Falcons Complete Improbable Comeback Saturday.

The Notre Dame Falcons looked all but dead with one minute to go and trailing by four on Saturday at Murphy Gym. But on Tyree Gaiter day his teammates made sure he would not go home a loser. Ja'Sean Lewis split a pair of free throws, rebounded his own miss and drained a 3-pointer that would ultimately send the game into an overtime that the Falcons would dominate at home. NDC would go on to the 102-92 victory. With the win NDC improved to 14-6 overall and 8-6 in the MEC. The Pioneers fell to 7-13 and 4-9 in the MEC with the loss.
  NDC had four players score in double figures on the day. Gaiter scored 29 points (10 in overtime) to go along with six assists.  Will Vorhees added yet another double-double. He had 28 points and grabbed a team high 15 rebounds.  Kyauta Taylor added six 3-point field goals on his way to 26 points. The trio of Gaiter, Vorhees, and Taylor each played all 45 minutes in the win.  Lewis also scored in double figures with 13 points to go along with seven rebounds. NDC shot 46 percent (36-79) as a team- they shot 33 percent (11-33) from the 3-point line. At the free throw line the Falcons shot 70 percent (19-27.)  The Falcons won the rebounding battle 48-41.  They had 19 assists and 11 turnovers.
  The Pioneers were led by Jalon Plummer who had 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds- Sedric NAdy scored 20- Brett Morris added 19- and- Andrew Johnson chipped in 10 for Glenville State. The Pioneers shot 41 percent (28-68) from the field on the day.  They shot 32 percent (9-28) from the 3-point line- and- were a solid 79 percent (27-34) from the free throw line.  The Pioneers had 16 assists and 12 turnovers.
  The first half was closely played but NDC led most of the way. The lead would not grow to more than five however.
 The second half the Pioneers looked to be in control. They lead by six (59-53) at the 11:52 mark After that point Glenville State never trailed in regulation.  They would lead by nine (77-68) at the 5:08 mark. The Pioneers would go cold at the wrong time though. They would not make a field goal in the last 3:21 of regulation. Gaiter and Lewis would hit big 3-pointer's late. The one by Lewis tying the game with 36 seconds to go. After a NDC defensive stop Gaiter would have a chance to win it but the shot would not fall.
  Gaiter scored the first four points of overtime and went 8 of 8 at the free throw line in the extra session as he would outscore the Pioneers 10-9 by himself.  The Falcons would go on to a fourth win in five tries and fourth straight win at home.
  NDC will hit the road to West Virginia. The next contest will be Thursday night at Charleston. Tip time is set for 730 PM. The Falcons were a 73-66 loser to Charleston in the first meeting back on December 5th.