WBB: GETTING BACK TO THE SCRIPT

BROWN'S LATE HEROICS LEAD LADY LIONS PAST D&E

Jolysa Brown Shot #4 vs D&E
If the Concord women's basketball team's game against Davis & Elkins was a movie script, the roles would be well-defined.

The Lady Lions would be the team seeking to play a full-court game, while the Senators would be the deliberate bunch hoping to slow things down.  CU was scoring at a clip of 76.3 points per game, while the visitors were averaging 66.2.

But scripts almost always go through revisions, and Tuesday night's WVIAC contest was no exception -- the Senators played up-tempo while Concord had trouble finding its rhythm. 

But every script also has a hero, and for CU it was Jolysa Brown.

The senior center turned in a strong 2nd-half performance to help life the Lady Lions past the Senators, 66-62, at the Carter Center.

Brown scored 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots in the final 20 minutes – scoring 14 of CU's final 22 points -- as the Lady Lions improved to 13-3, 9-2.  D&E left Athens at 8-7, 7-4.

CU committed seven turnovers in the 1st half, allowing the Senators to run their way to a 33-30 lead at halftime.  Their lead would grow to seven points, at 51-44, before the Lady Lions set the stage for a dramatic finish.

Concord scored eight unanswered points – six by Brown – to go ahead 52-51 with 7:35 left.  The Senators answered with five straight points in 31 seconds to take a 56-52 lead.  The Lady Lions came back with six points in a row – with two free throws from Anna Truckley and two short-range field goals from Brown – to take a 58-56 advantage with 5:28 to go.

Timeout Huddle vs D&E
A three-pointer from Ashley Bowles put D&E ahead 59-58.  But Truckley sank a baseline jumper that put Concord ahead, 60-59, with 4:17 remaining.

That score held until the 1:57 mark, when Andrea Bertrand's shot stretched the CU lead to 62-59.  A free throw from D&E's Amy Turner made the score 62-60, and the Senators turned to fouling Brown to stop the clock.

Brown has stumbled at the free throw line this season, shooting just .589 going into Tuesday, and was 2-5 from the line before the final minute.  But Brown excelled when the pressure became greatest, going a perfect 4-4 in the final :50 to thwart the Senators' plans.  Her last two free throws, with :06 left – each preceded by a Senators' timeout – put the game away.

Brown finished with 26 points and nine rebounds.  Bertrand contributed 18 points and seven rebounds, including 12 points in the 1st half when Brown was limited to nine minutes by foul trouble.

Page Turner topped D&E with 20 points, 15 in the 1st half.
Up next for Concord is a visit to intra-county rival Bluefield State for a WVIAC matchup on Saturday, January 21.  Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 pm at the Ned Shott Gymnasium in Bluefield, WV.


(statistics provided by CU SID GA Becky Brouse)


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