Gaiter's Monster Night Not Enough For NDC.

Despite 38 points from Tyree Gaiter the Notre Dame College Falcons fell short 88-84 to Wheeling Jesuit in the Falcons first road contest of the year. NDC fell to 3-2 on the year, While Wheeling Jesuit improved to 5-0.
  Four Cavaliers scored in double figures in the win.  Eric Seifert led the way with 20 points- Haywood Highsmith had a huge game scoring 17 points and grabbing 20 rebounds- Kyle Ritz also added 17- while Mentor High School product Justin Fritts scored 11. The Cavaliers shot 48 percent from the field and 32 percent from the 3-point line.  They shot at a 76 percent clip (19-25) from the free throw line. The Cavaliers won the rebounding battle 44-35.  They had 17 assists to go along with 16 turnovers.
  NDC was paced by Gaiter who drained nine 3-pointers en route to his 38 points. The Cleveland Heights product was also 11 of 12 at the free throw line.  Will Vorhees continued his solid start to the season with 21 points- while Kayauta Taylor put up 13.  The Falcons shot 40 percent from the field and 41 percent (13-32) from the 3-point line.  A day after the Falcons let one get away because of putrid foul shooting they shot 83 percent (19-23) at the foul line.  They had 13 assists and turned the ball over 14 times.
  NDC trailed by as many as 14 in the opening half.  The Falcons would start off the game cold and trail 18-4 at the second media timeout.  The Falcons would then nail four straight 3-pointers and be down by five (21-16) after a Gaiter 3-pointer at the 9:11 mark.  The Falcons would stay hot over the next five minutes and take the lead 28-27 after a Taylor 3-pointer with 4:17 to go in the opening half. The two teams would trade blows for the next 4:17 and would go into halftime deadlocked at 34.
The Cavaliers would land the first blow in the second half scoring the first six points.  Ja'sean Lewis would nail another Falcon 3-pointer to give them the lead again (47-46) at the 15:39 mark.  The Cavaliers would regain control in the next few minutes and take a five point lead (59-54) with (9:28 to go.  The Cavs would maintain the lead until another Gaiter surge would tie the game at 63 at the 6:42 mark. Vorhees would hit a pair of free throws and the Falcons would regain the lead.  The lead would be short lived though, as a 13-2 Wheeling run would put them back in command. Frits would split a pair of free throws and the Cavaliers lead would grow to 10 (79-69) with 2:24 to go. The Falcons would not go down without a fight though. They would get to within three (84-81) after Gaiter hit his seventh 3-pointer of the night with 20 seconds left.  The Falcons would get to as close as two but it would not be enough.
NDC will be back in action on 11/30th when they welcome Lake Erie College to Murphy Gym. Tip time is set for 7 PM. That will begin a four game home stand for NDC.