Falcons Drop Double OT Heartbreaker Monday.

The Notre Dame College Falcons battled uphill all night long, but in the end after trailing most of the way would drop a 102-101 double overtime decision inside Murphy Gym Monday night. With the victory the Cavaliers improve to 2-3 and 2-0 in the MEC. While after the loss the Falcons fall to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in MEC play.
  Michal Seals led the Cavaliers with 24 points- eight rebounds- seven assists- and- four steals in the victory.  Taiwo Badmus added 22 points and nine rebounds- while Yesid Mosquera- Perea had 14, including the basket that gave the Cavaliers the lead for good in the second overtime.  Jordan Pointer also scored in double figures with 11.
  The Cavs shot 44 percent as a team. They shot at a 52 percent clip (11-21) from the 3-point line.  They shot 68 percent (15-22) at the free throw line.  The Cavaliers had 14 assists and 13 turnovers.
  NDC was led by 25 points and 16 rebounds from Will Vorhees.  Kyauta Taylor scored 20- Drew Scarberry added 15-and- Halil Parks tallied 10 in the losing effort.  Ja'Sean Lewis added nine points and nine rebounds as well.
 NDC shot 39 percent as a team.  They shot 31 percent (11-36) from the 3-point line.  At the free throw line the Falcons shot at a 73 percent clip (22-30.)  They won the rebounding battle 57-49.  The Falcons had 16 assists and 16 turnovers.
  It was the Cavaliers who got off to the good start in this one, as Badmus would score 11 points in the game's first four plus minutes to give Wise a 17-13 lead.  The Falcons would battle back and tie the game at 21 with 9:50 to go in the opening stanza.  After some back and forth action for the next few minutes the Falcons would regain the lead (34-33) on a Vorhees layup at the 4:39 mark of the opening half. That lead would be short-lived, as the Cavaliers would take a three point lead (45-42) into the locker room.  Kyauta Taylor led NDC with nine points in the opening half- while Vorhees had seven points and five rebounds at the break.
   The Cavaliers would get off to a good start in the second half. At the 14:57 mark the lead would be stretched to six (54-48.)  After some sloppy play by NDC, and three consecutive possessions that they would turn the ball over the Cavaliers would open up there biggest lead of the game (62-48) at the 14:14 mark. The Falcons would come back and cut it to six with just over 12 minutes to go. Two minutes later the lead would be five (66-61.)  NDC would cut the deficit to two (76-74) after a Jack Kelsheimer 3-pointer at the 6:01 mark.  Wise got the lead back out to six shortly thereafter. NDC would fight back again and after a Taylor basket and a defensive stop Taylor would knock down a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one (84-83) with 1:52 to go in regulation. NDC would see the Cavaliers score the next three points before a Vorhees old fashioned three-point play would cut it to one (87-86) with 33 seconds. After Seals split a pair of free throws the Falcons would get a tying layup from Vorhees that would send the game into overtime.
  Taylor would hit a 3-pointer to give NDC the lead to start the extra session (91-88.)  The lead would go to four after Taylor split a pair of free throws.  Wise would get a Sheffey layup to tie the game at 93 at the 1:15 mark of the overtime.  Vorhees  would give the Falcons the lead with less than a minute to go, only to see Mosquera-Perea give the Cavaliers the lead back with 20 seconds. After a Cavaliers foul NDC would split a pair of free throws and we headed to a second overtime.
  Mosquera-Perea started the second overtime with another 3-pointer that put the Cavaliers back on top. A Vorhees basket would cut the lead to one just over a minute into the second OT. Mosquera-Perea would knock down another 3-pointer but Oliver Megins would have the answer for NDC. The Falcons would have a chance to win it late but Scarberry could not knock down the 3-pointer and the Cavaliers escaped with the victory.
After the tough loss coach Tim Koenig spoke about a few things, first on 50-50 balls:
" We did not get as many 50-50 balls as we would have liked tonight. When you get all those 50-50 balls some of those shots we missed tonight go-in." Koening said."
On battling thru some injuries and using the fifth starting line-up in five games:
"We have had some injuries this year. I need to do better at coaching, we as a staff need to do better at the rotation itself. We have five new guys who are playing significant minutes. And we will get better." Koening said.
On putting together a 40 minute game:
"That comes down to we need to have better shot selection and we need to be more consistent." Koenig said.
NDC will be back in action Wednesday afternoon when they take on Penn State Allegheny. Tip time is set for 12 Noon at Murphy Gym.