Concord Takes to Road for Games at UVa.-Wise and Glenville State

Complete Game Notes – Concord Stats – UVa.-Wise Stats – Glenville Stats
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LIVE COVERAGE
The UVa.-Wise Sports Information Department will provide live video and in-game statistics for Thursday night's game while the Glenville State SID office will offer video, in-game statistics and audio for Saturday's contest. To access the coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• At 5-11 overall and 2-8 in Mountain East Conference play, Concord currently finds itself slotted 11th in the conference standings with 12 games remaining in the regular season.

• The Mountain Lions are coming off of a 94-85 loss vs. West Virginia State on Jan. 18. Sophomore guard Cam Shannon and junior guard Mike Boyd scored 16 points apiece in the defeat.

• UVa.-Wise, which played in the NAIA's Mid-South Conference last season, is 7-7 on the year and 4-6 in league play, good enough for eighth in the league standings.

• Glenville State, which entertains West Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday before its Saturday game against CU, is fourth in the MEC at 9-5 overall and 6-4 in conference games.

• Concord owns an 11-2 lead in the all-time series over UVa.-Wise (formerly Clinch Valley). The two schools have not met since the 1993-94 season.

• Glenville State owns a narrow 57-50 lead over Concord, but CU has won the last two contests in the series including an 83-71 victory earlier in the year.

• A pair of newcomers led Concord to its 12-point win over Glenville State earlier in the season as freshman guard B.J. Hamlet and sophomore forward Terry Hopewell each scored career-highs of 25 and 21 points, respectively.

• Hopewell is coming off of an eight-rebound effort against West Virginia State, his best rebounding performance since grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds vs. West Liberty on Jan. 4.

• On the season, Hopewell is third for Concord in rebounding at 4.3 rebounds per game, trailing sophomore forward Nick Moyer (5.4 rpg) and junior guard A.J. Williams (4.5 rpg).

• Hopewell also ranks fourth in the MEC in blocks with 21 rejections on the year.

• With five assists against West Virginia State, Boyd moved into 12th place in the Concord record books in career assists, passing Jerrod Coefield (301 assists / 2001-05). He now needs 10 assists to pass Concord Hall of Famer Julius Locket (314 assists / 1986-90) for 11th place.

• Boyd continues to be one of Concord's most consistent offensive threats, averaging a team-high 14.4 points per game (ppg) while shooting 54.8 percent from the field.

• Boyd is also shooting 74.8 percent (77-for-103) from the free throw line this season. No other Concord player has more than 56 free throw attempts.

• Shannon has recently stepped up to become one of Concord's top scorers with an 18.3 ppg average over CU's last three contests. Four of Shannon's seven double-digit scoring performances have come in the Mountain Lions' last five games.

• Williams just missed out on his second double-double of the season against West Virginia State after an 11-point, seven-rebound night. The seven rebounds marked Williams' third-best rebounding performance this season.

• Concord has committed just 10.3 turnovers per game over its last three games, down from its season average of 14.6 per game.

• The Mountain Lions' bench has outscored its opposition by 164 points so far this season.

• Concord is 4-2 this season when leading at halftime.

• After this weekend's games, CU finishes the season by playing six of its final 10 games at home.

• Head coach Kent McBride is just two wins shy of moving into seventh place all time in CU coaching wins. McBride is 0-0 against UVa.-Wise and 4-1 vs. Glenville State for his career.

• The Glenville State attack has been spearheaded this season by Lamar Mallory, who averages a league-best 22.1 ppg, as well as 9.2 rpg, 1.4 spg and 1.0 bpg.

• UVa.-Wise's Deon Boyce is the league's top rebounder at 14.1 rebounds per contest. He also scores 16.9 ppg.

UP NEXT
Concord returns home to host West Virginia Wesleyan Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. The game can be heard on KISS FM 92.7 & 102.9.