By Benton Heck, Sports Info. Student Assistant

FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College dropped an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men's basketball game to Eastern Mennonite University this afternoon, falling 73-65 at Swartz Gymnasium. 

RECORDS
Eastern Mennonite (6-10, 4-5 ODAC)
Ferrum (5-13, 0-9 ODAC)

THE BASICS
First-half action saw the Panthers and Royals trade baskets back and forth, with neither team taking a commanding lead. A pair of Darius Kemp free throws at 2:52 left in the half would tie the game at 33-33 a piece. Those would prove to be the final points for Ferrum in the half. Eastern Mennonite hit a three by Mark Burkholder and a jumper by Landon Swingler, to take a 38-33 lead at the break.

Eastern Mennonite started the second half off hot, making their first five field goal attempts, to take a 50-39 lead early on. Ferrum battled back over the next few minutes, using a 8-2 run to pull within five of the Royals.

After a James Smith Jr. jumper got Ferrum within two points, with 2:24 to go in the game, EMU closed the game on a 9-3 run to secure the ODAC road win. Tim Jones hit six of his game high 19 points in the final two minutes of play.

KEY STATS
Eastern Mennonite: Tim Jones 19 pts, 5 ast; Mizz Nyagwegwe 16 pts 3 reb; Mark Burkholder 9 pts, 7 reb, 3 blk
Ferrum: Smith Jr. 17 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb; Jamar Butler 13 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast; Kemp 9 pts, 5 reb

NEXT UP
Coach Tyler Sanborn's team will go on the road to face ODAC foe Guilford College Tuesday, February 1, at 7:00 pm in Greensboro, North Carolina.