#2 Fighting Falcons 3-Point Barrage Ends NDC Streak at Nine!

The Notre Dame College Falcons  went 'toe to toe' with the 2nd ranked Fighting Falcons of Fairmont State for much of the day but ultimately fell 97-77 in front of a spirited crowd in Murphy Gym on Saturday afternoon.  With the win Fairmont State improved to 15-0 on the year and 9-0 in the MEC.  While NDC dropped to 12-3 overall and 6-3 in the MEC with the loss.
  Matt Bingaya poured in a game high 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead four Fighting Falcons in double figures- D'Ondre Stockman nailed six 3-pointer's en route to his 22 point effort- while Vonte Montgomery (14 points) and Thomas Wimbush (13 point and nine rebounds) also tallied double figures.  The Fighting Falcons shot a blistering 51 percent as a team- while they drained 50 percent (18 of 36) of their 3-pointer's. They had 25 assists and just nine turnovers in the game.
  NDC saw its nine game winning streak halted with a rare home loss. They also had four players score in double figures in the game.  Ja'Sean Lewis scored 17 points- dished out seven assists and grabbed six rebounds.  Kyauta Taylor and Kobie Johnson each scored 16- while Will Vorhees scored 12 to go along with seven rebounds.
  The Falcons shot 49 percent as a team. They shot 39 percent (9-23) from the 3-point line.  At the free throw line they shot 75 percent (12-16.)  NDC won the rebounding battle 37-34.  They had 21 assists and 20 turnovers in the contest.
  NDC scored the game's first four points but the Fighting Falcons would then go on a 24-5 run to take a 24-9 nearly halfway thru the first half.  NDC would respond with a 14-0 run of their own after a Vorhees layup, a Lewis 3-pointer and a Meggins basket made it a one point game (24-23.)
  The rest of the first half would see Fairmont State stretch the lead out to six with about 40 seconds to go in the frame before a rough stretch for NDC closed the half. Bingaya would score on a layup and then right before halftime the Fighting Falcons would get a deep 3-pointer from Shammgod Wells that was easily five feet behind the 3-point line that gave them a 11 point lead (45-34) at the intermission.
  NDC got off to a quick start in the second half as Johnson would score and then Taylor would knock down a 3-pointer to cut the lead to eight (47-39.)  After Lewis hit a pair of free throws for NDC Fairmont State would get a 3-point basket to get the lead back out to 12 with about 17 minutes to go.  NDC would battle hard and get to within eight (73-65) with 7:49 to go but that is as close as they would get. Turnovers by NDC and some timely offensive rebounds down the stretch would be the difference down the stretch.  Fairmont State scored 30 points off of 20 NDC turnovers- while the Falcons scored 15 points off nine Fighting Falcons turnovers.
  NDC will be back in action Monday afternoon when they take on Shepherd. Tip time at Murphy Gym is set for 2 PM.
Other MEC Scores:
Wheeling Jesuit 83 Concord 80
West Virginia Wesleyan 86 Charleston 84
West Liberty 98 Virginia Wise 71
Shepherd 84 Urbana 77
Grenville State 92 West Virginia State 76
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 9-0 (15-0)
West Liberty 8-1 (14-1)
Wheeling Jesuit 8-1 (14-1)
Notre Dame College 6-3 (12-3)
Shepherd 6-3 (9-6)
Grenville State 4-5 (7-6)
Charleston 3-6 (9-6)
Urbana 3-6 (8-7)
West Virginia Wesleyan 3-6 (6-9)
West Virginia State 2-7 (5-10)
Concord 1-8 (5-10)
Virginia Wise 1-8 (3-12)