The Bulldogs are amidst a six-game win­ning streak after claim­ing two home vic­to­ries over the weekend.

The Bulldogs are 12–7 over­all this sea­son and 10–4 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play. Following losses by Lake Superior State and Saginaw Valley State, Ferris moved into sec­ond in the GLIAC North Division stand­ings and third in the over­all con­fer­ence stand­ings. Bulldog junior cen­ter Justin Keenan said the team has gained con­fi­dence, but knows the team needs to fin­ish the sea­son strong.

“I feel like this is a great turn­ing point in the sea­son,” said Keenan. “We have to stay right in the race and keep winning.”

Bulldog senior guard Jon Yeazel said since the win­ning streak began, the team has not looked back.

“We’re really exe­cut­ing our game plan for the most part and that is what’s help­ing out a lot,” said Yeazel.

Ferris improved to 5–2 at home this sea­son after defeat­ing the Michigan Tech Huskies 67–63 on Jan 30. The Bulldogs trailed by seven early in the first half, but outscored the Huskies 37–24 over the final 16 min­utes to take a 41–35 lead into halftime.

Ferris led by as many as 11 points and never trailed in the sec­ond half. The Huskies pulled within two points with 54 sec­onds left, but did not score again. Bulldog coach Bill Sall called the sec­ond half a “battle.”

“You have to be ready for that and when­ever we play Tech it’s always a war.”

As a team, the Bulldogs forced 17 turnovers while com­mit­ting just nine. Keenan had game-highs with 26 points and seven rebounds. Four Bulldogs scored in dou­ble fig­ures for the game.

The Bulldogs were vic­to­ri­ous despite play­ing short­handed. Senior guard Josh Young missed the game due to per­sonal rea­sons and fresh­man for­ward Daniel Sutherlin did not play due to illness.

“We had some major obsta­cles,” said Sall, “There were not many bod­ies to turn to.”

Ferris sopho­more guard Dante Molden suf­fered a tail­bone injury early in the sec­ond half and played spar­ingly the rest of the game.

“We needed him and he hit a huge three pointer for us and played through the pain well,” said Sall.

Ferris hosts the Hillsdale Chargers at 8 p.m. on Feb. 4 and the Findlay Oilers at 2 p.m. on Feb. 6 to close out a four-game home stand. Hillsdale is sev­enth in the GLIAC stand­ings, while Findlay is in first. Findlay has won 13 con­sec­u­tive games and is ranked in the top 25 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Coaches Poll.