Center Valley, PA (January 15, 2025) - Senior Caleb Gibbs fell one rebound shy of a 20-20 double-double finishing with 20 points and 19 rebounds leading the DeSales University men's basketball team past King's College, 101-74, in MAC Freedom action on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 101, King's - 74
• Records: DeSales (8-6, 2-1 MAC Freedom); King's (6-6, 1-2 MAC Freedom)
• DeSales records its 18th straight win over King's and improves to 48-24 all-time vs. the Monarchs.

How it Happened

• DeSales dominated this game from the opeing top opening up a 13-0 lead and held King's without a field goal for the first 4:45 of the game while taking a 16-2 lead.
• The Monarchs did battle back getting within four points late in the first-half before DSU finished the first-half on a 7-2 run to take a 46-37 halftime lead.
• The Bulldogs ran away in the second-half opening up a 23-point lead with a 21-7 run to start the half and never looked back from there.
• Gibbs led the way with eight of the 21 points during the run as the lead peaked at 35 points before the 27-point final score.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Gibbs finished 6-for-11 from the field en route to his 20 points, tying his career-high with 19 rebounds, and adding four assists.
• First-year Jayden Thomas had 17 points.
• Junior Brendan Boyle torched the nets with five three-pointers and 15 points.
• Senior Devin Atkinson had 12 points and five assists.
• Senior Matt Ciszkowski came off the bench to score 11 points.

For the Foes

• Chris Patton finished with 17 points.
• Sean Forrest added 16 tallies off the bench and Jawane Buckner also reached double digits with 10 points.

Inside the Box Score

• DeSales shot 54.1 percent from the field and hit 41.9 percent from beyond the arc.
• Both teams shot north of 80 percent from the free throw line.
• DSU dominated the glass, out-rebounding King's, 48-22, scoring 17 second chance points and out-scoring the Monarchs 40-16 in the paint.

Up Next

• The Bulldogs are back in action on Saturday when they travel to Lebanon Valley College for another MAC Freedom game beginning at 3:00 pm.