News Release

Patchogue, NY — Senior Sedale Walton and sophomore Jeff Raimo combined to scored 34 points off the bench to lead the DeSales University men’s basketball team past Briarcliffe College, 76-58, in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon.

The Bulldogs (7-2 overall) struggled thru most of the first half and actually trailed, 26-25, with 1:32 to play before ending the half on a 9-2 run to take a 34-28 lead into the locker room. Walton highlighted the run with four points including a three-pointer and Raimo added two on a lay-up. DSU opened the second half with a 17-6 run to lead, 51-34, and never really looked back after that. During the second half spurt seven different Bulldogs scored including Walton with a team-high four points.

DSU shot 46.2 percent from the field in the game and forced 23 Briarcliffe turnovers. Walton finished with a game-high 20 points to tie his career-high shooting 7-of-11 from the field and 3-for-5 from three-point land. Raimo’s 14 tallies was just two shy of tying his career-high as he shot 6-for-11 from the field and added a career-high six assists and seven rebounds.

Junior Phil Stricker recorded his second double-double of the season with 17 points and 13 rebounds and sophomore Ed Lapinski chipped in with eight points off the bench. Junior Eddie Ohlson did not score but had a strong game at the point with nine assists.

DESALES UNIVERSITY 76, BRIARCLIFFE COLLEGE (NY) 58

DESALES UNIVERSITY (7-2 overall)
Sedale Walton 7-11 3-4 20; Phil Stricker 7-13 3-3 17; Jeff Raimo 6-11 0-0
14; Ed Lapinski 3-5 2-2 8; Jamie McCloskey 3-6 0-0 6; Steve Kriczky 2-7 1-3
5; Matt Zwetolitz 1-4 1-2 4; Jim Malatesta 1-2 0-0 2; Marvin Satchell 0-1
0-0 0; Zach Hoover 0-1 0-0 0; Darnell Braswell 0-3 0-0 0; Eddie Ohlson 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 30-65 10-14 76.

BRIARCLIFFE COLLEGE (NY)
J. Lopes 6-12 2-2 19; Chris Krispino 5-7 0-3 10; Alvin Parker 4-8 0-0 9;
Stanley Shorter 3-11 2-2 8; Cory Hall 3-6 0-0 6; Eugene Nottingham 1-8 0-0
2; D. Manning 1-4 0-0 2; B. Alfieri 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 6-9 58.

DeSales University............   34   42  -   76
Briarcliffe College (NY)......   28   30  -   58

3-point goals-DeSales 6-19 (Sedale Walton 3-5; Jeff Raimo 2-3;
Matt Zwetolitz 1-2; Jamie McCloskey 0-1; Steve Kriczky 0-4; Jim Malatesta
0-1; Zach Hoover 0-1; Darnell Braswell 0-1; Eddie Ohlson 0-1), Briarcliffe (NY) 6-16 (J. Lopes 5-9; Alvin Parker 1-3; Stanley Shorter 0-1;
Eugene Nottingham 0-1; D. Manning 0-1; B. Alfieri 0-1). Rebounds-DeSales
40 (Phil Stricker 13), Briarcliffe (NY) 32 (Eugene Nottingham 9).
Assists-DeSales 25 (Eddie Ohlson 9), Briarcliffe (NY) 10
(Alvin Parker 3; Stanley Shorter 3).