NDC Welcomes Bryant and Stratton Wednesday.

The Notre Dame College Falcons (7-2 5-1 MEC) will take on the Bryant and Stratton College Buffalo Bobcats (6-4) at Murphy Gym on Wednesday night, as they will look to match the best start in program history. The game is slated to tip at 6 PM at Murphy Gym and you can catch all the action on the Mountain East Digital Network at MountainEast.TV

Head Coach Mark Richmond talked about the thought process of putting Bryant and Stratton on the schedule:

" We were looking for a game over Christmas break, and we did not want to take a full seven or eight days off before we go down to Florida this weekend,"Richmond explained.

" They are a newer team and agreed to came and play us. For us we scheduled the game kind of late and it is another opportunity for us to get better. It should help us in the long run. We went through some growing pains the last couple days. It is what your non conference schedule is supposed to do. "

He talked about the reality check the last time the team was in this situation:

" The last time we were in the situation (against Lourdes) last Monday we were not ready to go and we got a dose of reality. I think this time the guys will be excited and ready to play. Our plan as a team is to try and keep this team off balance, maybe play some zone and pressure them full court. Hopefully we will get to work on some things we have not worked on yet this season if we play this game the right way."

The Falcons are coming off a 71-58 win over West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday. Daylin Lee paced NDC with 23 points, seven rebounds, and three assists against his former team. Tyland Crawford added 19 to go with seven rebounds, Mike Sampson added 10 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists while Jaedon Willis added 10. As a team NDC shot 45 percent from the field, 21 percent from the 3-point line (5-24,) and 67 percent (16-24) at the free throw line.

Willis leads the season box score putting up a MEC fourth best 20.9 points per game. He shoots 42 percent from the field on the season, 36 percent from the 3-point line which is fourth in the conference. The junior from Baltimore leads the conference in 3-pointer's made per game knocking down 3.1 shots per contest. While he dishes out a conference eighth best 3.2 assists per game. Crawford averages 13.6 points per game, and grabs 4.7 rebounds per contest, as he is shooting 49 percent from the field. Sampson scores 11.7 points per game, and is fourth in the MEC grabbing 8.7 rebounds per game, and he is 10th in the conference dishing out 3.1 assists per night. Lee is also tallying double figures on the season putting up 10.4 points per game.

As a team NDC is averaging 80.7 points per game while they allow 78.8 points per contest which are both fifth in the MEC. They shoot a MEC third best 47 percent from the field, while they allow a 47 percent field goal percentage on defense which is seventh in the conference. The Falcons shoot the ball at a MEC leading 40 percent from the 3-point line while they knock down 8.8 made 3-pointer's per night. They shoot at a MEC fifth best 72 percent clip from the free throw line. On the glass NDC is seventh in the conference being out rebounded by 2.1 (34.2-36.3.) The eight steals the Falcons are getting per game are good for fourth in the MEC.

The Bobcats are coming off a 62-55 win over Villa Maria on Monday. Sam Dorissaint led the way with 15 points, Eric Waters netted 13, while Denzel Fuller chipped in 12 in that victory. Bryant and Stratton shot 46 percent from the field and 29 percent from the 3-point line (6-21.) They shot at a 50 percent clip (8-16) at the free throw line. On the boards they won the rebounding battle 37-30. As a team the Bobcats score 78.2 points per game, while defensively they allow 72.2 points per contest. They shoot 46 percent from the field, 29 percent from the 3-point line, and 63 percent from the free throw line on the season. They average 41 rebounds per game while they dish out 18 assists per night. Individually Dorrisaint is putting up 15.5 points per game, Waters is getting 14.8 per night, Marcellus Cooper gets 11 per contest, and Deric Jackson nets 10.1 points per game.

Other Games Wednesday:

Salem (West Va.) @ Davis & Elkins

University of District Columbia vs Frostburg State

MEC Standings:

West Liberty 5-1 (9-1)

NDC 5-1 (7-2)

Charleston 4-1 (7-2)

Fairmont State 4-2 (7-2)

Alderson Broaddus 3-3 (5-4)

Frostburg State 3-3 (4-7)

Glenville State 2-3 (4-4)

West Virginia State 2-3 (5-5)

Wheeling 2-3 (3-6)

Concord 2-4 (4-7)

Davis & Elkins 2-4 (3-6)

West Virginia Wesleyan 0-6 (1-10)