Roanoke Sun

Ferrum Falls to Top Seed Randolph-Macon in Quarterfinals

The Ferrum College men's basketball team fell 75-61 in the quarterfinals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Tournament to nationally ranked #2 and top seed Randolph-Macon College in the Salem Civic Center this afternoon.

RECORDS
Randolph-Macon (25-1, 16-0 ODAC)
Ferrum (10-17, 5-11 ODAC)

THE BASICS
Randolph-Macon took the lead on Daniel Mbangue layup to start off the game. Alfredo Abel-Rivera tied things up 8-8 on a free throw with just under 14 minutes left in the half. Calvin Washington tied things up again, 14-14 on a jumper with 10:05 to play.

The Yellow Jackets then scored three straight baskets over the next three minutes to give them a 20-14 lead. Johnny Franklin's three-pointer cut the deficit to 20-19 with 6:49 left in the first half. Josh Talbert scored five of his teams 11 points over a the next three minutes to push the Randolph-Macon lead to 31-19. 

Miles Mallory's free throw at the 17:40 mark gave the yellow Jackets their largest lead of the day, 42-27. Deshone Hicks hit 3 three-pointers and Washington knocked down a pair of free throws to make it 45-41 with 12:15 left in the game. Mallory and Jabril Robinson helped push the lead back to double-digits for Randolph-Macon, who was able to hold on down the stretch for the win.

KEY STATS
Randolph-Macon: Mbangue 25 pts, 11 reb; Talbert 15 pts, 5 ast; Mallory 14 pts
Ferrum: Hicks 31 pts, 4 ast; Washington 11 pts, 8 reb;  Franklin 8 pts

UP NEXT
The loss closes out Ferrum's 2022-23 season. The Yellow Jackets advance to the ODAC Tournament semifinals Saturday, where they will face the winner of #4 Roanoke College vs #5 Washington and Lee at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The ODAC Tournament champion will collect the league's automatic qualifier into the the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships. 

Original source can be found here