The Notre Dame College Falcons and Fairmont State Fighting Falcons will battle at Joe Rhetton Arena on Saturday. Tip time is set for 4 PM and you can catch all the action on the Mountain East Digital Network at MountainEast.TV.
NDC Coach Mark Richmond talked about the matchup:
"A very meaningful game on Saturday at Fairmont State,"Richmond mentioned.
NDC (9-4 6-1 MEC) is coming off of a 94-86 win over Frostburg State on Wednesday night. Jaedon Willis led four Falcons in double figures with 21 points, Mike Sampson added 18 to go along with 12 rebounds, Daylin Lee tallied 12, and DeArius Barker provided 10 points and six assists off of the NDC bench. The Falcons scored a season high 58 points in the first half Wednesday. They shot 52 percent as a team overall, 50 percent (8-16) from the 3-point line, and 67 percent (18-27) from the free throw line. NDC won the rebounding battle 42-35. NDC comes into the contest averaging 80.8 points per game which is good for fifth in the conference, while they are sixth in the MEC scoring 79 points per night. They shoot an MEC fourth best 47 percent from the field while they are second in the MEC shooting 39.5 percent from the 3-point line. They shoot at a 72 percent clip from the free throw line which is sixth in the MEC. On the glass the Falcons are being out rebounded by 2.4 (34.4-36.8) boards per night which is seventh in the MEC. They get 7.2 steals per night as a team. Willis continues to lead the team in scoring and is fifth in the MEC scoring 21.2 points per game. Willis shoots 40 percent from the field and an MEC fifth best 37 percent from the 3-point line on the season. He continues to lead the MEC in 3-point makes per game at 3.2 per contest. Tyland Crawford puts up 12.4 points per game, Mike Sampson puts up 11.2 points per game and grabs an MEC fourth best 8.3 rebounds per night. Sampson is also seventh in the league in steals at 1.9 per night. He is 10th in the MEC in steals as well. Lee rounds out the double digit scorers at 10 per night.
#23 Fairmont State (10-2 5-2 MEC) is coming off an overtime win at Alderson Broaddus on Wednesday that they won 93-88. They had five players in double figures led by Cole Von Handorf with 23 points, Zyon Dobbs added 22, Briggs Parris scored 18, Isaiah Sanders netted 17, and George Mangas tallied 10. They shot 44 percent as a team, 30 percent (8-27) from the 3-point line, and 85 percent (17-20) from the free throw line. The Fighting Falcons are scoring 86.7 points per game which is good for third in the MEC, while they allow 73.0 points per game which leads the MEC. Fairmont shoots 46 percent as a team which is seventh in the MEC while they shoot 34 percent from the 3-point line which is sixth in the MEC. The Fighting Falcons are fourth in the MEC as they are out rebounding the opposition by 1.1 rebounds per game (40.9-39.8 rebounds per game.) Isaiah Sanders leads Fairmont and is second in the MEC averaging 23.3 points per game. Dobbs puts up 15.8 points per game, Von Handorf puts up 13.8 points per game, and Parris scores 10.5 points per game.
Richmond talked about the matchup with Fairmont:
"They are a very talented team and have lots of weapons. We will have to do a good job handling the pressure and rebounding the ball. I'm excited to see how we play,"Richmond said.
Redshirt Freshman John Godinez gave his thoughts ahead of this one:
" The key to the game is our defense and like our coaches said turnovers and offensive rebounds are key, we have to make them uncomfortable and play aggressive. We all know we can score but it's going to come down to the little things and the 50/50 balls,"Godinez explained.
Richmond gave his final thought:
"The next step in our program is being able to go on the road and beat quality teams. This is an opportunity to do that."
MEC Schedule Saturday:
Wheeling @ Concord
West Virginia Wesleyan @ West Virginia State
Davis & Elkins @ Charleston-Ppd.
Alderson Broaddus @ Frostburg State
West Liberty @ Glenville State
MEC Standings:
West Liberty 6-1 (12-1)
Charleston 6-1 (10-2)
NDC 6-1 (9-4)
Fairmont State 5-2 (10-2)
Alderson Broaddus 3-4 (6-5)
Frostburg State 3-4 (5-8)
Wheeling 3-4 (4-9)
West Virginia State 2-3 (7-5)
Glenville State 2-4 (5-5)
Davis & Elkins 2-4 (4-7)
Concord 2-5 (4-8)
West Virginia Wesleyan 0-7 (1-12)
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