Box Score
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- An outstanding second half of basketball, which included a terrific shooting display from Notre Dame, pushed the Falcons past Urbana, 84-81, on Thursday evening at Murphy Gymnasium.

For the Falcons (6-10, 4-6 MEC), the victory was their second in their last three games at home, and snapped a brief two game slide, while for the Blue Knights (0-15, 0-11), the loss leaves them winless in 15 games this season, and was their 20th in a row, leaving them winless since Feb. 14, 2013.

The second half was the telling story for the Falcons, who shot a blistering 67.9-percent (18-for-29) from the floor in the second half, which included a 71.4-percent clip (5-for-7) from beyond the arc to pull away in the final 20 minutes.

There were no points scored through the first minute and forty seconds, until the Blue Knights converted on a Ognjen Rebic jumper, but the Falcons followed quickly with 3-pointers from Lawrence DeArmond and Jarvis Huntley to take the lead.

Neither side was able to pull away in the opening stages of the contest over the first 10 minutes of the contest, even though the Falcons were able to bury a trio of 3-pointers during that stretch and the Blue Knights hit 60.0-percent of their shots (6-for-10) during that stretch. 

Notre Dame led by as many as six (18-12) but Urbana battled back, and the two teams would exchange leads several times through the final 10 minutes of the half. 

The lead changed hands 10 times in the opening half, but the Blue Knights went into the break with a 33-31 advantage after Casey Baker's dunk with four seconds remaining. 

Notre Dame shot 44.4-percent (12-for-27) in the opening half and hit on just four (28.6-percent) of their 14 3-point shots, while Urbana shot 43.3-percent (13-for-30) from the floor in the first half and connected on all six of their free throws.

Early in the second half, the Blue Knights saw their lead grow to five (42-37) on Ben Merrit's 3-pointer just a couple of minutes in, before the Falcons took charge.  After Merrit's 3-ball, the Falcons went on a 19-5 run over the next four minutes of the contest. 

During the aforementioned run, the Falcons buried 7-of-9 (77.7-percent) shots from the floor, and found themselves up by nine (56-47) after Huntley's 3-pointer at the 13:39-mark. 

Notre Dame led by as many as 13 (62-49) in the second half, before the Blue Knights battled their way back into the contest.  Urbana was able to trim the deficit to single digits, but was only able to draw as close as three through the remainder of the game. 

Five Falcons scored in double figures.  Huntley had 24 points on the night while hitting a trio of 3-pointers.  DeArmond scored 23 points and added three steals.  Geovonte Rose delivered a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Tyree Gaiter came an assist away from a double-double with 10 points and nine assists.  Kalomo Figueroa-Jackson had 13 points and three assists.

The Falcons are in action again on Saturday, Jan. 25, when they head to Wheeling, W.Va., for a conference tilt against Wheeling Jesuit. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.