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One of these days the Notre Dame Falcons are going to get a road win. Thursday night was not the night though, as the Falcons fell for the sixth straight time on the road.  This time to West Virginia Wesleyan 80-64.
 NDC (7-6 3--4 MEC) had three players in double figures Thursday,  Kyauta Taylor led the way with 21 points- Tyree Gaiter added 19- and- Lawrence DeArmond scored 13 in the loss. It was not a good shooting night for NDC as they shot just 39 percent from the field in this one.  NDC was even worse (23 percent) from the 3-point line.  The place where the Falcons usually struggle most was kind to them Thursday as they shot 81 percent (13-16) from the free throw line.  NDC had 15 assists and turned the ball over nine times.
  The Bobcats (5-8 3-4 MEC) won for the third straight time at home.  They were paced by Tanner McGrew who poured in 21 points and also grabbed 18 rebounds- his 18 boards was just three short of the NDC total as a team.   Four other Bobcats were in double figures.   Taylor Price chipped in 16- Garrett Grantham netted 13- Aleksandar Djordjkevic posted 11- and- Ja'Sahn Johnson had 10.  The Bobcats had a field day on offense where they shot 68 percent from the floor- 46 percent from the 3-point line- and 71 percent from the foul line.  The Bobcats owned the rebounding battle 36-21.  They had 21 assists and 18 turnovers.
 NDC got off to a slow start and poor shooting was the story of the night.  In the first five minutes NDC missed six of the first eight shots they took but after a DeArmond bucket trailed by just three (10-7) at the first media time out.  The Bobcats would stretch the lead to 14 but NDC would fight back.  After being down 33-19 with 2:40 in the opening half the Falcons would go on a 8-0 spurt to cut the lead to six (33-27.)  It looked like things were looking up going into the locker room after the strong close to the opening half.
 The second half would start much like the first did.  The Bobcats would knock down four straight shots to open the frame and after seven minutes of the second half the Bobcats would have a commanding 50-31 lead.  The Bobcats would lead by as many as 21 (54-33) but the Falcons would get to within eight (69-61) with three minutes to go. The Falcons would go on to lose another road tilt when all was said and done.
NDC will be back at home where they will face West Virginia State Saturday.  Tip time is set for 4 PM at Murphy Gym.