Sophomore Kim Rarick led the charge with 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting, sophomore Erica Sovak added a season-high 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds, senior Kirby Lutz had 12 points and junior Jenna Stampf totaled a season-high 12 points. Lutz now needs just seven points to become the 16th player in women’s basketball history to score 1,000 career points.
The Bulldogs (10-3, 3-0 Freedom) used a 19-8 run to end the first half to take a 47-28 locker room lead and never looked back in the second half leading by as many as 34 points. DSU finished the game shooting 53.3 percent from three-point land and held a 51-41 advantage on the boards.
In addition to the double figure scorers, sophomore LeighAnn Burke totaled eight points, freshman Kelly Magrann had seven points and fellow freshman Caitlin Miller finished with six points and six rebounds.
The Devils were led by freshman Danielle Michlovsky with 11 points and Shannon Smith with 10 tallies. FDU (4-8, 0-3 Freedom) shot just 22.9 percent from the field, 17.6 percent in the second half.
DESALES UNIVERSITY 80, FDU-FLORHAM 50 DESALES UNIVERSITY (10-3, 3-0) Kim Rarick 4-5 4-4 14; Erica Sovak 5-8 1-3 13; Jenna Stampf 4-6 4-4 12; Kirby Lutz 5-9 2-3 12; LeighAnn Burke 2-5 2-2 8; Kelly Magrann 2-6 2-2 7; Caitlin Miller 2-4 2-2 6; Amanda Kuperavage 0-5 3-4 3; Rose Katz 1-1 0-0 3; Kaila Wiand 1-5 0-0 2; Emily Hoffman 0-1 0-0 0; Elyse Kutsop 0-1 0-0 0; Lindsey Sykes 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 20-24 80. FDU-FLORHAM (4-8, 0-3) Danielle Michlovsky 3-7 5-6 11; Shannon Smith 4-9 2-7 10; Maureen Kehoe 3-8 3-3 9; Jessie Chalmers 1-15 3-4 6; Courtney Young 2-8 1-2 5; Kate Daly 2-6 0-1 4; Kim Molaskey 1-1 1-2 3; Emily Cerankowski 0-14 2-2 2; Lara Hirshenson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-70 17-27 50. DeSales University............ 47 33 - 80 FDU-Florham................... 28 22 - 50 3-point goals-DeSales 8-15 (Erica Sovak 2-4; LeighAnn Burke 2-3; Kim Rarick 2-2; Kelly Magrann 1-3; Rose Katz 1-1; Kaila Wiand 0-1; Elyse Kutsop 0-1), FDU-Florham 1-14 (Jessie Chalmers 1-7; Kate Daly 0-2; Emily Cerankowski 0-5). Rebounds-DeSales 51 (Amanda Kuperavage 9), FDU-Florham 41 (Jessie Chalmers 7; Shannon Smith 7). Assists-DeSales 14 (Amanda Kuperavage 3), FDU-Florham 12 (Kate Daly 4).