Falcons Cruise To Ninth Straight.

The Notre Dame Falcons travelled to Virginia Wise on Tuesday evening and opened up a 23 point halftime lead, led by as many as 28 before a second half rally by the Cavaliers fell short in a 98-89 NDC road win at the Prior Center. The victory was the ninth straight for NDC and ran the team's record to 12-2 overall and 6-2 in the MEC. With the loss UVA-Wise fell to 3-11 overall and 1-7 in the MEC.
  NDC was led by 32 points and seven assists from Kyauta Taylor- Taylor nailed seven 3-pointer's on his way to a 32 point night.  The East Tech product was 7 of 10 from the 3-point line. Reigning MEC Player Of The Week Will Vorhees added 21 points and grabbed 17 rebounds. The 21 point effort snapped Vorhees streak of four consecutive games with 30+points.  Oliver Meggins hit three 3-pointers en route to his 15 point night- while Drew Scarberry hit four 3-pointer's on his way to 14.  Kobie Johnson rounded out the double digit scorers with 12.
  NDC shot the ball extremely well on the night. They shot 49 percent from the field- and 44 percent (15-34) from the 3-point line. The only place they struggled shooting was at the free throw line where they shot 59 percent (13-22.) NDC crushed the Cavaliers in the rebounding battle 49-39.  They had 29 assists and 21 turnovers.
  The Cavaliers had three players in double figures led by 24 points from Michal Seals. Seals was 17 of 18 at the free throw line on the night- Talwo Badmus had a big night turning in a double-double (23 points and 16 rebounds-) while Ricardo Hill Jr. hit four 3-pointer's en route to his 14 points.
  The Cavaliers struggled shooting the ball from the field (36 percent) and from the 3-point line 7-25 for 28 percent.)  They got to the free throw line 41 times making 32 (78 percent.)  They had 14 assists and 15 turnovers in the loss.
  It was the Cavaliers who got off to the good start as both teams struggled to score in the early going. After a Badmus basket UVA-Wise had a five point lead (10-5) with 12:55 in the opening half.  After another Wise basket NDC would go on a 19-2 run to open up a 24-12 lead at the 9:19 mark. Meggins would nail three 3-pointer's during the run.  Kyauta Taylor would hit three 3-pointer's as well and score 18 of his 32 in the opening half as NDC would take a 23 point halftime lead.
  The Falcons would build on the lead to start the second half and would take their largest lead of 28 (60-32) at the 14:11 mark after a Meggins layup.  The Cavaliers would score the next eight points to get to within 20 (60-40.)  The Falcons would maintain a comfortable lead until another 8-0 run by the Cavaliers would get them to within 12 (87-75) at the 3:56 mark. NDC would hang on for the victory.
  NDC will be back in action Saturday as they will welcome #2 Fairmont State to Murphy Gym. Tip time is set for 4 PM.
Other MEC Scores:
Shepherd 102 Charleston 74
Fairmont State 105 West Virginia State 78
Wheeling Jesuit 104 Glenville State 94
West Liberty 97 West Virginia Wesleyan 76
Urbana 73 Concord 71
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 8-0 (14-0)
West Liberty 7-1 (13-1)
Wheeling Jesuit 7-1 (13-1)
Notre Dame College 6-2 (12-2)
Shepherd 5-3 (8-6)
Charleston 3-5 (9-5)
Urbana 3-5 (8-6)
Glenville State 3-5 (6-6)
West Virginia State 2-6 (5-9)
West Virginia Wesleyan 2-6 (5-9)
Concord 1-7 (5-9)