SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – The University of Virginia's College at Wise used a strong defensive stand to hold off Drew Scarberry's attempt at the buzzer and beat Notre Dame College by a score of 102-101 in a wild, double-overtime contest on Monday night.

The game had seven lead changes in the first ten minutes and was locked at 21 when Tajh Eason hit a layup for the Cavaliers at the 10:04-mark.

The Falcons (2-3, 1-1 MEC) quickly took the lead back as redshirt-junior Angelo Cugini scored a layup on a nice pass from senior Will Vorhees. After the bucket, both teams continued to trade baskets.

UVa-Wise (2-3, 2-0) strung together a few points to garner their largest lead of the half, 33-27, when Eason capped a 6-0 run with two free throws.

NDC bounced back as Vorhees dunked the ball home, senior Oliver Megins hit a three pointer and Vorhees hit a layup and sunk a free throw. With 4:39 to go in the half, the Falcons led, 35-33.

At the half, the Cavaliers had a three point advantage, 45-42, thanks to a three pointer by Taiwo Badmus with 1:18 remaining in the first half.

Virginia-Wise started to pull away early in the second half as they went on a 17-6 scoring run to open up a 62-48 lead at the 14:14-mark in the half. Fourteen of the points during the run came in the paint.

The lead was then cut to six points after a Vorhees layup capped an 8-0 scoring run for the Falcons who were right back into the game with 12:29 to go in regulation.

Throughout the next 12 minutes, the University of Virginia-Wise did not give up the lead to the Notre Dame, however, the Falcons kept the deficit within eight points and then struck when it mattered most.

With 33-seconds left, Vorhees hit a layup and was fouled. His free throw made it a one point game (87-86) and then the Cavaliers split a pair of free throws on the other end to go ahead by two points.

With five-seconds remaining, Vorhees hit a running layup to tie the game at 88 and push it into overtime. The tie represented the first time that the Cavaliers did not hold a lead in the second half.

The Falcons, who were 1-1 in overtime games coming into Monday night, got off to a great start with senior Kyauta Taylor knocking down a jumper from three point range. Notre Dame held the lead until the 1:15-mark when Chance Sheffey put a layup in the basket for UVa-Wise to tie the game at 93.

Down one point with two second left, freshman Halil Parks stepped up to the charity stripe and split a pair of free throws, sending the game into double-overtime.

A very low scoring, and tightly contested second overtime ensued as the Cavaliers' Yesid Mosquera-Perea knocked down two three pointers. The Falcons got a jumper from Vorhees, before he fouled out and then a three pointer by Megins, who replaced Vorhees, with 1:47 to go.

The shot by Megins would be the final made basket by either team in the contest and the Falcons fell by one point, 102-101.

"It's tough when we don't make shots and don't execute down the stretch. But credit them, they made plays," head coach Tim Koenig said. "Their big man hit two big threes in the second overtime and they made the plays and we didn't and they executed and we didn't. Obviously, it was an entertaining game, but a tough loss."

For Virginia-Wise, Michal Seals had 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and Badmus added 22 points and nine assists. Mosquera-Perea scored 14 points and Jordan Pointer scored 11 points. Both Seals and Sheffey recorded four steals. The Cavaliers shot 44-percent from the field and 52-percent from three point range.

NDC struggled to find a consistent rhythm offensively and finished the game shooting just 39-percent from the field. For the second game in a row, Vorhees scored double-digit points in the second half as he had 13 in the second half tonight, and 25 points, overall, to go along with 16 rebounds and three blocks. Taylor had 20 points, six rebounds and three steals, while redshirt-sophomore Drew Scarberry had 15 points, which included going 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Parks scored 11 points and junior Ja'Sean Lewis scored nine points, hauled in nine rebounds and recorded two blocks.

Koenig said the gameplan was to try and attack the paint like the Falcons did against Concord.

"We were trying to attack them on the interior," he said. "We settled for a lot of jump shots and missed a lot of shots. We missed some really key free throws down the stretch, but that's basketball."

Notre Dame will look to bounce back with a home game against Penn State Allegheny on November 22. The game is scheduled to tip-off at 12 p.m.