#7 Cards Clip Falcons.

The  seventh ranked Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals came into Monday's contest with Notre Dame College undefeated and they left still undefeated with a hard-fought 83-74 win at Murphy Gym. The win improved Wheeling to 5-0 on the season and 2-0 in the MEC. With the loss Notre Dame College fell to 3-2 overall and 0-2 in the MEC.
  The Cards had three players in double figures on the evening.  Chase Lawson nailed five 3-pointers en route to his 18 points to pace the Cards- Pat Moseh added 16- while Preston Boswell chipped in 15.  Wheeling Jesuit shot 48 percent in the winning effort- they shot 46 percent (12-26) from the 3-point line. The free throw line was a struggle, as they shot 62 percent (15-24.)  The Cards dominated the rebounding battle 41-30.  Kyle Ritz led the team in rebounding with 11 boards.  They had 20 assists and 11 turnovers.
  For NDC they had four players post double figure efforts.  Kyauta Taylor led the way with 21 points.  Taylor was six of 12 from the 3-point line-  Oliver Meggins added 16- Kobie Johnson scored 14- and Will Vorhees scored 11 despite going just 5-17 from the floor in the loss.  NDC shot 46 percent as a team- the Falcons went 12-33 (36 percent) from the 3-point line- at the free throw line they were just 6-10 (60 percent.)  They has 19 assists and 12 turnovers as a team.
  The Falcons and Cards battled in a see-saw affair for much of the first half.  After being down by nine, the Falcons would close the half on a 7-0 run to trim the Wheeling deficit to 34-32 at the break.
  A Johnson jumped would knot the game at 36 just seconds into the second half.  The Cards would respond with a 22-9 run of their own to open up a 13 point lead (58-45) at the 11:56 mark.  NDC would go on a 13-0 run of their own capped by a Taylor 3-pointer that tied the game at 58 After a 5-0 Wheeling run gave them back a five point lead, a conventional 3-point play by Vorhees would get the Falcons within two (63-61.) Then another 3-pointer by Taylor would give the Falcons a brief one point lead (64-63) but the Cards would prove to prevail down the stretch and prove why they came in as the seventh ranked team in the country.  A 8-0 Cards run would make it 71-64 and the they would cruise from that point.
  NDC will take the rest of the week off before they make the short trip to take on the Lake Erie Storm. Tip time for that one is set for 7 PM on Monday November 28th.