WBB: PLAYING WITH A PURPOSE

LADY LIONS DENY PITT-JOHNSTOWN

Jolysa Brown Shot #2 vs UPJ
There can be a difference between a sense of urgency and a sense of purpose.

Concord's women's basketball team held on to first place in the WVIAC with a 79-71 victory over winless Pitt-Johnstown Saturday afternoon at the Carter Center.

The visitors played with the added energy of a team seeking its first win, and held the lead early in the 2nd half.  But the veteran-laden Lady Lions played like a team intent on keeping the conference lead.  Concord reeled off 12 unanswered points – getting field goals from five different players – to go ahead 61-50 with 13:19 left to play.

UPJ didn't quit, and pulled within four points, at 73-69, with 1:34 to go.  But Amanda Smith made a layup and Anna Truckley went 4-4 from the free throw line to clinch the victory.

Amanda Smith Shot vs UPJ
Concord shot .516 (16-31) in the 2nd half and out-rebounded UPJ 22-11 -- 7-1 in offensive rebounds – in the final 20 minutes.  For the game, CU scored 17 second-chance point to nine for the Lady Cats – an eight-point difference.

Jolysa Brown led Concord with 28 points and 17 rebounds -- including 11 offensive rebounds, one more than the entire Pitt-Johnstown team.  It her 5th straight double-double, and the 36th of her career.

Smith posted 16 points, five rebounds and three assists.  Andrea Bertrand added 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.  Camisha Alexander recovered from a scoreless 1st half to finish with 11 points, hitting 3-6 three-point shots in the 2nd half.

Kaitlyn Fratz led UPJ with 14 points.

Up next for Concord (7-1, 5-1) is a WVIAC road game at the University of Charleston on Saturday, December 17.  Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 pm.


(statistics provided by CU SID GA Becky Brouse)
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