Stuck In Neutral.

The Notre Dame College Falcons were held to a season low in points for the second straight game- this time at the Butcher Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The Falcons fell 67-60 to the Shepherd Rams. With the win Shepherd improved to 14-9 and 11-6 in the MEC. The Falcons fell to 15-8 and 9-8 in the MEC in a losing effort.
  Naim Muhammed led the Rams with 18 points and nine rebounds- AJ Carr added 16- while Winston Burgess and Steffen Davis added 12 points apiece.  The Rams shot 38 percent as a team- went 8-31 (26 percent) from the 3-point line- 72 percent (13-18) at the free throw line- and- easily won the rebounding battle 46-35.  The Rams had 12 assists and nine turnovers.
  NDC was led by 27 points from Will Vorhees- while Kyauta Taylor added 13- and- Ja'Sean Lewis scored eight points- grabbed seven rebounds- and- dished out five assists.  Taylor had a team high nine rebounds- but went just 5-18 from the floor in the game.  NDC shot 40 percent from the floor in the loss. They were 9-27 (33 percent) from the 3-point line- and- shot 50 percent (5-10) at the free throw line.  NDC had 10 assists and nine turnovers.
  For the second consecutive game NDC scored the first nine points of the contest. This time it was Lewis who buried a pair of 3-pointer's in the early going.  After Taylor drained a 3-pointer NDC had a 12 point lead (16-4) with 12:17 in the opening half.  The Falcons would stretch the lead to 15 (25-10) as Taylor scored again. Shepherd missed the first 12 3-pointer's that they attempted in the contest.  NDC would go up by 18 (28-10) on a Vorhees basket before the Rams would go on a run of their own.  NDC would not score a point the last 5:35 of the opening half and the Rams would close the half on a 17-2 run that trimmed the NDC lead to three (30-27) at halftime.
  Shepherd picked up where they left at halftime by scoring the first eight points of the second stanza to lead 35-30 with 17:27 to go.  The Rams would stretch the lead to 10 (42-32.)  NDC would have an answer this time as Drew Scarberry would hit a pair of 3-pointer's and NDC was within one (49-48) at the 9:05 mark.  The Rams would stretch the lead and not relinquish it rest of the way.
  NDC will be back in action Saturday when they conclude this three game road swing @ #5 Fairmont State Saturday. You can catch the game on NotreDameFalcons.com
Other MEC Scores:
Charleston 73 West Virginia Wesleyan 64
Glenville State 84 West Virginia State 78
Concord 107 West Liberty 104
Fairmont State 127 Urbana 85
Virginia Wise 83 Wheeling Jesuit 81
MEC Standings:
Fairmont State 16-1 (22-1)
West Liberty 15-2 (21-2)
Wheeling Jesuit 12-5 (18-5)
Shepherd 11-6 (14-9)
Notre Dame College 9-8 (15-8)
Charleston 8-9 (14-9)
West Virginia Wesleyan 8-9 (11-12)
Glenville State 6-11 (9-12)
Urbana 5-12 (10-13)
Virginia Wise 5-12 (7-16)
Concord 4-13 (8-15)
West Virginia State 3-14 (6-17)