Concord Looks to Carry Momentum from West Liberty Win into Weekend

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ATHENS, W.Va. - Coming off an home, upset win over previously unbeaten and No.1-ranked West Liberty, the Concord University men's basketball team travels to UVa.-Wise 7:30 p.m. Thursday before opening a season-long three-game home stand, starting with West Virginia State 2:00 p.m. Saturday.

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The UVa.-Wise Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics as well as live streaming video and audio for Thursday's contest. Likewise, the Concord University Sports Information Department will have live in-game statistics and live streaming video. Additionally, Jason "Moose" Reed and Steve Cox will have live play-by-play action Saturday on 97.3 FM locally or online at www.mywillie.com. To access the live coverage, follow the links above, at the top of the page or by clicking here.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• CU is 11-5 overall and 6-4 in the MEC. Meanwhile, UVa.-Wise is 3-13 overall and 1-9 against league foes. WVSU is 5-10 overall and 3-7  in the conference.  

• CU knocked off West Liberty by shooting a season-high 60.7 percent from the field.

• It was the first time since Feb. 19, 2015 that Concord has shot at least 60 percent from the field.

• Senior guard Rob Reed matched his season-best by scoring 36 points on 13-for-19 shooting and burying 6-of-11 three-pointers.

• Junior guard Aaron Miller added 18 of his 21 points in the second half to spur the Mountain Lions to the win over WLU.

• Additionally, Concord held the Hilltoppers to 39 percent shooting, a season low for West Liberty.

• The 36 points by Reed was his third 30-point game of the season.

• No CU player has had three 30-point games in the same season since Javaughn Manuel posted five 30-point performance during the 2010-2011 season.

• Reed could be in line for a fourth 30-point with West Virginia State on the horizon. In three career games against WVSU, the South Bend, Indiana native has scored 36 and 40 points, a career-high against the Yellow Jackets.

• Last season at home versus, Reed nailed a school-record-tying 10 three-pointers en route to 40 points.

• A big key that powered CU's upset of West Liberty was Concord's ability to take care of the ball.

• This season, the Mountain Lions are averaging 14.9 turnovers per game, however, against a WLU team that turns it opponents over almost 19 times per game, Concord committed just 13 turnovers.

• Furthermore, freshman guard Tommy Bolte and junior guard Michael Sanchez combined to not committ a turnover themselves.

• The duo also passed out 12 of 20 CU's assists including a career-high 10 from Sanchez.

• CU shot 50 percent from three-point range in both recent games against Wheeling Jesuit (11-for-22) and West Liberty (13-for-26).

• It was the first time since Jan. 29-31, 2015 that CU shot 50 percent from behind the arc with at least 10 attempts.

• The opponents were West Virginia Wesleyan and Notre Dame.

• Earlier this season, Concord shot a season-best 56.5 percent (13-for-23) from three-point land at West Virginia State.

• Reed knocked down eight three-points with Miller and Sanchez hitting two and sophomore forward Babe Murphy adding one triple.

• Over the last two seasons, Concord is 5-0 against UVa.-Wise and West Virginia State with a win over WVSU already this season.

• In those game, the Mountain Lions are winning by an average of 18.8 points per game including a 23-point home win over WVSU and 15-point road victory against UVa.-Wise.

• At UVa.-Wise last season, senior forward Jametrius Wade finished with 12 points and eight points as CU outrebounded the Cavaliers 49-30.

• In his career against West Virginia State, Wade is averaging 18.3 points and 10 rebounds per game.

• Concord is 6-2 on the road this season and CU's ability to win away from the Carter Center is the Mountain Lions' premier scorers capability to average near or more points than their season average on the road in the six road wins.
 

Player	Total Points	Road Wins Points Per Game	Season Points Per Game
Aaron Miller	117	19.8	18.4
Michael Sanchez	73	12.1	9.8
Cam Shannon	31	5.1	5.6
Rob Reed	135	22.5	22.0
Jametrius Wade	71	11.8	13.9

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
7- Number of wins by CU that have come by less than 10 points including a 109-105 win at WVSU.

18- Number of fast break points by Concord against West Liberty, a season-high.

44- CU outrebounded UVa.-Wise by 44 in two games last year, 49-24 at home and 49-30 at Wise.

SCOUTING UVA.-WISE
• The Cavaliers are 3-13 overall, but one of those of wins came over King University, who was ranked 14th in the nation when UVa.-Wise beat them before Christmas.

• The Cavaliers are led by Matt Day who averages a double-double of 20.4 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game.

• Day is seventh in the MEC in scoring and third in rebounding.

• Day is one of three players in the conference, along with Concord's senior forward Terry Hopewell and West Virginia Wesleyan's Tanner McGrew, to average a double-double.

SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA STATE
• The Yellow Jackets are 5-10 overall and 3-7 in the MEC. WVSU's Markee Mazyck is right behind Reed in scoring in the MEC at 21.8 points per game which ranks fourth.

• As a team, West Virginia State is third in the league in block shots per game (4.2). Cody Morris is sixth in MEC in blocks per game (1.3).

• Mazyck scored 34 points earlier this season against the Mountain Lions.