For the sec­ond time this sea­son, the Ferris State men’s bas­ket­ball team bat­tled a NCAA Division I opponent.

The Bulldogs fell 76–60 to the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Jan. 4 in Ypsilanti in a non-conference regular-season con­test. Prior to the sea­son, Ferris had played the Indiana Hoosiers in an exhi­bi­tion con­test and came up short in overtime.

Ferris and Eastern Michigan were tied at 29 points with 4:30 left in the open­ing half. After a 9–3 Eagle run, Eastern Michigan held a 38–32 lead at halftime.

The Bulldogs never trailed by less than six points in the sec­ond half and did not make a seri­ous threat for a comeback.

Ferris senior guard Darien Gay led all scor­ers with 23 points and was 9 of 11 shoot­ing from the field. Senior cen­ter Justin Keenan added 14 points and nine rebounds in the Bulldog loss.

Three Eagle play­ers tal­lied double-digit points in the game as the team shot 50 per­cent from the floor. The Eagles out­re­bounded the Bulldogs 38–25 in the game as well.

Ferris is 8–5 over­all this sea­son fol­low­ing the loss. The team returns to action Jan. 6 for a con­fer­ence bat­tle at home against Lake Superior State. The Bulldogs are 6–0 on their home court this season.

The remain­der of Ferris’ regular-season games are against con­fer­ence oppo­nents. Ferris 4–2 in con­fer­ence play and is sixth in the GLIAC stand­ings through six games.

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