Scarberry's Three Free Throws Lift NDC To Victory!

Down five with under a minute to go the Notre Dame College Falcons rallied and after three Drew Scarberry free throws with three seconds left stunned the West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats 79-78.
Coach Tim Koenig spoke about how it was nice to finally get a result to go the way of NDC:
" We haven't seen the results we would have liked and this losing streak definitely weighed on a lot of people. This team has competed the whole time, every one of them has worked their tails off in practice and we have stayed the course. It is nice to finally get one in the old W column. "Koenig said."
  NDC (4-10 2-6 MEC) was led by Kyauta Taylor with 23 points- Drew Scarberry netted 18 including the game winning free throws- Oliver Megins had 14- and- Angelo Cugini posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Falcons shot 43 percent as a team- 46 percent (13-28) from the 3-point line- and- 80 percent (12-15) from the free throw line. The Falcons had 16 assists and just six turnovers in the victory today.
  The Bobcats (1-14 1-7 MEC) were led by Dusan Vicentic with 27 points- Aaron Ariri aded 19 points and 11 rebounds- while Fred Brondstedt scored 11. The Bobcats shot 62 percent in this one- but just 50 percent (7-14) from the free throw line. The Bobcats won the rebounding battle 32-29. They had 26 assists and 12 turnovers as a team.
 The game saw 10 ties and six lead changes. The Falcons got off to a decent start and led 11-8 at the first media timeout. The Bobcats would score the next eight points and then after Ariri hit a jumper for the Bobcats the game was knotted at 18 with 9:34 in the opening half. It would stay close for the rest of the opening stanza and the Bobcats would take a 31-30 lead into the locker room.
  The Falcons were led by nine points from Taylor- and- six each from Scarberry and Megins in the opening half. They shot 39 percent as a team in the half- and- 46 percent (5-11) from the 3-point line. NDC was 1 of 2 at the free throw line in the opening stanza. They had six assists and four turnovers in the opening half.
  The Bobcats were paced by 12 points from Vicentic in the opening half. They shot 52 percent as a team- and- 40 percent (2-5) from the 3-point line. They were 1-3 at the free throw line. The Bobcats had a 19-15 edge on the boards in the first 20 minutes. They had 11 assists and six turnovers as a team.
   The second half began much like the first did and the Falcons knotted the game at 41 after a Taylor 3-pointer with 14:27 to go. Cugini would nail a 3-pointer just past the halfway mark of the half and the game would again be knotted at 52. Megins would drill a 3-pointer at the five minute mark and the game would be tied again this time at 66. The Falcons would take a brief lead but the Bobcats would respond and after a jumper by Kam Cooper it was a 76-71 lead with 1:10 to go. Cugini would hit a pair of free throws and after a defensive stop by the Falcons Scarberry would drain a 3-pointer that tied it at 76 with 29 seconds. A pair of Ariri free throws would give the Bobcats the lead back with 25 seconds.  Then on the next trip a Scarberry foul would put put Nick Brooks at the line where he would miss the front end of a one and one. Taylor grabbed the rebound for NDC and they would have the ball late. Scarberry was fouled by Petrovic and would calmly knock down all three free throws with three seconds left and the Falcons would escape with a victory.
Koenig was not surprised at all:
" Drew has always wanted to take the big shot. He has always wanted to be the guy with the ball in his hands at the end. No other guy I would rather have at the line in that spot but him." Koenig said.
 On the game and season Angelo Cugini has had:
" Angelo is a hard nosed guy. Does a lot of things that don't show up in the box score. He is such a hard nosed kid that he broke his nose earlier in the season and has played thru it. He gets treatment on his back everyday but he is just a tough guy." Koenig said."
 Another thing about Angelo is the two free throws he hit late in the game:
" Angelo has worked real hard on free throw shooting of late. He is taking extra free throws everyday and is finally starting to get some results. " Koenig said."
 He also spoke about Taylor and Megins:
" KT looked like himself today for the first time since he got hurt. He is a leader and has gone from being the number two option to our go to guy since the season began. Ollie has gone from being a complimentary piece to one of our main guys this season as well." Koenig said."
  Koenig spoke about only having six turnovers today:
" We only had six turnovers today, I did not not know that. It is a beautiful thing isn't it." Koenig said."
About the Bobcats big men:
" Those two big guys are really good. We did a good job of boxing out today." Koenig said."
Scarberry summed it up by saying:
" We really found a way to pull this one out. Great job all the way around." Scarberry said."
 KT Taylor mentioned:
" This was a great win for us. We fought through adversity." Taylor said."
Jack Kelsheimer summed it up best:
" The bench was rocking tonight. We just found a way." Kelsheimer said."
Koenig spoke about finally having a home game (for the first time since December 9th:)
" It will be nice to get back on our home floor. I feel like we have been on buses and vans forever. It is crazy. "Koenig said."
NDC will be back in action Thursday when they return home to face Shepherd. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM and you can catch all the action on NotreDameFalcons.com