ASHLAND, Va. -- Ferrum College dropped a non-conference men's basketball game to Randolph-Macon College this afternoon on the road, falling 69-56 at Crenshaw Gymnasium.

RECORDS
Randolph-Macon (3-1)
Ferrum (1-2)

THE BASICS
The Yellow Jackets jumped out to an 8-2 lead to open the game, and led 31-22 lead with 43:33 left in the half. Ferrum went on an 8-0 run on a three-point basket each from D'Andre Mullen and Nick Helton, and a layup by Carrington Young to make it 31-30 with 1:02 left before halftime. Randolph-Macon scored the final points of the half for a 36-30 lead at the break, then began to pull away early in the second half and led by as many as 16 points. Ferrum pulled to within four points at 52-48 when Josh Dudley made a layup, was fouled and converted the three-point play with a free throw at the 5:17 mark. That was as close as the Panthers would get as the host Yellow Jackets closed the game with a 17-8 run.

KEY STATS
Randolph-Macon: Korey Turner 18 pts; Daniel Noe 18 pts; John Nowell 8 pts, 13 reb
Ferrum: Helton 17 pts, 5-9 3FG; Mullen 16 pts; RJ Turner 10 pts

COACH'S THOUGHTS
"Proud of our effort today, we played with confidence and energy in the first half," said Head Coach Tyler Sanborn. "Unfortunately, we started out slow and put ourselves in a hole to start the second half, then fought back and got into the game in the latter part of the half. I think we were just a couple of key possessions from being able to win. We are undersized, especially without Josh Grimard, so we had to be nearly perfect on our box-outs. To their credit, they came up with some key offensive boards in the second half and created some costly turnovers to seal the game."

NEXT GAME
Sanborn's team will be back in action Wednesday, Nov. 29, at home against Emory & Henry College. The non-conference game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off at Swartz Gym.