Complete Effort Lifts Falcons Past Yellow Jackets.

The Notre Dame College Falcons (11-18 9-14 MEC) never trailed in a 97-78 win versus West Virginia State in the first round of the Mountain East Conference Tournament Tuesday night. With the loss the Yellow Jackets saw a five game win streak come to an end. They ended up 13-14 on the season.
  NDC had four players score in double figures in the win. Lawrence DeArmond poured in a game high 30 points to go along with seven rebounds and six assists- Geovante Rose added a monster game with 17 points and 21 rebounds- Jarvis Huntley netted 18- while Tyree Gaiter scored 15. The Falcons shot 52 percent (34-66) from the field on the evening- they shot 39 percent (7-19) from the 3-point line. NDC shot at a 73 percent clip (22-30) at the foul line. NDC won the rebounding battle 49-38. They had 17 assists and 14 turnovers.
  The Yellow Jackets had four players score in double figures as well. Juan Johnson led the way with 21 points on the night- Steve Wing had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds- Bo King added 13- and- Anton Hutchins netted 10. The Yellow Jackets shot 37 percent (27-73) for the game. They shot just 24 percent (5-21) from the 3-point line. State shot 76 percent (19-25) at the foul line. They had just seven assists and turned it over 10 times.
  The Falcons controlled the game from the outset. They scored the game's first four points to set the tone. The Falcons had a four point lead (22-18) at the 8:33 mark of the opening half. Over the next four minutes plus the Falcons would stretch the lead to 11 (36-25) at the 3:40 mark on a Ryan Hickoff 3-pointer. Then each team would go on a 6-0 spurt. The Falcons would take a 10 point lead (42-32) into the locker room.
 The second half was controlled by NDC. The lead was 12 five minutes into the half. The next two and a half minutes would see the Falcons blow it open with a 15-3 run to stretch the lead to 24 (67-43.) The run was capped by a Gaiter 3-pointer.  The Falcons would cruise to the quarterfinals from there.
  NDC will take on top seeded West Liberty on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Mountain East Conference Tournament. Tip time is set for 6 PM.