MOVING UP

LADY LIONS CLIMB TO 7th AFTER SENIOR DAY WIN

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Playing its most important game of the season, and on Senior Day, the Concord Women's Basketball team picked a good day to have a good day.

The Lady Lions closed out the 1st half with a 16-4 run, and went on to close out Fairmont State 74-64 in a WVIAC contest Saturday afternoon at the Carter Center.

The victory was CU's fourth in the last five games and improved the Lady Lions to 14-10, 11-9.  That puts Concord into 7th place in the conference and in position to have home court advantage in the first round of the WVIAC Tournament, which begins February 28.

Fairmont State (14-11, 11-10) scored the first five points of Saturday's game, but Concord answered with a 12-2 run, featuring seven points from Sidney Lindsey. However, Lindsey left the game due to injury, and FSU would come back to tie the game at 20-20.

That was when Concord went on its half-closing rally to take a 36-24 lead into halftime.

The Lady Lions took a 16-point lead at 52-36 with 12:06 remaining in the game. Fairmont State responded with a 12-2 run, with six points from Lauren Gilbert, to pull within 54-48 with 7:16 left. But Jolysa Brown sank a layup, and Sarah Blevins – one of CU's two seniors – scored a layup, then a jumper, and Concord led 60-48 at the 4:35 mark.

The lead would grow to 74-58 before the Lady Falcons scored the game's last six points.

Amanda Smith (right), who came in for Lindsey, proved to be a very capable replacement. The freshman shot 9-13 from the field and led Concord with a career-high 22 points and nine rebounds. Brown posted her 14th double-double of the season, with 15 points and 12 rebounds, to go with six assists.
Kristin Kidd, CU's other senior, was 7-12 from the floor in posting 17 points and seven rebounds.
Blevins would finish with six points, six assists and two rebounds.

Gilbert topped Fairmont State with 27 points.


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Up next for the Lady Lions is a visit to WVIAC rival the University of Charleston on Wednesday, February 23. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 pm.

The game will be broadcast on ESPN Radio 102.3 The Ticket, starting at 5:30.

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