FERRUM, Va. -- Ferrum College earned an Old Dominion Athletic Conference men's basketball win tonight at home, leading wire to wire en route to a 68-65 win over #19 Guilford College at Swartz Gym.

RECORDS
Ferrum (7-6, 2-2 ODAC)
Guilford (10-4, 2-3 ODAC)

THE BASICS
Four Ferrum players scored in double-digits in the ODAC win, with James Smith Jr. leading the way with 13 points. The Panthers led 9-0 to open the game on two three-pointers by Kalip Jones and one by Nick Helton. Ferrum opened a 19-point lead on Rashad Reed's layup at 3:30 of the first half off a Smith pass.

The Panthers led 42-26 at the break, but Guilford used a 12-6 run to cut it to 48-40 at 14:10. Kajuan Madden-McAfee stopped the run with a three-pointer at 13:39 and the lead was back up to 11 points. The Quakers went on a 12-point run to close the gap to 60-58 at 5:54. Carrington Young, who led Ferrum in rebounding with 11, then dropped a three with 4:25 left to play.

Smith hit a jumper with 20 seconds left to give Ferrum a 67-64 lead, which proved to be the winning bucket. Young made it a two possession game when he made the first of two free throws with eight seconds left in regulation.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Smith 13 pts; Madden-McAfee 12 pts, 6 reb; Reed 12 pts;
             Young 11 pts, 11 reb; Brandon Reeves 10 reb
Guilford: Kyler Gregory 14 pts, 14 reb; Jorden Davis 14 pts; Tyler Dearman 10 pts;
             Liam Ward 8 pts, 9 reb

BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"Great win. Excited for our guys. We played confident and did not back down against a really good team. We flowed offensively and battled on the defensive side. I'm just so proud of the effort and being able to close the game out when it got tight. Big win for our program." --Head Coach Tyler Sanborn

NEXT GAME
Sanborn's team will be back on the court Saturday, January 11, at #4 Randolph-Macon College. The ODAC game is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start in Ashland, Virginia.