The Ferris State men’s bas­ket­ball team allowed 167 points in two con­fer­ence losses over the weekend.

After hold­ing a slim half­time lead in the first con­test, Ferris was outscored 53 to 26 the rest of the game and lost 81–55 at the hands of Lake Superior State. The Lakers had four play­ers with double-digit point totals and shot 64 per­cent from the field in the sec­ond half.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs lost 86–72 to Saginaw Valley State for their sec­ond con­sec­u­tive home loss. The Cardinals outscored the Bulldogs by 19 points in the sec­ond half to cruise to vic­tory. As a team, Ferris shot just 36.8 per­cent from the field.

The Bulldogs fell to 6–6 over­all and 4–3 in the con­fer­ence this sea­son. Ferris plays at rival Grand Valley State tomor­row at 8 p.m. The Bulldogs defeated the Lakers by 26 points in a con­test ear­lier this season.

Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD) is look­ing for­ward to newly ren­o­vated facil­i­ties as Ferris con­tin­ues with plans for the Old Federal Building in down­town Grand Rapids.

The plans went to the next level after approval by the state House and Senate for $10.6 mil­lion in tax cred­its for the project, leav­ing around $20 mil­lion to be raised.

Constructed in 1911 and home to the Grand Rapids Art Museum in recent years, the Old Federal Building needs repairs includ­ing a new roof, foun­da­tion repairs and updates to the mechan­i­cal systems.

Upon com­ple­tion of the ren­o­va­tions by the Christman Company, the build­ing will be used for class­rooms, admin­is­tra­tive offices, stu­dio and exhi­bi­tion space for KCAD, which has grown by 49 per­cent in five years to amass a stu­dent pop­u­la­tion of 1,385.

The city of Grand Rapids and the Christman Company will hold the deed for the build­ing for five years and Ferris will lease it until the five-year term has expired and full own­er­ship is handed over to the university.

The build­ing, located at 155 N. Davison Ave., will receive numer­ous updates includ­ing sus­tain­able design changes, said Ferris State University President David Eisler.

Architectural plans have not yet been final­ized, but efforts are still under­way. Marc Sheehan, uni­ver­sity spokesper­son, believes work could begin as early as next summer.