Concord Sqaures Off at Home Versus Glenville State, Wesleyan

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ATHENS, W.Va. - Off to its best start since the 2003-2004 season, the Concord University men's basketball team will host a pair of Mountain East Conference foes this week at the Carter Center. CU welcomes in league rival Glenville State 7:30 p.m. Thursday night before hosting West Virginia Wesleyan 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics for both MEC games.
Radio: Jason "Moose" Reed and Steve Cox will have live play-by-play of each game on 97.3 FM locally as well as online at www.mywillie.com
Video: The Concord University Sports Information Deparment will provide live streaming video of both contests.

To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• The Mountain Lions are 6-0 after two wins over the weekend at the Currence Classic in Bluefield, West Virginia. Of CU's six wins, two have come with Concord leading wire-to-wire (Winston-Salem State and West Virginia State).

• Concord has erased first-half deficit of nine points and eight points against Bluefield State and Johnson C. Smith.

• The win over Charleston was sparked by a 17-3 run to end the game after trailing  by 11 with six minutes left in the contest.

• The final win versus Livingstone was CU holding off a rally by LC and converting at the foul line late.

• Junior guard Aaron Miller and senior guard and reigning Mountain East Conference Player of the Week Rob Reed are the top duo in the league in making three-pointers.

• The tandem have combined for 49 made triples this season with Reed making 30 and Miller, 19.

• The next closest duo is West Liberty's Seger Bonifant (22) and Devin Hoehn (11).

• Additionally, Reed is second in the nation  in made three-pointers and is tied for first among Division II players in three-pointers made per game with five.

• Entering games this week, senior forward Terry Hopewell has grabbed at least 10 rebounds in three consecutive games and has four double-digit rebounding games this season.

• The last player to have three straight games of 10 or more rebounds was Dannie Parker at the end of the 2007-08 season.

• The last CU player to have 10 or more rebounds in more than three games was Brian Atkins who had double-digit rebounds in five straight games during the 2003-04 campaign.

• This season, Hopewell is averaging 10.0 rebounds per game, third in the MEC.

• Senior forward Jametrius Wade is the third-leading scorer for the Mountain Lions with 11.5 points per game, but what makes Wade's scoring performance special is how efficient he's been from the field.

• The Detroit, Michigan native has shot at least 50 percent from the field in each game this season and is 24-for-38 from the floor.

• Additionally, Wade has scored at least 10 points in five of six games this season to compliment the outside shooting of Miller and Reed.

• When Concord and Glenville State square off Thursday night, there will be several close connections between head coach Kent McBride and the Pioneers.

• For starters, McBride was an assistant coach at GSC under current head coach Stephen Dye from 2009-2011.

• Furthermore, Dye and McBride used to square off on the hardwood in high school when Dye played at Marsh Fork in Raleigh County and McBride at Wyoming East.

• McBride will also have some family members wearing Glenville blue as guard Luke Campbell is McBride's first cousin.

• Meanwhile, GSC assistant coach Justin Caldwell played with McBride at Wyoming East.

• The last three games between Concord and West Virginia Wesleyan in Athens have resulted in three CU wins, but all three contests have been tight, being decided by a combined 14 points.

• Last season, Concord hit three free throws in the final 1:20 to close out the Bobcats, 66-61.

• Two seasons ago, Mike Boyd and junior guard Cam Shannon each made a free throw in the final 37 seconds to stop WVWC for a 77-75 win.

• And three seasons ago, the largest margin of victory for Concord in recent history versus the Bobcats, 58-52, the Mountain Lions held West Virginia Wesleyan to 32.6 percent shooting.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
16- Bench points by CU vs. J.C. Smith led by Shannon, the second-highest total this season for Concord.

7- Plus rebounding margin for the Mountain Lions this season, tops in the league.

12- Consecutive regular-season for Concord dating back to last season,  second-longest streak in the MEC.

SCOUTING GLENVILLE STATE
• Glenville State is 2-4 this season and 1-1 in the MEC. Sedric Nady and Brett Morris lead the Pioneers in scoring with both averaging 14 points per game.

• In addition to his 14.3 points per game, Morris is grabbing 6.7 rebounds per game and is the conference leader in blocks per game (2.3). 

• Concord will be seeking to halt a three-game losing streak to the Pioneers after a pair of close losses last season.

SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
• After an 11-18 season last year, head coach Gary Nottingham has led the Bobcats to a 4-2 start, but WVWC dropped its last game 82-75 to Davis & Elkins Monday night.

• Tanner McGrew is the only player in the MEC averaging a double-double with 20.3 points per game and 12.3 rebounds per contest.

• McGrew will matchup with CU's Hopewell who is averaging 9.5 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per game.

• Four other Bobcats average double figures in points along with McGrew, Chris Dewberry (17.3 ppg), Fred Brondsted (11.3), Garrett Grantham (10.7) and Mo Berchie (10.3)