Bobcats Outlast Falcons.

The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats held off a late rally by the Notre Dame College Falcons to hold on for a 85-80 win Thursday night in Buckhannon,West Va.  With the win the Bobcats improved to (16-6 11-6 MEC.)  The Falcons fell to 9-14 and 7-10 in the Mountain East.
      The Falcons lost for the 10th time in 12 contests away from Murphy Gym.  It was the third loss in a row for NDC.  Three NDC players scored in double figures on the evening. Tyree Gaiter led the way with 29 points to go along with seven assists- Lawrence DeArmond added 21- and- Geovante Rose had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.  The Falcons shot 41 percent (29-71) from the floor on the evening.  The 3-point line was not kind to the Falcons as they shot 30 percent (6-20.)  NDC was solid at the foul line. where they shot 76 percent (16-21) from the foul line.  They had 14 assists and just five turnovers.
  The Bobcats won for the third straight time and fourth time in six contests.  It was a balanced attack that led to the victory. Five Bobcats scored in double figures on the evening.  Chris Dewberry paced Wesleyan with 21 points- T.J Thompson added 17- Brett Ervin had 14- while Taylor Price and Alexsandar Djordjevic each tallied 11.  The Bobcats shot 44 percent (25-57) as a team.  They shot even better, shooting at a 47 percent clip (16-34) from the 3-point line.  Wesleyan shot 66 percent (19-29) at the free throw line.  They had 20 assists and 16 turnovers.
  The Bobcats jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the early going.  Wesleyan would stitch the lead to 10 (19-9) with 11:24 in the opening half.  The lead would swell to 20 (40-20) with 3:21 until halftime.
  NDC would then run off the next eight points to cut the lead to 12 (40-28) It would be a 12 point deficit (45-33) for NDC at the break.
  The Bobcats would keep the lead in double digits until a DeArmond 3-pointer would cut the lead to nine (50-41) with 15:13 left.  With the Falcons down 10 (76-66) with 2:13 to go, they would make a let push.  A DeArmond layup with 1:10 to go would cap off a 9-1 run and the Falcons were only down two (77-75.)  The Bobcats would nail eight free throws in the last 1:10 to hold on for the victory.
  NDC will be back in action Saturday. They will return home and face Glenville State. Tip time is set for 3 PM.