Marauders Outlast Falcons Friday.

In a tight battle that saw eight ties and 11 lead changes the Notre Dame Falcons fell 107-99 in double overtime to the Marauders of Millersville University at Joe Retton Arena on the campus of Fairmont State in the MEC/ PSAC Challenge Friday. NDC fell to 0-1 on the season, while Millersville improved to 1-0 with their first win in an opener since 2011.
  NDC had five players in double figures paced by 37 points from senior Kyauta Taylor. Freshman Levi Frankland  had 17 points in his NDC debut- Will Vorhees scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds in 30 minutes- redshirt sophomore Drew Scarberry added 11- and- redshirt junior Angelo Cugini tallied a double-double (10 points and 11 rebounds.)
  NDC shot 46 percent from the field- 32 percent (10-31) from the 3-point line- and- 73 percent (27-37) from the free throw line. The Falcons won the rebounding battle 53-42.  They had 20 assists and 28 turnovers as a team.
 The Marauders were led by 29 points from Conrad Chambers- Mark Perry added 20- Caden Najdawi added 18- Andre Watkins scored 12- and- Jordan Greene netted 10.
 Millersville shot 45 percent as a team. They shot 32 percent (7-22) from the 3-point line- and- 77 percent (26-34) at the free throw line.  They had 17 assists and 13 turnovers.
   The two teams traded baskets early and the game was tied at five. The Falcons then opened up a four point lead (16-12) at the 14:22 mark as Taylor scored nine points in that span.  The Marauders would fight back as they did all night and take a 20-19 lead midway thru the half.  The Falcons would score the next seven points capped by a Frankland 3-pointer to put them up six (26-20) with 8:16 in the half.  The Marauders would take a 40-37 lead into the intermission after a 9-2 run to close the half.
  NDC came out hot in the second half and started on a 17-4 run after a Taylor free throw at the 14:55 mark to put them up 10 (54-44.)  The Marauders would go on a 8-0 run of their own to cut the lead to two (54-52.)   At the 7:35 mark Millersville would take the lead (68-67.)  The two teams battled into the final minute and Millersville got a pair of Mark Perry free throws with nine seconds left to tie it. NDC had a chance to win it but could not convert and we went to overtime tied at 81.
  Each team would score nine points in the extra session.  Once again NDC would have a chance to win it with the last possession but could not convert as we went to the second overtime knotted at 90.
  The second overtime started the same way as the first did. Six lead changes happened in the first 2:32 of the second extra period. At the 2:22 mark it would be tied but the Marauders opened up a six point lead with one minute to go after a three-point play by Watkins. The Marauders hit five free throws in the final minute to ice the victory for Millersville.
  NDC redshirt sophomore Drew Scarberry was quick to put the tough loss in perspective:
" We just have to get better at hitting the boards on both ends of the court.  Need to execute better when we come out of timeouts.  But at the end of the day it's only our first game of a long season.  We can learn from this and move onto tomorrow and come out with a vengeance ready to go." Scarberry said.
  NDC will be back in action Saturday at 3 PM when they take on Saint Augustine at Joe Retton Arena.