Wilkes-Barre, PA (January 10, 2024) - Junior Caleb Gibbs scored a career-high 23 points and senior Jordan Holmqvist poured in 19 points off the bench leading the DeSales University men's basketball team past King's College, 71-65, in MAC Freedom action on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 71, King's - 65
• Records: DeSales (12-2, 3-0 MAC Freedom); King's (9-5, 1-2 MAC Freedom)
• This is DeSales 16th straight win over King's as DSU improves to 46-24 in the all-time series.
• The Bulldogs run their win streak to nine straight on the season.

How it Happened

• DeSales trailed early (9-7) before a 10-3 run led by four points from Gibbs and a Holmqvist 3 put DSU up 17-12.
• The Bulldogs led by one late before closing the half out-scoring King's, 7-4, to take a 31-27 lead into the halftime locker room.
• King's was the aggressor to start the second-half taking a one-point advantage four times before DeSales countered with a 9-0 run led by five points from Holmqvist and buckets from Gibbs and senior Elijah Eberly.
• The lead remained nine after a 3 from senior Christian Guldin at the 1:50 mark.
• King's got a 3, a stop on the defensive end, and two free throws to pull within four with 42 seconds left.
• Gibbs did the rest hitting 4-for-4 from the charity stripe over the final 31 seconds to seal the win.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Gibbs was 7-for-9 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 from the foul line en route to his career-high 23 points while also adding eight rebounds.
• Holmqvist came off the bench to toss in a season-high 19 points and adding four assists.
• Guldin was also in double digits with 13 points.
• Senior Mason Barnes had six assists.

For the Foes

• Eamonn Walsh had 19 points to lead the Monarchs.
• Chris Patton finished with 13 points and Ben Rodner-Tims totaled 12 points.

Inside the Box Score

• The DeSales bench out-scored King's, 28-4.
• Both team shot well with DSU hitting 55.1 percent from the field and King's converting 54.3 percent.

Up Next

• DSU is back on the court on Saturday hosting Lebanon Valley College in a MAC Freedom game set to begin at 3:00 pm.