By Taylor Chitwood, Sports Info. Student Assistant

LYNCHBURG, Virginia -- The Ferrum College men's basketball team fell to an Old Dominion Athletic Conference foe in the form of the University of Lynchburg, 78-52, on the road inside Turner Gymnasium Wednesday night.

RECORDS
Ferrum (8-9, 3-5 ODAC)
Lynchburg (12-5, 7-1 ODAC)

THE BASICS
Early in the first half, both Ferrum and Lynchburg both were trading blows as neither team was able to hold a big advantage. The Hornets then went on a 20-2 run spanning 10-plus minutes, taking a 34-19 advantage into the halftime break.

The Hornets used a big first-half performance from Tharon Suggs to jump to the big lead at the midway break. Suggs amassed 20 points to go along with four rebounds in just one half of play. Luke Romeo was the next closest in the scoring department for Lynchburg, recording five points. Cody Lang added four points and four boards to help the Hornet effort. For Ferrum, Rashad Reed led the way in the first half with seven points. James Smith Jr. had a strong half for The Panthers as well, recording five points and six rebounds.

Marcus Plair knocked down a layup to open the second half and cut the lead to 13, but that was as close as the Panthers would get in this one. Lynchburg never looked back from their halftime lead, outscoring Ferrum 44-33 in the closing stanza.

T.C. Thacker came alive for Lynchburg in the second half, recording 14 points to go along with four rebounds and a pair of assists after being held scoreless in half number one. Chance Greene was the only other Hornet in double figures in the half with 10 points. Lang chased down seven rebounds and Suggs added six rebounds of his own. For the Panthers, Nick Helton recorded three rebounds to add to his nine second-half points. Plair added eight points and Terance Crawford notched six points and three rebounds.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Reed 13 pts; Helton 12 pts, 5 reb; Plair 8 pts, 4 reb
Lynchburg: Suggs 22 pts, 10 reb; Thacker 14 pts, 5 reb; Greene 13 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast 

BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"Did not have it tonight. Started off well, flowed offensively, but the wheels fell off. We stopped moving the ball and our offense became stagnant. Credit Lynchburg, they're really explosive offensively. They punched us in the mouth about halfway through the first half and we never responded. Not happy about the way we handled the adversity tonight, but something we are going to have to learn from. Hopefully it will be a lesson that we can take forward and grown from." --Head Coach Tyler Sanborn

UP NEXT
Sanborn's team will be back in action, again on the road, Wednesday, January 29, inside Kirby Field House on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College. Tipoff for the ODAC match-up is set for 7:00 p.m. in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia.