Center Valley, PA… DeSales University collected a 76-64 win over The College of New Jersey on Saturday to win the Casa Mia Holiday Tournament. The win is the eighth straight for the Bulldogs (10-2 overall), while the loss drops the Lions to 8-6 overall. 

               Senior Steve Kriczky (Birdsboro, PA/Daniel Boone) and freshman Darnell Braswell (Allentown, PA/William Allen) combined to score 35 points and shoot 8-for-13 from three-point land, while junior Eddie Ohlson (Allentown, PA/Parkland) dished out nine assists, many to Kriczky and Braswell.  Ohlson and Braswell earned All-Tournament honors and junior Phil Stricker (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) was named the Tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring a career-high 31 points in the opening round win.

               TCNJ’s junior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris) was named to the

All-Tournament Team for the Lions, finishing with 14 points in the loss. Joining Aziz in double figures was rookie guard Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) who totaled a team-high 16 points for the Lions.

               A 17-6 run midway thru the first half proved to be the difference in the game.  Leading 19-14 at the 8:34 mark, Stricker started the spurt with consecutive lay-ups and Kriczky and Braswell finished the run with three consecutive treys to give DSU a 36-20 edge.  The lead was 15 at the half and the Bulldogs led by as many as 24 points in the second half before settling for the final 12-point margin.

               Kriczky finished with a game-high 21 points, Braswell totaled 14 points and five rebounds and Ohlson's final line read six points, nine assists and two steals.  Stricker was held to six points, giving him 37 for the two tournament games.