DOYLESTOWN (Pa.) -- Visiting Stevens Institute of Technology, the defending Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom champions, led wire-to-wire and defeated the Delaware Valley University men's basketball team, 67-50, in the first league game of the season. 

The Ducks improved to 3-4 overall and 1-0 in MAC Freedom play while the Aggies moved to 3-4 and 0-1. 

Stevens jumped out to an early 10-1 lead before a jumper from Justin Savage and a trey from Tyriq Toney-Bailey made it a four-point game, six and a half minutes in. The Ducks responded with a 9-2 run over the next seven minutes to take a double-digit lead, 19-8. 

A 3-pointer from Casey Caruso and a layup by Rasheem Dearry got DelVal back within six, but a 14-6 run by the visitors to close the half set the Aggies back, 33-19, at the break. 

Stevens shot over 50-percent (14-for-27) from the field and held DelVal to 7-of-25 shooting in the first 20 minutes. The Ducks made there money in the paint in the first half, outscoring the home team, 22-6, from there. 

The teams traded layups to start the second before a Conor Coffey trey extended Stevens' lead to 20, 43-23. DelVal got to within 14, but never any closer as the visitors continued their hot shooting and finished the game 26-for-51 (51%) from the field while holding the Aggies to 21-of-58 (36.2%). Rebounds and turnovers were near even for the game with Stevens holding a slight edge in each. The Ducks finished with 36 points in the paint compared to 26 for the home team. 

Three Aggies reached double figures in scoring led by Savage's 13 and Caruso's 12 as they combined for three treys. Savage added five rebounds and Caruso picked up a pair of steals. Dearry led the team with six rebounds and had 11 points. 

Jack Spellman recoded a double-double for Stevens with 18 points and 11 rebounds and Coffey led all players in scoring with 20 points to go with four assists and two steals. Mike Goodall pitched in with 11 points, six rebounds, and three assists.

The Aggies will travel to King's College for another conference tilt on Saturday, December 3 at 3 p.m.