The Notre Dame College Falcons head to Wheeling, West Virginia to take on the Cardinals Wednesday evening at the McDonough Center. Tip time is set for 730 PM. As always you can catch all the action on NotreDameFalcons.com
NDC (5-1 2-0 MEC) went 2-0 last week by defeating Virginia Wise and Carlow. The Falcons had five players score in double figures in the 97-86 win over Virginia Wise on Monday. Larenz Thurman scored 27 points- including 13 in the final five minutes of the contest. He also dished out eight assists. Drew Scarberry knocked down four 3-pointer's on his way to 13 points- while Halil Parks knocked down four 3-pointer's of his own. Will Vorhees scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the victory, before sitting out the Carlow game.
Isaiah Sanders paced the Falcons and all scorers in a 97-74 win over Carlow in Pittsburgh. Scarberry knocked down three more 3-pointer's- as he scored in double figures for a second straight game.
Vorhees leads the season box score for NDC. He is averaging 24.2 points- 11 rebounds- two blocks- and- three assists a night. His 24.2 points a game are good for third in the MEC. Vorhees is tied for first in DII with five double-doubles. He is sixth in Division II in rebounds per game- and- 12th in the country in points per contest. Thurman puts up 18 points per night and dishes out 4.7 assists per game. Sanders is putting up 16 points a game- grabbing 5.3 rebounds per night- and-is getting 1.5 steals per contest. Parks averages 13.7 points per night- while Angelo Cugini is scoring 13 points a game and averaging a team leading 11.5 rebounds a night. The Falcons are blocking 4.3 shots per game. Defensively, they are allowing a league second best 74.7 points per contest. While on the offensive end they are scoring 81.8 points per night.
Wheeling (0-5 0-2 MEC) has gotten off to a rough start after winning the school's first conference tournament title and upsetting West Liberty in the regional a year ago. The Cardinals are losing by an average of 13 points per night. On November 19th they were a 117-113 loser to Glenville State. Jay Gentry had 36 points to lead the way in that one. Brendan Hoban (25 points) and Franck Kamgain (24 points) in the defeat. Wheeling lost 85-79 to Virginia State on November 24th, as Kamgain led the way with 20 points and two steals.
NDC Coach Tim Koenig talked briefly about the Virginia State game:
" These guys are a good basketball team. They can score the ball. They played Virginia State who was in the top 25 in the country and it was a two point game with three minutes to go. Anybody could have won that game."
Kamgain is leading the Cardinals scoring 17.8 points per game. He is seventh in the MEC getting 1.8 steals a contest. Hoban is averaging 15.6 points per game- while Tariq Woody is getting a team leading seven rebounds per contest.
Koenig talked a little more about Wheeling:
" They are really good inside. They will play four guards at a time. Woody and Kamgain are really playing well. Gentry can really shoot it."
Koenig talked a little about his team:
" We have really unselfish guys. They are not concerned where the game is being played, they are going to go out and compete."
Koenig spoke about his team's health and the opportunity that is in front of them:
" We have beaten Wheeling at the conference tournament and beaten them at our place. But we have never beaten them at there place. This is the healthiest our team has been all season, Angelo has practiced the last two days and should be good to go. Larenz has been battling the flu so we will see how he feels Wednesday. We really look forward to a giant opportunity to go 1-0 at there place for the first time ever."
Bruce Hodges talked about the importance of a good start Wednesday:
" It is a game where we can not afford to come out flat. We must be ready to play. We have to rebound the ball better and it will help having our two bigs back! Our goal is to go 1-0 on the day and we must execute offensively and defensively to do so."
Other MEC Games Wednesday:
West Virginia State @Virginia Wise
Urbana @ West Liberty
Glenville State @Fairmont State
West Virginia Wesleyan @Shepherd
Charleston @ Concord
MEC Standings:
NDC 2-0 (5-1)
West Liberty 2-0 (4-1)
Fairmont State 2-0 (4-2)
Shepherd 1-1 (4-1)
Glenville State 1-1 (4-2)
Concord 1-1 (3-2)
West Virginia Wesleyan 1-1 (3-2)
Virginia Wise 1-1 (3-3)
West Virginia State 1-1 (2-3)
Charleston 0-2 (4-2)
Urbana 0-2 (1-4)
Wheeling Jesuit 0-2 (0-5)
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