Sophomore forward Malcolm Ingram (Philadelphia, Pa./Solebury Prep; pictured) posted his ninth double-double of the season, finishing with 22 points and 13 rebounds in helping Philadelphia University to a 70-53 win over the University of the Sciences in men's basketball action on Thursday night at the Gallagher Center.  The victory, the seventh in the past eight games for the Rams, improves them to 13-11 overall and allows Head Coach Herb Magee's team to remain perfect in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) with a 10-0 mark.  The Devils fall to 10-12 overall and 4-7 in league play.

Senior forward Jason Hickenbottom (Philadelphia, Pa./Simon Gratz) finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Philadelphia University, which also got 15 points from Mike Dunn (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), leaving the junior guard just 36 points shy of 1,000 for his career.  The Devils were led by junior forward Shane Connor (Canadensis, Pa./Pocono Mountain East), who scored 12 points off the bench.

The Rams quickly established control of the game, and took their first double-digit lead of the night when Hickenbottom nailed a three-pointer with 10:57 left in the first half, putting Philadelphia ahead 18-8.  The advantage extended to 17 at halftime after an Ingram layup with :38 seconds remaining in the opening frame made the score 40-23.

The second half opened with the Rams going on a 10-3 run as their lead swelled to 24 when Ingram converted in the paint with 16:02 left in the game making the score 50-26.  From there, Philadelphia University continued to hold the Devils at bay en route to the 17-point win.

The Rams' shot 47.5% (28-59) overall and 43.5% (10-23) from beyond the three-point line--tops among their past five performances.  Philadelphia University is now 9-2 when scoring 70 or more points this season, with six such victories coming in their last eight outings.  Another telling statistic from Thursday's game was the Rams' highly-impressive assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.37 on 19 assists versus just eight turnovers in the tidy win over USP.

Philadelphia University will be right back in action this Saturday afternoon, February 9.  Tip-off is scheduled for 12:00 noon inside the Gallagher Center against the visiting Tigers from Holy Family University.  The men's game has been chosen as NCAA Productions' Division II National Television Game of the Week.  This is the first time in University history that the Rams will appear on national television.  It is the second matchup of the season for the CACC South Division foes, as the Rams defeated the Tigers 52-47 on Dec. 3, 2007.

CSTV will televise the game--locally on Comcast Ch. 274, DirecTV Ch. 610 and Dish Network Ch. 152--and it will be simulcast on their broadband network as well.  Justin Kutcher will handle the play-by-play chores while Vince Curran, a former All-City and All-Catholic basketball player from St. Joseph's Prep who went on to play collegiately at Penn, will provide color commentary.

For more information on all the happenings this Saturday, please see the full story.

And if you can't make it to the arena on campus this Saturday, you now have several digital methods to follow every play of the Rams versus the Tigers:

• You can log onto the new live stats service to follow the action play-by-play
• View live streaming video and listen to live audio at www.ncaasports.com/divII (requires free registration)