The Notre Dame College Falcons will look to carry the momentum from a 13 point win over Salem over the weekend on the road when they travel to Frostburg State where they will play at Allegany College Of Maryland on Wednesday. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM.
Coach Mark Richmond set up the contest:
" The reset button was good for us to start the new year. We are excited to get back on the floor. The break was a good time for us to give some guys some time to heal up. Getting back into MEC play it is always a grind. Frostburg has been playing well of late and Daniel Alexander obviously is a very dynamic player. He can really score as was evidenced by his 36 points last time out- and- he has been really efficient. We are going to have to try and keep everything in front of us- and- make him shoot over the top of us. By no means is he all they have. They have a few other guys who can play as well."Richmond stated.
Drew Scarberry talked about the importance of execution in this game and every game:
" It's the same thing for us every week I feel like. We have a great game plan for the game. Now it just comes down to us going out and executing it in the game. Putting together a full 40 minutes of playing harder than the other team and I feel like that will always give us a great chance to win the game."Scarberry said."
NDC (3-9 1-5 MEC) is coming off a 80-67 win over Salem on Sunday. Scarberry led the Falcons with 21 points and has now scored 20 points or more in four consecutive games. DeAnthony Owens had 18 points- while Levi Frankland chipped in 14- Dan Lott provided a spark off of the Falcons bench on Sunday as he nailed all three of his 3-point attempts on his way to 11 points. As a team NDC shot 42 percent from the field- 37 percent (10-27) from the 3-point line- and- 83 percent (20-24) at the free throw line. The Falcons dominated the rebounding battle as they out-rebounded the Tigers 48-31. They had 14 assists- and- 14 turnovers as a team. On the season NDC is averaging 79.6 points per game on the offensive end- while defensively they allow 81.4 points per game. Both of those are good for seventh in the MEC.
Individually NDC is led by Frankland who is scoring 18 points per game which is good for ninth in the conference. The sophomore continues to shoot the ball at a high rate on the season as is evidenced by his 52 percent from the field- and- 44 percent from the 3-point line. As well as his 2.7 3-point makes on the season these are all good for third in the MEC. He is also pulling down 5.8 rebounds per contest. DeAnthony Owens has been a force on the offensive end since his return from injury as he is scoring 16 points per game- to go along with 5.7 rebounds per game. Scarberry has found the touch of late as he has improved his average to 14.6 points per night- while he hauls in 5.4 rebounds per contest. The two point guard's who see action for the Falcons have both been solid on the season. Larenz Thurman is putting up 13.3 points per game- while he is is averaging four assists per night. Jordan Burton who is coming off a game where he scored eight points- grabbed seven rebounds- and- dished out five assists is averaging 9.8 points- and- 3.3 assists per night. Thurman- and- Burton are 13th and 14th in the MEC respectively when it comes to assist to turnover ratio.
Frostburg State (5-7 2-4 MEC) comes into the game on a three game win streak. They were a 96-64 winner over Cheyney last time out. Alexander poured in a game high 36 points to secure the MEC Player Of The Week honor. Jamil Jones added 14- Jasiah Perry added 13- and- Tyler Rodeheaver added 10. The Bobcats shot 42 percent from the field in the contest- 32 percent (7-22) from the 3-point line- and- 74 percent (25-34) from the free throw line. Like the Falcons the Bobcats dominated on the boards last time out as they had a 23 rebound advantage (58-35) against Cheyney. Frostburg is scoring 80.8 points per game on the offensive end- while defensively they allow 85 points per contest. The Bobcats have been out rebounded by more than three boards per contest (42.8-46.1.)
Alexander leads the season box score at 22 points per game- while he grabs 7.9 rebounds per contest which is sixth in the MEC. He also averages 3.7 assists per night. Lawrence Pettis Jr.- and- Rodeheaver each are scoring 10 per game.
Other MEC Games (Wednesday:)
Urbana@Fairmont State
West Virginia Wesleyan @ Charleston
Davis &Elkins @ West Virginia State
West Liberty @ Concord
Wheeling @ Glenville State
MEC Standings:
Glenville State 5-1 (8-4)
Charleston 4-2 (10-2)
Fairmont State 4-2 (9-2)
West Liberty 4-2 (9-3)
West Virginia Wesleyan 4-2 (5-7)
West Virginia State 3-3 (8-3)
Wheeling 3-3 (6-4)
Frostburg State 2-4 (5-7)
Concord 2-4 (4-7)
Davis & Elkins 2-4 (4-8)
Urbana 2-4 (3-9)
NDC 1-5 (3-9)
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