B.J. Hamlet
Concord Stats –
UVa.-Wise Stats –
In-Game Statistics
ATHENS, W. Va. – Before setting its sights on the upcoming Mountain East Conference Tournament, the Concord University men's basketball team will conclude its regular season against UVa.-Wise 4:00 p.m. Saturday at the Carter Center.
Live Coverage
• The Concord University sports information department provides live in-game statistics for all Mountain Lion home games. To acces the live stats follow the links at the top of the page or click
here.
Records and Standings
• Concord enters its regular season finale at 8-19 overall and 5-16 in the MEC. The Mountain Lions are locked in as the 11th seed in next week's MEC Tournament with its opening-round opponent still to be determined.
• The Cavaliers come to Athens having lost six of their last seven games to drop their record to 10-15 overall and 7-14 in league play. In 10th place, UVa.-Wise currently sits one spot ahead of the Mountain Lions in the MEC standings.
All-Time Series
• Concord is 11-3 all-time against UVa.-Wise.
Last Meeting
• Junior guard
Mike Boyd scored a game-high 22 points and the Concord defense held UVa.-Wise to a field goal percentage of just 37.3 (25-for-67), but the Mountain Lions couldn't quite pull off a 19-point comeback, losing on the road 71-68 on Jan. 23.
Mountain Lion Notes
• At halftime of the CU – UVa.-Wise game, Concord will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1988-89 team's West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament championship.
• With a minimum of two games remaining in the 2013-14 season, junior guard
Mike Boyd needs to make 13 free throws to be ranked 10th for foul shots made in a single-season at Concord. On the year, Boyd is shooting a team-best 76.2 percent from the charity stripe.
• With 34 minutes played in the next two games, Boyd, who averages a Concord-best 31.7 minutes played per game this season, will pass his brother Cordale Boyd for the 11th most minutes played in a season. The elder Boyd played 889 minutes in the 2007-08 season.
• Freshman guard
Aaron Miller made four three-pointers in Concord's most recent game Feb. 26 against Charleston for the rookie's sixth multi-three pointer game of the season. For the year, Miller's 50.0 percent (28-for-56) rate from three-point range ranks second in the MEC behind West Liberty's Segar Bonifant (55.1 percent).
• Sophomore forward
Terry Hopewell continues to close the season on a high-note. The Columbus, Ohio native is coming off of a 12-point, seven-rebound, two-block performance against Charleston and is averaging 11.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in Concord's last four contests.
• As a team, Concord is shooting 74.7 percent (65-for-87) from the foul line in the last three minutes of games with Boyd (83.3 percent / 25-for-30) and freshman guard
Ali Barnes (80 percent / 8-for-10).
• The Mountain Lions' bench has outscored its opponents by a +212 margin this season.
Scouting UVa.-Wise
• UVa.-Wise features the MEC's best rebounder in Deon Boyce, who averages 15.1 rebounds per game (rpg) in addition to ranking eighth in the league at scoring with 17.4 ppg.
• Thanks in no small part to Boyce, the Cavaliers rank first in the league in rebounding margin (+8.4) and rpg (43.4).
• Wise's 46.0 defensive field goal percentage is the fifth-best in the league.
• Javon Moore and Matt Day round out the Cavaliers' top scorers with respective ppg totals of 16.1 and 12.6.
The Coaches
• In the midst of his third season at his alma mater,
Kent McBride is 41-42 as Concord's head coach.
• 2013-14 marks Blake Mellinger's first season as the Cavaliers' head coach after spending six seasons as an assistant coach at UVa.-Wise.
Up Next
• The Mountain Lions will open up MEC Tournament play Tuesday on the road against an opponent yet to be determined.
