Ferris State Posts Impressive Senior Day Win; Will Host Parkside In GLIAC Quarterfinals!

Postgame Highlights & Interview 

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's basketball squad recorded an impressive 85-64 win over Purdue Northwest on Saturday (March 2) in the regular-season finale, celebrating a Senior Day win at Jim Wink Arena.

The Bulldogs earned the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (GLIAC) #3 seed for the conference tournament and will next host sixth-seeded Parkside on Wednesday (March 6) evening in quarterfinal-round play starting at 7:30 p.m. (ET).

Ferris State honored an outstanding group of six seniors prior to their final regular-season home games and put together a complete performance in coming away with the win, improving to 22-7 overall this year and 12-6 in the GLIAC.

The Bulldogs led for nearly 37 minutes of the game and never trailed, opening up a 32-27 halftime lead before starting the second half in a big way and eventually outscoring PNW 53-37 over the final 20 minutes of play.

Sixth-year senior guard Ben Davidson led the way with 21 points in his final regular-season home game while junior Ethan Erickson notched 15 points and graduate senior guard Amari Lee poured in 10 points for the Bulldogs. Overall, a total of 14 players saw action and 12 scored in the win.

The Bulldogs shot 47.2% from the floor and made nine-of-26 (34.6%) three's along with eight-of-13 (61.5%) free throws on the day. FSU also had a commanding 52-33 rebounding edge and pulled down 15 offensive boards.

Additionally, Ferris State outscored Purdue Northwest 46-28 inside the paint and 20-8 in points off turnovers while totaling 33 fast break points to 25 for the Pride. The FSU bench also came up with 36 points compared to only 27 for the Pride reserves.

On the opposite end of the floor, PNW shot 41.3% for the game and went nine-of-30 (30%) from behind the three-point arc, but only three-of-12 (25%) at the free throw line. The Pride were led by Dalton Gayman with 14 points and 11 rebounds in a double-double showing in additino to 10 points each from CJ Jackson and Kalil Whitehead.

Along with Davidson and Lee, the Bulldogs' other senior standouts who played their final regular-season home games included Dolapo Olayinka, Jack Ammerman, Vejas Grazulis and DeSean Munson. All six will get another opportunity to play at home in the first-round of conference tournament action.

Tickets for the GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinals will go on sale Sunday and can be purchased online at FerrisStateBulldogs.com/Tickets.