Box Score
URBANA, Ohio - Junior guard
Rachel Artrip and sophomore guard
Leslie Mack scored career-highs of 31 and 20 points, respectfully, but it wasn't quite enough as the Concord University women's basketball team fell short at Urbana University, 86-74, Monday night at the Grimes Center in Mountain East Conference action.
Artrip shot 10-for-16 from the field while going 3-for-6 from three-point range and 8-for-12 from the free throw line. She set a new career-high in made foul shots while matching her previous best in made field goals. In addition to her scoring prowess, Artrip grabbed seven rebounds and dished out five assists. Over her last eight games, Artrip has scored at least 10 points in six contests.
Mack, who matched her career-best with four made three-pointers, grabbed four rebounds while playing a career-high 38 minutes.
The two teams traded the lead six times in the first half with neither team able to gain control of the contest in the first 20 minutes of play. Urbana (14-5, 11-4 MEC) led by as many as nine points with two minutes to go in the period before a 6-1 Mountain Lion spurt cut the Urbana lead to 37-33 heading into intermission.
Out of the locker room, Urbana went on a 20-7 run over the first five minutes of the second half to extend its lead to 57-40 at the14:40 mark in the period.
The Mountain Lions answered back over the following 10 minutes by going on a 27-14 run of their own to trim the deficit to just 71-67 with 3:01 remaining in regulation. The trio of Mack, Artrip and junior forward
Jacqueline Kestner combined for all 22 points in the run with freshman center
Alley Odell adding a pair of crucial foul shots and freshman guard
Hannah Murray draining an equally important three-pointer.
However, Concord's comeback bid would end there as the Blue Knights limited CU to just seven points over the remainder of the game on defense while Urbana's DeVonyea Johnson guiding the offense with 13 points in the game's final minutes to preserve the 12-point victory.
Kestner just missed out on her third double-double of the season with seven points and a team-high 10 rebounds. All seven of her points came from the charity stripe in a 7-for-8 effort. Over her last four games, Kestner is averaging 9.5 rebounds per contest.
Other top contributors for Concord (9-10, 7-8 MEC) included senior center
Sammi Webster, Odell and Murray.
Webster had six rebounds and blocked three shots which moved her into a tie for ninth place with former CU great Samm Nester in Concord history with 40 career blocks. Odell, who made the first start of her collegiate career Monday, produced season-highs of eight points and six rebounds. Murray came off the Concord bench to finish with personal-bests of six points and four rebounds.
As a team, Concord held advantages over Urbana in three-point percentage (39.1-28.1) and defensive rebounds (29-27).
Johnson scored a game-high 33 points to pace Urbana
Concord returns home for a pair of home games at the Carter Center beginning 5:30 p.m. Thursday vs. West Liberty.
