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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Notre Dame College women's basketball team fell 66-56 to the University of Charleston, on Saturday afternoon at the Eddie King Gymnasium, in Mountain East Conference play.

The Golden Eagles started fast to claim a 16-7 lead at the 11:51 mark in the first half. The Falcons, however would fight back and two Lauren Langenderfer free-throws gave NDC a 31-30 lead with 1:17 remaining in the half. NDC would lead 33-32 at half-time. Freshman forward Kelsey Miller led the Falcons in the first half with seven points, going a perfect 3-of-3 from the field and 1-of-1 from the line.

UC started the second half as they did the first and led by eight, 41-33, with 15:25 remaining in the game. The Falcons responded with a 10-2 run to tie the game 43-43 with 11:33 remaining. UC would then put together a 10-2 run of their own to lead 53-45 at the 08:31 mark. The Falcons would pull to within one, 53-52, with 4:43 remaining, but the University of Charleston finished the stronger of the two teams to claim a 66-56 win.

With the loss the Falcons drop to 13-11 overall and 10-10 in the MEC. The University of Charleston improve to 17-7 overall and 13-7 in the MEC.

Sophomore guard Martha Nagbe led the Falcons with 14 points, 10 of which came in the second half. Fellow sophomore guard Lauren Langenderfer continued her strong run of games with 8 points and led the Falcons with 8 rebounds.

The Golden Eagles were led by Kiara Johnson and LeAnne Ross who each had 11 points.

The Falcons produced their best shooting performance of the season from the line, shooting a perfect 13-of-13.

NDC held advantages over the Golden Eagles in rebounds (37-30) and points in the paint (30-24). The Falcons, however were outshot by the Golden Eagles, 42-37 percent from the field and 40-27 percent from three point range.

The Falcons will return to action on Tuesday Feb. 25 at Murphy Gymnasium at 5.30 p.m. against the Fairmont State Falcons. Tuesday's clash of the Falcons will serve as senior night for Notre Dame College as women's basketball honor seniors Erin Entinghe, Courtney Clark, Danielle Ledrich, Katie Stumphauzer and Student Assistant Coach Brittany Reddy.