Dummermuth's monster night not enough as Falcons fall to Wildcats!

The Notre Dame Falcons (2-4) despite 36 points and 19 rebounds from Eric Dummermuth could not hold onto a four point halftime lead and fell to Daemean (3-6) 77-69 at Murphy Gym.

Both teams shot extremely well in the first half. The Wildcats hit 6 of the first ten shots they attempted from the floor while the Falcons connected on 5 of 9 shots. Dummermuth scored 21 of his 36 points in the first half as the Falcons used to a 19-11 edge on the boards to take the lead into the intermission. The Falcons hit 48% of the shots they attempted in the first half.

NDC would come out in the second half and take a 7 point lead at 41-34 with 18 minutes to play, but it would be all downhill from there for the "blue and white". The Wildcats would go on a 13-4 run to take a 47-45 lead and never look back. NDC would get to within 3 at 56-53 on a conventional three point play by Rodney Mickens with 7:30 to go but that is as close as they would get.

Other than the 36 from Dummermuth only one other Falcon would score in double digits. Freshman Taylor Reiger netted 10 points. Nick McCartney added six points and six assists while Phil Biggs had 7 points and 6 rebounds before fouling out. The Falcons killed themselves by shooting just 15-26 (58%) at the charity stripe. Dummermuth was only 11-18 from the line. The Falcons won the battle on the boards 47-46. NDC also had 15 miscues to just 13 for the Wildcats.

Daemean had three players score in double numbers. Khorri Silcott led the way with 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats. Dominic Mozzacchi drained four triples on his way to 18 points and M.J.Oridami netted 10.

NDC will be back in action Saturday December 4th when they will travel to Michigan to face the Bulldogs of Adrian College. Tip time on Saturday is set for 7 PM.

Falcons Coast To Easy Home Opening Win!

The Notre Dame Falcons stepped on the floor for the first time in the 2010 season at Murphy Gym on Tuesday night and took advantage of the home court advantage in a 85-68 win over the Titans of Westminster (Pa) (1-2).

The Falcons shot a torrid 58% on the evening including 60% in the first half. The Falcons(2-3) tallied four players in double figures. Eric Dummermuth led the way with 23 points for the blue and white. Dummermuth hit 9 of 14 shots from the floor. Steve Savel added 15 points, Taylor Rieger netted 13 and Curtis McClure added 12 off the bench.

Westminster also tallied four players in double figures. Steve Cress led the way for the Titans with 18 points. Doug Smith netted 13, while Anthony Thomas and Ron Martino added 12 each.

The game was played evenly for most of the first twenty minutes. The game was tied at 36 before the Falcons end of the half run. The Falcons scored the last nine points of the half to take a 45-36 lead into halftime. The Titans stayed in the game by making 8 first half triples. The second half would be a different story as the Falcons would ramp up their defense and the Titans would go cold from long range. The closest the Titans would be in the second half would be 51-44 before the Falcons would go on another 10-0 run to take a 61-44 lead. The Falcons would lead by as many as 20 points in the game.

The Falcons shot 58% from the floor to just 39% for the Titans. NDC was 3 of 11 from long range (27%) while the Titans were 12-31 (39%). The Falcons went 14-21 (67%) from the charity stripe while the Titans were 4-5 (80%) from the free throw line. The Falcons dominated on the glass out rebounding the Titans 40-25. The Falcons did a much better job of taking care of the basketball Tuesday as they committed 12 turnovers while the Titans had 10 miscues.

NDC will be back in action Tuesday November 30th when they will open the AMC season vs Daemen. Tip time at Murphy Gym is set for 8 PM.

Cardinals Bury Falcons!

The Notre Dame Falcons (1-3) made a 7-0 run early but did not play strong enough defense as they fell 98-74 to Concordia (Mich) at the Cardinal Field House in the 2nd and final game of the AMC/WHAC Challenge. The loss was the second in a row for the blue and white. NDC tallied three players in double figures on the afternoon. Eric Dummermuth led the way with 14 points and 12 rebounds. The Dover,OH native had his third double-double in four games so far on the season. Phil Biggs and Rodney Mickens added 10 points each for the Falcons. The Falcons shot 40% from the floor on the day. They were 6 of 19 from three point land. The Falcons were 14-19 (74%) at the charity stripe.

The Cardinals coming off a last second win on Friday night carried that momentum into Saturday's contest. Concordia built a 12 point lead at the intermission and would double that in the second stanza. Chad McMullen led the way with 21 points for the Cardinals. Austin Cook chipped in 12, John Schaefffer and Andrew Patrick netted 12 and 10 points to round out the Cardinals double digit scorers.

The Falcons will be back in action Tuesday night. The home opener for the blue and white will pit them against Westminster (Pa.). Tip time is set for 7 PM at Murphy Gym.

Big First Half Not Enough For Falcons!

The Notre Dame Falcons(1-2) had a 13 point lead early in the second half but could not hang on as Siena Heights (2-4) toppled the Falcons 82-75. Eric Dummermuth had a monster first half scoring 21 points but would only have 8 in the second half for his 29 point evening. Phil Biggs had 16 for the blue and white. Dummermuth had 12 rebounds to go with his 29 points. Biggs had 10 boards to go with his 16 points. Taylor Reiger led NDC with 13 rebounds. The Falcons shot 27-61 (44%) in the game. The Falcons were 4 of 16 from long range. The Falcons went 0 of 6 from distance in the second half. NDC continued to succumb to their "Achilles heel" so far this season with 23 turnovers.

Siena Heights came back from a 41-32 halftime deficit to grab the opening game in Concordia,Michigan. Siena Heights shot only shot 29% from the floor in the first half and 25% from three point land. The Saints did an excellent job of taking care of the ball as they only had 7 turnovers. Four players scored in double digits for the Saints. Brent Reynolds led the way with 18 points. Mark Snipes chipped in 15, while Josh Collins and Darren Boswell netted 10 each. NDC will be back in action Saturday at 3 PM when they will battle Concordia (Mich).

Big Second Half Lifts Falcons To First Hoops Win!

The Notre Dame Falcons rode a huge second half to a 90-65 win over Kuyper College on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons evened their record at 1-1 while the Cougars dropped to 0-4. The Falcons had five players tally in double figures Saturday. Eric Dummermuth led the way for NDC with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Taylor Reiger and Nick McCartney had 18 points each. Phil Biggs netted 11 while Curtis McClure chipped in 10.

The Cougars had a pair of players in double figures. Terrence Billups led the way with 27. Justin Christensen netted 11 for the upstarts from Grand Rapids,Michigan.

NDC would jump out in the early going to a 10-4 lead about 4 minutes in after a pair of Dummermuth free throws. The Cougars would battle back and tie the game at 14 after a Billups lay up. The game would go back and forth for the rest of the first half. The Falcons would lead by as many as 8 but it would be 45-40 NDC at the break. The falcons would come out hot in the second half and a three ball by McCartney with 15:01 to go would give the Falcons their biggest lead of the day at 55-42. Billups would hit a pair of free throws to cut it to a 11 but then the Falcons would go on a 7-0 run capped by another McCartney triple that would make it 62-44 Falcons. The Falcons would lead by as many as 29 in the second half as Phil Biggs and Rieger as well as McCartney would lead the three point barrage. It was 90-61 Falcons with 33 seconds to go. The Cougars would score the game's final four points.

The biggest difference in this game would be turnovers. The Falcons had 36 points off turnovers to just 11 for the Cougars. 20 of the 36 came in the second half when the Falcons pulled away. NDC had a slight edge with 34 points in the paint to 26 for the Cougars. The Cougars shot 36% from the field but just 24% in the second half while the Falcons shot 47% for the game and 51% in the second stanza. The Falcons connected on 10 of 21 three's for 48% while the Cougars were just 4 of 19 (21%) from distance. Both teams were solid at the foul line. The Falcons were 18-24 (75%) while the Cougars were 19 of 22 (86%). The Falcons won the battle of the boards 28-27. The Cougars had 24 turnovers to just 13 for NDC. The Falcons had 15 steals while the Cougars had 6. The Falcons will be back in action when they play Siena Heights in Ann Arbor,Michigan. The Saints and Falcons will tip at 8 PM Friday.

A Tough Finnish To Inaugaural Season.

The Notre Dame Falcons finished up the first season of varsity football with a 32-0 loss to Urbana at Korb Field. The Falcons had plenty of positives during their 2-9 first season of football. Heading that last was Pedro Powell. The Freshman from Liberty,OH had 84 yards on 19 carries. With those 84 yards Powell became the first player in Falcons history to eclipse the 1,000 yard plateau. Powell finished with 1,006 yards on the campaign.

Derrick Paster led the receivers on Saturday and for the season. The Sophomore from Berea had 5 catches for 39 yards in the finale. James Flowers who took over the reigns as the Falcons starting quarterback after the first month did not have one of his better outings Saturday. Flowers, the Freshman from Strongsville was just 8 of 20 for 48 yards and one interception. Bo Grunder led the defense with 10 tackles.

The game was scoreless for the first quarter. The Blue Knights would get on the board with 8:57 remaining in the opening half. Josh Turnbo's 2 yard TD would give a 6-0 lead to the Blue Knight as the PAT would be blocked. The Blue Knights would add one more touchdown right before halftime. This time it would be Evan Morrisey who would catch a 6 yard strike from Evan Gehlert to make it 12-0 Blue Knights at the half. Once again the PAT would fail after a botched snapped.

Another TD by the Blue Knights would come with a little over 8 minutes to go in the third quarter when Traylon Tailor would intercept a James Flowers pass and run it back 35 yards for a score. This time the Blue Knights would go for two and once again fail to make it 18-0. D.J Mendenhal would catch a 30 yard TD pass that would cap a 75 yard drive that would make it 24-0 UU. The Blue Knights would fail on this two point conversion as well. The scoring would be capped in the beginning of the 4th quarter with 13:47 to go as Jerell Leak would catch a 3 yard pass from D.J. Mendenhahl. Finally the Blue Knights would convert on a point after TD as the two point conversion would account for the 32-0 final.

Josh Turnbo and D.J. Mendenhahl would lead the ground attack for the Blue Knights. Turnbo would have 73 yards rushing on 12 carries and a score. Mendenhahl would account for 46 yards on 13 carries.

The Blue Knights would get solid quarterback play on Saturday. Evan Gehlert was 12 of 16 for 146 yards and a score. In the second half they would turn to Mendenhahl and the backup QB for the Blue Knights was a solid 16 of 19 for 96 yards and a pair of TD's. Jerrell Leak hauled in 8 passes for 100 yards and a TD. Matt Hightower had 9 grabs for 80 yards. drew Underwood and Travis Brisco led the Urbana defense in the shutout. Underwood had 8 tackles. Brisco stuffed the staff sheet with 6 tackles, 4 fumble recoveries and a pair of sacks.

Urbana had 242 yards passing to the Falcons 56. Total offense was dominated by the Blue Knights. They had 407 yards of total offense while holding the Falcons to just 126. Each team committed 7 penalties. The 7 penalties cost the Falcons 73 yards while the 7 miscues cost UU 59 yards. The Blue Knights were 8 of 18 on third down while the Falcons were just 1 of 12. This was the 11th and final game of the season for both teams. Urbana finished the year at 5-6.

Falcons Hoops Sluggish In Opening Night Loss!

It was the first game of the 2010-2011 basketball season for the Notre Dame Falcons and it looked that way, as the Falcons had 24 turnovers in a 72-59 loss to Missouri Valley College.

The Falcons lost the season opener for the first time since 2007.

Missouri Valley won to improve their early season record to 3-0. Turnovers were the story of the night for both teams. The Vikings had 23 miscues.

The Falcons struggled shooting the ball both from three point land and the free throw line. The Falcons were a dismal 4 for 12 (33%) at the foul line. They were just 7 of 24 (29%) from beyond the arc.

Eric Dummermuth led the way for NDC with 20 points on the evening. Freshman Taylor Rieger netted 12. Notre Dame shot 41% from the field in the ball game. The Falcons will be back in action tomorrow afternoon. Tip time is set for 1 PM from Indiana. The opponent is to be determined.

Special Teams Propel Panthers Past NDC.

Ignited by a fake punt early in the third quarter the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (5-5) toppled the Falcons from Notre Dame College 28-14 on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons dropped to 2-8 on the season with the loss.

The Panthers almost tripled the Falcons in total offense gaining 366 yards to just 167 for NDC. Kentucky Wesleyan would outrush the Falcons 112-61. Each team had 10 penalties on the afternoon. The ten miscues cost the Falcons 63 yards while the 10 flags cost the Panthers 73. NDC was led by Pedro Powell with 23 carries for 69 yards. It was the first time in six games that Powell did not hit the century mark. James Flowers was 14 of 42 for 106 yards 2 Td's and 3 interceptions. Derrick Paster had 5 catches for 56 yards and a team leading fourth touchdown on the season.

Darius Henderson gashed the Falcons run defense with 123 yards on 23 carries. Chris Owen went 20 of 40 for 223 yards with 3 TD's and a pick. David Smith had 6 catches for 77 yards and a pair of TD's.

The Falcons would get on the board first in the early stages of quarter number one. James Flowers would hit Jack Foy on a swing pass for a 5 yard TD that would give the Falcons a early 7-0 lead. Chris Owens would hook up with Vincent Lalonde on a 63 yard strike as the Falcons lead would last all of 16 seconds. Owens would hook up with Smith to give the Panthers the lead five seconds into the second quarter. That would be the score at the intermission. On the first possession of the second half for KWC after NDC would stop them on 3 consecutive plays the Panthers would run a perfectly executed fake punt. Then Owens and Smith would hook up again to make it 21-7. NDC would get within 21-14 as Flowers would connect with Paster on a 9 yard TD strike with 1:47 left. The Falcons would not recover the onside kick and it would take KWC just two plays before Darius Henderson would add a 21 yard TD run for the exclamation point on a 28-14 Senior day win for the Panthers. Bob Hansen (8 tackles) and Bo Grunder (7) continued to anchor the defense for NDC. KWC was led by David james with 8.5 tackles and Quadarius Wallace with 7. Each team will wrap up the regular season on Saturday November 13th. KWC will play at Concordia. The Falcons will have Senior day at Korb Field when they battle Urbana. Kickoff is slated for 1 PM.