Concord Seeks to Snap Losing Streak at Notre Dame, Urbana

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ATHENS, W.Va. - Trying to end a brief three-game losing streak, the Concord University men's basketball team plays 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Notre Dame before traveling to Urbana 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, ending a four-game road trip.

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MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• The Mountain Lions enter the weekend with a record of 8-4 overall and 3-3 in the Mountain East Conference.

• NDC has almost an identical record at 9-3 overall and 3-3 versus MEC foes.

• Meanwhile, Urbana is 1-10 overall and 0-6 in the league.

• With 12 games behind it in the season, CU has played half of its games away from the Carter Center this season, four away and two at neutral sites.

• The Mountain Lions are 4-2 when playing away from Athens.

• Most recently, Concord dropped a pair of road games at Shepherd and Fairmont State.

• CU was led by senior forward Terry Hopewell who averaged 21.5 points and 14 rebounds on the latest two-game road stint as he posted back-to-back double-doubles.

• In the last four MEC games, Hopewell and senior forward Jametrius Wade have gone to work against their post opponents.

• Hopewell is 27-for-40 (67.5 percent) from the field in his last four league contests. Wade isn't far behind with a 22-for-34 (64.7 percent) effort from the floor in his last four MEC games.

• Combined, the duo has posted a 66.2 field-goal percentage from the floor in the last four games versus MEC foes.

• Additionally, the 66.2 percent that Hopewell and Wade have combined to shoot is higher than both's season field-goal percentage.

• In his first year at Concord, Wade shot just 2-for-17 from behind the work as he did most of his work in the post and on second-chance points.

• However, in 2015-16, there's been a vast improvement from Wade from behind the arc.

• Attempting a modest 15 three-pointers, the Detroit, Michigan native has knocked down eight, including a career-high three three-pointers at Fairmont State.

• In fact, Wade is 6-for-9 from three-point range in his last three games.

• In four MEC match-ups with Notre Dame, the Mountain Lions have only won one, which was the most recent meeting in Athens last January.

• Concord came away with a 85-72 win over the Falcons as junior guard Aaron Miller scored 23 points on 8-for-12 shooting.

• Senior guard Rob Reed added 17 points off the bench. Hopewell posted 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.

• In four career games against NDC, Hopewell has three double-doubles and is averaging 14.2 points and 11.7 rebounds.

• While Concord is ranked in the top five in several key MEC statistical categories such as rebounding margin (second), scoring offense (fourth) and three-point percentage (fourth), what may go unnoticed is CU is fourth in the league in free-throw percentage.

• The Maroon and Gray is shooting 75.4 percent from the foul line.

• The Mountain Lions have five players who have shot at least 40 free throws this season and are at least 70 percent from the charity stripe led by Miller who is second in the MEC.

• Head coach Kent McBride is 4-0 in his career versus Urbana and the Mountain Lions have the same mark against the Blue Knights in the all-time series.

• Last season, Concord pulled out a seven-point win, 93-86, at Urbana before dominating UU in a 91-70 home victory.

• Miller poured in 22 points while Wade added 10 points at home

• Reed came off the bench to score 16 points and collect a career-high 11 rebounds in the game at the Carter Center
 

Player	FTM-FTA	Percentage
Aaron Miller	37-43	.860
Rob Reed	41-49	.837
Terry Hopewell	38-49	.776
Jametrius Wade	48-66	.727
Michael Sanchez	37-52	.712

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
6- Double-doubles for Hopewell this season, tied for second in the MEC.

20.6- Points the CU bench has averaged over the last three games, up from 13.2  ppg in the first nine games.

54.3- Field-goal percentage for Concord in two wins over Urbana last season.

SCOUTING NOTRE DAME
• Point guard Tyree Gaiter spearheads the attack for the the Falcons.

• Gaiter ranks third in the MEC in scoring (23.2 points per game) and is the best three-point shooter, connecting on 53.6 percent of his shots from behind the arc.

• Gaiter also leads the MEC in steals (2.7). Will Vorhees is averages a near double-double of 20.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per contest.

• NDC is coming off a two-game road trip where it knocked off MEC foes Glenville State and West Virginia Wesleyan.

• The Falcons have won four straight games.

SCOUTING URBANA
• The Blue Knights are in search of their first conference win.

• Urbana erased a 20-point halftime deficit on the road versus Glenville State in its most recent game, but fell to GSC late, 87-80.

• Freshman Jahmere Howze powers the Blue Knights, scoring 17.7 points per game and pulling down 6.2 boards per contest.

• Carlas Jackson (16.5) and Mike Newton (12.4) also average double figures in points.