Box Score
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. – The Concord University men's basketball team erased an 11-point second half deficit to force overtime, but narrowly missed pulling off the upset of Shepherd University as the Rams escaped with a 97-94 victory over the Mountain Lions Monday night in Mountain East Conference play.
Concord was led by the trio of sophomore guard
Cam Shannon, junior guard A.J. Williams and junior guard
Mike Boyd.
Shannon set a career-high with 21 points after going 7-for-12 from the field and 5-for-6 from the foul line. Williams and Boyd added 19 and 18 points, respectively. Boyd, who went 6-for-10 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line, also passed out a team-best four assists.
Concord (5-10, 2-7 MEC) shot 51.5 percent (34-for-66) from the field and 75 percent (18-for-24) from the free throw line. In comparison, Shepherd (12-3, 7-2 MEC) hit 47.8 percent (32-for-67) of its attempts from the field and 78.8 percent (26-for-33) of its foul shots.
The Mountain Lions held advantages over Shepherd in three-pointers made (8-7), rebounds (42-31) and bench points (40-7). The 42 rebounds were the second-most by Concord in a game this season.
The Rams managed a 45-39 halftime lead after an opening period that featured six ties and three lead changes. Shepherd went on to increase its halftime lead to a seemingly commanding 11-point advantage at 74-63 with 8:29 left to play.
However, Concord continued to chip away at the Rams' edge and found itself down just one point (79-78) after a 15-5 run with 1:27 remaining in regulation. The run was highlighted by seven consecutive points off the bench from freshman guard
Aaron Miller, who finished the night with nine points.
The two squads proceeded to trade baskets over the final minute of the second half. Concord had control of the final possession down 82-80 with 18 seconds to play when Boyd drew a foul and calmly connected on a pair of free throws to tie the contest at 82-82 and force overtime.
However, the comeback was not to be as the Rams went on to outscore Concord 15-12 in overtime to secure the victory.
Sophomore forward
Terry Hopewell was Concord's fourth player in double figures with 10 points.
Leading Concord's rebounding charge was sophomore forward
Nick Moyer, who grabbed a career-best 13 boards in addition to scoring eight points and matching Boyd for the team lead in assists with four.
The 13-rebound effort marked just the seventh time since the 2010-11 season that a CU player had grabbed at least 13 rebounds in a game.
The Rams were led by Brantley Osborne, who went for a game-high 24 points and six rebounds.
The Mountain Lions return home to host MEC rival West Virginia State 4:00 p.m. Saturday at the Carter Center.
