Wilkes-Barre, PA (February 9, 2022) - The DeSales University men's basketball team rolled past King's College, 80-54, clinching the top seed in the MAC Freedom postseason tournament and the MAC Freedom Regular Season Championship on Wednesday evening in MAC Freedom action.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 80, King's - 54
• Records: DeSales (20-3, 13-1 MAC Freedom); King's (6-13, 2-11 MAC Freedom)
• It is DSU's 12th straight win over King's in the all-time series and improves its series record to 42-24 overall.
• The Bulldogs win its 20th game of the season, its 13th under head coach Scott Coval, and the 14th in team history.
• The win clinches both the MAC Freedom Regular Season Championship and the #1 seed in the MAC Freedom postseason tournament in two weeks.

How it Happened

• DeSales got off to a very slow start in this one as King's took a 15-5 lead over the first 4:09 before the Bulldogs answered with a 12-0 run to take their first lead of the game (17-15) at the 12:15 mark.
• Sophomores Ryan Boylan and Elijah Eberly keyed the run scoring 10 of the 12 points.
• Tied at 20, DSU finished the half out-scoring King's, 23-7, to take a 16-point lead (43-27) into the locker room.
• DSU scored the first nine points of the second-half extending its lead to 25 points (52-27) and never looked back from there.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Senior Timmy Edwards led three players in double digits with 12 points and added six rebounds.
• Junior Jordan Holmqvist had 11 points, all in the first-half.
• Boylan finished with 10 points and added six assists.

For the Foes

• King's was led by Carmine Castiello with 13 points.
• Eamonn Walsh and Joey Lindsay each had 12 points in the loss.

Inside the Box Score

• DSU shot an even 50.0 percent from the field.
• The Bulldogs dominated the glass out-rebounding the Monarchs, 47-24.
• DeSales scored 50 points in the paint and got 51 points from its bench.
• 15 of the 16 players in uniform scored for DeSales.

Up Next

• DSU is off this weekend and will return to action on Tuesday traveling to Delaware Valley University for another MAC Freedom game beginning at 8:00 pm.