NDC Holds Off Pioneers.

The Notre Dame Falcons were in desperate need of a win Saturday after losing four of the last five. They did just that with an 84-76 victory over Glenville State at the Waco Center. With the win NDC improves to 14-6 overall and 8-6 in the MEC. With the loss the Pioneers fall to 8-10 and 5-9 in the MEC.
  The Falcons who played just seven players on Saturday were led by 29 points from Kyauta Taylor- Will Vorhees added 27- Drew Scarberry had 13- and- Ja'Sean Lewis added eight points- 14 rebounds- and- six assists.  The Falcons shot 41 percent from the field in the victory- they were 10-21 (48 percent) from the 3-point line- at the free throw line the Falcons went 28-36 (78 percent.)  They won the rebounding battle 46-38- and- had 14 assists to go along with 16 turnovers.
  The Pioneers were paced by 24 points from Brett Morris- Darhius Nunn added 12 and dished out eight assists- while Terry Davis Jr. scored nine. The Pioneers shot 39 percent as a team- 32 percent from the 3-point line (11-34) and 60 percent (9-15) from the free throw line.  They had 13 assists and 10 turnovers as a team.
   The game began with Glenville State taking the early lead. The game was tied at nine five and a half minutes in.  It would be tied again at 11 before the Falcons would go on a 11-0 run to take a 22-11 lead at the halfway mark of the opening half.  The lead was stretched to 14 (35-21) on a Taylor 3-pointer at the 5:01 mark of the opening half.  The Falcons led by 13 (46-33) as Scarberry would hit a 3-pointer right before halftime.
  The Pioneers would come out strong in the second half and go on a 10-2 run to cut the NDC lead to five (48-43) with 14:38 to go. The Pioneers would trim the lead all the way down to two (53-51) after a Davis Jr.basket at the 11:42 mark.  The Pioneers would get to within two one last time (64-62) at the 7:08 mark but that is as close as the Pioneers would get. Taylor and Vorhees would come up big down the stretch as always. Then Scarberry and Lewis would make four free throws in the final minute to put it away.
Kyauta  Taylor had this to say about today's NDC win and in particular the free throw disparity in this one and what got him going on the offensive end after two tough games in a row by his standards:
" I think we did a pretty good job offensively. What got me going offensively was I came in saying to myself stay aggressive no matter what and we did a solid job on the boards tonight as well."
"I think we just stayed the course and stayed with our game plan and we stayed aggressive and was able to get to the line a lot." Taylor said.
On how the Falcons overcame playing with a short bench today:
" Kobie is out with a leg injury and we overcome playing with a short bench by just believing in one another and trusting the coach and his decisions."
Vorhees added his thoughts on the win:
"Overall it was a nice team win. We can't let other team's pressure rush our decision making and that is part of why we had some turnovers tonight. We overcame the short bench because the guys who were in there were ready and did their part."
NDC will return home Wednesday to face West Virginia State at 730 at Murphy Gym. You can stream the game live on NotreDameFalcons.com

Other MEC Scores:
West Virginia Wesleyan 91 Urbana 70
West Liberty 111 West Virginia State 75
Charleston 85 Wheeling Jesuit 77
Fairmont State 116 Virginia Wise 77
Shepherd 86 Concord 69
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 14-0 (20-0)
West Liberty 13-1 (19-1)
Wheeling Jesuit 11-3 (17-3)
Shepherd 10-4 (13-7)
Notre Dame College 8-6 (14-6)
West Virginia Wesleyan 7-7 (10-10)
Charleston 5-9 (11-9)
Glenville State 5-9 (8-10)
Urbana 4-10 (9-11)
West Virginia State 3-11 (6-14)
Virginia Wise 3-11 (5-15)
Concord 1-13 (5-15)