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FSU Men’s Basketball Falls in Weekend Contests

by Published: Jan 10, 2010

The Ferris State men’s bas­ket­ball team allowed 167 points in two con­fer­ence losses over the weekend.

After hold­ing a slim half­time lead in the first con­test, Ferris was outscored 53 to 26 the rest of the game and lost 81–55 at the hands of Lake Superior State. The Lakers had four play­ers with double-digit point totals and shot 64 per­cent from the field in the sec­ond half.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs lost 86–72 to Saginaw Valley State for their sec­ond con­sec­u­tive home loss. The Cardinals outscored the Bulldogs by 19 points in the sec­ond half to cruise to vic­tory. As a team, Ferris shot just 36.8 per­cent from the field.

The Bulldogs fell to 6–6 over­all and 4–3 in the con­fer­ence this sea­son. Ferris plays at rival Grand Valley State tomor­row at 8 p.m. The Bulldogs defeated the Lakers by 26 points in a con­test ear­lier this season.