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Just four regular-season games remain and DeSales men’s coach Scott Coval is three wins shy of his 300th victory. He seems guaranteed to reach the milestone this winter. If he doesn’t, then the close to his 17th season in Center Valley will be a bad one. But the chances are…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Can Darnell Braswell do just about everything well for DeSales? Yes, he can. He was a Division III first-team All-American last season and proved in a 67-59 DeSales non-league victory over Muhlenberg Monday night at Memorial Hall that he’s still one of the best guards in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Can Darnell Braswell do just about everything well for DeSales? Yes, he can. He was a Division III first-team All-American last season and proved in a 67-59 DeSales non-league victory over Muhlenberg Monday night at Memorial Hall that he’s still one of the best guards in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men’s basketball team tips off its season tonight in Center Valley with a tough player with all-around solid skills expected to lead the show. Senior guard Darnell Braswell, who last year became the school’s first NABC first-team All-American, returns with a jump…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The final buzzer sounded and DeSales junior guard Darnell Braswell froze near half-court. Seconds later, the Bulldogs leading scorer and inspirational leader lifted up and bit hard on his jersey as he walked slowly off Franklin & Marshall’s Mayser Center court. A spectacular…
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Read on mcall.com →The Kutztown men are back in the NCAA Division II basketball tournament for the first time since 1988, and hope to stick around for a while. In Division III, the DeSales men and Muhlenberg women have reached the “Sweet 16” and hope to continue playing on. The Golden Bears,…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men’s and women’s basketball teams, the Muhlenberg and Moravian women’s teams, are all NCAA Division III Tournament-bound. The DeSales men and women and Muhlenberg women earned automatic berths by winning their conference tournaments over the weekend. The Moravian…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales and Muhlenberg took breaks away from conference play to compete against each other in a non-league game Monday night in Center Valley. But it was no breather for either team. It was a physical, heart-stopping game that wasn’t decided until the final 10 seconds. DeSales’…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales guard Darnell Braswell got mad. Then, he turned mean. He drove hard, he defended harder, and from end-to-end on the court his facial expression and physical play told the tale of a player unwilling to lose to Muhlenberg on Monday night. Best of all for DeSales, Braswell…
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Read on mcall.com →Defensive stops started to become tough, offensive makes even tougher in the final 12 minutes for the DeSales men Sunday. As a result, a school-record nine consecutive wins to open the season ended. But junior guard Darnell Braswell, an Allen graduate, refused to be disheartened…
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Read on mcall.com →It was a Monday filled with elation for the Muhlenberg women, surprise for the Moravian men and disappointment for the DeSales men’s and women’s teams. The NCAA Division III Selection Committee has a history of making decisions that leave coaches and players from around the…
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Read on mcall.com →Losing the final regular season game is not good for any team hoping to enter the playoffs with momentum. But the Moravian men, who were routed 82-60 by Landmark Conference foe Scranton on Saturday, will get a chance to bounce back on their home court. The second-seeded…
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Read on mcall.com →Couldn’t make it off your high school team’s bench to get playing time but still want to play college basketball? Don’t worry, Northampton Community College women’s coach Art Wolfe may have a spot for you on his team. And it’s not riding the pine. Wolfe, who finished his 19th…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III South tournament is the equivalent of the Division I NIT and WNIT tournaments. But that doesn’t mean that the games will be any less intense for the DeSales men’s and the Moravian women’s teams, who accepted ECAC playoff…
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Read on mcall.com →Chris Huber was spoiled when he was at Parkland High. That’s because Huber, now a senior shooting guard at Muhlenberg College, had the perfect point guard in Eddie Ohlson, who’s a junior at DeSales University. Back at Parkland, all Huber had to do was get open and Ohlson was…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales College has to move forward and forget its stinker Tuesday night in Madison, N.J. Losing 72-38 to FDU-Florham was bad — really bad — considering the Bulldogs were just 1-for-16 on 3-pointers and 15-for-56 overall from the field for 27 percent shooting. Also bad is that…
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Read on mcall.com →Eddie Ohlson’s fears about college have long passed. That’s because everything is working out well at DeSales University for Ohlson, a 5-8 junior guard from Parkland High. And it’s not just about what he’s accomplished on the hardwood. “I came in not really sure what I was going…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales junior Phil Stricker waited until money time to go to the bank Tuesday night. Stricker, who was bothered by foul trouble throughout the game, opened up and scored all eight of his points in the final five minutes to help lift DeSales to a 71-63 non-league win over…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The centers proved why they were hyped as the main attraction in the non-league meeting between Muhlenberg and DeSales Monday night at Memorial Hall. Muhlenberg’s Jeff Stewart muscled inside and scored. DeSales’ Phil Stricker worked free down low or on the baseline, turned and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The DeSales University players fought hard, extending themselves to their limits to erase a 16-point deficit and briefly take a one-point lead. But Scranton just kept on coming, sinking all the big shots and playing pesky defense to pull out a 72-65 victory in the MAC Freedom…
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Read on mcall.com →He does not have a team of slashers, jumpers or particularly solid defenders, but DeSales coach Scott Coval had everything else he needed to win a MAC Freedom Conference semifinal game with ease Wednesday night at Billera Hall in Center Valley. What Coval had was a team that…
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