 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Contact: Gary Holden, Sports Information Director
- (540) 365-4306
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- January 5, 2003
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- Jackson Earns Spot on All-Tournament Team
- Ferrum Drops Pair at Rinso Marquette
Tournament
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- Ferrum, Va. – Freshman Chris
Jackson (Clayton, N.C./Garner) has been named to the
All-Tournament team at the Rinso Marquette Tournament, hosted Jan.
4-5 by Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania.
Jackson, pictured at right, averaged 16 points for the
Panthers, which dropped two games in the tournament.
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- Ferrum lost its opening-round game to Richard Stockton College
of New Jersey Jan. 4th, 70-63. Jackson had 16 points,
including four treys. Freshman RaRa
Cunningham (Asheville,
N.C./AC Reynolds) added 14
points in the loss. Ferrum trailed 36-34 at halftime. (Ferrum-Richard
Stockton box score)
 The
Panthers then dropped a heart breaker to SUNY Institute of
Technology Jan. 5th, 83-79, in the tournament's consolation
game. Ferrum trailed 47-33 at halftime. Jackson had another 16 points for Ferrum.
Freshman Sydney
Jackson (Brooklyn, N.Y./Liberty Co.) led the Panthers with 19 points, and also had six rebounds.
The 19 points is a season- and career-high for Jackson, pictured
at left. (Ferrum
SUNY Tech box score)
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 Junior Kevin
Aigbe (Nashville,
Tenn./Volunteer State CC) had
14
points and 10 rebounds in the loss to SUNY Tech. It was his second double-double in three games.
Aigbe, pictured at right, had 12 points and 11 rebounds in
Ferrum's 74-70 win over Lynchburg College Jan. 2nd at home.
The win helped Ferrum complete a sweep over Lynchburg in the
home-and-away series. Ferrum also defeated the Hornets 83-80
on Nov. 26th on the road.
Ferrum (3-6) will be back in
action Jan. 9th at Savannah College of Art & Design.
Coach Ed Wills' club will open Dixie Conference play when they
host Averett University Jan. 15th at 7:30 p.m. For more information, please contact the
Ferrum sports information office at (540) 365-4306.-
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