LYNCHBURG, Virginia -- The Ferrum College men's basketball team dropped an Old Dominion Athletic Conference contest on the road to Randolph College inside of Giles Gymnasium Tuesday night, 88-73. The loss snaps a four game conference win streak for the Panthers.

RECORDS
Ferrum (5-4, 4-3 ODAC)
Randolph (3-4, 3-3 ODAC)

THE BASICS
The Panthers started the game on a 9-1 run as Darius Kemp found the bottom of the net off the glass with 17:57 to play in the opening stanza. The WildCats would then answer right back with a 10-0 run spanning the next 3:00+ to take the 11-9 advantage. The rest of the half would be played back and forth, with neither team able to take any type of advantage through the first 20:00 as the score would read 39-39 heading into the halftime break.

Neither team was able to create any type of separation in the second half either, as the largest lead up until the 3:00 mark was five. A Kemp jumper with 16:45 to play gave the Panthers the 46-41 lead, but the WildCats would again answer. Foul trouble plagued the Panthers down the stretch, allowing Randolph to outlast Ferrum in the final five minutes. The WildCats were able to outscore Ferrum 19-4 in that final five minutes.

James Smith Jr. had a big game for the Panthers after comming off the bench, scoring 21 points. Darius Kemp was again just one rebound shy of a double-double, turning in a 17-point, 9-board performance. Kajuan Madden-McAfee added 15 of his own points as well in the Panther effort. For the WildCats, Evan Makle had the highest scoring output with 26 points, but it was CJ Loving's 15 points and 14 rebounds and Justin Dula's 15 points and 13 rebounds that proved to be the difference.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Smith Jr. 21 pts, 5 reb; Kemp 17 pts, 9 reb; Madden-McAfee 15 pts
Randolph: Makle 26 pts, Loving 15 pts, 14 reb; Dula 15 pts, 13 reb; Bickey 15 pts

UP NEXT
The Panthers are back in action Friday, February 19 inside of Swartz Gymnasium to take on the Wasps of Emory & Henry College. The ODAC affair is set for a 7 p.m. start.