Falcons Dump Raiders as Dummermuth hits milestone!

The Notre Dame College Falcons(14-6 6-1 AMC) led by Eric Dummermuth dumped the Roberts Wesleyan Raiders(10-8 3-4 AMC) 71-67 for their fourth consecutive victory at Murphy Gymnasium. This night belonged to Dummermuth though. The Sophomore from Dover, OH reached the 1,000 point plateau for his career on a put back with 4:10 remaining in the ball game that gave the Falcons a 62-59 lead. The Falcons had four players tally double digits on the evening. Dummermuth led the way with 19, Curtis McCLure continued his solid recent play with 14, Al Miller chipped in 13, and Karim McFarlane posted 12 for NDC.

The Raiders also had four players in double numbers. Justin Andreozzi led the way for Roberts Wesleyan with 18, Alif Bland had a double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Dan Foley and Mitchell Fraser scored 11 to round out the double figure scorers for the Raiders.

The two squads would play even basketball for a good portion of the first half. NDC would go on a pair of runs, one 7--0 run and another mini run would stake the Falcons to a 32-21 lead at the intermission. The Falcons would do a majority of there scoring in the paint and on the break. The blue and white had 24 of 32 points in the paint and would get 11 points off 10 Wesleyan turnovers in the first half.

Wesleyan would fight back in the second half and with 12:56 remaining the Falcons lead would be trimmed to two on a Justin Andreozzi trey that would cap an 11-0 run. After a timeout by coach Kevin Bille the Falcons would get a pair of big hoops. Karim McFarlane would nail a 20 foot jumper and then Curtis McLure would throw down an alley oop to up the Falcons lead to six. Once again the Raiders would battle back and the game would be tied at 58 with 5:41 to go on another Andreozzi jumper. The Falcons would answer with an 8-1 run of their own capped by a Al Miller triple that would give them a 66-59 lead with 2:36 to go. Nick McCartney and Al Miller would each hit four free throws to seal it for Notre Dame. The Falcons shot extremely well both from the floor and at the charity stripe in the second half. NDC was 11 of 14 (78%) at the line in the half while they made 52 percent of their field goals in the second stanza. The Falcons got the win despite being crushed on the boards 43-27. The Falcons will be back in action Saturday with a 4 PM home tip against the Houghton Highlanders. NDC was a 83-53 winner in the first meeting between the two schools.