CEDARVILLE, Ohio -- In their final game of the season, the Notre Dame Falcons struggled offensively, and managed to make just 11 field goals on the night, as they fell to Cedarville Saturday evening, 66-49. (Box)

For the Falcons (11-19, 6-12), the loss marks their second in their last three games, dropping their record to 4-5 in AMC road games. For the Yellow Jackets (18-11, 13-5) victory gives them five in a row to end the season, and marks their eighth in their last nine games.

The Notre Dame offense was ice cold over the first portion of the first half, as they were held to just one field goal, and shot 6.6 percent (1-for-15) over the first 13 minutes of the game. The cold shooting performance caused the Falcons to fall into a 29-7 hole.

The Falcons were able to pick it up offensively, by going on a 12-0 run through the rest of the half, and found themselves behind, 29-19, halfway through. Over the last seven minutes of the half, Notre Dame caused five Cedarville turnovers, and limited the Yellow Jackets to just six shots.

#Eric Dummermuth# scored nine of NDC's points during their 12-0 run, and finished the opening stanza with 12 points. While Notre Dame shot just 16.0 percent (4-for-25) from the floor in the first half, they shot 84.6 percent (11-for-13) from the free throw line.

In the opening two minutes of the second half, Notre Dame pulled closed the gap by narrowing the deficit to eight (31-23) after #Curtis McClure# buried a pair of free throws, but then went cold again. The Falcons hit just six shots over the next 13 minutes, and Cedarville caught fire. The Yellow Jackets took advantage, and led by as many as 24 (59-35), and Notre Dame was never able to recover.

After being held to single digits in his last two games, Dummermuth led the Falcons in their season finale with 25 points, and went 3-for-4 from 3-point land. #Taylor Rieger# turned in nine points on the strength of a 7-for-8 (87.5 percent) performance from the free throw line, and in his final game as a Falcon, McClure scored nine points. Notre Dame shot a season low, 22.4 percent (11-for-49) from the floor, but shot 85.2 percent (23-for-27) from the charity stripe.


NOTES FROM THE NEST:

THE BUZZ AROUND THE SERIES: Saturday's matchup marked the seventh contest in the all time series. Cedarville is 7-0 all time against the Falcons, in a duel that dates all the way back to 2002. The contest also marked the third time that they've met in Cedarville. The previous six meetings had been relatively close between the two teams. Three of the six contests were decided by six points or less, and only one game in the all time series has been decided by more than 11 points.

SOARING SENIOR: Saturday's tilt marked the final game in an NDC uniform for McClure. This season, he has perhaps saved his best for last, as he's averaged 18.0 points per contest over his last tengames. Over his NDC career, McClure has played in 61 games and made 14 starts. He averaged 8.7 PPG last season, and averaged 12.0 PPG this year. He's shot 52.2 percent this season (148-for-283) and 50.1 percent in his career (260-for-518). McClure has led NDC in minutes off bench both last year and this season.

SINGLE SEASON PROGRAM MARKS: This year's squad finished in the top-5 in a number of different categories in program history, and set two single season program records. The Falcons set a new program record for most offensive rebounds in a season, with 411, and had the finest rebounding average (40.4 RPG) in the history of the program. In addition, the Falcons scored 2,277 points, fourth most all time, their scoring average of 75.9 PPG ranks second all time in program history. Notre Dame made 832 field goals this year, second most in program history, and their 1214 rebounds are second most in the history of the program as well.