Falcons Look To Get Back On Winning Track At Wesleyan.

The Notre Dame Falcons look to get back on the winning track when they head to Buckhanon,West Virginia to take on the Bobcats of West Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday. Tip time for the game is set for 7:30 The Falcons were a 79-65 winner in the first meeting between the two schools.
  The Falcons (13-5 7-5 MEC) have lost three of four. The last time out they were drubbed 93-76 by West Liberty at Murphy Gym. The Falcons have lost three straight at "The Murph."  Kyauta Taylor (34 points) and Will Vorhees (30 points) scored 64 of the Falcons 79 points in the win over Wesleyan back on January 5th.
  Vorhees paces the Falcons on the season averaging a double-double (28 points and 11.1 rebounds per night-) while Taylor averages 21.8 points per contest.  Ja'Sean Lewis leads the team in assists at 5.3 per night.
  NDC comes into the game averaging 85.2 points a game on the offensive end.  At the defensive end they are giving up 82.2 points per contest.  The Falcons have out rebounded their opponents by more than four rebounds a contest (41.9 to 37.6.)  They average nearly three more assists than the opponent (19.8 assists to 17.1 assists per game.)  The Falcons have trouble taking care of the ball though, as they average 13.7 turnovers per game as opposed to 10.3 for the opponent.  The Falcons average 5.4 blocks a game as a team- as compared to 1.4 for the opponent.
  Wesleyan (8-10 5-6 MEC) is coming off a 118-85 loss to Fairmont State last time out.  The Bobcats had won three in a row prior to the loss to Fairmont State.  Five Bobcats scored in double figures in that game.  The Bobcats were led by Kevin Kangni with 18 points- Mo Berchie added 17- Clay Todd netted 13- and- Luke Layhew and Jalen Melvin scored 10 points each. The Bobcats allowed Fairmont State to shoot 62 percent from the floor- and- 58 percent from the 3-point line in the game.
  Three players scored in double figures in the loss to NDC back on January 5th.  Berchie led the way with 16 points- Kangni had 14- and- Fred Brondstedt chipped in 13.
  On the season five Wesleyan players average in double figures.  Berchie leads the way at 15.7 per game- Kangni scores 13.4 a night- Luke Layhew scores 11.1 a contest- while Fred Brondstedt (10.5) and Quin Nottingham (10.0 per night) round out the double digit scorers.  The Bobcats average 72.2 points per game for the season- but that number has risen to 74.8 in conference play.
Other MEC Games Thursday:
Urbana@Glenville State
Concord@Fairmont State
West Liberty@Charleston
Virginia Wise@Shepherd
West Virginia State@Wheeling Jesuit
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 12-0 (18-0)
West Liberty 11-1 (17-1)
Wheeling Jesuit 10-2 (16-2)
Shepherd 8-4 (11-7)
Notre Dame College 7-5 (13-5)
Glenville State 5-7 (8-8)
West Virginia Wesleyan 5-7 (8-10)
Charleston 4-8 (10-8)
Urbana 3-9 (8-10)
West Virginia State 3-9 (6-12)
Virginia Wise  3-9 (5-13)
Concord 1-11 (5-13)