Falcons Return Home Thursday.

The Notre Dame College Falcons (15-9 9-9 MEC) return home Thursday to battle the Virginia Wise Cavaliers (7-17 5-13 MEC.)  The game will tip at 730 PM inside Murphy Gym and you can see video of the game on NotreDameFalcons.com.
  NDC comes into Thursday off of a 0-3 road trip to Charleston, Shepherd and Fairmont State. The last time out the Falcons were a 93-80 loser to the Fighting Falcons.  Will Vorhees led NDC with a double-double (20 points and 10 rebounds-) while Kyauta Taylor added 16 points and Drew Scarberry scored 14.  Ja'Sean Lewis narrowly missed a double-double (nine points and 11 rebounds.)
  NDC comes into Thursday averaging 82.7 points a night- while on the defensive end they allow 81.7 a contest.  The out rebound the opponent by almost four rebounds a contest (41.4 to 37.6-) The Falcons shoot 46 percent from the field and 36 percent from the 3-point line. They make 9.8 3-pointer's a contest as a team.
 Vorhees has been the leading scorer and rebounder for NDC all season long. The Columbus Grove native averages 26.2 points and 10.3 rebounds a night- Kyauta Taylor continues to be second on the team in scoring at 21 points per contest- and leads the team in steals with 36.  Drew Scarberry averages 10 points per game- and- shoots at a 46.3 percent clip from the 3-point line.  Ja'Sean Lewis continues to stuff the stat sheet, as he averages 8.7 points- 10 rebounds and 5.4 assists a night.
  The Cavaliers are coming off a 88-66 loss to West Liberty on Saturday.  Taiwo Badmus led the Cavaliers with 18 points- while Tajh Eason and Chance Sheffey scored 11 points each.  The Cavaliers come into Thursday night averaging 78 points a game- while they give up 85.7 per night.  They are just 1-7 away from home on the season.  They are being out rebounded by five boards a night (39.5-34.5)
  Badmus leads Wise averaging 20.9 points and 10.2 rebounds a contest- Dimitri Sousa scores 17.3 a game- while Michal Seals chips in 14.8 points and dishes out a team leading 5.7 assists a contest.
  NDC was a 98-89 winner in the first meeting between the teams back on January 10th at the Prior Center. Taylor led the way with 32- while Vorhees had 21 to go along with 17 rebounds in that one.
Wise was led by 24 from Seals- Badmus had 23 and 16 rebounds- while Ricardo Hill Jr. added 14.
  Other MEC Games Thursday:
West Virginia Wesleyan @West Liberty
Shepherd @Charleston
Concord @Urbana
Fairmont State @West Virginia State
Wheeling Jesuit @Glenville State
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 17-1 (23-1)
West Liberty 16-2 (22-2)
Wheeling Jesuit 13-5 (19-5)
Shepherd 12-6 (15-9)
Notre Dame College 9-9 (15-9)
West Virginia Wesleyan 9-9 (12-12)
Charleston 8-10 (14-10)
Glenville State 7-11 (10-12)
Urbana 5-13 (10-14)
Virginia Wise 5-13 (7-17)
Concord 4-14 (8-16)
West Virginia State 3-15 (6-18)
Atlantic Region Rankings (Top Eight Teams qualify for 2017 NCAA Tournament:)
1. Fairmont State (23-1)
2. Shippensburg (19-2)
3. Indiana (PA) (23-2)
4. West Liberty(22-2)
5. Kutztown (19-2)
6. Wheeling Jesuit (18-5)
7. Virginia Union (21-4)
8. Virginia State (18-4)
9. Shepherd (15-9)
10. East Stroudsburg (15-7)