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URBANA, Ohio -- All-American Will Vorhees scored 38 points to lead Notre Dame College past Urbana men's basketball Saturday in Grimes Center by a final score of 89-70.
UU missed out on qualifying for the conference tournament and ends the season at 6-20 (4-18 MEC), a two-game improvement from a year ago. NDC earned the third seed in next week's tournament with an overall record of 20-8 (16-6 MEC).
// SENIOR KNIGHTS
UU's two seniors,
Malik Jacobs and
Nick Detlev, each played their final game as a Blue Knight. Head coach
Nick Dials and the UU Department of Athletics honored each student-athlete prior to the game.
// LEADERS
Jacobs led the Blue Knights with 22 points and nine rebounds, while going 4 of 7 from beyond the arc. He wraps his Blue Knight career averaging 16.2 PPG and pulled down a career-best 6.7 rebounds per game this season.
In addition,
Mike Ryan stayed hot from the field with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 22 minutes off the bench.
Datrey Long stuffed the statsheet with 13 points, five boards, three steals and two steals, while
Jordan Bradley added 11 points and team-high seven assists.
Vorhees posted a double-double with 38 points and 12 boards. The redshirt-senior went 13 of 24 from the floor and 12 of 18 at the free-throw line, and also dished out a team-high five assists.
NDC point guard Larenz Thurman put up 18 points while forward Isaiah Sanders chipped in with 11.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
UU led early when Detlev's layup three minutes into the game put the Blue Knights ahead 8-7. Then, the Falcons went up by double digits but Ryan sparked the Blue Knights off the bench with a big 3-pointer and dunk. Jacobs kept the momentum going with a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to five, 28-23 with six minutes until halftime.
However, the Falcons closed the half with a 41-30 advantage at the break and led by double digits the entire second period.
NDC used a 40-28 advantage on points in the paint and knocked down 21 of 30 free throws, while UU only got to the line nine times. The Falcons were also aided by a 43-32 rebounding edge.
