Center Valley, PA (January 21, 2023) - The #6 DeSales University women's basketball team avenged its first loss of the season with an 83-22 win over FDU-Florham in MAC Freedom action on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

• Final Score: #6 DeSales - 83, FDU-Florham - 22
• Records: #6 DeSales (16-1, 8-1 MAC Freedom); FDU-Florham (0-13, 0-9 MAC Freedom)
• The win is DSU's ninth straight over the Devils and improves DeSales to 43-16 all-time over FDU.
• DeSales extends its home win streak to 35 straight.
• The Bulldogs move into a tie for first place in the MAC Freedom after Stevens fell to Misericordia on the road on Saturday.

How it Happened

• This game was never in doubt as the Bulldogs scored the first 13 points of the game and led 16-2 5:20 into the game.
• The lead was 22-7 after one quarter of play and DSU out-scored the Devils, 20-3, in the second quarter to lead 42-10 at the break.
• It remained all Bulldogs in the second-half out-scoring FDU, 25-7, in the third quarter and never looking back from there.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Senior Megan Bealer led all scorers with 16 points, adding seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals.
• Junior Amelia Saunders added 11 points and six assists off the bench.
• First-year Julia Kowalski poured in 12 points and first-year Mikaili Donmoyer had 10 points off the bench as well.

For the Foes

• Abigail Rodriguez finished with 12 points for the Devils.

Inside the Box Score

• DSU had 26 fast break points and scored 40 points off 26 Devil turnovers.
• The Bulldogs bench scored 48 points.
• DeSales shot 46.5 percent from the field and held the Devils to just 20.0 percent shooting for the game.

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 8:00 pm.