Ferris State Notches Weekend Sweep Of League-Leading Huskies With Close Triumph

Postgame Highlights (Courtesy of MTU) 

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's basketball team notched its first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) sweep of the season on Saturday (Jan. 30) as the Bulldogs capped off an impressive weekend of action with a 56-54 triumph on the road at Michigan Tech in Houghton.

Ferris State, which beat the league-leading Huskies 60-57 in Fridays opening game of the weekend set, bolted out in front early on day two and claimed the victory as Michigan Tech missed two potential game-winning opportunities from the three-point line in the closing seconds.

The Bulldogs evened their record at 6-6 overall this year behind a 21-point performance from senior guard Walt Kelser at MTU's Student Development Complex Gymnasium. Meanwhile, sophomore forward Vejas Grazulis added 10 points with senior forward Michael Peterson chipping in nine points in the win.

Ferris State shot 46% overall from the floor and made two-of-nine (22.2%) three's along with eight-of-12 (66.7%) free throws in the low scoring win. Defensively, the Bulldogs held MTU to 39.6% shooting with the Huskies going seven-of-27 (25.9%) from long range and nine-of-19 (47.4%) at the free throw stripe.

FSU owned a 37-28 rebounding edge, which included nine offensive boards for the Bulldogs. Sophomore Deng Reng totaled 10 boards for Ferris State with Peterson adding six overall.

Trent Bell led Michigan Tech with a team-high 17 points while Owen White added 16 points and Adam Hobson totaled 10 points.

Both teams took care of the ball as FSU had only 10 turnovers to eight for the Huskies. MTU finished with two steals and the Bulldogs had four steals to go with three blocked shots.

Ferris State returns back home to host West Michigan rival Grand Valley State on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5-6, with both games starting at 3 p.m. (ET) inside Jim Wink Arena.