On The Road Again.

The Notre Dame College Falcons will hit the road once again Saturday. This time it is a trip to Charleston to take on the Golden Eagles. The game will be the first of a three game road trip for NDC. The Falcons come in with a record of 5-14 and 3-10 in the MEC. Charleston comes in with a record of 11-8 and 7-6 in the MEC. The game will tip at 4 PM from the Charleston Civic Center. You can catch the action on NotreDameFalcons.com
  NDC Forward Oliver Megins described the matchup:
" It's going to be a tough one tomorrow, but if we win the boards we will win the game. They got to many second and third opportunities last game (a 103-76 Golden Eagles win) which hurt us. They are not the best shooting team so if we can limit their shots and play good defense then the W will be ours! We don't need to worry about our offense, we are scoring with ease. Just the defense and the turnovers need to stop." Megins said."
  Angelo Cugini talked about defense and playing together:
" We need to play really good defense against these guys and for the rest of the year.  Defense wins championships. If we just play hard and play together the sky is the limit for this team." Cugini said."
  The Falcons last game was a 98-86 loss to West Virginia State at home on Wednesday. Halil Parks paced four Falcons in double figures with 26 points. The Arlington, Va. native was 13 of 14 at the free throw line. KT Taylor scored 21- Drew Scarberry added 14- while Megins added 13. Cugini had a team-leading 13 rebounds to go along with nine points. The Falcons shot 43 percent from the field- uncharacteristically they shot just 33 percent (10-30) from the 3-point line. They shot 80 percent (16-20) at the free throw line.  NDC won the rebounding battle 46-43. They had 23 turnovers though and 12 assists.
 Taylor leads the season box score at 19.7 points a game. The senior from Cleveland also averages 5.2 rebounds- and- 3.4 assists per night. Parks stuffs the season box score averaging 14.8 points- 4.1 rebounds- and- 3.5 assists a game. Scarberry puts up 13.3 points a game and shoots 40 percent from the 3-point line on the season. Cugini also averages double figures at 10.3 points per game to go along with a team leading 7.8 rebounds a night. They come into the game averaging 85.2 points per game while they give up 92.8 per night. The Falcons make an average of 12.4 3-pointer's per contest as well.
 Charleston is coming off a 54-53 win over Urbana on Wednesday. Austin Howard scored 13 points- while Kier Anderson and Jordan Smith added 10 each. The Golden Eagles shot 35 percent from the floor and 33 percent (3-9) from the 3-point line in the narrow victory. They shot 59 percent (13-22) from the free throw line- had nine assists and 10 turnovers. It was a 43-29 advantage for the Golden Eagles on the boards that was the difference in this one.  Smith leads the team in scoring at 16.8 points per game- Howard scores 10.8 a night- while Lamont McManus puts up 10.7 a game.  Justin Stanback leads the team in rebounding at 4.7 per game. They average 81.3 points per game- while they allow 78 per night.
Other MEC Games Saturday:
Wheeling Jesuit @Shepherd
Glenville State @Virginia Wise
West Virginia Wesleyan @Concord
Urbana@West Virginia State
MEC Standings:
West Liberty 13-0 (18-0)
Wheeling Jesuit 11-2 (15-3)
Fairmont State 10-3 (14-5)
West Virginia State 9-4 (11-7)
Charleston 7-6 (11-8)
Shepherd 7-6 (11-8)
Concord 7-6 (10-8)
Virginia Wise 5-8 (7-12)
NDC 3-10 (5-14)
Glenville State 2-11 (3-15)
Urbana 2-11 (3-15)
West Virginia Wesleyan 2-11 (2-17)