Roanoke Sun

Ferrum Falls to Lynchburg on the Road

The Ferrum College men's basketball team dropped an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) game on the road to the University of Lynchburg 88-78, in Turner Gymnasium this evening. 

RECORDS
Lynchburg (6-16, 3-10 ODAC)
Ferrum (9-14, 5-9 ODAC)

THE BASICS
Alex Fitch capped off a 7-0 run to start the game with a three-pointer for Lynchburg. Calvin Washington scored Ferrum's next six points and Deshone Hicks added three of his career high 40 points on the night, to cut it to a 11-9 Hornet lead. Trey Pittman hit a pair of free throws to help Lynchburg go on a 14-0 run and give them a 29-11 lead with 7:21 left to play in the half. The Hornets took a 44-29 lead heading into the break. 

After a three minute scoring drought, Fitch nailed a jumper and Washington hit a long jumper to break the drought, for their teams. Jamar Butler hit a jumper in the paint to cut the lead to 60-51 with 9:27 remaining in the game. Lynchburg responded with a run of their own to get the lead back to 20 points, with 4:59 left on a Pittman layup. The Panthers cut that lead in half to close out the game on the road.

KEY STATS
Lynchburg: Fitch, 23 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast; Pittman 16 pts, 3 reb; Miles Taylor 10 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast
Ferrum: Hicks 40 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast; Washington 12 pts, 8 reb; Johnny Franklin 8 pts, 7 reb

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