Concord Travels to West Liberty, Wheeling Jesuit for Pair of Games

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ATHENS, W.Va. – After an explosive second half in Monday's win versus Urbana, the Concord University women's basketball team will look to win its second consecutive contest 5:30 p.m. Thursday at West Liberty before heading to Wheeling Jesuit 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
The West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit Sports Information Departments will provide live in-game statistics for both games. Concord will make an ESPN3.com appearance against West Liberty while Wheeling Jesuit will have live streaming video of Saturday's contest. All live coverage options can be accessed at the top of the page or by clicking here.

RECORDS
• The Mountain Lions begin this week with a record of 6-14 overall and 6-9 in the Mountain East Conference, placing in ninth in the standings.

• West Liberty will start the weekend in a tie for first in the MEC with Charleston, Fairmont State and Shepherd.

• WJU is 11-7 overall and 8-6 against league foes.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Concord outscored Urbana 50-29 in the second half as CU rolled to an 83-64 win.

• It was the largest margin of victory for the Mountain Lions this season, along with the third-highest scoring half of the season and greatest difference Concord has outscore a team in any half this season.

• The Mountain Lions erased a two-point halftime deficit as the Maroon and Gray opened the second half on a 31-7 run with senior forward Rachel Artrip scoring or assisting on 20 of the 31 points.

• After finishing with a game-high 23 points against UU, Artrip has now scored 12 or more points in four of her last five contests and has seen her scoring average go up a full point from 10.3 to 11.3 points per game in that stretch.

• The Swords Creek, Virginia native also hit a season-high five three-pointers in the win.

• Junior forward Kylie Molisee scored 20 points in the win as she shot 8-for-11 from the field, tying her career high in points which she sits the previous game against Notre Dame.

• Molisee is shooting 66.7 percent (24-for-36) in her last three games, easily her best three-game stretch of the season.

• After missing the previous two games, senior guard Melea Smith came off the bench to record her first double-figure scoring since Jan. 22.

• However, Smith wasn't the only Mountain Lion to have significant production off the bench.

• Freshman guard Lindsey Overbey dished out a career-high five assists while only turning the ball over once in 23 minutes off the bench.

• Even though it was her third-lowest rebounding total of the season, senior forward Jacqueline Kestner notched seven rebounds and now has 579 for her career, seventh all-time at Concord.

• The Mountain Lions will seek to avenge two early-season conference losses to West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit.

• Despite a 23-10 run to end the first half against WLU, Concord fell 90-65 to the Hilltoppers Jan. 3.

• Artrip finished with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds as she made a season-high seven foul shots versus West Liberty.

• Concord was unable to hang onto a first-half against the Cardinals, losing 76-62.

• Kestner and Smith were the standouts in the first game versus WJU as Kestner scored 20 points and collected 10 rebounds while Smith had 17 points and five assists.

• West Liberty has the highest scoring offense in the MEC (83.0).

• Kailee Howe is at the controls of the Hilltoppers offense as she average 9.4 assists per game, more than double the second-place player.

• West Liberty's Liz Flowers leads the league in points per game (21.2) and made three-point baskets (76).

• WLU has won three of its last four games including an 89-53 win over West Virginia State Monday.

• Meanwhile, the Cardinals have the fourth-best scoring margin in the MEC (+7.1).

• Jaila Bryant is seventh in scoring (15.8).

• The Cardinals possess the third-best scoring defense as they only give up 63.4 points per game.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD…
• A Concord win over West Liberty would be the second straight year the Mountain Lions have defeated WLU on the road.

• A Concord win over Wheeling Jesuit would snap a five-game losing streak against the Cardinals.

• A Concord win over West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit would get CU back to within a game of .500 (8-9) in the conference standings.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
77- Concord's percentage from the free-throw line the last four game, 10 percent higher than their season percentage.

9- Number of consecutive that Concord has had at least 10 assists as a team in a game.

12- CU has had 12 steals in three straight games after not having more than 10 in any game this season.