Lifeless Falcons Thrashed At Home Saturday.

The Notre Dame College Falcons returned home Saturday and were thrashed 103-76 by the Charleston Golden Eagles. With the victory the Golden Eagles improved to 8-3 overall and 4-2 in the MEC. The Falcons fell to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in the MEC.
  Kier Anderson led six Golden Eagles in double figures with 24 points.  Lamont McManus added 19- Shaq Speights and Jordan Smith scored 14 each- while Jonathan Tshibuy and Malik Young netted 10 points each.  Tshibuy was the leading rebounder with 11 on the day.  The Golden Eagles shot a sizzling 65 percent from the field in the game- they shot 40 percent (8-20) from the 3-point line- and- 83 percent (15-18) from the free throw line. The Golden Eagles easily won the rebounding battle 46-31.  They had 17 assists and 11 turnovers as a team.
  NDC was led by Halil Parks who had a career high 30 points to go along with 12 rebounds.  Angelo Cugini was the only other Falcon in double figures with 13.  Cole Hayes and Jack Kelsheimer had nine and eight points respectively off the bench.
  The Falcons shot 40 percent as a team. They shot 31 percent (12-39) from the 3-point line.  At the free throw line they shot 42 percent (6-14.)  They had 18 assists and 10 turnovers as a team.
  The game got off to a rough start for the Falcons as they would trail 20-3 after a Kier Anderson 3-pointer at the 13:16 mark of the half. Coach Tim Koenig spoke about the rough start:
" We just did not make shots today. It was just one of those days. We had good looks and our spacing was good but the shots just didn't fall today." Koenig said.
Will Butler would hit a 3-pointer at the 10:02 mark of the opening half and NDC would trail 24-10.  The lead would grow to 22 for Charleston (34-12) after a McManus basket at the 7:13 mark of the half.  The Falcons would score the next five points and it would be 34-17 Charleston.  The next seven points would go the Golden Eagles way and they led by 24 (41-17) after a Anderson 3-pointer at the 5:02 mark of the half. The Falcons would trail by 22 (50-28) at the intermission after Parks missed a pair of free throws with .4 seconds left in the half.
  The Golden Eagles were led in the first half by Anderson with 15 points- Malik Young also had 10 in the first stanza. Charleston shot 56 percent in the opening half- and- 43 percent (6-14) from the 3-point line.
  The Falcons on the other hand were led in scoring by Parks with 11. They shot 31 percent from the field- and- 22 percent (4-18) from the 3-point line in the opening 20 minutes.  They shot 29 percent (2-7) at the free throw line.
  The second half would be much like the first. The Falcons trailed by 27 at the 14:53 mark of the contest.  The lead would grow to 30 (72-42) at the 13:01 mark.  The Falcons would go on a 6-0 run to cut it to 24 (72-48) after another Parks basket. The Golden Eagles would cruise from that point on to secure the victory.
Koenig talked about evaluating everything after this one:
" We evaluate every game, every practice. We got it handed to us today. It was just one of those nights"Koenig said."
He talked about defense and getting killed on the boards today:
" We need to do a better job defensively and rebound the ball better." Koenig said."
When asked about the possibly of putting Parks into the starting lineup here were Koenig's thoughts:
" Halil played well today. He rebounded the ball real well, hit the glass hard. That is one positive we can take from this one." It is a long game and we have made a lot of changes to the starters this year. I will sleep on that and make a decision tomorrow. "Koenig said."
When asked about KT Taylor's health: (Taylor did not score in 25 minutes of action today:)
" KT gutted it out today. He badly sprained his ankle in the West Virginia State game. He turned the ankle. He did not practice the last two days." Koenig said."
Koenig also spoke about the opportunity ahead tomorrow:
" We have a very good opportunity to play a Division 1 opponent in Cleveland State tomorrow." Koenig said.
 NDC will battle the Vikings at the Wolstein Center tomorrow at 2 PM. You can catch the game on ESPN 3.