The Bulldog men’s bas­ket­ball team won four con­sec­u­tive road games for the first time since the 2004–2005 season.

Ferris picked up two con­fer­ence vic­to­ries on the road this week­end, giv­ing the team a 4–1 record against Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) oppo­nents dur­ing this recent five-game road trip. Ferris is now 10–7 over­all and 8–4 in GLIAC play.

The Bulldogs recorded a thrilling 54–52 vic­tory over the Wayne State Warriors on Jan. 21. The vic­tory marked the first time since the 1994–1995 sea­son that Ferris has won at Wayne State.

The Warriors jumped out to a 23–11 lead in the first half, but the Bulldogs bat­tled back on defense by hold­ing the Warriors score­less the last 4:40 of the half. Ferris still trailed 30–23 at half­time. Both teams strug­gled shoot­ing from the floor in the half, as each squad shot 28 per­cent from the field.

Ferris con­tin­ued to hang tough in the sec­ond half as the team trimmed the lead to one point at the 7:09 mark. After stay­ing close for the major­ity of the game, the Bulldogs finally tied the game with 2:17 left in the contest.

The game remained tied until the final 15 sec­onds, when junior guard Darien Gay buried a short jumper to clinch the vic­tory. Gay, a Detroit native, had many friends and fam­ily in the stands.

“It felt great to hit the game-winning shot and to come through for my team in the clutch,” said Gay. “It was spe­cial since I got to hit the shot in front of a lot of friends and fam­ily in my hometown.”

Strong defen­sive play was the key down the stretch, as the team held Wayne State score­less for the final 5:53 of the game.

Pacing the Bulldogs was junior for­ward Justin Keenan, who put up 19 points and 12 rebounds, despite draw­ing double-teams for the major­ity of the night. Senior guard Josh Young chipped in 14 points for Ferris.

The Bulldogs wrapped up the five-game road trip with an 86–73 vic­tory at Northwood on Saturday. The win against Northwood gave Ferris its eighth-straight sea­son with at least 10 wins.

Ferris held a five-point lead at the half and never looked back, as the team outscored Northwood 47–39 in the sec­ond half.

Ferris held a 45–33 advan­tage in rebounds for the game. The bench play proved to be the biggest advan­tage, though, as the Bulldog reserves outscored the Timberwolves’ bench 29–11.

Gay led the way for Ferris with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists. Keenan dropped in 17 points, while junior guard Matt DeHart and senior guard Jon Yeazel both scored 14 points.

“We’re play­ing some good ball right now,” said Gay. “If we con­tinue to play like this, the sky is the limit.”

Ferris will return home this week­end to begin a four-game home stand, start­ing with a matchup against Northern Michigan on Jan. 28.