Glenville, W.Va. – Glenville State extends to a five game win streak becoming victorious over Notre Dame College 83-75. GSC's (13-7, 10-4 MEC) Phil Bledsoe grabbed his 11^th double-double of the year with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
 
Steven Verplancken knocked a game high 23 points shooting 9-for-13 from the floor and 66% from behind the arc.
 
How It Happened
 
First Half:
 
The Pioneers opened the first half on a quick 10-0 lead with triples from Noah Frampton and Phile Bledsoe. Tyvon Taylor would continue to add to the Blue and White score with another shot from deep leading 15-4.
 
The Pioneers continued their momentum by entering an 11-4 run with buckets by Hegel Augustin, Jaeger Martino, Bledsoe and Taylor to push their lead 26-8.
 
Down the stretch, the Fighting Falcons would look to cut their deficit with a 9-0 run to bring them back down to single-digits at 31-20.
 
Bledsoe would slow their momentum by hitting a jumper but answered back with a dunk from NDC.
 
Tyvon Taylor would then hit a shot from downtown with Bledsoe for a layup and two freebies from Noah Frampton to send the Fighting Falcons in the locker room trailing 42-28.
 
The Pioneers shot 15-for-31 from the floor with seven buckets from behind the arc outrebounding NDC 24-8 at the half.
 
The Fighting Falcons shot 42% from the floor and just 2-for-11 from deep.
 
Second Half:
 
Phil Bledsoe and Steven Verplancken kept the Pioneers in front coming out of the half as both teams would score seven a piece before NDC would pull within nine of the Pioneers.
 
Bledsoe would hit a shot from deep as Noah Frampton would force an NDC turnover to connect with Augustin down the court for a layup to extend their lead back to double-digits.
 
The Fighting Falcon would not stop as they entered an 18-11 run to pull back within seven. Bledsoe would convert a pair of freebies but responded back with a three from NCD.
 
The Pioneers responded by forcing two turnovers within 10 seconds to score a quick four points to push GSC's advantage back ten.
 
Verplancken after the timeout would hit a shot from deep and sink a layup to put the Blue and White up 71-59.
 
At the three-minute mark, the Falcons would pull within four before Tyvon Taylor added a layup to the Pioneer score but the Falcons would not give up there. Notre Dame sunk a three ball but Noah Frampton responded with a triple to push the lead back 78-72 with two minutes remaining.
 
Augustin hit a layup to keep the Pioneer lead as Verplancken would push their advantage at 83-75 with a three ball, 16 seconds remaining.
 
Inside The Box Score
 
Glenville State ended the contest shooting 50% from the field and 12-for-34 from behind the arc. The Pioneers tallied 40 points in the paint and outrebounding NDC 34-22 while also scoring 15 second chance points.
 
Hegel Augustin totaled 14 points on the night with six rebounds and three assists shooting 3-for-5 from deep.
 
Noah Frampton collected four assists while sinking ten total points.
 
NDC shot 55% from the floor with just 8-for-18 from deep while tallying 36 points in the paint.
 
The Fighting Falcons was lead by De'Anthony Owens knocking 25 points.
 
Coming Up
 
The Pioneers will continue their home stretch hosting Fairmont State in the Waco Center at 7:30pm, Wednesday February 5^th.