Blue Knight Beatdown.

The Notre Dame Falcons used a huge second half to propel them to a 96-75 road win at Urbana's Grimes Center.  The win improved NDC to 13-4 overall and 7-4 in the MEC. With the loss Urbana fell to 8-9 overall and 3-8 in the league.
  NDC was led by Will Vorhees who exploded again, this time for a game high 42 points. It was the third time this month Vorhees has broken the 40 point mark and he is averaging 32 points a game in the month of January.  Kyauta Taylor scored 23 points- while Ja'Sean Lewis scored 12 points- grabbed 14 rebounds- dished out four assists and blocked a shot.  For the second straight game NDC played without starting point guard Kobie Johnson (concussion.)  NDC shot 57 percent as a team from the field- they did not shoot well from the 3-point line (5 of 20 for 25 percent.)  NDC shot 77 percent (17-22) from the free throw line.  They crushed Urbana on the boards 50-30.  The Falcons had 19 assists and 14 turnovers.
  Urbana had four players score double figures in a losing effort.  Carlos Jackson paced the Blue Knights with 15 points- AJ Washington scored 13- Charles Sweatt- Washington added 12- and- Jameer Howze tallied 11.
  The Blue Knights struggled from both the floor (34 percent) and the 3-point line (6-34) for 18 percent.  They shot 75 percent (15-20) from the free throw line.  The Blue Knights had 13 assists and just five turnovers.
  The first five minutes of the contest was played evenly with neither team holding more than a two point advantage.  The Falcons would stretch the lead to five (18-13) at the 13:06 mark of the half after a Drew Scarberry 3-pointer.  The Blue Knights would rattle off the next 10 points and go ahead 23-18.  A conventional 3-point play by Lewis would give the Falcons the lead 27-25 a few minutes later.  NDC would lead by as many as seven before taking a four point (47-43) halftime lead.
  After the Blue Knights scored first in the second half NDC would go on a 13-0 run to take a 14 point lead (60-46) after a Vorhees free throw with 14:45 to go.  After a Free throw by Urbana, NDC would go on another 12-0 spurt and open up a 25 point lead (72-47) with 9:58 to go.  NDC would lead by as many as 27 (88-61) and cruise to the victory.
  The Falcons will be back in action Saturday when they welcome #4 West Liberty to Murphy Gym. Tip time is set for 4 PM.
Other MEC Scores:
West Virginia Wesleyan 97 Glenville State 87
Virginia Wise 98 Concord 70
Fairmont State 86 Shepherd 81
West Liberty 96 Wheeling Jesuit 90
Charleston 76 West Virginia State 70
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 11-0 (17-0)
West Liberty 10-1 (16-1)
Wheeling Jesuit 9-2 (15-2)
Notre Dame College 7-4 (13-4)
Shepherd 7-4 (10-7)
Glenville State 5-6 (8-7)
West Virginia Wesleyan 5-6 (8-9)
Charleston 4-7 (10-7)
Urbana 3-8 (8-9)
West Virginia State 2-9 (5-12)
Virginia Wise 2-9 (4-13)
Concord 1-10 (5-12)