REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands men's basketball team (12-2, 4-1) defeated the University of La Verne (ULV) by 38 points Wednesday evening as they led by double digits inside of three minutes in route to a 105-67 victory.

Lucas Gordon drew an early foul and converted on both of his free throws. Jake Hlywiak then followed with a made free throw before he found Omari Ferguson on the fastbreak. The lead then expanded to 13-0 after Chozen Amadi got into the paint and made a pair of three pointers.

The Leopards did respond with an 11-0 run before a 6-2 Bulldog run extended the lead to three possessions, 23-15. With the lead down to three, 27-24, Cam Brown got to the line and made both before Gordon went on a personal 7-2 run to push the lead to within one of double figures, 35-26, with 9:47 on the clock.

Over the final 7:14 of the first half the Bulldogs outscored the Leopards 20-7 and took a 20-point lead into the break, 55-35. Derek Sangster had four points, and Austin Unegbu made a three off a Ferguson pass.

A 12-0 run by Redlands across the first three plus minutes of the second half put the game away as Ferguson added seven more points during the run.

With a new line of players on the floor, Sangster and Donovan Ware help the Bulldogs to a 10-4 run. Jaiden Agbo then had five points thanks to multiple successful drives to the basket.

The lead reached 40 for the first time thanks to an 11-4 stretch that was fueled by Agbo, Unegbu, and Elijah Duncan off the bench.

Agbo had 12 points thanks to an 8-of-10 mark at the line.  Unegbu had 10 points and six rebounds. Sangster missed a double double by one point and one rebound.

Redlands makes the trip to Whitter where they face the Poets on Saturday at 2 p.m.