Falcons Survive Blue Knights Saturday.

The Notre Dame Falcons (15-13 11-11 MEC) got a 3-pointer from Oliver Meggins at the buzzer to force overtime and went on to a 109-98 win against the Urbana Blue Knights (6-22 3-19 MEC.) at Murphy Gym on Saturday.  The win completed the season sweep of Urbana for NDC.
  The Falcons were paced by four players in double figures.  Tyree Gaiter (27 points and 11 assists) and Will Vorhees (25 points and 10 rebounds) each posted double-doubles- while Lawrence DeArmond netted 20- and- Meggins scored 17 including the big 3-pointer at the end of regulation that sent the game into overtime.  The Falcons shot the ball well on the day.  They shot 50 percent (35-70) from the field on the day- from the 3-point line they shot 47 percent (15-32.)  The Falcons shot at a 80 percent clip (24-30) from the free throw line.  NDC edged the Blue Knights in the rebounding battle 41-37.  They had 28 assists and 11 turnovers as a team.
  For the Blue Knights Myles Busby led the way with 31 points and 12 rebounds- Carlas Jackson chipped in 27- while Matt Csuhran scored 16.  The Blue Knights also shot 50 percent as a team (37-74.) - from the 3-point line they shot 37 percent (11-30.)  They shot at a 68 percent clip (13-19) from the free throw line.  They had 22 assists and 12 turnovers in the contest.
  The game started out with NDC taking a 6-2 lead in the early going, before the Blue Knights ran off the next eight points.  The Blue Knights would lead by as many as six (32-26) in the first half before the Falcons closed the half on a 10-3 run to take a 42-39 lead into halftime.
  The second half saw the Falcons push the lead to 12 a couple times and they looked to be in control with a 81-69 lead at the 4:34 mark.  The Blue Knights had other ideas.  The next three minutes would see Urbana go on a 16-3 run to take a 85-84 lead with 1:33 remaining.  Urbana had a three point lead (92-89) late before Meggins heroics forced overtime.
  The Falcons then out scored Urbana 17-6 in the overtime.  The Blue Knights scored the first bucket of the overtime before NDC would score the next 10 points to take control over the next four minutes and secure the victory on senior day.
 NDC secured the seventh seed in the MEC tournament and will take on 10th seeded West Virginia State Tuesday night at Murphy Gym. The two teams split in the regular season, with each winning at home.  Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.