Falcons End Tough Road trip With OT Defeat.

The Notre Dame Falcons will be happy to get back to College Park on Thursday night. The Falcons finished their latest road swing at 0-3 after falling in overtime to Roberts Wesleyan 72-66 on Tuesday. With the win the Raiders improved to 14-10 (7-6 AMC). The Falcons dropped to 17-9 (9-4).

Roberts Wesleyan was led by three players in double figures. Justin Andreozzi led the way with 18 points. Rashaad Stokelin netted 16 while Dan Foley chipped in 11. The Raiders shot 42 percent from the field and 35 percent from beyond the arc. Wesleyan struggled at the charity stripe going 15-24 (63%).

NDC had a pair of players in double figures. Eric Dummermuth notched another double-double pouring in a game high 25 points and snagging 12 rebounds. Al Miller was the only other Falcons in double numbers with 18 points. Nick McCartney did return after missing one game with a finger injury but he was just 2 of 11 from the floor and scored 7 points. NDC shot 34% from the field. The Falcons really struggled from three point land going just 3 of 15. The blue and white were a solid 15 of 18 from the foul line and won the battle of the boards 49-41.

The game started out even for the first 6+ minutes. After a nearly three minute drought by both teams it was the Falcons who went on a 7-0 run and took a 21-14 lead with just over 7 minutes in the half on a Al Miller triple. NDC would stretch that lead to 10 on a free throw by Dummermuth that would make it 26-16 with 4:56 in the first stanza. Wesleyan would chip away and cut it to 3 but the Falcons would score the last four points of the half to take a 32-25 lead into the half.

NDC would get the first bucket of the second half but then Wesleyan would score the next 11 points and after a Andreozzi jumper the Raiders would take a 36-34 lead. The game would then have 4 ties, then Wesleyan would take a three point lead before the next four points would go to NDC and they would lead 49-48 with 5:15 to go. NDC would lead by 3 then the Raiders would run off the next 5 straight. Eric Dummermuth's jumper with a 1:04 to go would tie it at 54. Both teams would have a chance to win at the end of regulation but both Miller and Andreozzi would miss jumpers in the last minute. The Raiders would take control in the OT. RWC would score the first 7 points of the extra session and after a pair of free throws by Jordan Heath would lead 61-54 with 2:30 to go. NDC would get as close as 1 on a Miller free throw but the Raiders would outscore them 7-2 in the waning minutes to hold on for the 72-66 win. NDC will be back in action Thursday as they look to snap the losing streak against Ohio State Newark in a non conference game at Murphy Gym. Note that tip time is set for 7:30 and not the usual 8 PM tip.