{"id":15014,"date":"2012-11-19T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T13:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=15014"},"modified":"2012-11-26T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T14:57:52","slug":"royals-erase-late-deficit-to-top-ferrum-in-ot-91-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/royals-erase-late-deficit-to-top-ferrum-in-ot-91-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Erase Late Deficit To Top Ferrum In OT, 91-81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EMU men did the right things at the right time Saturday afternoon, coming back from a seven-point deficit to force overtime and take a 91-81 win from Ferrum.\u00a0 The Runnin Royals won both games at their own EMU Tip-Off Classic to start the year 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind 9-2, Eastern Mennonite led by as much as 35-21 before turnovers and poor free throw shooting let the Panthers get back in the game.\u00a0 A 13-2 run by Ferrum gave the visitors their first lead since the opening minutes at 60-59 with 6:28 remaining.\u00a0 The surge continued to a 69-62 edge for FC with 3:07 to go in regulation.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when the men finally started to hit some free throws.\u00a0 Over the first 37 minutes of play, the Royals made just 14-of-35 charity tosses.\u00a0 But the men went 4-8 in the final three minutes of regulation, and even the misses proved crucial.<\/p>\n<p>After the Panthers converted a big three-point play to lead 72-65 with 1:43 to go, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2012-13\/bios\/thorne%20andrew%20rwte\">Andrew Thorne<\/a><\/strong> (Front Royal, VA\/Skyline) made a layup to trim the lead to five.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2012-13\/bios\/falk%20david%206k71\">David Falk<\/a><\/strong> (Madison, VA\/Madison) swatted away a Ferrum shot with 45 seconds to go and the Royals had life.\u00a0 Thorne missed two free throws, but <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2012-13\/bios\/sims%20r.j.%2058vl\">R.J. Sims<\/a><\/strong> (Fort Washington, MD\/Friendly) picked out a steal after a Ferrum rebound, and then zipped a pass to Falk for a dunk with 25 seconds showing.<\/p>\n<p>Down by three, the Royals still needed some magic.\u00a0 Falk started it by forcing a turnover on the inbounds pass. \u00a0He was strategically fouled with 22 seconds to go, but hit the first attempt to trim the lead to 72-70.\u00a0 His second attempt bounced off the front of the rim, and Thorne swooped in for an offensive board, and found Sims for a layup to knot up the score at 72-72 with 18 seconds left. \u00a0EMU scored five points in a seven-second span to erase the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrum managed to get off a shot in the closing seconds, but it wasn&#8217;t close and the game headed to overtime.<\/p>\n<p>The streak continued for the Runnin Royals, as they scored the first six points of OT to go ahead 78-72 after a Sims three-point play.\u00a0 The Panthers finally got two free throws to end the 13-0 run, but they wouldn&#8217;t get closer than four points the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p>After the cold start, Eastern Mennonite connected on 13-of-19 free throws over final eight minutes of the contest to help ice the win.\u00a0 They still finished 27-54 in the game, setting a program record for free throws attempted.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals shot 56% from the floor, including 4-10 from outside, and forced 30 Ferrum turnovers.\u00a0 The Panthers stayed in the game by shooting 47% from the floor and nailing 28-of-31 free throws.\u00a0 They also had a 38-28 edge in rebounding.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2012-13\/bios\/daniel%20dajon%2079n3\">Dajon Daniel<\/a><\/strong> (Fredericksburg, VA\/Mountain View) helped steady the men throughout the game and led all scorers with 27 points, tying his career high.\u00a0 Falk was 10-11 from the floor and tallied 24 points with a game high four steals.\u00a0 Sims picked up his scoring in crunch time and finished with 16.\u00a0 Thorne had nine rebounds, including five offensive, and five assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Mennonite men remain at home next week, hosting Frostburg State on Tuesday and Marymount next Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EMU men did the right things at the right time Saturday afternoon, coming back from a seven-point deficit to force overtime and take a 91-81 win from Ferrum.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/royals-erase-late-deficit-to-top-ferrum-in-ot-91-81\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Royals Erase Late Deficit To Top Ferrum In OT, 91-81<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":15016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,4522],"tags":[13936,13940,13942,13907,13626],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-15014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-mens-basketball","tag-andrew-thorne","tag-dajon-daniel","tag-david-falk","tag-emu-tip-off-classic","tag-r-j-sims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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