Perfect No More. Charleston Rolls Past Falcons.

The Notre Dame Falcons dug themselves an early hole and could never recover.  The result was the first home loss of the season for NDC.  Charleston would come out on top 82-66 on Monday night at Murphy Gym.
  The Golden Eagles (11-4 6-3 MEC) were led by five players in double figures on the night.  Chris Evans paced the Golden Eagles with 18 points- while Jevonte Hughes contributed a double-double (15 points and 15 rebounds.)  Tino Ditrapano and Aleksander Kesic posted 12 points each- while Cameron Dozier scored 11.  The Golden Eagles shot 47 percent from the field and 41 percent from the 3-point line.  UC was a solid 85 percent (17-20) at the free throw line.  They easily won the rebounding battle 45-30.  They had 12 assists and 12 turnovers.
  NDC (8-7 4-5 MEC) got 22 points from Lawrence DeArmond- the only other double digit scorer was Jay Banyasz with 12.  The Falcons played a third straight game without Will Vorhees (knee) and it really showed up on the glass.  The Falcons are operating right now with a seven man rotation and were limited more on Monday as Tyree Gaiter could only play 24 minutes due to foul trouble.  Gaiter who came into the game averaging 23.1 points a game was limited to just five by the Golden Eagles before fouling out with about three minutes remaining.  The Falcons shot 41 percent from the field and 39 percent from the 3-point line.  They only got to the foul line six times and only made three (50 percent.)  The Falcons had 12 assists and seven turnovers in the loss.
   Charleston jumped out of the gates quickly and would take a 21-7 lead five and a half minutes into this one.  The next six minutes would see the Golden Eagles stretch the lead to 16 (29-13) at the 8:30 mark of the opening half.
  The lead would be 15 (33-18) before the Falcons would go on a spurt to cut the lead to seven just before halftime.  After a timeout UC would run a set play and get a big 3-pointer that would stretch the lead back out to 10 (42-32) at the break.
  The Falcons came out hot in the second half.  Oliver Meggins and DeArmond would knock down a pair of 3-pointer's in the opening 90 second of the half and NDC would be within four (46-42.)  UC would take control over the next five minutes though.  A 13-0 run would stretch the lead back out to 15 (57-42.) with 13:18 to go.  UC would lead by as many as 21 and the Falcons would not get any closer than 10 the rest of the way.
 NDC will be back in action Saturday when they will face Glenville State.  Tip time is set for 4 PM.