Center Valley, PA (January 13, 2024) - Senior
Jordan Holmqvist scored a game-high 19 points and senior
Will Bowen added a career-high tying 17 points leading the DeSales University men's basketball team to its 10th straight win, 98-60, over Lebanon Valley College in MAC Freedom action on Saturday afternoon.
The Basics
- Final Score: DeSales - 98, Lebanon Valley - 60
- Records: DeSales (13-2, 4-0 MAC Freedom); Lebanon Valley (3-12, 1-3 MAC Freedom)
- DSU extends its win streak to 10 straight on the season, staying unbeaten in the MAC Freedom.
- This was the first meeting between these two since the 2006-07 season as the Bulldogs improve to 10-11 with today's win in the all-time series.
How it Happened
- The game was tied at seven four minutes in before DSU opened it up with a 17-5 run to take a 24-12 lead at the 10-minute mark.
- Holmqvist (7) and senior Elijah Eberly (6) scored the first 13 points during the spurt.
- The Bulldogs didn't stop there using a 19-5 spurt a few minutes later to take its largest lead of the half (43-19) with 2:01 left before settling on a 45-26 halftime lead led by Bowen who scored 12 of the 19 points during the second run.
- The second-half was more of the same as DeSales scored 53 second-half points to post the final tally.
Top Bulldog Performers
- Holmqvist scores 19 points for the second straight out, hitting 7-for-9 from the field off the bench.
- Bowen tied his career-high with 17 points, hitting three 3's and going 7-for-10 from the floor.
- Junior Matt Ciszkowski had a career-high 13 points off the bench.
- Eberly added 10 points on a perfect 5-for-5 from the field, pulling down seven rebounds and blocking two shots.
- Senior Ryan Boylan finished with nine points, seven boards, and four assists.
- Senior Mason Barnes had a game-high eight assists.
For the Foes
- Ryan Harder totaled 12 points as the lone double digit scorer.
Inside the Box Score
- DeSales shot 53.7 percent from the field and made a season-high 14 3's.
- The Bulldogs dominated the glass out-rebounding LVC, 42-22, including 14 offensive rebounds that led to 27 second chance points.
- DSU also got 55 points from its bench.
Up Next
- The Bulldogs are back at it on Wednesday when they host Stevens in a MAC Freedom game set to begin at 7:00 pm.
