FERRUM, Virginia -- The Ferrum College Men's Basketball team extended their win streak to seven games, beating EMU 73-56 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action this afterrnoon in Swartz Gymnasium.

RECORDS
Ferrum (7-0, ODAC 3-0)
EMU (2-6, ODAC 0-3)

THE BASICS
EMU jumped out to a 6-2 lead at the 16:45 mark, Ferrum responded six straight points to take a 8-6 lead with 15:28 to play in the first half. Both teams traded the lead for the next several minutes, before Nick Ondrus hit a three-pointer for the Royals giving them a 31-27 lead with 3:16 to play in the half. Tahli Oden's jumper with 51 seconds remaining cut the EMU lead to 34-33. 

After a few minutes of trading baskets, Jikari Johnson's three-pointer with 16:15 on the clock would give Ferrum the lead for good, 43-40. Bryant Wall helped the Panthers defensively, holding the Royals to 22 points in the second half, including four straight blocks all in the span of a minute and a half. Ferrum outscored EMU 13-6 in the final 5:06 of the game, holding the Royals to just one point for over four minutes.

Johnson and Alfredo-Abel Rivera scored 24 and 21 points respectively to lead the Panthers and Bryant Wall added 13 rebounds and six blocks, tying him for second most blocks in a game in Ferrum's record book.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Johnson 24 pts, 6 reb; Abel-Rivera 21 pts, 6 reb; Oden 12 pts, 6 ast, 4 reb; Wall 4 pts, 13 reb, 6 blks
EMU: Edixon Gomez-Blanco 15 pts; Ondrus 12 pts, 10 reb; Aviwe Mahlong 8 pts, 6 reb

UP NEXT
Coach Patrick Corrigan's team will be back in action next Wednesday, December 6 on the road against the University of Lynchburg. The ODAC game is set for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off in Lynchburg, Virginia.