Tars Drop Knights for Seventh Straight W.

The Rollins College Tars trailed midway Thu the second half at Warden Arena on Saturday but would rally for a 67-62 win over the visiting Knights of Lynn University. With the win Rollins completed a season sweep of the Fighting Knights. The Tars improved to 16-3 (8-1 SSC) while the Fighting Knights dropped to 10-10 (4-5 SSC). Myk Brown led the way for the Tars as he had a 21 point ball game. Nick Wolf continued his streak of consecutive games in double figures with 16 points and 5 rebounds. Brock Blanchard netted 9 points to lead the Tars off the bench.

Chris Hall led the way with 16 points for the Fighting Knights. Brandon and Robert Kennedy each posted 11 point outputs on Saturday.

Lynn shot 45 percent as opposed to a 42 percent shooting day for the Tars. The men from Winter Park were 10 of 34 from three point land. The Fighting Knights had a 34-25 edge on the glass. The Tars forced Lynn into 20 turnovers while they just committed 10 themselves.

The Tars jumped out to a 10-5 lead four minutes in as Nick Wolf would account for half of those points for Rollins. The game would go back and forth for a couple of minutes before Myk Brown would drain a pair of triples to give Rollins a 28-17 lead with 8 minutes in the half. Lynn would make it a little closer before halftime as the Tars would carry a 35-30 lead into the locker room.

The game would stay that way for the first couple of minutes of the second half. Lynn would then vault into the lead 42-40 with 15:14 remaining as the Kennedy's would account for all six points during the spurt. Lynn had a four point lead with 12 minutes left but the Tars would go on a 13-2 spurt of their own to open up a 59-52 (7 point lead) with 5 minutes to go. Lynn cut the lead to four with a minute to play but would not get any closer as the Tars would seal it with some solid foul shooting. The Tars maintained a 1 game lead over Florida Southern in the SSC. The Tars will have a rare non conference game Wednesday as they will welcome Palm Beach Atlantic to Warden Arena. Tip time is set for 7:30.

Falcons Avenge Lone Loss!

The Notre Dame Falcons continue to take care of business at Murphy Gym. Thursday night the Falcons 17-6 (9-1 AMC) got a little payback against the Pioneers of Point Park. After losing 91-82 in Pennsylvania, NDC took care of the Pioneers 91-82 at Murphy Gym. The blue and white tallied five players in double figures on Thursday. Al Miller led the Falcons in scoring for the second consecutive game with 24 points. Eric Dummermuth tallied another double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds. Nick McCartney netted 16 points to go along with 6 assists. Karim McFarlane would have a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Phil Biggs rounded out the double digit scorers with 10. All five NDC starters were in double digits on the evening. Curtis McLure had the only 8 points off the bench. The Falcons starters would score 83 of the 91 points Thursday. The Falcons shot 48% from the floor. They were 35% (8 of 23) from long range. NDC was 21 of 31 (68%) at the charity stripe.

Point Park 7-11 (3-6 AMC) also tallied five players in double figures. T.J. Heatherington led the way with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Gerald Warrick tallied a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Three other players would tally 10 points. Marcus Robinson, Eric Johnson and Joel Cashatt would each score 10. The Pioneers shot 40% (32 of 81) from the floor. Point Park was a dismal 22% (7 of 31) from beyond the arc. The Pioneers were a suspect 11 of 19 (58%) from the charity stripe. NDC won the battle of the boards 50-42.

The game started with Point Park scoring the game's first 5 points. NDC would answer with the next 7. The Falcons would get a little separation midway Thu the first half and lead 25-15 after a Curtis McLure hoop. Point Park would cut that lead to 5 at the intermission 41-36.

NDC would come out in half number two firing. Al Miller would hit a pair of trey's to get the lead back to 11. The Pioneers would fight back and cut it to a 5 point game at 53-48 five minutes later. The Falcons would then open up the biggest lead they would enjoy all evening after a 15-5 run 68-53 with 7 minutes left. Point Park would get no closer than 7 the rest of the way and the Falcons would go on to the 9 point win. The Falcons will hit the road as they will head to Canton to battle Malone. Tip time is set for 7:30 on Tuesday evening.

Tars Trip Up Tritons.

Somewhere Phil Jackson is grinning from "ear to ear". The ageless debate will go on forever but Wednesday night would have made Jackson proud. The Rollins College Tars had a 3 point lead and the Eckerd Tritons had plenty of capable three point shooters on the court. So as soon as Chris Gray crossed the timeline Ian Scott fouled the Eckerd guard before he could get a shot up. Gray made both free throws. Nick Wolf then hit Brock Blanchard with a baseball pass and Blanchard was fouled. Brock nailed the free throw and missed the second intentionally, the Tritons would have a desperation heave that was off the mark as time expired.

It was a nip and tuck affair all night long at the McCarthur Center. Myk Brown led Rollins with 26 points including 8-8 from the charity stripe. Nick Wolf would net 12 points, and Ian Scott had 8 off the bench. The Tars would improve to 15-3 overall and 7-1 in the Sunshine State Conference with Wednesday's victory.

The Tritons would only have one player in double figures. John Harper scored 15 points. Harper was 6 of 17 from the floor and only 3 of 13 from three point land. Zaron Cann and Lewis Lampley each posted 7 points for the Tritons. With the loss Eckerd dropped to 10-7 overall and 4-4 in the SSC. The Tritons are in a three way tie for fourth place in the conference with Lynn and Nova Southeastern.

The two teams would go back and forth in the early going. The Tritons would hold a 9-8 lead as defense dominated the first 10 minutes of the game. The Tars would then go on a 9-0 run to take a 17-9 lead just a 1:31 seconds later. Eckerd would fight back and regain the lead 21-20 right before halftime. The Tars would go on a 9-1 run to close out the half and lead 29-22 at the break.

The Tars would extend the lead to ten early in the second half but once again the Tritons would battle back. Eckerd would cut the Tars lead to one on two separate occasions but the Tars would not give up the lead and would hang on for the 59-57 win. The Tars shot 43% (16 of 37) in the game. Rollins was a season low 25% (3 of 12) from three point land. The Tritons shot 38% (20 of 52) and dominated the glass out rebounding the Tars 38-27. The win was the Tars first at the McCarthur Center in nearly 4 years. February 4,2006 was the last time the Tars left Eckerd with a W. The Tars will be back in action Saturday when they complete the season series with the Fighting Knights of Lynn. The Tars defeated Lynn to open the conference slate 61-50 on December 5th. Tip time is slated for 4 PM at Warden Arena.

Former Rollins Golfer Oppenheim's Career Continues to Shine!!

If you met Rob Oppenheim in the street or just talked to him for a few minutes you would never know that he has had as successful a golf career as he has had. The Oppenheim family have all stuck to the Sunshine State Conference throughout the years. Rob was born in Salem, Massachussets on January 12,1980. He was raised and educated in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated from Andover High School in 1998. Rob was a all scholastic golf and baseball player. The middle of three children, Rob has a younger sister Jill who is 28 years old and a older brother Kenny who is 32. Jill played tennis at Rollins while Kenny played one year of golf at Lynn University in Boca Raton. In 1999 the year after Rob graduated high school he finished in the round of 16 at the U.S. amateur. Rob had a very illustrious career at Rollins College. He was a 4 time all american golfer in Winter Park from 1999-2002. 2002 was a banner year for both Rob Oppenheim and the Tars. Rob was the Division 2 player of the year in his Senior year (2002) and the Tars would go on to win the division 2 golf national championship the same year. Rob would win the Massachusetts amateur father-s0n championship with his dad in 2002. In September of 2002 Rob would begin his pro career. He would play on several tours including the PGA, Nationwide, Canadian, Hooters, Cleveland, New England and Moonlight tours. Rob would be the player of the year as well as the leading money winner on the Cleveland Tour in 2005. Oppenheim would be second on the the order of merit on the Canadian Tour in 2006. In 2009 Rob would qualify for unconditional status on the nationwide tour at PGA Q school at Bear Lakes in West Palm Beach, Florida. Here is a list of all the titles that Rob has picked up during his pro career.

2004:

Captains Open- Cape Cod,MA

Cleveland Tour

2005:

Atinkson,WH open

Cleveland Tour

New Hampshire Open, North Conway

2006:

Barton Creek Open- Austin, Texas

Canadian Tour

Mazatlan Mexico Open

Canadian Tour

Pine Hills Open

Plymouth,Mass.- New England Tour

Atlantic City Open

Atlantic City, NJ

New England Tour

2007:

Hooters Winter Tour- Apopka, Florida

Greater Banyon Maine Open

Bangor, Maine

2008:

DeBary Open, Debary, Florida

Florida Proffesional Golf Tour

2009:

Massachussets Open- Belmont, Mass.

New Hampshire Open- Atkinson, New Hampshire

2010:

Hooters Tour- Shingle Creek, Florida

Rob is currently playing in the New Zealand Open. The final two rounds will be shown on the golf channel. If you have not yet had a chance to see Rob play try and tune into a nationwide tour event. You can always follow where Rob is playing and how he is doing at ROB OPPENHEIM GOLF.COM

NDC runs past WilberForce.

The Notre Dame Falcons are starting to feel real comfortable in Murphy Gym. It was a 35-28 game and anybody's game at the half on Tuesday. The Falcons 16-6 (7-1 AMC) removed all doubt with a 17-0 run to start the second stanza and rolled to a 75-56 win over the Wildcats from Wilber Force 8-13 (2-7 AMC). Al Miller led the Falcons who tallied three players in double numbers. Miller was 9 of 16 from the field and 4 of 7 from three point territory for his game high 22 points. Eric Dummermuth had another double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds on 7 of 13 from the floor. Nick McCartney drained all 8 of his free throw attempts en route to a 15 point evening. McCartney was 3 of 7 from the floor. The Falcons shot 47% from the field on 28 of 60 attempts. The blue and white were 6 of 15 from three point land for 40%. The Falcons shot at a 81% clip from the charity stripe (13 of 16).

The Wildcats had two players tally double figures. Tim Giles had 17 points including 5 of 11 from three point land. Adam Reese just missed a double-double as he tallied 12 points and 9 boards on the evening. WilberForce shot a frigid 20 of 62 (32%) from the floor. The Wildcats were 8 for 21 (38%) from distance. The Wildcats made good on all 8 of their free throw attempts. The Falcons won the battle of the boards 42-33. NDC had 14 assists as opposed to 9 for the Wildcats. NDC had 13 turnovers while the Wildcats had 14.

The Falcons as has been the case during this 6 game home win streak jumped out quickly. It was 10-2 Notre Dame after a Phil Biggs old fashioned three point play. The Wildcats Tim Giles would answer with 2 of his 5 treys to cut it to 10-8 with 14:44 in the half. NDC would then go on a 5-0 run as a McCartney three and a Dummermuth bucket would stretch the lead to 7. The lead would stay in that 5-8 range for the rest of the half. A Dummermuth free throw and a bucket by McCartney would make it 35-28 Falcons at the half. NDC would come out playing suffocating defense in the second half. The first 17 points of the half would go to NDC and going back to the first half it would be a 20-0 run that would make it 52-28 and all but put the game out of reach. The Falcons would lead by as many as 25 and cruise to the 75-56 victory. The Falcons will be back in action Thursday night at 8 PM, as they will look to avenge the only blemish on their conference slate so far against the Pioneers of Point Park.

A little about Notre Dame College:

As was the case with Rollins college, the same thing has been brought to my attention about Notre Dame College. The thing that makes NDC unique as opposed to Rollins is many people don't know the school exsists let alone competes in sports. Notre Dame College of Ohio was founded in 1922. Currently NDC has 1240 undergraduate students. The Falcons compete in the NAIA division 2. The NAIA is the equivalent of division 4 sports. The NAIA is separated into division 1 and division 2. Notre Dame College competes in 21 different sports including lacrosse and basketball. The Falcons compete in the American Mideast Conference. The other schools that compete in the AMC are:

Carlow University Celtics

Cedarville Yellow Jackets

Daemen Wildcats

Houghton Highlanders

Malone Pioneers

Mount Vernon Nazarene Cougars

Northwestern (OH) Racers

Point Park Pioneers

Roberts Wesleyan Raiders

Shawnee State Bears

Walsh Cavaliers

WilberForce Bulldogs

You can always check out the Falcons athletic site at:

www.NotreDameFalcons.com

The NDC school page at:

www.notredamecollege.edu

The American Mideast conference website at:

www.amcsports.org

Hope this makes following the Falcons a little more fun.

A Little About Rollins College:

It has been brought to my attention in recent days that a lot of people who read my blog are not familiar with Rollins College. I would like to take this opportunity to give you a little background. Rollins College is located in Winter Park, Florida and currently has 2,715 undergraduate students enrolled. The college was founded in 1885. The Tars compete on the division two level and currently have 22 different sports teams including men's and woman's basketball, lacrosse, baseball and softball just to name a few. Rollins competes in the nine team Sunshine State Conference. The other eight schools in the conference along with the Tars are as follows:

Florida Southern Moccasins

Lynn Fighting Knights

Barry Buccaneers

Tampa Spartans

Nova Southeastern Sharks

Florida Tech Panthers

Saint Leo Lions

Eckerd Tritons

Hope this helps in enriching your experience of following the Tars. You can always check out:

www.Rollinssports.com and www.rollins.edu to learn more about the school. You can also check out the Sunshine State conference website at:

sunshinestateconference.com

Falcons Get Fifth straight Home Win

The Notre Dame College Falcons welcomed several alumni back to campus on Saturday afternoon. A near full house of 246 fans watched the Falcons (15-6 7-1 AMC) dispose of the Houghton Highlanders 8-10 (3-5 AMC) 83-71 at Murphy Gym. The Falcons had four players in double figures on the day. They were led by Curtis McClure who scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half Saturday. McClure was 10 of 13 from the field and added 5 rebounds. Eric Dummermuth who was presented with the game ball from Thursday's night game prior to the tip added 21 points and 12 rebounds. The game ball was presented for Dummermuth hitting the 1,000 point plateau. Nick McCartney would have a very solid game for the Falcons. McCartney would tally 12 points, 9 assists and 6 steals. Phil Biggs would round out the double digit scorers as he would rack up another double double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Houghton had three players in double digits. Devin Paige led the Highlanders with 26 points including 5 triples. Ryan Shay netted 20 points on 7 of 15 shooting. The Highlanders last double digit scorer would be Mark O' Brien who had 13 points. O'Brien is from Seven Hills, OH and CVCA.

The Falcons would jump out to an early lead on the Highlanders in the first 6 minutes. A Eric Dummermuth 10 footer with 14:30 minutes to go would give the Falcons an early 13-4 lead. The Highlanders would fight back in the next six minutes and a three ball by Devin Paige would cut the NDC lead to 21-18 with 8 minutes in the half. The blue and white would then go on a 10-1 run over the next three minutes and they would have a 10 point lead with 5:00 to go in the half. It would be pretty even basketball for the last 5 minutes and the Falcons would go into the intermission with a 7 point lead (40-33). The Highlanders would come out firing in the second half. They would score 9 of the first 10 points in the second half. Paige would hit a pair of free throws to give Houghton a 42-41 lead with 16:40 to go. The lead would change hands a couple times on the next couple possessions. Paige would hit a pair of free throws and all of the sudden with 14 minutes left the Highlanders would have a 6 point lead. Notre Dame would come out of the timeout with a full court press and force three consecutive Houghton turnovers. Curtis McClure would have a couple steals and then Nick McCartney would have a pair of steals that turned into transition hoops. The Falcons went on a 13-0 run and led 58-51 with just over 11 minutes to go. The two squads would trade blows and a trey by Jacob Bowman would cut the Falcons lead to 62-59. Curtis McLure would score a basket but the Highlanders would not go quietly. Dan Tomlinson hit a three with 7:15 to go and it was a 64-62 game. It would stay that close until a tranisition hoop by McClure and a pair of jumpers by Biggs would give NDC a 6-0 run and a 74-66 lead with 3:12 to go. That would be as close as the Highlanders would get as the Falcons would go on for the hard fought 83-71 win. The Falcons will be back in action Tuesday when they will welcome Wilberforce to Murphy Gym. Tip time is set for 8 PM.

Tars Secure Workmanlike Win Over Lions.

The Rollins College Tars led by a 19 point performance by Myk Brown took care of the St.Leo Lions 73-60 at Warden Arena on Saturday afternoon. Brown drained 5 treys and was one of 4 Tars in double figures on the day. Julian Wilkison made 7 of 9 from the floor and had his personal career high with 16 points. Nick Wolf recorded another double-double with 14 points and 10 boards. Wolf did not have his best shooting day, as he was only 6 of 16 from the floor. Nikola Baran rounded out the Tars double digit scorers with 10. With the win the Tars improved to 14-3 (6-1 SSC).

Saint Leo had three players of their own in double figures. Josue Vazquez led the way for the Lions with 18 points on 6 of 12 shooting. Jordan Prais had 14 points to go along with 5 rebounds. This was proof that the Tars did a very good job on the glass. Prais usually the top rebounder for Leo only having 5 was huge. Jordan was just 4 of 12 from the floor. Dominick Robinson rounded out the Leo double digit scorers with 11. With the loss the Lions dropped to 8-11 (2-6 SSC).

The Tars would come out of the gate quickly and score the game's first four points. The Lions would then outscore Rollins 13-5 in the next 7 minutes to take a 13-9 lead with 10:58 in the half. The Tars would then score the next seven points and after a pair of Myk Brown free throws would take a 16-13 lead with 7:21 in the half. The Tars would then stretch that lead out, after a jumper by Nick Wolf right before the half the Tars would take a 34-24 lead into the locker room. The first five minutes of the second half would be evenly played and after a trey by Myk Brown the Tars would have a 51-37 lead with 14:34 to go. Nick Wolf would make a layup on the ensuing possession to stretch the Rollins lead to 16. The Tars would take their largest lead of the game with 4:13 to go as a Brock Blanchard triple would make it 67-50. The Tars would sail in the last four minutes to a 73-60 win. The Tars dominated the stat sheet on the day. They would outshoot the Lions 53% to 37%. From three point land the Tars were 9 of 27 (33%) while the Lions were 4-21 (19%). Each team was 80% at the line. Saint Leo was 16 of 20 from the charity stripe, while the Tars were 8 of 10. Rollins won the rebounding battle 32-27. The Tars had 5 turnovers that cost them 7 points. The Lions had 6 turnovers that cost them 8 points. The Tars will be back in action Wednesday night when they head to St.Pete to face the Eckerd Tritons. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.

Falcons Dump Raiders as Dummermuth hits milestone!

The Notre Dame College Falcons(14-6 6-1 AMC) led by Eric Dummermuth dumped the Roberts Wesleyan Raiders(10-8 3-4 AMC) 71-67 for their fourth consecutive victory at Murphy Gymnasium. This night belonged to Dummermuth though. The Sophomore from Dover, OH reached the 1,000 point plateau for his career on a put back with 4:10 remaining in the ball game that gave the Falcons a 62-59 lead. The Falcons had four players tally double digits on the evening. Dummermuth led the way with 19, Curtis McCLure continued his solid recent play with 14, Al Miller chipped in 13, and Karim McFarlane posted 12 for NDC.

The Raiders also had four players in double numbers. Justin Andreozzi led the way for Roberts Wesleyan with 18, Alif Bland had a double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Dan Foley and Mitchell Fraser scored 11 to round out the double figure scorers for the Raiders.

The two squads would play even basketball for a good portion of the first half. NDC would go on a pair of runs, one 7--0 run and another mini run would stake the Falcons to a 32-21 lead at the intermission. The Falcons would do a majority of there scoring in the paint and on the break. The blue and white had 24 of 32 points in the paint and would get 11 points off 10 Wesleyan turnovers in the first half.

Wesleyan would fight back in the second half and with 12:56 remaining the Falcons lead would be trimmed to two on a Justin Andreozzi trey that would cap an 11-0 run. After a timeout by coach Kevin Bille the Falcons would get a pair of big hoops. Karim McFarlane would nail a 20 foot jumper and then Curtis McLure would throw down an alley oop to up the Falcons lead to six. Once again the Raiders would battle back and the game would be tied at 58 with 5:41 to go on another Andreozzi jumper. The Falcons would answer with an 8-1 run of their own capped by a Al Miller triple that would give them a 66-59 lead with 2:36 to go. Nick McCartney and Al Miller would each hit four free throws to seal it for Notre Dame. The Falcons shot extremely well both from the floor and at the charity stripe in the second half. NDC was 11 of 14 (78%) at the line in the half while they made 52 percent of their field goals in the second stanza. The Falcons got the win despite being crushed on the boards 43-27. The Falcons will be back in action Saturday with a 4 PM home tip against the Houghton Highlanders. NDC was a 83-53 winner in the first meeting between the two schools.

Wolf, Tars Roll Past Florida Tech!!

The reigning sunshine state conference player of the week had 28 points and 9 rebounds to lead the Rollins College Tars to a 79-61 win over the Florida Tech Panthers in Melbourne, Florida Wednesday night. The Tars (13-3 5-1 SSC) stayed in first place in the conference with the win. Three other Tars besides Wolf tallied double digits Wednesday. Julian Wilkison nailed three treys to give him 13 points, Mat Robertson chipped in 12 and Nikola Baran netted 10 for Rollins. Florida Tech 10-7 (0-6 SSC) had two players tally double-doubles on the night. Justin Sedlak scored 19 points and pulled down 10 boards while Alvin Tucker also posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Tars out shot FIT 62 percent to 36 percent. The Tars went 16 of 24 (67 percent) from the floor in the second half. The Panthers won the battle of the boards 40-25 including halling down 20 on the offensive glass.

The game started with a back and forth affair. A trifecta by Simon Cummings would give the Panthers an 11-8 lead four minutes in. The Tars would then go on a big run and after back to back layups by Brock Blanchard would lead 27-16 with six minutes in the half. Justin Sedlak would hit a jumper to get the Panthers within single digits but the Tars would answer and lead 40-22 after a transition dunk by Ian Scott to end the half. The Tars would open the second half on a 13-2 run and open up a 29 point lead at 53-24 on three old fashioned three point plays. The Panthers would get as close as 15 on two separate occasions but Wilkison would run off seven straight points to seal it for the Tars. The Tars will be back home Saturday, with a 4 PM tip at the Alfond Sports Center. The Tars will welcome the Lions of Saint Leo to Warden Arena.

Stellar Defense, Win Over Damean Keep NDC atop the AMC!!

Some nights you don't have your best offensive night and your defense has to step up. That is exactly what occurred on Tuesday night as the Notre Dame Falcons got a hard fought 66-62 road win at Damean (NY) to stay atop the America Mideast Conference. With the win the Falcons improved to 13-6 (5-1 AMC). The loss dropped the Wildcats to 12-8 (4-3).

The Falcons were led by four players in double figures. Nick McCartney led the way for NDC with 16 points in the game. Curtis McClure tallied 15, Eric Dummermuth had his sixth consecutive double- double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Al Miller chipped in 11 to round out the double digit scorers for the Falcons.

The Wildcats also had four players in double digits. They were led by Jim Regan who had 18 points including 4 treys. Devon Dawson tallied 13 points, Ajay Rutledge had 11, and DJ Johnson netted 10.

Damean would score the first 4 points and led 4-0 before the Falcons would answer with a 6-0 run. A Regan jumper would tie it at 6 with 14:51 in the half. McCartney would nail a three for Notre Dame and then another McCartney hoop would give the Falcons a 11-6 lead before both teams would go ice cold. The Falcons would continue to play stifling defense and another trey by McCartney would cap a 12-2 run that would give the "blue and white" a 23-8 lead with 5:20 in the half. The Wildcats would answer with a 12-0 run of their own and a short jumper by DJ Johnson would cut the NDC lead to 23-20 with 1:51 in the half. The Falcons would get a pair of free throws by McCartney and then a jumper by Dummermuth. Johnson would hit a jumper right before the half and it would be 27-22 Notre Dame headed into the locker room.

The second half would go back and forth until a Jorge Ebanks jumper with 13:51 in the game would tie it at 37. The Falcons would stretch it out to six at the 9:07 mark on a Curtis McClure runner that would make it 47-41. McClure would hit another one and Nick McCartney would hit another trey sandwiched around a Damean hoop that would give the Falcons a 52-43 lead that they would not relinquish. The lead grew to 11 at 59-48 on a pair of Al Miller free throws. The Wildcats get as close as 2 at 64-62 with 11 seconds remaining but McCartney and Dummermuth would each split a pair of free throws to seal it. The Wildcats led the game in most categories despite the loss. NDC outshot the Wildcats 43 percent to 35 percent from the floor. NDC was 4 of 8 from three point land (50%) while the Wildcats were 7 of 29 (24%) , Foul shooting was not good for either squad as NDC would shoot 60 percent while the Wildcats shot 61%. Damean won the rebounding battle 35-32. Damean only had 9 turnovers as opposed to 15 for the Falcons. The Falcons will be back in action Thursday at 8 PM in Murphy gymnasium as they will do battle with Roberts-Wesleyan. Tip time is set for 8 PM.

Falcons Win Streak Snapped by Point Park!!

The Notre Dame College Falcons had a four game win streak snapped Saturday afternoon as they would drop a game for the first time in America Mideast Conference play. The Falcons would fall to 12-6 (4-1 AMC) while Point Park would improved to 6-8 (2-3 AMC). The Falcons would tally four players in double digit in the 91-82 loss. Eric Dummermuth would have his fifth consecutive double-double with 28 points and 12 rebounds. Nick McCartney would added 19 points and 6 assists while Al Miller would chip in 12 points, and Curtis Mclure would round out the double digit scorers with 10.

Point Park would be led by four players in double numbers as well. T.J Heatherington would lead the way with 21, Eric Johnson would add 20 including 10 for 14 at the charity stripe. Josh Troccio had 13, and Gearlad Warrick would tally a double- double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. The Falcons would out shot Point Park 44.4 percent to 43.8 from the floor. Point Park would go 7 of 17 from three while the Falcons would go just 3 for 11. Point Park shot 69 percent from the field while the Falcons shot 74 percent at the charity stripe. The hosts would win the rebounding battle 46-41. The Falcons would commit 16 turnovers while Point Park had 13. Notre Dame will be back in action Tuesday night with a 7:30 PM road tilt against Damean (NY).

Falcons Top Shawnee State!!

The Notre Dame Falcons stayed perfect in the America East with a 73-61 win over Shawnee State. Notre Dame 12-5 (4-0 AMC) continued their winning ways against the Bears 6-12 (3-2 AMC). Eric Dummermuth led the Falcons with another double-double. The Sophomore from Dover,OH tallied his 4th straight double double. All four being Falcons wins. The Bears struggled from the floor in the first half shooting just 37 percent.

NDC jumped out to a 5-0 early lead as the Bears did not score for the first four and a half minutes. It would be 23-8 NDC half way through the first half. The Bears would counter with an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 23-16 with 7:25 in the half. The last 7:25 of the half would not be pretty for the Falcons. They would go just 8 of 17 from the charity stripe in the first stanza and would limp into the locker room with a 3 point lead at 34-31. Shawnee State would cut the lead to one at 38-37 at 17:30 mark. Nick McCartney would get a pair of steals and transition lay ups to stretch the lead back out to 5 (42-37) for the "blue and white". The Falcons would then break the game open with a 20-9 run punctuated by a Dummermuth three with 5:17 on the clock. A pair of threes by the Bears would cut the lead to ten but that's as close as they would get the rest of the way. The Falcons sealed the win by going 15 of 16 (94 percent) from the charity stripe in the second half. Al Miller had 16 points while Nick McCartney would have 10 for NDC. McCartney would add 5 steals. Keelyn Franklin and Ian Nixson would have 16 points to lead the Bears. Notre Dame will carry their four game win streak to New york for a 4 PM tip against Point Park on Saturday. Tip time is set for 4 PM.

Tars Roll Past Tampa!!

Good teams in college basketball have to have short memories, and for the Rollins College Tars they were playing at the Bob Martinez Sports Center in Tampa which created a lot of those bad ones. On this day it would be the Nick and Myk show. Nick Wolf had 22 points and 10 rebounds while Myk Brown added 19 in the Tars 72-55 win over Tampa. It was only the Tars second win in 11 tries in downtown Tampa. The Tars shot 56 percent from the field including a red hot 64 percent in the second half. The Tars improved to 12-3 on the season and 4-1 in the Sunshine State Conference.

Tampa fell to 8-6 and 3-3 in the SSC. The Spartans were led by Anthony Lebruno who had 18 points on 6 of 11 from three point land. Callum Townsend had 15 points including 4 triples, while Rashaad Calloway would score 12 points on just 2 of 11 from the floor. Calloway added 10 assists for the Spartans.

The Tars came out swinging in the first half. Four minutes into the ball game it would be 6-0 Rollins. Tampa would fight back and make it closer on a Lebruno 3. After a Marcus Morrison slam it would be 6-5 Tars. Nick Wolf would then heat up including 3 three's in a 16-2 run that would put the Tars up 22-7. Tampa would cut that lead to 31-22 at the intermission.

Tampa would get a 3 to cut the lead to six early in the second half but that is as close as the hosts would get. Rollins would go on a 16-3 run early in the second to open up a 61-37 lead that they would not relinquish. The Tars now stand alone a top the Sunshine State Conference after losses by both Lynn and Barry Saturday. The Tars will be back in action Wednesday with another road tilt at Florida tech. Tip time is slated for 7:30 PM.

Wolf, Tars Hold off Sharks!!

Coming off of one of the biggest wins in program history on Saturday the Rollins College Tars were back in action at home against the Sharks of Nova Southeastern. For the second straight game the Tars opened up a double digit lead only to see it evaporate. Lemar Dyer had a chance to win it with a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left in regulation but would miss the first and make the second. This would set up a overtime frame dominated by Nick Wolf. Nick would score 8 points in the extra session including the game winning 3 with 2.8 seconds to go for the 86-83 Tars win. The Tars (11-3) would tally three players in double figures. Wolf would post 29, Myk Brown had 16 and Brock Blanchard would nail four treys to tally his 12 points. Matt Robertson and Nikola Baran would tally 9 points each. The Tars shot 48 percent from the floor and hit 13 of 32 from long range.

Nova Southeastern fell to 8-6 on the season despite a game effort. Three Shark players would score in double numbers on Wednesday night. Robb Hunington led the way with 20, Brian Cahill netted 19 and Alex Gynes 12 for the Sharks. Nova shot 46 percent from the floor and 12 of 30 from long range. Nova was a very costly 9 of 15 at the charity stripe. The Tars would out rebound Nova 35-31. Nova would turn the ball over 18 times while the Tars would have 22 miscues. Rollins will be back in action Saturday afternoon at the Bob Martinez Center vs the University of Tampa. Tip time is set for 4 PM.

Baran Trey Lifts Tars Past Southern!!

For the past 3 seasons the Sunshine State conference has become a two team league. Those two teams squared off at Warden Arena on Saturday afternoon possessing the second ranked and 20th ranked teams in division 2. After the number one ranked squad from Central Missouri fell earlier in the weekend Florida Southern had a chance to take over the top ranking with a win at Rollins. It was a back and forth affair throughout. Southern jumped out early to a 19-10 lead in the early going. Then Myk Brown scored 19 of his Tar high 30 points over the next five minutes as the Tars opened up a 44-26 lead. Southern would come back behind the hot shooting of Rion Rayfield and Terry Jenkins to cut the Tars lead to 48-43 at the half. The game would go back and forth in the second stanza. A Terry Jenkins 3 would tie it with 16 seconds to go to set up Baran's heroics. Nikola would hit a three from a step behind the three point line with 2.8 seconds left for the game winner. A desperation heave by Rayfield as time expired would seal it. Rollins had three players in double figures on the afternoon. Myk Brown led the way with 30, Nick Wolf added 26 and Matt Robertson would post 12 for the Tars. Southern was led by 31 from Terry Jenkins and Rion Rayfield chipped in 24. Andre Hawkins had 17 and Brandon Jenkins 10 to round out the double digit scorers for the Mocs. The shooting was sensational in this one for both teams. The Tars out shot Southern 51- 42 percent. The Mocs were 18-35 from behind the arc while the Tars went 10-27 from long range. Southern won the rebounding battle 33-29. Turnovers were another big story. The Mocs had 14 to just 10 for the Tars. The Tars will be back in action Wednesday night at Warden Arena against the Sharks of Nova Southeastern. Tip time is 7:30.

Falcons Rip Houghton!!

Eric Dummermuth and Nick McCartney had 15 and 14 points respectively as the Notre Dame Falcons ripped Houghton 83-53. Dummermuth had 14 rebounds and McCartney tallied 5 assists for the "blue and white". The Falcons shot 53 percent from the field and 42 from long range while improving to 11-5 on the season and 3-0 in the America Mideast.

Houghton had 3 players in double numbers. Jacon Bowman led the way with 14, Mark O'Brien had 11 and Franics Decker 10 for the Highlanders. Houghton who has the top rated defense in the America East gave up 83 points. The Falcons scored 80+ for the third consecutive game. The Highlanders fell to 7-8 on the season and 2-3 in the AMC.

Balaced Attack, Huge Second Half Lead Falcons Past Algoma!!

The Notre Dame Falcons shook off a shaky first half, as all five starters scored in double figures in NDC's 90-57 win over Algoma. The first half started very slowly for both teams. Eric Dummermuth split a pair of free throws with 18:44 in the half for the first point of the game for either team. The two teams would both struggle on offense in the early going. A lay up by Karim McFarlane would give the "blue and white" a 5-2 lead five minutes in. A basket by Dele Oworu would cut the Falcons lead to 1. The Falcons would then finally open it up a little. It would be 22-12 NDC with 5 minutes in the half. A three pointer by Cameron Carlin with 1:54 in the half would give the Falcons their largest lead of the half at 29-18. The Thunderbirds (7-3) would not go quietly as they would score the last five points of the half to cut the halftime deficit to 29-23.

The Falcons (10-5)would come out sizzling in the second half. Eric Dummermuth after being plagued with foul trouble would come out and score the first 4 points of the half. An Owaru hoop would cut the lead back to 8 early in the second half. NDC would then go on a 9-0 run to make it 42-25 after a Karim McFarlane hoop 4 minutes into the second stanza. The Thunderbirds would hang around, and cut the lead to 10 (45-35) with 12 minutes in the game. The Falcons would go on a 14-4 run to make the lead 20 on another Carlin triple. Algoma would cut the lead to 14 (59-45) with 8 minutes to go and that's as close as they would get. Over the next six minutes Notre Dame would outscore the Thunderbirds 22-4 to open up a 32 point lead punctuated by a pair of dunks by Dummermuth. The final would be 90-57.

All five Falcons starters would score in double figures. Dummermuth led the way with 20, Phil Biggs had 19, Nick McCartney added 13, and a pair of players (Karim McFarlane and Al Miller) chipped in 11.

The Thunderbirds were led by 17 points and 13 rebounds from Dele Owaru. O'Brien Wallace netted 15, and Erik Edwards had 12. Notre Dame will be back in action Friday night with a 6 PM tip @Houghton.