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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team returns home for a game against UVa.-Wise before traveling to Institute, West Virginia for an afternoon clash against West Virginia State.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game video as well as live statistics for Thursday night's contest with UVa.-Wise. The West Virginia State Sports Information Department will have live statistics for Saturday's road game. To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click
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MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
Concord enters the matchups at 2-12 overall, (1-9 MEC).
UVa.-Wise enters the game at 13-5 overall, (8-2 MEC).
West Virginia State, who defeated Concord 100-87 in its earlier matchup in Athens, enters the game at 8-8, with a 6-4 mark in MEC play.
PLAYING FAST
Concord started well in the home matchup against West Virginia State this season, taking a 10-point lead after the first quarter after shooting a blistering 78.9 percent from the field.
Four Concord players finished perfect from the field in the first quarter, junior guard
Danielle Catron (4-4), and junior guard
Lindsey Overbey (3-3), sophomore guard
Emily Boothe and freshman guard
Taylor Baltimore each made their only field goal of the quarter.
Two other Concord players missed just one shot from the half, with junior center
Alley Odell and junior forward
Heather Chapman each going 2-for-3 in the quarter.
Concord outscored the Yellow Jackets 27-16 in fast break points. The game featured nine lead changes throughout.
LOWERY'S FREE THROW EFFICIENCY
Senior guard
Alexis Lowery has been extremely efficient from the charity stripe this season, posting an 83.6 percent conversion rate from the line.
The percentage puts Lowery in the top five in the Mountain East in free throw percentage, and currently puts the Dandridge, Tennessee native on pace for the third highest mark in Concord single-season history.
Renee Gagnier posted 89.5 percent and 85.7 percentages in back-to-back seasons from 2002-03 and 2003-04.
A YEAR'S DIFFERENCE
Concord's last meeting with West Virginia State was a shootout, with the two teams combining for 187 points.
Last season's meeting in Institute however, garnered completely different numbers.
The Mountain Lions prevailed in a 66-60 victory.
Lowery exploded for a then career-high 18 points, breaking her previous career-high of 11 points while also adding four rebounds and four assists.
Catron also posted the first 20-point game of her career that day, going 9-for-13 from the field while scoring 21 points to help CU earn its first conference win of the season.
In last year's matchup, 48 total field goals were made between the two teams. In the matchup between the two teams in Athens this year, the two teams made a combined 66 field goal attempts.
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
Concord is shooting 41.9 percent from the field this season.
If the Mountain Lions continue their current pace this season, it would be the first time the Mountain Lions have posted a field goal percentage since the 2011-12 season when they shot 41.7 percent from the field.
CU boasts six players who are currently shooting over 40 percent from the field: freshman forward
Madison May (.488), Catron (.485), Odell (.452), junior guard
Lindsey Overbey (.451), junior guard
Emily Boothe (.436), and Lowery (.422).
The last Concord teams to shoot over 41.9 percent was the 2009-10 team that shot 42.1 percent from the field.
SCOUTING UVA.-WISE
The Cavaliers have equaled their win total from last season, posting a 13-5 record to date.
UVa.-Wise sits in third in the Mountain East Conference standings, but are coming off of a narrow loss at Wheeling Jesuit on Monday.
The Cavaliers are undefeated at home, but actually have a 4-5 record away from the Prior Center.
UVa.-Wise has been winning with defense, giving up a league-low 59.8 points per game, but only ranking 10th in the league in scoring at 67.3 points per game.
SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA STATE
On the opposite end of the spectrum, West Virginia State has been scoring at a rapid rate, averaging 89.4 points per game.
However, WVSU has also given up 88.7 points per game.
The Yellow Jackets boast five players that score in double figures.
Aurreshae Hines leads the Yellow Jackets in points and assists. Hines scores 15.3 points per game, while adding 5.8 assists per game.
WVSU makes almost 12 three-pointers per game.
