Center Valley, PA (December 29, 2021) - The 24th ranked DeSales University men's basketball team rolled past Neumann University, 96-56, in the first game of the Al Senavitis Memorial Holiday Tournament on Wednesday evening in Billera Hall.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 96, Neumann - 56
• Records: DeSales (12-0 overall); Neumann (6-5 overall)
• DeSales wil take on Drew in the Al Senavitis Memorial Holiday Tournament championship game on Thursday evening beginning at 7:00 pm.
• The Bulldogs are now 12-0 for the first time in team history, surpassing the previous best start to a year in 2008-09 (9-0).
• DSU is now 10-1 all-time vs. the Knights in the first match-up since since the 2016 season.

How it Happened

• DeSales put this game away early pushing an early 12-9 lead into a 19-point advantage with an 18-2 run a nine and a half minute span that included seven straight points from senior Timmy Edwards.
• The lead cotinued to grow peaking at 30 points (50-20) at the halftime break.
• Neumann cut into the margin early in the second-half getting within 23 points once before DeSales finished strong opening up a lead as high as 42 points before the final tally.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Seven different players saw action in the win with 16 reaching the scoring column.
• Sophomore Ryan Boylan recorded his first career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, adding four assists.
• Junior Jordan Holmqvist, Edwards, and first-year Caleb Gibbs each had 11 points to lead the Bulldogs in scoring column.
• Senior Matt Kachelries added seven points and a game-high nine assists in the win.

For the Foes

• KJ Speller led the Knights with 13 points and pulled down eight boards.
• Jalen Vaughns added 12 points and seven boards.
• Tony James also reached double digits with 10 points.

Inside the Box Score

• The Bulldogs shot better than 50% in each half totaling 52.6 percent shooting for the game.
• DSU dominated the paint, out-rebounding Neumann, 54-36, and out-scoring the Knights, 60-30 in the paint.
• The DeSales bench scored 58 points and DSU had a 22-2 edge in fast break points.

Up Next

• Tip for tomorrow's championship game is 7:00 pm.