FERRUM, Virginia –. Ferrum College men's basketball team beat Randolph College 93-65 avenging an earlier loss. Junior Gerren Jones led the way with 27 points shooting 50% from beyond the arc.

RECORDS
Ferrum 16-7 (8-6)
Randolph 8-15 (3-12)

THE BASICS
The Wildcats held a five point lead with just over 10 minutes to go in the first half. The next two minutes saw the Panthers go on a 10-0 run, capped by a Jones 3 pointers to give Ferrum a 23-18 lead with 8 minutes remaining in the half. The Panthers closed the half on a 25-11 run to lead at intermission 48-29.
The Wildcats comeback effort in the second half failed as the closest they could get was 10 points with 13 minutes remaining. Ferrum then dominated the rest of the way building the lead to as large as 29 points. Five Panthers scored in double figures. In addition to Jones, Junior Alfredo Abel-Rivera added 16 points and 11 boards. Senior Charles Tart III scored 15 points on 6-10 shooting. Senior Tae Allen and Sophomore Marcus Willis Jr. each added 10 points. Allen dished a team high 5 assists.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Jones 27 pts; Abel-Rivera 16 pts, 11 reb.; Tart III 15 pts.; Allen 10 pts., 5 assists; Willis, Jr 10 pts.
Randolph: Jordan Phillips-McLoyd 18 pts; Bryce Watlington 12 pts; Elijah Cox 11 pts; Amari Gorham 10 pts.

UP NEXT
Next up for Coach Patrick Corrigan's team is an away game Wednesday, February 19^th against Roanoke College. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM.