Box Score FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College lost to Roanoke College in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men's basketball action, falling 98-66 tonight at Swartz Gym.
 
RECORDS
Roanoke (14-3, 8-1 ODAC)
Ferrum (11-5, 4-4 OFAC)

THE BASICS
Roanoke came out of the gates quickly, opening a 21-2 lead. Ferrum cut the lead to 26-8 on Zavier Measmer's three-pointer at the 11:27 mark, only to see the Maroons use a 12-3 run to extend to lead to 38-11 when Gavin O'Malley was fouled and converted one of his two free throws. The Panthers trailed 52-24 at the break, thanks to four Roanoke players in double digits in the opening 20 minutes of play; Joshua McClary, Marcus Morgan, Jackson Bell  and Joshua Morse.

Ferrum rallied in the second half, cutting the deficit to 55-31 on Alfredo Abel-Rivera's layup at 17:26. The Maroons used a 23-8 run over the next eight minutes to extend the lead to 77-39 with just over nine minutes remaining in the game, a deficit Ferrum would never recover from.

KEY STATS
Roanoke: Morgan 16 pts; Morse 16 pts; McClary 14 pts, 7 asst; Bell 15 pts, 7 reb
Ferrum: Abel-Rivera 12 pts, 7 reb; Charles Tart III 10 pts; Sterling Charles 10 pts

UP NEXT
Coach Patrick Corrigan's team will be back in action Saturday, January 25, at Hampden-Sydney College. The ODAC game is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia.