By Darin Douglas, Sports Information Intern

FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College's women's basketball team mounted a late comeback in second half, but ended up falling short. Losing 73-65 to Roanoke College in this Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) game tonight at Swartz Gym.

RECORDS
Ferrum (5-13, 3-8 ODAC)
Roanoke (13-2, 8-0 ODAC)

THE BASICS

The beginning of the game was very tough battle, where both teams traded baskets back and forth to begin the game. Until the Maroons used an 8-3 run over the course of two and a half minutes, to take an 18-13 lead after the first quarter. 

To start the 2nd quarter, the Panthers and Maroons traded a few baskets once again. Then Sayre Brandstatter knocked down a 3-pointer to spark an 18-4 run for Roanoke, giving them a 44-23 advantage at the half.

The Maroons held a 20 point lead, half way through the third quarter. Ferrum battled back to find themselves down 19 points at the end of the third. After outscoring Roanoke 19-17.

Using momentum from the end of the third, Alexis Miller started the comeback for the Panthers by hitting a 3-pointer. Aisha Martin knocked down a 3, followed by a Kayla Cabiness lay-up to pull the Panthers to within 9. Over the next seven minutes, Ferrum out scored Roanoke 13-6, cutting the lead to 67-63 with 1:15 to play. A pair of free-throws from Kristina Harrel and Renee Alquiza sealed the game for the Maroons.   

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Cabiness 17 pts, 4 ast; Miller 15 pts, 3 ast; Cameron Hawkins 10 pts, 8 reb
Roanoke: Rose Sande 16 pts, 7 reb; Ayanna Scarborough 15 pts, 6 reb; Harrel 10 pts, 5 reb

BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"I was really proud of our effort tonight. We played hard and we played together. When we do that I feel like we can compete with anyone in the league. I think we proved that to ourselves tonight. Hopefully, this will give us confidence moving forward. We have been working hard and it hasn't really been showing up on game days. I think tonight was really good for our players to see some of that hard work show up in the way they played. I wanted to see us fight and do it together. We did that tonight and and that's all I can ask. If we give the same effort and play as a team moving forward we are going to win some games down the stretch. I believe that with all my heart." --Head Coach Bryan Harvey

UP NEXT
Harvey's team will be back in action Saturday, January 29th, at Swartz Gymnasium vs Randolph-Macon. The ODAC game is scheduled to get underway at 4:30 p.m. in Ferrum, Virginia.