Falcons Score Huge Upset Saturday!

The Notre Dame Falcons (4-7 2-3 MEC) scored a huge conference win as they upset Shepherd University (West Va.) (9-2 4-1) 82-77 at Murphy Gym Saturday afternoon. The win was the second straight for the Falcons at home, as they improved to 3-2 at home on the season.
  NDC had four players score in double figures on the day. Jarvis Huntley paced the Falcons with 23 points. He was 8-18 from the field- and- 7 of 8 at the free throw line. Lawrence DeArmond tallied 19 points, Kaloma Figueroa-Jackson tallied a double-double (18 points and 12 rebounds.) Tyree Gaiter added 11 points, seven rebounds- and six assists.  The Falcons shot 41 percent from the field. They scored the upset despite shooting just 17 percent (4-24) from the 3-point line. The Falcons were 26 of 38 at the foul line (68 percent.) The Falcons won the rebounding battle 52-43. They had 13 assists and 11 turnovers.
  Shepherd had three players score in double figures Saturday. Brantley Osborne paced the visitors with 31 points. Austin Cunningham chipped in 19 points, and Marcus Pilgrim had 10. The Rams shot 37 percent from the field. They struggled from the 3-point line, where they went 9-31 (29 percent.) The foul line was also a struggle, as they went just 10-18 (56 percent.) The visitors had eight assists and nine turnovers.
    NDC used a big second half to score the upset. It was the Rams who jumped out to a quick 12-3 lead in the game's first six minutes. The Falcons would then score the next 10 points and would take a 13-12 lead on a Connor Deckard lay-up at the 10:04 mark of the opening half. The rest of the first half would be tightly contested and the Falcons would lead 29-28 at the break. NDC would lead despite missing all 10 3-point tries in the opening stanza. Jarivs Huntley paced NDC with 15 in the opening half.
  The second half would see the Falcons stretch the lead to eight (40-32) before Osborne and Cunningham would hit back to back 3-pointer's to cut the lead to two (40-38.) It would go back and forth for the next couple minutes and NDC would have a 53-51 lead. The Falcons would then go on a 11-0 spurt (seven by DeArmond) to open up a 13 point lead (64-51) at the seven minute mark. NDC would cruise to the win from there.
  NDC will be back in action Monday night. They will host Fairmount State at Murphy Gym. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM. You can catch all the action at Notre Dame Falcons.com