Concord Concludes Regular Season at UNC-Pembroke

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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University football team finishes the 2016 season with its only non-conference game of the year when it travels to UNC-Pembroke 2:00 p.m. Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The UNC-Pembroke Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics for Saturday's game.
Video: UNC-Pembroke will also have live streaming video of the game on its YouTube channel.

All live coverage can be accessed at the top of the page or above.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
The Mountain Lions fell by seven points, 52-45, in an offensive shootout last week at West Virginia State.

Concord is now 2-8 on the season and finished 2-8 in the Mountain East Conference.

Senior quarterback Brian Novak eclipsed 400 yards for the second time in his career as he tossed for 403 yards and five touchdowns.

His five scoring throws tied a career-high which was previously set in the 2014 season against WVSU.

Senior wide receiver Jermeil Douse found the end zone three different times to set a personal-best in touchdowns scored in a single game.

For the game, Douse hauled in nine receptions for 168 yards as moved into fourth all-time at CU in career receptions with 128.

Additionally, the St. Petersburg, Florida native also surpassed 2,000 receiving yards in his career.

In his time in the Maroon and Gray, Douse has 2,149 yards receiving to go along with 12 touchdowns which ties for 10th on the all-time list at Concord.

Fellow senior wide receiver Davon McGill continued his strong finish to his final season at CU.

Against the Yellow Jackets, McGill scored three times, two through the air and once on the ground.

McGill finished with six receptions for 158 yards and two rushes for 62 yards and one score. McGill set a new single-game career high in receiving yards.

Douse and McGill combined for 425 of Concord's 601 yards of offense as the Mountain Lions racked up more than 600 yards of offense for the first time since 2014 against West Chester in the second round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs.

After Saturday, CU has now been involved in the lowest-scoring Mountain East Conference game, 14-10 against Notre Dame (24 points) and the highest-scoring game (97 points) with West Virginia State.

Concord had some notable defensive performances at WVSU.

Sophomore linebacker Zach Malone tallied 13 tackles to reach 100 tackles for the season.

Malone is the 11th player in the Maroon and Gray to amass 100 or more tackles in a season and the first since Jake Lilly in 2013.

Malone also forced his third fumble of the season against the Yellow Jackets to tie junior defensive back Jeremiah Johnson among others for seventh on the career list at Concord.

Senior defensive back Akil Bordelon recorded double-digit tackles for the third time this season as he collected 10 stops while he also intercepted his fifth pass in 2016.

Bordelon is now tied for the league lead in interceptions.

Furthermore, the Oakland, California native becomes the sixth Concord player in the last seven seasons to intercept at least five passes in a single season.

Junior defensive back Chaudlier Shepherd climbed into all-time rankings for passes defended at Concord by batting down a pass at West Virginia State.

For his career, Shepherd is now tied for seventh at CU in passes defended with 19.

Senior defensive lineman Darryl Johnson accumulated seven tackles to move to within five tackles of 200 for his career.

The Port Deposit, Maryland native would become the third Concord player to notch 200 tackles in a career in the last two seasons.

Last year, linebacker Austin Dotson and defensive lineman Ervin Moore eclipsed 200 tackles before graduating after the 2015 season.

Going into Saturday's game, Douse will try to become the Mountain Lions' first receiver to catch 50 passes in a single season since Randall Hawkins and Ansel Ponder hauled in 52 and 61 receptions, respectively, in 2012.

Douse has 48 catches this season and is one shy of matching last year's total of 49.

Novak will be seeking to accomplish a major milestone Saturday when he suits up in the Maroon and Gray of Concord for the final time at UNC-Pembroke

Novak needs 359 more yards to pass for 10,000 yards in his career.

The College Park, Maryland native has tossed for 359 or more yards four times in his career.

The Mountain Lions and UNC-Pembroke have matched up four times in the past, but have not met since the the 2010 season when the Mountain Lions won 30-26.

The teams met for four straight years (2007-10) with each team winning at home and on the road.

SCOUTING UNC-PEMBROKE
The Braves come into Saturday's game ranked 16th in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Poll with an 8-1 mark.

A week prior to the Mountain Lions visiting West Virginia State, UNCP defeated the Yellow Jackets, 44-14.

This past week, UNC-Pembroke were idle.

The Braves do not have a conference affiliaton, but despite not being in a conference are ranked fourth in Super Region Two.

UNC-Pembroke is averaging 37.4 points per game and 427.9 yards of offense per contest.

Quarterback Patrick O' Brien has passed for 2,437 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2016.

Wide receiver BJ Bunn has caught nine touchdowns throw by O'Brien and is closing in on a 1,000-yard season as he has 55 receptions for 855 yards to go along with the nine touchdowns.

With only 36 tackles, Aarace Brooks has had one-fourth of his tackles result in loss and has also added 3.5 sacks this season.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD...
A Concord win would give the Mountain Lions a win in the regular season finale for the third year in a row.

A Concord win would make CU 4-1 in it last five non-conference games.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
5-  Number of players in the region with 100 tackles on the season including Malone with 100.

10-  Number players in the region with five interceptions this season, a group including Bordelon.

13-  Active Division II quarterbacks who have at least 70 touchdowns including Novak with 72.