Lewis Sets School Record As Falcons Fall.

On a night when Ja'Sean Lewis set the record for rebounds in a game with 25, the Notre Dame College Falcons could not hold onto a 11-point halftime lead and fell 79-76 to Roberts Wesleyan in Rochester,NY on Wednesday. With the win RWC improves to 3-0, while NDC falls to 1-2 with the defeat.
  Peyton McLaurin led the Redhawks with 21 points in the victory. He was one of four Redhawks in double figures. Justin Vaughan had 14- Michael  Bush netted 12- and- Jean Touissant also scored in double figures with 10.
 RWC shot 38 percent as a team in the game.  They shot 31 percent (9-29) from the 3-point line- they struggled at the foul line where they shot at a 60 percent clip (12-20.)  The Redhawks had 14 assists and 10 turnovers.
  The Falcons were led by 19 points from Kyauta Taylor- Drew Scarberry scored 12- while Angelo Cugini chipped in 11 points and 7 rebounds. Ja'Sean Lewis  scored six points- dished out seven assists- and- set a new school record with 25 rebounds. The 25 rebounds eclipsed the previous mark of 21 set by Geovante Rose back in 2014.
Lewis did not want to talk about the record after a tough loss though:
" It honestly don't mean anything without the win. I'll give that record back for the win." Lewis said.
  The Falcons shot 40 percent as a team. They shot 40 percent (12-30) from the 3-point line.  At the free throw line NDC shot just 53 percent (10-19.)  The Falcons won the rebounding battle 50-46. They had 18 assists and 15 turnovers in this one.
  The Falcons trailed 7-5 after the first media timeout in this one.  They would regain the lead 12-11 with just under 12 minutes to go. After a mini run it would be a four point lead (20-16) with seven minutes to go in the opening half.  After the lead stayed between 3-5 points for the next couple minutes the Falcons would stretch the lead to 11 (41-30) at the half.
  NDC would get off to a good start in the second half but the Redhawks would not go away.  They would get to within seven (47-40) with 16:19 to go. About 5 and a half minutes later the Redhawks would knot the game at 53.  The Falcons would be down by two (62-60) with just under seven minutes to play. The Redhawks would maintain the lead until NDC would go on a 5-0 run capped by a Taylor 3-pointer that would give them a 68-64 lead with 3:10 remaining. The two teams would battle and the game would be tied again, this time at 73 with 1:34 to go. After RWC took the lead and stretched it to four points Scarberry would knock down three free throws with 14 seconds left that cut the Redhawks lead to one. The Falcons had a few opportunities late but could not get over the hump and would fall in this one.
Coach Tim Koenig spoke of the tough loss:
"This was a tough loss. We have to finish our defensive possessions. We gave them second and third chances in the second half. We missed a lot of free throws, layups and open shots. If you don't make shots, you have to be that much better in other areas of the game and we were not quite good enough tonight. It is early and we will get better," Koenig said.
 NDC will be back in action Saturday when they have both the conference and home opener against the Concord Mountain Lions. Tip time is set for 4 PM at Murphy Gym.