NDC Heads To Urbana For Key MEC Game Saturday.

The Notre Dame College Falcons (4-13 2-9 MEC) take on the Urbana Blue Knights (3-13 2-9 MEC) in a key MEC conference game on Saturday at the Grimes Center. The game will tip at 4 PM and you can catch the action on NotreDameFalcons.com
  NDC comes into the contest having lost three straight. Last time out they were a 105-86 loser to Wheeling Jesuit on Wednesday. Drew Scarberry drilled eight 3-pointer's to pace the Falcons with 28 points- Kyauta Taylor added 22- Halil Parks scored all 14 of his points in the first half- and- Oliver Megins added 11. The Falcons shot 48 percent as a team- 50 percent (17-34) from the 3-point line- and- 85 percent (11-13) at the free throw line.  The Falcons had 14 assists and 20 turnovers.
 Wheeling shot 50 percent from the field- 52 percent (13-25) from the 3-point line- and- 82 percent (22-27) from the free throw line. Preston Boswell led the Cardinals with 22 points- Pat Moseh scored 21- Haywood Highsmith recorded a double-double (17 points and 10 rebounds-) while Drake Goddard scored 16 and Jeremiah Wilson netted 13.
 In the previous game NDC was a 107-78 loser to Fairmont State.  Taylor paced the Falcons with 19- Scarberry scored 15- Angelo Cugini recorded 14 points and 14 rebounds- while Halil Parks added 11. The Falcons shot 41 percent from the field- 35 percent from the 3-point line- and- 64 percent (14-22) at the free throw line.
 The Fighting Falcons were led by Andrew Emrick with 27- Cole Von Handorf had 15- RJ Hutcherson had 13- and- Caleb Davis scored 11. Fairmont shot 53 percent from the field- 38 percent (12-32) from the 3-point line- and- 73 percent (11-15) at the free throw line.  The Fighting Falcons had 18 assists and five turnovers in the win.
  NDC averages 84.4 points a game on the season- while they give up 93 a night. The Falcons make 12.8 3-pointer's per game as a team as well. Individually Taylor leads the team in scoring at 19.4 points per game- he also averages five rebounds- and- 3.6 assists a contest. Halil Parks scores 13.5 points a game-while Scarberry is averaging 13.4 a night on 40 percent shooting from the 3-point line. Angelo Cugini leads the team in rebounding at 7.4 per game and averages 9.8 points per contest.
  Urbana (3-13 2-9 MEC) is coming off a 93-73 loss to #1 West Liberty on Wednesday night. Ethan Snapp led Urbana with 12 points- while Malik Jacobs- Carlas Jackson-and- Chris Jackson each scored 10 points.  The Blue Knights shot 42 percent from the floor- 38 percent from the 3-point line- and- 78 percent (18-23) from the free throw line.  The Blue Knights had 10 assists and 21 turnovers.
 West Liberty was led by 25 points from Dan Monteroso- Evan French scored 14- and- James Griffin netted 10.
  Malik Jacobs leads the Blue Knights averaging 16.8 points a game- Carlas Jackson is putting up 12.1 a night- while Snapp is scoring 10.1 a game.  Urbana is scoring 69.6 points a game- while they allow 81.4.
  Jack Kelsheimer spoke about the importance of the game:
" This is a must win game for us to keep our playoff hopes alive(only 10 of 12 teams in the MEC make the conference tournament.)  "Kelsheimer said."
Scarberry agreed:
" Like Jack said this is a must win game. We need to come out ready to go." Scarberry said."
NDC will be back in action Wednesday when they return home to face West Virginia State.
Other MEC Games Saturday:
West Liberty @ Wheeling Jesuit
West Virginia Wesleyan @Glenville State
Shepherd @Fairmont State
Concord @Virginia Wise
Charleston @West Virginia State
MEC Standings:
West Liberty 11-0 (16-0)
Wheeling Jesuit 10-1 (14-2)
Fairmont State 9-2 (13-4)
Shepherd 7-4 (11-6)
West Virginia State 7-4 (9-7)
Charleston 6-5 (10-7)
Concord 5-6 (8-8)
Virginia Wise 4-7 (6-11)
NDC 2-9 (4-13)
Urbana 2-9 (3-13)
West Virginia Wesleyan 2-9 (2-15)
Glenville State 1-10 (2-14)