Concord Puts Win Streak Up Against West Liberty, Wheeling Jesuit

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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University men's basketball team closed its season-long five game home stand with a 91-70 win over Urbana Monday, extending its winning streak to three games.  

LIVE COVERAGE
The West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics for the Concord games. Additionally, ESPN3.com will carry the Concord-West Liberty game 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Wheeling Jesuit will also have live streaming video for Saturday's game versus CU. To access all the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

RECORDS
• Concord sits in a tie for fourth in the Mountain East Conference standings at 10-5 and CU is 14-6 overall.

• West Liberty sports a record of 18-2 overall and 15-2 in the MEC to lead the conference standings.

• Wheeling Jesuit has a mark of 11-8 overall and 7-7 against league competition.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• CU has now won seven of its last eight contests.

• During its winning streak, the Mountain Lions have only trailed for a total of 41 seconds.  

• Sophomore guard Aaron Miller collected his third 20-point game in the last four contests by scoring 22 points against Urbana in the win.

• Miller is averaging 19.4 points per game (ppg) and has scored 388 total points.The Stephens City, Virginia native's point total is just 12 away from surpassing last year's high-point man, senior guard Mike Boyd who finished 2013-2014 with 399

• Boyd and junior guard Rob Reed finished the Urbana game with 23 and 15 points, respectively.

• This season Reed is averaging 11.1 points per game while coming off the bench in all 20 games for Concord.

• The last player to start less than five games and average double figures for CU was Corey Neeley (10.8 ppg) during the 2011-2012 season.

• In addition to scoring the ball, Boyd continues to move up the career assists ranks at CU.

• Starting the week with 474 helpers, Boyd can move into the top five all-time with 13 totals assists versus West Liberty and WJU.

• The Cincinnati, Ohio native would pass Keyode Rogers (1999-2003).

• Over his last 10 games, Boyd has had at least four assists in nine contests.

• In Concord winning seven of its last eight games, sophomore guard B.J. Hamlet has made two or more three-point buckets in four of those contests.

• Junior forward Taylor Smith has given the Mountain Lions significant contriubutions off the bench in two of the last three games as he played a season-high 26 minutes against W.Va. Wesleyan Jan. 29 and grabbed a season-best seven boards.

• Smith followed it up by playing 21 minutes versus Urbana, collecting five rebounds.

• Concord will look to avenge a gut-wrenching loss to the Hilltoppers from earlier in the season.

• West Liberty beat CU 113-107 in overtime at the Carter Center Jan. 3.

• Junior forward Terry Hopewell led the Mountain Lions in scoring that day with 26 points.

• Hopewell's starting frontcourt mate, junior forward Jametrius Wade, scored 20 points and pulled down nine rebounds.

• Meanwhile, Boyd dished out nine assists in the defeat.

• One of the biggest things to watch in Thursday's rematch will be the battle in the frontcour between CU's Hopewell and Wade and West Liberty's CJ Hester.

• Hester finished the Jan. 3 game with 27 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

• Hester, Hopewell and Wade occpuy spots two through four in the MEC in rebounds per game.

• Hopewell (.599) and Hester (.595) are first and second in the league in field goal percentage.

• Additionally, West Liberty (+6.7) and the Mountain Lions (+6.6) are first and second in the MEC in rebounding margin.

• Concord will be looking to win back-t0-back games versus Wheeling Jesuit for the first time since Dec. 7, 2011 and March 1, 2012.

• CU won the home matchup with WJU 84-80 Jan. 5.

• Miller tied his career-high with six three-pointers as he finished with 25 points against the Cardinals.

• Boyd set a career best in assists with 11 versus WJU and Hopewell notched a double-double with 16 points and a then-personal best 15 rebounds.

• Wheeling Jesuit is led by guard Eric Seifert who is averaging 16.1 ppg (11th in the MEC).

• Seifert is also third in the MEC in steals (2.1 per game).

• The Cardinals have won five of their last six contests, but are coming off a 67-63 loss to Charleston Monday.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD...
• A Concord win over West Liberty would be the first for the Mountain Lions since Feb. 8, 2008.

• A Concord win over Wheeling Jesuit would be the first season sweep of the Cardinals since 2011-2012.

• A Concord win over West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit would bring CU to within two wins of matching the most in the Kent McBride era.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
22- Number of combined three-pointers made by Concord and West Liberty in the first game this season.

16.1- Concord's average margin of victory in its last six wins.

14- Number of points Hamlet is averaging against West Liberty in his career.