It was a hard-fought game between Virginia Wise and Notre Dame College on Saturday but the Cavaliers came away with a 92-87 win at Murphy Gym on Senior Day. The loss snapped the Falcons six game win streak and was NDC's first loss at home since December after 10 straight home wins.
Coach Tim Koenig talked about the loss afterwards:
" They (Virginia Wise) made shots. Parris hit some clutch shots especially in the second half. Defensively we did not keep them out of the paint. They had a couple run out layups early which really hurt us. "Koenig said.
Will Vorhees led NDC with 37 points- and- nine rebounds in the loss. It was the eighth consecutive game that Vorhees has scored 30 points or more. Drew Scarberry netted 21 points as he knocked down six 3-pointer's- Bruce Hodges posted a double-double with 11 points- and- 10 rebounds. The Falcons shot 46 percent from the field- 35 percent (10-29) from the 3-point line- and- 76 percent (19-25) from the free throw line. They won the rebounding battle 37-35. They had 17 assists- and- 11 turnovers as a team.
The Cavaliers (9-17 6-14 MEC) were led by 21 points from Briggs Parris- Cameron Whiteside added 20- Chance Sheffey scored 13- while Eric Okenchi and Rahj Langford chipped in 10 each. The Cavaliers shot 52 percent from the field- 36 percent (9-25) from the 3-point line- and- 78 percent (21-27) from the free throw line. They had 17 assists- and- 12 turnovers as a team.
It would be the Cavaliers that would jump out to a 9-4 run in the early going- but NDC would score the next nine points to go on top 13-9. The teams would go back and forth for the next several minutes until a Hodges 3-pointer would knot the game at 27 with 6:30 remaining in the half. Wise would lead by seven (40-33) but the Falcons would close the half on a 7-2 run to cut the deficit to 42-40 at the half.
Vorhees led NDC with 21 points in the opening stanza- while Isaiah Sanders had seven. They shot 47 percent as a team- 33 percent (5-15) from the 3-point line- and- 71 percent (5-7) from the free throw line in the opening 20 minutes. NDC had 12 assists and four turnovers in the half.
Wise shot 47 percent in the opening half- 31 percent (4-13) from the 3-point line- and- 83 percent (10-12) from the free throw line in the half. They had seven assists- and- four turnovers in the half.
NDC would go up by six (52-46) after a Vorhees free throw with 15:35 to go. NDC would lead 57-50 but the Cavaliers would knot the game at 57 after a Parris layup with 11:44 to go. It would be 67-66 in favor of Wise after a Scarberry 3-pointer for NDC with 5:33 to go. Parris would answer with a 3-ball of his own. Parris would knock down a pair of 3-pointer's- and- it would be 78-71 with 2:56 to go. Vorhees hit a pair of free throws- but Parris would drain another triple to extend the lead to eight (81-73) with 2:31 to go. After Wise had a 85-78 lead with 43 seconds to go Scarberry would convert a four point play to make it a three point game with 36 seconds to go.. Michal Seals split a pair of free throws- and- Scarberry would hit another 3-pointer to make it a one point game with 27 seconds left. Langford hit a pair of free throws for Wise- but Vorhees would answer to cut the lead to one again (88-87.) Eason would hit a pair of free throws to make it a three point game. The Falcons would turn the ball over on the next possession- and- Langford would ice the game at the free throw line.
Koenig talked about the end of the game:
" On that last play we ran the action for Scarberry- and- had Will on the other side. Obviously did not work out the way we wanted it to. We will learn from this. We will put the ball in Larenz and Will's hands again next time- and- I am confident we will have different results."
Koenig spoke about the Seniors:
" These guys are quality people who have been instrumental to our success. Dan Atcheson has been a varsity player for four years. A lot of the time he has not seen tangible results. Obviously we did not get the outcome we were hoping for but we will learn from it. I am grateful that we get to practice on Monday- then get to practice on Tuesday- and- get to play another game on Wednesday. I am confident that this group has plenty left in the tank.
NDC will be back in action Wednesdy when they travel to West Liberty. Tip time is set for 7:30 PM. As always you can catch all the action on NotreDameFalcons.com
Other MEC Games Wednesday:
West Liberty 98 Glenville State 77
Charleston 74 Shepherd 69
Concord 105 Urbana 79
Wheeling Jesuit 75 West Virginia Wesleyan 66
Fairmont State 89 West Virginia State 78 (Sunday)
MEC Standings:
West Liberty 18-2 (22-3)
Fairmont State 16-4 (19-7)
NDC 15-5 (19-7)
Charleston 13-7 (18-8)
Concord 12-8 (17-9)
West Virginia State 9-11 (12-14)
Shepherd 9-11 (13-13)
West Virginia Wesleyan 7-13 (10-16)
Wheeling Jesuit 7-13 (8-18)
Virginia Wise 6-14 (9-17)
Glenville State 5-15 (10-16)
Urbana 3-17 (5-19)
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