BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- Marcus Huff led all scorers with a career-high 28 points, but the Ferrum College men's basketball team closed the day on the wrong end of an 83-59 score against Bridgewater College this afternoon at Nininger Hall.

RECORDS
Bridgewater (7-4)
Ferrum (2-6)

THE BASICS
The Eagles jumped out to a 17-5 lead and never looked back in the non-conference rout. Ferrum made a 14-6 run to get within 10 points in the first half, but Bridgewater widened the lead to 15 at the break.

HUFF PUFFS
Huff's 28-point game today is his third career 20+ performance, including a 21-point game against Emory & Henry College November 30, 2016 in Emory, Virginia, and a 20-point game against Southern Virginia University January 2, 2017 in Buena Vista, Virginia.

KEY STATS
Bridgewater: A.J. Horde 17 pts, 10 reb; Ken Stanciel 12 pts; Josh Cammon 10 pts
Ferrum: Huff 28 pts, 4 3FG; D'Andre Mullen 18 pts

COACH'S THOUGHTS
"We just didn't play with the energy or toughness to win today," said Coach Tyler Sanborn. "We came out flat and that set the tone for the rest of the game. Offensively we didn't play with the same cohesiveness and fluidness that we did before the break, which resulted in bad shots. Defensively, we played well enough to win, but couldn't close out possessions with rebounds. We gave them too many free possessions with offensive rebounds and turnovers, it's hard to win games doing that. Hopefully we can refocus in the next couple of days, get Rashad Reed and Josh Dudley healthy and be ready to start the heart of our conference schedule."

NEXT GAME
Sanborn's team will be back in action Wednesday, Jan. 3, at home against Pfeiffer University. The non-conference game is scheduled to get underway at 7:30 p.m. following the Panther women's game against USA South opponent William Peace University.