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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University men's basketball team will play a game away from the Carter Center for the first time in over a month when it visits Wheeling Jesuit 3:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon before traveling across Ohio County in the Northern Panhandle to take on West Liberty 6:30 p.m. Monday.
LIVE COVERAGE
Both the Wheeling Jesuit and West Liberty Sports Information Departments will provide live video and live statistics for the games away from the Carter Center. To access the live coverage, follow the link at the top of the page or click
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MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
CU is 5-9 overall and 1-7 in the MEC.
Meanwhile, both West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit are 13-1 overall and 7-1 against league foes.
The Hilltoppers are ranked fourth in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Poll while WJU is slotted sixth.
A FIRST FOR THE SEASON
Even though the Mountain Lions dropped a two-point decision to Urbana, 73-71, Tuesday night at the Carter Center, senior forward
Stephen Thompson collected his first career double-double by scoring 20 points and notching 12 rebounds.
It was the first double-double of the season for a CU player and the first since
Terry Hopewell and
Jametrius Wade each had double-doubles in the MEC Championship game in 2016.
Senior guard
Michael Sanchez tallied 14 points in the loss to run his consecutive games streak of 10 or more points to four.
It was the first time this season the Salinas, Puerto Rico has scored double digits four games in a row.
Furthermore, Sanchez has never put together five straight games of at least 10 points.
MILESTONE WATCH
To start the road trip, senior guard
Aaron Miller is 30 points shy of scoring 1,500 for his career.
Miller would be the 11th player in program history to notch 1,500 points in a Concord career.
By scoring 11 points against UU, the Stephens City, Virginia native passed Lewis Muse for 11th on the all-time scoring list at CU.
The last player to score 1,500 points in a Concord career was Brian Atkins (2000-04).
Miller is averaging 14.4 points per game in seven career contets versus WJU and has scored an average of 13.1 points per game in seven meetings against WLU.
When senior guard
Cam Shannon steps on the floor at WJU Saturday afternoon, it will be the 100th career appearance in a CU uniform for the Beckley, West Virginia native.
Shannon will become the first CU player to notch 100 appearance in the Maroon and Gray since Mike Boyd played in 114 contests from 2011-15.
Junior guard
B.J. Hamlet needs six makes from three-point range to amass 100 for his Mountain Lion career.
Additionally, a total of eight successful three-pointers would place Hamlet in the top 20 at Concord with 102.
In his career, Hamlet has made 17 three-pointers in nine games against West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit including six three years ago at WLU.
THREE-POINT BARRAGE
Despite shooting just below their season average of 38.4 percent versus UU, the Mountain Lions moved into the top-spot in the MEC in three-point shooting percentage.
CU overtook Fairmont State by .02 for first in the league.
Additionally, Concord and West Liberty are tied for first in the league and tied for 15th nationally in three-pointers made per game (10.6).
Over the last four games, Concord has made 39 three-pointers.
The only other four-game stretch this season with more made three-pointers was the first four games of the campaign that featured 51 made three-pointers.
If CU continues at its current pace, the Mountain Lions will have 296 made three-pointers to end the regular season, the most ever to end a regular season in program history.
GLASS CLASH
 Saturday's contest at Wheeling Jesuit will feature two of the best rebounding teams in the MEC.
WJU has the best rebounding margin in the league (+6.5) while the Mountain Lions rank fourth in the conference (+2.9).
The teams have only been separated by eight rebounds (198-190) over the last five meetings with WJU owning a 3-2 edge in winning the rebounding margin for the contests.
Of its eight league games this season, CU has only lost the battle on the boards twice.
The list includes a +10 margin with Fairmont State who at the time had a rebounding margin of +4.7 and a 43-43 draw with NDC who has a +2.9 rebounding margin.
WE MEET AGAIN
Concord and West Liberty played each other four times last season with the teams splitting the meetings.
Each team won on its home floor in the regular season. CU defeated WLU 92-90 in a double overtime instant classic at the MEC Tournament.
The Hilltoppers won the final meeting of the season, a 90-69 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament one week after the game at the league tournament.
While the rosters look differently with Hopewell,
Rob Reed,
Taylor Smith and Wade gone for CU and one of WLU's best players ever, Seger Bonifant, having exhausted his eligibility, these two teams produce points when they play each other.
The Mountain Lions are averaging 92.0 points per game in its last six games versus West Liberty.
Additionally, Concord has made 9.5 three pointers per game in those six contests.
SCOUTING WHEELING JESUIT
The Cardinals may be the most balanced team in the conference with four players averaging at least 13 points per game and seven players averaging more than seven points per contest.
Pat Moseh is WJU's leading scorer (15.1).
Haywood Highsmith has the third-best field goal percentage in the MEC (.566) and is scoring 14.6 points per game.
Highsmith is also third in the league in rebounds per game (11.0).
Wheeling Jesuit's lone loss was a three-point overtime defeat at home against Fairmont State.
SCOUTING WEST LIBERTY
WLU has won 27 consecutive home games, and in those games the Hilltoppers are winning by an average of 28.6 points per game.
Two-sport Purdue transfer Dan Monteroso (also a wide receiver on the football team) is the Hilltoppers' leading scorer, averaging 19.1 points per game.
Monteroso is also shooting 65.3 percent from the field, second best in the MEC.
Big man Zac Grossenbacher is posting near a double-double every night with 12.4 points per game and 9.6 rebounds per contest.
David Dennis is leading the conference in both assists (6.4) and steals (2.7) per game.
West Liberty's only loss this season came at nationally-ranked Fairmont State, 86-81.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
3- Assists need by Sanchez to become the 23rd player in program history to reach 200 assists for a career.
25-  Consecutive games with at least five made three-pointers for Concord.
88.6- Free throw percentage for Miller. The single season record at CU is 89.4 by Thad Breckenridge in 1994-95.
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