Concord Seeks to End Regular Season with Winning Streak

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ATHENS, W.Va. - On a four-game winning streak, the Concord Univeristy men's basketball team will close the regular season with a non-conference home game against Davis & Elkins 7:30 p.m. Wednesday before finishing on the road at UVa.-Wise 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will have live statistics and live streaming video of the home contests against Davis & Elkins. Jason "Moose" Reed and Steve Cox will have full radio coverage of the D&E game on 97.3 FM locally and online at mywillie.com. The UVa.-Wise Sports Information Department will have live statistics and video of Saturday's game. To view the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

RECORDS
• Concord is having its best season under Kent McBride at 18-8 overall and 14-7 in the Mountain East Conference.

• Davis & Elkins has put together a mark of 6-18.

• UVa.-Wise is 2-24 overall and 1-20 in the MEC.

THE COACHES
• In the fourth season at his alma mater, McBride has compiled a record of 59-52.

• Chris Cottrill has been the coach at Davis & Elkins for two seasons, putting a together a record of 19-35.

• UVa.-Wise's Blake Mellinger is 13-40 in his two seasons coaching the Cavaliers.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Concord ran its record to 18-8 overall and 14-7 in the Mountain East Conference by sweeping its first true two-game road trip since Feb. 16-18, 2013 when it defeated Ohio Valley and West Virginia State.

• The Mountain Lions will start the week in third place with just one conference game left.

• The top four seeds will secure a bye into the quarterfinal round of the MEC tournament, March 5-8.

• CU can lock up a spot in the top four by beating UVa.-Wise AND getting a loss from either Wheeling Jesuit OR Glenville State.

• In CU's 95-82 victory over Fairmont State, Concord shot a season-high 61.4 percent from the field.

• It was the third time the Mountain Lions have eclipsed 60 percent shooting this season.

• Sophomore guard and reigning MEC Player of the Week Aaron Miller  shot 11-for-12 from the field in the win at Fairmont State as the Stephens City, Virginia native scored 29 points.

• CU got its second come-from-behind win of the season in a 62-53 victory at Shepherd Saturday.

• After trailing 38-26 at halftime, the Maroon and Gray limited Shepherd to 15 second half points on 6-for-26 shooting.   Senior guard Mike Boyd was a catalyst in both CU wins as he had 14 points and a career-high 12 assists in the Fairmont State contest, and returned Saturday to score seven points, grab six rebounds and hand out nine assists.

• In the process, Boyd passed head coach Kent McBride for fourth all-time in career assists at Concord.

• Boyd now has 512 assists in his career, and over his last three games the Cincinnati, Ohio native has tallied 31 assists to four turnovers.

• The senior point guard also became the first Concord player to record 1,000 or more points and 500 assists or more during a career.

• Meanwhile, Miller connected on four three-pointers in CU's win over Shepherd, marking the ninth time this season Miller has hit four or more three-pointers in a contest

• Only West Liberty's Seger Bonifant (24) and Notre Dame's Tyree Gaiter (17) have more 20-point games than Miller's 16 this season.

• Against Fairmont State, Concord recorded a season-high 13 steals as Boyd came away with a season-high four thefts

• Senior guard Paul Byrd, Miller and junior forward Jametrius Wade each added two steals.

• By winning both games against Davis & Elkins and UVa.-Wise, Concord would have a winning streak of six games entering the MEC Tournament.

• The Mountain Lions have not had a winning streak of five or more games since Nov. 26-Dec. 11, 2010 when they won six games in a row.

• CU is seeking to lock up its first 20 win season since 2003-2004 when McBride was a player.

• The 2003-2004 Mountain Lions went 22-7. 

• Concord will matchup against Davis & Elkins (6-18), a former WVIAC foe, in its final non-conference game of the season.

• Boyd, Byrd and junior guard Cam Shannon are the only current Mountain Lions to face the Senators.

• During the 2012-13 season, Boyd averaged 13 points and 6.5 assists in two games versus D&E.

• CU owns a 44-28 series advantage over Davis & Elkins.

• Junior guard Rob Reed led four Mountain Lions in double figures, scoring 13 points, in a 92-55 win over UVa.-Wise Jan. 22 at the Carter Center.

• Concord owned a +25, 49-24, advantage in rebounding as sophomore forward Jalen Camper had a career-high 11 rebounds against the Cavaliers.

• Davis & Elkins is led by Juwan Strothers who is averaging 13.4 points per game.

• The Senators are 4-7 in non-conference games this season.

• Concord and D&E have two common opponents, Shepherd and Blufield State.

• The Senators have gone 0-4 against the two while CU is 4-0 against SU and BSC this season.

• UVa.-Wise (2-24) is led by Philip Owens who is averaging 14.2 points per game and 4.2 assists.

• UVa.-Wise is seeking its second conference win of the season.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD...
• A Concord win over Davis & Elkins would be the first five-win non-conference season since 2007-08.

• A Concord win over UVa.-Wise would be the sixth MEC opponent the Mountain Lions have swept this season along with Fairmont State, Shepherd, Urbana, West Virginia State and West Virginia Wesleyan. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
21.8- Number of points Miller is averaging in five non-conference games this season.

5- Number of wins by Concord in February, two wins would match CU's win total in January.


7.75- Boyd's assist-to-turnover ratio the last three last games.