FRONT ROYAL, Va. - Senior guard Johnny Jackson (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) scored a game-high 29 points, grabbed 11 rebounds as he led the Gallaudet University men's basketball team to an 87-70 win over Christendom College, in non-conference play, on Thursday evening on the road. The victory ends a 12-game losing streak for the Bison (5-17), who last tasted victory on January 3 with a 72-50 win over Polytechnic (N.Y.).

The senior nearly had a triple-double as he made a game-high seven steals to go with three assists and one block. The double-double is his second of the season after he scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Polytechnic.

Freshman forward Danny Kelly (Strongsville, Ohio) and sophomore forward Daniel Fava (Baltimore, Md.) were the other Bison to reach double figures as they scored 18 and 10 points, respectively. Kelly added seven rebounds, five steals and four assists. Thirteen Gallaudet players saw action in the win as the Bison received 24 points from their bench.

Christendom (3-14) had control of the game early on as the Crusaders led the Bison by seven points midway through the first half. Christendom, members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, relinquished the lead for good in the waning seconds of the half after six ties in the game. Jackson made a lay-up with six seconds left before the break to give GU a 33-31 lead. The Crusaders turned the ball over as freshman guard Nicholas Elstad (Colorado Springs, Colo.) came up with the steal and kicked it to sophomore guard Kevin Berrigan (Frederick, Md.) who launched a three-pointer as the buzzer sounded. Berrigan's shot found the bottom of the net as the Bison led 36-31 at halftime.

Gallaudet broke open the game in the first few minutes of the second half as the Bison outscored the Crusaders 15-4 in a three-minute stretch to increase their lead to 17, 55-38, on a Kelly basket. The highlight of the second half was an alley-oop dunk made by sophomore Tony Tatum (Birmingham, Ala.) off an inbound pass by fellow sophomore Brandon McMillan (Frederick, Md.) at the 16-minute mark.

Christendom was led by 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Bryan Fox as he scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and made two blocks. Three other Crusaders reached double digits including Tim McPhee (12 points), Brendan Krebs (10 points) and David Townsend (10 points).

The Bison scored 64 of its 87 points in the paint against Christendom. GU outrebounded Christendom 51-39 as the Bison shot 42.5 percent from the field (37-for-87).

Gallaudet will next travel to Lancaster, Pa., on Saturday, February 20, to face Lancaster Bible College in a non-conference game that starts at 2 p.m.