 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Contact: Gary Holden, Sports
Information Director
- (540) 365-4306
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- January
20,
2004
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- Ferrum Women Stay Perfect in USA South
- Alzime Shines in 71-58 Road
Win Over Greensboro
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- Ferrum, Va. – The Ferrum College women's
basketball team posted a 71-58 win over Greensboro College on the
road tonight to remain perfect at 4-09 in the USA South Athletic
Conference. The Ferrum men were not as fortunate, falling
64-51 to the pride in the nightcap.
Women's
Box Score
Men's
Box Score
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- Freshman Aline
Alzime (Leesburg, Va./Stonebridge), pictured above, led the
Panthers in both scoring for the second consecutive game, with a
game-high 23 points. In last Saturday's 70-69 road win over
Methodist College, Alzime had 22 points and 12 rebounds.
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- Senior Tanisha Durham (Roanoke, Va./Patrick Henry)
had 20 points and nine rebounds. Durham now has 1,353 career
points and needs 31 to tie and 32 to break Ferrum's career scoring
mark. All-American and 2003 graduate Tina McBride, who scored
1,384 career points from 2000-03, currently holds the record.
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- Senior Shermika Harris
(Martinsville, Va./Laurel Park) had a huge night on the boards,
collecting 19 rebounds for the Panthers. Harris, who also had
seven points, is the league's leading rebounder at 11.8 per
game. Ferrum improves to 8-5 overall, 4-0 in the league.
In
the men's game, senior Kevin
Aigbe (Nashville, Tenn./Volunteer State) led the Panthers with
18 points and nine rebounds. The loss evens Ferrum's overall
mark at 7-7, 1-2 in the USA South.
Ferrum hosts a pair of USA South basketball doubleheaders this
weekend. On Saturday, Jan. 24, the Panthers host Christopher
Newport University, followed by a home doubleheader against
Shenandoah University on Sunday. The women's games tip off at
2 p.m., with the men's games set to begin at 4 p.m. both days.
For more information, please
contact the Ferrum College sports information office at (540)
365-4306.
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