Center Valley, PA (January 21, 2023) - The DeSales University men's basketball earned its fourth straight win rolling past FDU-Florham, 75-44, in MAC Freedom action on Saturday afternoon in Billera Hall.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 75, FDU-Florham - 44
• Records: DeSales (15-3, 9-0 MAC Freedom); FDU-Florham (3-15, 2-7 MAC Freedom)
• DeSales has now won 13 straight over the Devils and improves to 41-15 all-time in the series.
• The Bulldogs stay atop the MAC Freedom standings with the win as the only unbeaten team.

How it Happened

• The Devils led early taking a 10-8 lead just over eight minutes into the game before the Bulldogs used a 15-7 run to take a 23-17 lead with 7:22 left in the opening half.
• Junior Christian Guldin had five points and first-year Nate Ellis hit two three-pointers during the spurt as DSU took an eight point lead (35-27) into the halftime locker room.
• The second half was all DeSales as they opened up a 19-point advantage six minutes into the final 20 minutes.
• FDU cut the margin down to 11 points twice but the Bulldogs finished the game on a 26-4 run to post the final tally.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Ellis finished with a team-high 16 points and added three assists.
• Junior Ryan Boylan had 13 points and junior Eliajah Eberly reached double digits with 11 points and six rebounds.

For the Foes

• Carson Woods led the Devils with 18 points.
• Jamal Santana also reached double figures with 10 points.

Inside the Box Score

• The Bulldogs dominated the paint out-rebounding FDU, 43-18, and holding a 48-20 edge in scoring in the paint.
• DeSales bench out-scored FDU's, 38-7.
• DSU shot 50.8 percent for the game and held the Devils to just 32.7 percent shooting.

Up Next

• The Bulldogs are back in action on Wednesday when they travel to King's College for another MAC Freedom game set to begin at 6:00 pm.