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IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Contact: Gary Holden, Sports Information Director
- (540) 365-4306
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- November 26, 2002
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- Durham, Eatmon Earn Dixie Hoop Honors
- Player of the Week Awards Given to Each
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- Ferrum, Va. – Ferrum College had a pair
of basketball players honored by the Dixie Conference this week
for their play in the 2002-03 season-opening weekend.
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- Junior Tanisha
Durham (Roanoke, Va./Patrick Henry) has been named Women's
Basketball Player of the Week. Durham averaged 20 points and
10.5 rebounds in a pair of games at the Lynchburg Tip-Off
Tournament, held Nov. 22-23. Ferrum went 1-1 at the
tournament, losing to Roanoke College and defeating
Lynchburg. Durham, pictured above left, was named to the All-Tournament team and
was the Tournament MVP. She was a Dixie All-Conference first
team selection a year ago, averaging 14.2 points and 5.5 rebounds.
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- Freshman Jamaal
Eatmon (Raleigh, N.C. Broughton) has been named Dixie Men's
Basketball Rookie of the Week. Eatmon averaged 18 points
last weekend for the Panthers as they opened the season with a
loss to Goucher College and a double-overtime win over Greensboro
College. Both games were played at the Salem Bank &
Trust Tournament, hosted Nov. 23-24 by Roanoke College.
Against Greensboro, Eatmon had 23 points.
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- The Ferrum men are 2-1 with tonight's
83-80 road win over Lynchburg College. In that game,
sophomore Justin
Harris (Danville, Va./George Washington) led Ferrum with 21
points and 9 rebounds. Freshman RaRa
Cunningham (Asheville,
N.C./AC Reynolds)
had 15 points, while Eatmon had 11 points and seven assists.
The Panthers return to action this weekend when they compete in
the Emory & Henry College Invitational Nov. 30 through Dec. 1.
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- The Ferrum women are 1-1 overall and will be back
in action Nov. 30 through Dec. 1 at the Methodist College
Thanksgiving Shootout in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
For more information, please contact the
Ferrum sports information office at (540) 365-4306.
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