FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- No. 10/15 Fairmont State Men's Basketball completed the 80-76 comeback over the visitors from Alderson Broaddus on Saturday afternoon in Mountain East Conference play. The Fighting Falcons found themselves down as much as 12 points with 11:18 left in the second half.

Fairmont State Head Men's Basketball Coach Tim Koenig also earned his 150^th career coaching win with 93 victories coming at Notre Dame College and his 57^th career victory at the helm of the Fighting Falcons possessed today.

On the court, George Mangas opened the scoring with a three-pointer as the Falcons and Battlers were knotted at 13 apiece with 12:36 remaining in the opening half. Isaiah Sanders tied the contest at 24 apiece with a three-pointer but AB's KJ Walker regained the three-point advantage for the Battlers at the 6:52 mark of the first half. AB grew the margin to double-digits as Walker once again made a basket with 42 seconds remaining in the first half. Zyon Dobbs converted on the front-end of two free throws as the two sides headed for the halftime break with the Battlers up 42-33 inside Joe Retton Arena.

In the second half, Briggs Parris opened the scoring with a three-pointer of his own, but the Battlers once again retook the double-digit margin after a jumper by KJ Walker. The Falcons cut the lead down to five after a layup via Seth Younkin, but AB scored four quick points to take the 53-44 lead. Coryon Rice knocked in a shot from beyond the arc at the 11:18 mark to give the Battlers their largest lead of the game at 12 points.

The Falcons did not go away easily as Fairmont State answered the three by Rice with a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to seven points capped by a three-point play via Cole VonHandorf. Seth Younkin brought the margin down to six points on a thunderous dunk at the 6:04 mark. Parris cut the lead in half to three points on a pivotal three-pointer. Fairmont State took the one-point margin off a made jumper by Isaiah Sanders with 2:33 left in the second half. Two free throw makes by Alderson Broaddus' Vincent Smalls flipped the one-point lead back in favor of the Battlers, but five points via VonHandorf down the stretch gave the Falcons the 78-74 advantage on the scoreboard. Younkin cashed in two more free throws at the end of the contest as Fairmont State earned its 19^th victory of the season and 14^th in MEC action.

Sanders paced the Falcons with 21 points and added eight rebounds in the game as VonHandorf had 18 points on 6-11 shooting from the floor. Zyon Dobbs and Parris each collected 12 points with Younkin grabbing a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. In the second half, Fairmont State shot 57.58% (19-33) from the field and went 7-8 from the charity stripe.

Alderson Broaddus' KJ Walker led all scorers on the night with 23 points on an efficient 9-14 shooting from the field. Coryon Rice (14 points), Zach Simpkins (11 points), and Smalls (10 points and 11 boards) each contributed to double-figures in the scoring column.

No.10/15 Fairmont State Men's Basketball (19-4, 14-4 MEC) heads to Wheeling University (8-15, 7-10 MEC) on Wednesday night as the Falcons take on the Cardinals at 7:30 p.m.