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December 4, 2004
Panthers Romp at Roger Taylor
Invitational
Fuller Sets Steals Record, Named All-Tournament
Rocky Mount, N.C. – The Ferrum College men's basketball
team picked up a 118-43 win over Roanoke Bible College this
afternoon in the consolation game of the Roger Taylor
Invitational, held at North Carolina Wesleyan College.
Official Box Score
The win sets a new school record for margin of victory (75
points), bettering Ferrum's 43-point win over Eastern Mennonite
University on November 26, 1991.
Sophomore
Rob Fuller (Timberlake, N.C./Person County) was named to the
All-Tournament team. He had 11 points, 11 steals, and six
assists against Roanoke Bible. He set a new school record
for single game steals. The previous record was seven steals
equaled by many players, most recently by Marcus Toney against
Chowan College on December 10, 1996.
Freshman Jamal
Hill (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fork Union) led Ferrum with 17 points
today. Freshman
Brandon
Townes (Danville, Va./George Washington) had 14 points, junior
Nigel Kelly
(Cary, N.C./Central Carolina CC) had 1 3 points and seven
rebounds, and freshman
Jeremy
Yancey (Waldese, N.C./East Burke) had 13 points.
Freshman
Rafael Holland (Palmyra, Va./Fork Union) had 10 points and
seven rebounds. Sophomore
Keith Harris
(Ringgold, Va./Dan River) and freshman
Jon Godsey
(Gladys, Va./William Campbell) added 10 points each.
Ferrum led 61-21 at halftime.
The win improves Ferrum to 2-4, while Roanoke Bible remains
winless at 0-10. Coach Scott Shepherd's team returns to
action December 7 with a non-conference game at Southern Virginia
University in Buena Vista, Virginia. Roanoke Bible will
break to the holidays and return to action January 15 at Piedmont
Bible College. For more information, please contact the Ferrum
sports information office at (540) 365-4306.
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