Conference play. Concord will then travel to Urbana on Tuesday to take on the Blue Knights. Notre Dame, after starting 3-6, are now winners of three straight games, including a tough matchup on the road at Glenville State.
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MOUNTAIN LION NOTES• While junior guard
Olivia Morgan has only made at most five three-pointers during a season in her career, she has started to find her range of late from downtown.
• The Richmond, Va. native has nailed five triples in her last threE games, on six attempts. This includes a three-for-three effort on the road at Fairmont State in her last game.
• Morgan had started the season 0-8 from beyond the arc, but her hot shooting has helped her reach double figures in her last two games.
• This includes a career-high 12 points at Shepherd on January 4th.
• While Concord is only shooting .380 from the field themselves, the Mountain Lions rank in the top three in the conference in both field goal percentage defense and three-point field-goal percentage defense.
• CU is forcing opponents to shoot just .390 from the field, which ranks third in the Mountain East behind the top two teams in the standings: West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit.
• Concord also ranks second behind the Hilltoppers in three-point field goal percentage defense, allowing their opponents to only shoot .288 percent from beyond the arc.
• Concord was very successful last season against the Blue Knights, posting a 2-0 record against their foes from Ohio.
• Senior forward
Kylie Molisee was crucial in Concord's 7-point road victory on November 24th of last season, posting a double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds.
• Concord then took care of business at home, defeating UU by 19 at the Carter Center on February 2nd. Molisee again was important, scoring
20 points for just the third time in her career on that night.
• Sunday and Tuesday's matchup vs. Notre Dame and Urbana marks Concord's sixth and seventh game that they have been on the road.
• CU will then return home to Athens for a two game stretch.
• However, once they return to the friendly confines of the Carter Center, they welcome second-place Wheeling Jesuit and first-place West Liberty to Athens.
• The two teams have a combined record of 21-3 and a combined 11-1 MEC record.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS5- Number of three-pointers made by
Olivia Morgan in her last three games. Morgan had made six three-pointers total in her career up to this season.
30- Minutes it took Molisee to get a double-double against Shepherd. She grabbed her 10th rebound just 30 seconds into the 4th quarter.
.460- The field goal percentage that Concord shot against Shepherd, its second highest mark of the season.
SCOUTING NOTRE DAME• The Falcons of Notre Dame have won three straight heading into Sunday's matchup, including a win at third-place Glenville State.
• Notre Dame is led by reigning Mountain East Conference Player of the Year Martha Nagbe, who leads the Falcons in scoring, assists, rebounds,
blocks, steals, and minutes played this year.
• She also was a First Team All-Atlantic Region member last season.
• Senior Lauren Langenderfer is also averaging double figures with 12.1 points per game.
SCOUTING URBANA• The Blue Knights are now off to a 4-6 start on the year, an improvement already from their 2014-15 campaign in which they finished 1-28.
• Danie Shafer poses as Urbana's biggest scoring threat, averaging 19.1 points per game.
• Megan Beachy also chips in 16 points per game for the Mountain East's third-ranked scoring offense.
• Shafer has also proved to be a marksman from behind the arc, shooting 39.4 percent from downtown to lead the MEC
