Concord Goes For Season Sweep of Wesleyan

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LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department provides live video and in-game statistics for every home Mountain Lion basketball game.

The Notre Dame College Sports Information Department is scheduled to provide audio, video and statistics for Saturday's game in South Euclid, Ohio.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES

• The Mountain Lions enter action Thursday with a record of 8-8 overall and 6-6 in Mountain East Conference play, pitting them eighth in the conference standings.

• Head coach Kenny Osborne needs just two more win to reach 200 wins at Concord. He owns a record of 198-188 in 13 seasons at CU.

• In its last two games, CU defeated UVa.-Wise 73-66 before falling to No. 11 Glenville State 108-89.
Over their last ten games, Concord is 6-4, a run that started with a victory against West Virginia Wesleyan on the road, 70-62.

• The Mountain Lions will carry a three-game winning streak against WVWC into Thursday night's contest and can even the all-time series 15-15 dating back to 1994-95.

• Over the last ten games, junior forward Andrea Bertrand is averaging 17.9 points per game on 54.2 percent shooting from the field (70-of-129).

• Bertrand is third in the conference in scoring at 18.4 points per game and fifth in rebounding with 7.9 boards per contest.

• Bertrand continues to progress her way to becoming the 15th 1,000-point scorer in Concord history. She needs just 110 to reach the milestone.

• In the win over UVa.-Wise, junior guard Sissy Wagner was able to seal the game for CU at the foul line with a 6-for-6 performance in the last 60 seconds of the game.

• For the season, Wagner is 27-of-27 at the charity stripe in the last three minutes of contests.

• Wagner also leads the MEC in assists per game at 5.5, which ranks 12th in Division II women's basketball.

• Wagner ranks among the MEC's best in assist-to-turnover ratio (second / 2.02), three-point percentage (fourth / .424), free-throw percentage (seventh / .827) and minutes played (second / 36.1).

• Against UVa.-Wise, junior guard Rachel Artrip made a season-high four three-pointers and fell just one shy of matching her career high of five, which she set against Alderson-Broaddus Nov. 20, 2012.

• In the matchup against Glenville State, junior forward Jacqueline Kestner recorded her second double-double of the season, and eighth of her career, with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

• Kestner has a current streak of 10 consecutive games with a steal.

• In Concord's first game of the season against the Bobcats, junior guard Melea Smith had her best game as a Mountian Lions with a career-high 14 points including making 3-of-4 three-pointers and making 5-of-6 free throws.

• Senior center Sammi Webster also registered a season-high three steals against the Bobcats earlier in the year.

• Freshman guard Olivia Morgan made her first collegiate start on the road against WVWC, collecting career-highs in points (seven) and steals (four) while also playing a career-high in minutes (34).

• Concord picked up one of its two wins when trailing at halftime against the Bobcats. They faced a 29-27 deficit at intermission in the first meeting.

• With the help of Smith, junior guard Ashley Brown and freshman center Alley Odell, the Mountain Lions matched a season-high in bench points with 23 vs. the Bobcats.

• West Virginia Wesleyan will be looking for its first win in the MEC as they are 0-12 in MEC play 2-14 overall.

• Meanwhile, Notre Dame is 9-6 overall and 6-5 in MEC action, ranking seventh in the conference standings. NDC travels to West Liberty Thursday before hosting Concord Saturday.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD...
• A Concord win over West Virginia Wesleyan would give the Mountain Lions their fourth straight win over the Bobcats.

• A Concord win over Notre Dame College would be the first all-time for CU in three meetings.

• A Concord win over West Virginia Wesleyan and NDC would give coach Kenny Osborne 200 career wins at CU. He owns a 198-188 record at Concord.