McPherson totaled eight points.
DeSales moves into first-place in the Freedom Conference standings all by itself by virtue of the Manhattanville College loss at King's College on Saturday. The Bulldogs can clinch the #1 seed in the Freedom Conference playoffs now with a win at Arcadia University on Tuesday, February 19th. Tip is scheduled for 8:00 pm.
