#13 FERRIS STATE 93, PARKSIDE 78
A slow start doomed the Parkside men's basketball team Thursday night, as the No. 13 ranked Bulldogs snapped the Rangers' 4-game winning streak at Wink Arena in Big Rapids, Mich. The Rangers fall to 10-8 overall and 6-4 in the GLIAC while the Bulldogs move to 19-3 overall and 8-2 in the GLIAC.
 
HEAR FROM COACH REIGEL
"Ferris State is an outstanding team and they got after us early," head coach Luke Reigel said. "It's very hard for us to simulate their style of play in practice and clearly it caused us problems right from the start. I thought we settled down and played good basketball the last 25 minutes or so but we had dug too big of a hole to get out of."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Parkside fell behind early, as a Brandon Hau triple was the Rangers lone field goal over 5:00-minutes into the game, helping the Bulldogs to a 14-point lead early-on. FSU kept the Rangers from striking distance the rest of the first half, pushing their lead to 20+ points for much of the way, and also led by 30 with 1:00 to play in the half. Ferris State took a 54-27 lead into the break. In the second half, the Rangers couldn't muster up a big run to get back into the ball game. They cut the deficit to under 20 points, but it was too little too late. Parkside outscored the Bulldogs 51-39 in the second half.
 
A LOOK AT THE BOX SCORE
Six Rangers finished in double-figures, with Hau leading the way on another efficient night from the floor, where the redshirt-sophomore went 3-for-5 from downtown and 3-for-3 at the line. Freshman Solomon Oraegbu finished with 12 points, freshman Vinson Sigmon Jr. had 11, Joey St. Pierre had 11 and seven rebounds. Brandon Trimble scored 10 points off the bench. Hau, Oraegbu, Trimble and Ramar Evans combined to go 10-for-14 from beyond the arc.
 
Parkside shot 46.7-percent from the floor while the Bulldogs finished at 58.5-percent. The Rangers hit 11 triples, but FSU hit 14-of-31. The Rangers were -2 in turnovers in -3 in rebounding. The Bulldogs' Walt Kelser had 29 points and finished with seven 3-pointers.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Rangers will stay on the road to battle Lake Superior State on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 3 p.m. The team will return home next weekend against Davenport and Grand Valley State, two tough opponents. A teddy bear toss will take place during halftime of the game against GVSU, with all donations going to the Aurora Hospital. Learn more HERE.