Falcons Avenge Lone Loss!

The Notre Dame Falcons continue to take care of business at Murphy Gym. Thursday night the Falcons 17-6 (9-1 AMC) got a little payback against the Pioneers of Point Park. After losing 91-82 in Pennsylvania, NDC took care of the Pioneers 91-82 at Murphy Gym. The blue and white tallied five players in double figures on Thursday. Al Miller led the Falcons in scoring for the second consecutive game with 24 points. Eric Dummermuth tallied another double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds. Nick McCartney netted 16 points to go along with 6 assists. Karim McFarlane would have a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Phil Biggs rounded out the double digit scorers with 10. All five NDC starters were in double digits on the evening. Curtis McLure had the only 8 points off the bench. The Falcons starters would score 83 of the 91 points Thursday. The Falcons shot 48% from the floor. They were 35% (8 of 23) from long range. NDC was 21 of 31 (68%) at the charity stripe.

Point Park 7-11 (3-6 AMC) also tallied five players in double figures. T.J. Heatherington led the way with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Gerald Warrick tallied a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Three other players would tally 10 points. Marcus Robinson, Eric Johnson and Joel Cashatt would each score 10. The Pioneers shot 40% (32 of 81) from the floor. Point Park was a dismal 22% (7 of 31) from beyond the arc. The Pioneers were a suspect 11 of 19 (58%) from the charity stripe. NDC won the battle of the boards 50-42.

The game started with Point Park scoring the game's first 5 points. NDC would answer with the next 7. The Falcons would get a little separation midway Thu the first half and lead 25-15 after a Curtis McLure hoop. Point Park would cut that lead to 5 at the intermission 41-36.

NDC would come out in half number two firing. Al Miller would hit a pair of trey's to get the lead back to 11. The Pioneers would fight back and cut it to a 5 point game at 53-48 five minutes later. The Falcons would then open up the biggest lead they would enjoy all evening after a 15-5 run 68-53 with 7 minutes left. Point Park would get no closer than 7 the rest of the way and the Falcons would go on to the 9 point win. The Falcons will hit the road as they will head to Canton to battle Malone. Tip time is set for 7:30 on Tuesday evening.