SOMERS, Wis. – In the final game before the New Year, UW-Parkside men's basketball dropped a nonconference game to No. 10 ranked Ferris State, a member of the GLIAC, Saturday afternoon at DeSimone. Parkside will be joining the GLIAC beginning the 2018-19 season.

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Parkside hung tough with the three-time defending GLIAC Tournament Champions in the first half, trailing by just 1-point at halftime. With the Bulldogs clinging to a short lead for the most of the first half, the Rangers made a push in the later minutes, tying the game at 25-25 with 5:18 to play and taking their first lead of the game on an Espen Fjaerestad 3-pointer with 1:25 remaining. A mid-range jumper by the Bulldogs with 1:00 to play ended the first half scoring with the score 33-32 Ferris State.

The second half was a completely different story in the beginning, as the Bulldogs came out on a 17-0 run, making it a 50-32 FSU lead until Jonah Matulle connected on a 3-pointer to end the run. After the long run, the Bulldogs led by double-digits for much of the second half, but the Rangers kept fighting, bringing it to single digits on multiple occasions.

Five Parkside players finished in double-figures, as Jameel Moore led the way for the third straight game with 15 points. Moore was coming off back-to-back 20-point games. Bret Barclay added 14 while Espen Fjaerestad had 11 and both Ramar Evans and Matulle finished with 10.

The Rangers return to action with their first GLVC game since Dec. 7 next time out, hosting McKendree in DeSimone at 7 p.m. following the Ranger women's team.