REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Basketball team (5-0) stayed perfect on the season never trailing in their 117-78 win over Willamette University Friday evening inside Currier Gym.

Lucas Gordon (San Marcos, CA) opened the scoring on a fastbreak layup after he picked up a steal a minute after winning the opening tip for the Bulldogs.

Jhace Boston (Bakersfield, CA) then made a pair of free throws just over four minutes into the game giving Redlands their first double-digit lead, 12-2.

Those two points were a part of a 20-0 Bulldog run that made it 22-2 Redlands with 13:31 on the clock. During the run Derek Sangster (Sunnyvale, CA) had seven points, Jake Hlywiak (Valencia, CA) five, and both Omari Ferguson (Chicago, Ill.) and Logan Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA) with another three each.  

Nathan Mattera (Fontana, CA) gave the Bulldogs their largest lead of the first half on a fastbreak layup with :38 seconds remaining as Redlands went into the break up 34, 59-25.

Redlands led by 30 plus the entire second half until a Bearcat layup after a Bulldog turnover made it a 29-point game with 4:29 to play.

Yah Humphrey (Los Angeles, CA), though, got the points back on the next possession getting into the paint for an easy two. Jaiden Agbo (Corona, CA) then made a three-pointer, Dorsey converted his free throws, and Evan Lucas (Concord, CA) knocked down a three-pointer on a fastbreak during a 10-0 Bulldog stretch.  

Over the final two minutes Christian Trusclair (Vallejo, CA) and Agbo each scored to close out another 100-point scoring game for the Maroon and Grey.

Seven players recorded double figures led by Hlywiak who tossed in 20 on 7-of-13 shooting, going 5-for-10 from deep.  Boston added 15 points with two blocks and two steals and Dorsey finished with 13 points and eight rebounds.  Gordon then had a big day across the stat sheet with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals.  

Redlands put together 28 second chance points, 32 fastbreak points, 44 points in the paint, 34 points off turnovers and received 57 points from the bench.   

After an exhibition at Cal Poly SLO on Saturday, November 29, the Bulldogs travel to Orange where they play Chapman University on December 3 at 7:00 p.m. in their first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) game of the season.