A Season On The Brink.

For the Notre Dame College Falcons (5-17 3-13 MEC)Thursday night will be the biggest game of the season as they face Glenville State who they are tied with for 10th place in the Mountain East Conference. If the Falcons have any aspirations of making the MEC Tournament in Charleston Thursday is a game they have to win.
Coach Tim Koenig said so after the loss to Fairmont State on Saturday:
" This is a playoff game for us. For us the playoffs start now. We have to do all the little things in this one. We have to take care of the ball better- play inside out- contain the dribbler- help the helper. We need to rebound the ball. We need to exploit any mismatches we have. We need to get loose balls" Koenig said.
Jack Kelsheimer gave his thoughts about the contest:
" Right now we are tied with Glenville State in the standings. Our goal is to make the conference tournament. To do that every game is going to be huge.  That being said, a win tomorrow would put us ahead of Glenville in the standings. So it is definitely a big one. " Kelsheimer said."
NDC is coming off a pair of losses to Shepherd and Fairmont State on the road last week. It was a 107-90 loss versus Shepherd on Thursday followed by a 105-65 drubbing at the hands of Fairmont State on Saturday. Angelo Cugini had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Falcons on Saturday- while Drew Scarberry and Cole Hayes each scored 14. Oliver Megins also contributed 13 points for NDC.
  The Falcons come into Thursday's contest average 83.4 a game- while they allow 94.4 per contest. The Falcons make 12.3 3-pointer's a game.  Individually Taylor leads the way scoring 18.6 points a game, but is coming off a season low two points in Saturday's loss.  Scarberry is scoring 13.8 per night- and- Cugini is scoring 10.7 points and grabbing eight rebounds a contest.  In the first meeting versus the Pioneers on 1/4 Scarberry led the way with 20 points- while Taylor had 15- and- Oliver Megins scored 12 in the 82-79 defeat.
  The Pioneers (5-17 3-13 MEC) are coming off a 78-75 win over Davis and Elkins on Monday night. Darhius Nunn poured in a game high 35 points to pace Glenville in that one- they also got 15 points from Brooks Elly- and- 11 from Theo Brown.  The Pioneers average 74.6 points a game as a team- while they give up 84.1 a night.  Individually Nunn leads the season box score at 18.5 points per game- while Jon Dunnmyer scores 11.1 a game- and- Elly puts up 9.9 per contest.  Brown leads the team averaging five rebounds a game- while Nunn averages 3.8 assists per night.  Dunnmyer scored 19 in the first meeting between the two teams- while Nunn had 15- and- Elisha Mayberry scored 13.
  Scarberry talked about how the team needs to come out Thursday:
" Every game from here on out is a must win for us. We have to come out with fire and we need to be ready to go." Scarberry said."
  "Koenig added his pre game thought:
" We will be ready to roll for our playoff game at home Thursday. " Koenig mentioned.
Other MEC Games Thursday:
Charleston @Wheeling Jesuit
Fairmont State @Virginia Wise
Shepherd @Concord
West Virginia State @West Liberty
West Virginia Wesleyan @Urbana
  MEC Standings:
West Liberty 15-1 (20-1)
Fairmont State 13-3 (17-5)
Wheeling Jesuit 12-4 (17-5)
Shepherd 10-6 (14-8)
West Virginia State 10-6 (12-9)
Charleston 9-7 (13-9)
Concord 7-9 (11-11)
Virginia Wise 7-9 (9-13)
West Virginia Wesleyan 5-11 (5-17)
Glenville State 3-13 (5-17)
Notre Dame College 3-13 (5-17)
Urbana 2-14 (3-19)