Center Valley, PA (November 30, 2022) - Five players reached double digits leading the DeSales University men's basketball team past King's College, 78-66, in the MAC Freedom opener for DeSales on Wednesday evening in Billera Hall.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 78, King's - 66
• Records: DeSales (4-2, 1-0 MAC Freedom); King's (3-4, 0-2 MAC Freedom)
• The win gives DeSales 14 straight in the all-time series as the Bulldogs improve to 44-24 in the series.

How it Happened

• DeSales led 6-5 early before the Monarchs scored eight straight points to take a 13-6 lead just under 10 minutes into the game.
• After a timeout the Bulldogs responded scoring 21 straight points to turn a seven point deficit into a 14-point lead (27-13) before settling for a 31-24 advantage at the break.
• DSU pushed its lead back up to 14 points (42-28) early in the second half and saw the lead peak at 28 points (76-48) with 4:04 left to play before King's made a late push to close the gap to 12 points at the final buzzer.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Sophomore Caleb Gibbs and first-year Nate Ellis each had 12 points to lead the scoring attack with Gibbs falling just one rebound shy of a double-double with nine and adding four steals.
• Junior Elijah Eberly and senior Jordan Holmqvist both netted 11 points with Eberly pulling down seven boards.
• Sophomore Devin Atkinson came off the bench to score 10 points.
• Junior Ryan Boylan and senior Will Pollick each had five assists in the win.

For the Foes

• Will Johnson led all scorers with 22 points and added six assists and five steals.
• Garrett Burys added 16 points and JJ Walsh hit for 14 tallies off the bench.

Inside the Box Score

• DeSales dominated the glass out-rebounding King's, 45-24.
• DSU got 36 points from its bench and scored 42 points in the paint.

Up Next

• DeSales is back in action on Saturday when they travel to FDU-Florham on Saturday for another MAC Freedom matchup beginning at 3:00 pm.