The Ferris men’s bas­ket­ball team earned its first GLIAC Tournament vic­tory since the 2005–2006 sea­son with a win over Saginaw Valley State on Tuesday.

Ferris lost the two reg­u­lar sea­son meet­ings with the Cardinals, but won a defen­sive bat­tle 65–59 in University Center in the GLAIC Tournament Quarterfinals. The vic­tory marked the first win at Saginaw Valley since the 2006–2007 season.

The Bulldogs held the Cardinals to 32 per­cent shoot­ing from the field and forced 15 turnovers. As a team, Ferris shot 18 per­cent from 3-point range, while Saginaw Valley shot 26 percent.

Ferris trailed by 12 points with 7:42 left in the first half, but cut the deficit to 31–28 by half­time. The Bulldogs took the lead six min­utes into the sec­ond half and never relin­quished it.

Junior guard Darien gay paced the Bulldogs with 14 points, while junior cen­ter Justin Keenan added a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

The Bulldogs will play at the top-seeded Findlay Oilers on Mar. 5 in the GLIAC Tournament semi­fi­nals. Ferris split the two regular-season con­tests with Findlay, with each team win­ning at home. The win­ner will play either Grand Valley State or Hillsdale in the cham­pi­onship game.