FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina -- Charles Tart III had 16 points to lead Ferrum College to a 68-59 non-conference men's basketball road win over Methodist University tonight at the March F. Riddle Center.

RECORDS
Ferrum (9-1)
Methodist (4-5)

THE BASICS
Methodist jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead, courtesy of three-pointers by Chance Minott and Brian Bullock. Ferrum closed to within a point at 13-12 on an Ahmil Flowers layup at 11:52, then Tart drilled a three-pointer from the right side less than a minute later to put Ferrum on top 15-13 at the 11:04 mark. The two teams played evenly for the remainder of the first half and Ferrum took a 30-28 lead at the break.

The Panthers' lead grew to five points on Bryant Wall's jumper in the paint a minute into the second half to make it a 34-29 game. Alfredo Abel-Rivera's layup made it 44-37 then Zavier Measmer connected on a shot from downtown to make it 47-37 at the 11:49 mark.

Ferrum never trailed from there and eventually opened its biggest lead, 14 points, on Tae Allen's jumper in the paint at 7:17 to make it a 56-42 game. The Panthers held on from there for the win to improve to 9-1 overall.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Tart 16 pts; Flowers 13 pts; Abel-Rivera 11 pts, 15 reb
Methodist: Brian Bullock 17 pts, 5 3FG; Ke Edwards 17 pts

UP NEXT
Coach Patrick Corrigan's team will break for the holidays then return to action Sunday and Monday, December 29-30, at the Captains Shootout, hosted by Christopher Newport University. The Panthers face Berry College in the opening round Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in Newport News, Virginia.