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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University men's basketball tean closes out its regular season with a two-game week, hosting Charleston 7:30 p.m. Thursday on Senior Night before traveling to UVa.-Wise 4:00 p.m. Saturday.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics and live streaming video of Thursday's game. Meanwhile, the UVa.-Wise Sports Information Department will have live stats and live video of Saturday's contest. On Thursday, Jason Reed and
Steve Cox will provide live radio play-by-play of the contest between Concord and UC on 97.3 "Willie" FM and online at
www.mywillie.com.
To access the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click
here.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS
Concord starts the week tied with Urbana for the ninth spot in the MEC standings. The top 10 teams will mak the postseason next week at the Charleston Civic Center.
Concord owns the tiebreaker over both Urbana and UVa.-Wise via its home win over West Liberty.
In the event Concord finishes tied with Urbana OR UVa.-Wise for the final playoff spot and finishes tied head-to-head with both teams, CU would own the tiebreaker.
In the event, the Mountain Lions finish tied with Urbana AND UVa.-Wise. A three-team tiebreaker is laid out below from the Mountain East Conference.
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The three tied teams are looked at as a subset head-to-head versus the group. You would compare the records against all tied teams. In a three-team tie in the MEC schedule, the subset would be a 4-game record against the two teams with which a team is tied. If this breaks all ties, then the teams are ordered by record in the subset. In a scenario where Team A if 4-0, and Team B and Team C are both 1-3, then head-to-head is used between Team B and Team C using the two games they played against each other to break the secondary tie (in this case they obviously would be 1-1 against each other). Then proceed to the 2nd Tiebreaker.
In simplest terms, head-to-head continues to be used after initial ties are broken between more than two teams if ties remain.
2nd Tiebreaker: Record vs. Teams in Standings - 1st-12th place teams.
If a tie still exists after head-to-head comparisons, then in descending order the tied teams record is considered against other teams in the standings starting with 1st place.
vs. 1st place  TEAM A 0-2 | TEAM B 0-2
vs. 2nd place  TEAM A 1-1 | TEAM B 0-2
TEAM A wins 2nd tiebreaker. Â
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MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
CU is tied for ninth in the Mountain East Conference standings with Urbana at 6-14.
The Mountain Lions are 10-16 overall.
Charleston is 14-12 on the season and 8-12 in the MEC.
UVa.-Wise is chasing Concord and Urbana for the final spot in the MEC postseason as it sits at 5-17 in the league and 7-19 overall.
2-0 ROAD TRIP
The Mountain Lions won both games over the weekend by defeating Urbana 98-91 and beating Notre Dame 95-87.
It was the first time Concord won back-to-back MEC road games since February 4-6, 2016 when CU downed West Virginia Wesley and Glenville State in a three-day span.
Reigning MEC Player of the Week and sophomore guard
Tommy Bolte propelled the Maroon and Gray as he averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game.
The Chillicothe, Ohio native shot 56.5 percent (13-for-23) from the floor, 75 percent (6-for-8) from the three-point range and 89.4 percent (17-for-19) at the foul line.
After Saturday's win, Concord has won three straight true road games for the first time since the WVWC and GSC contests coupled with a UVa.-Wise road win January 21, 2016.
Senior forward
Stephen Thompson scored 19 points at NDC, marking the fifth time in the last time he has scored at least 10 points.
Senior guard
Aaron Miller went over 1,700 career points at NDC as he dropped in 27 points and 34 total on the weekend.
Miller now has 1,708 career points.
The Stephens City, Virginia native is 10th all-time in scoring at CU and needs 39 points to pass four time all-conference selection and current Concord golf coach
Will Johnson for ninth at Concord.
FOUR OF A KIND
Miller, senior guard
Michael Sanchez, senior guard
Cam Shannon and Thompson will be recognized prior to Thursday's game.
A three-year starter for the Mountain Lions, Miller ranks in the top 10 in school history in scoring (10th / 1,708), field goals made (10th / 626), three-point makes (fourth / 236) and free throw percentage (fourth / .842).
Sanchez, a two-year starter, has scored 585 points and handed out 244 assists.
The Salinas, Puerto Rico native is 18th in school history in assists.
Sanchez also went over 100 three-pointers in his career over the weekend, the 22nd player in school history to accomplish the feat.
Shannon, a fifth-year senior, will play in game 112 Thursday night, 17th most in school history.
Shannon's 76.4 free-throw percentage ranks 10th at Concord.
Thompson elevated his game from his junior season to his senior season as he went from averaging 1.8 points per game to 11.7 points per game.
Shannon has been a part of 76 wins.
Miller has walked away victoriously in 60 games at CU while Sanchez and Thompson has helped win 32 games in the last two years.
The 60 wins by CU in the four years is the most since 1994-1998 when it won 71. All four was on Concord's MEC Championship and NCAA Tournament team last season.
THREES COMPANY
Concord has knocked off Charleston in consecutive years at the Carter Center.
Two years ago, CU defeated the Golden Eagles 68-63.
Last year, then-senior guard
Rob Reed hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer as Concord won 69-66.
The Mountain Lions haven't beaten Charleston in three straight seasons at home since 2008-2011.
In last year's win at home, Miller provided 12 points while Sanchez scored eight points and handed out four assists. In the last two homes with the Golden Eagles, Concord and UC have been tied 14 times and the contests have featured a combined 12 lead changes.
CHERISHING THE ROCK
Since the calendar turned to February, CU has only averaged 10.1 turnovers per game.
Around the MEC, only West Liberty (7.5) and Shepherd (9.1) have fewer turnovers per game in the month of February. At Notre Dame, Concord committed just three turnovers.
It was the first time in over three years the Mountain Lions have had five or fewer turnovers in a game.
The last time CU accomplished the feat was at home against West Virginia Wesleyan January 30, 2014.
Shepherd is the only other team in the league to have three or fewer turnovers in a league game.
The Rams had three turnovers at Notre Dame on January 16.
COMEBACK KIDS
Concord faced deficits in both games last week, trailing by seven at halftime against Urbana, and trailing by two points at Notre Dame.
It was the first time since last year's home win against Shepherd and a road victory at West Virginia Wesleyan that CU has come back from halftime deficits to win consecutive games..
Last week, CU outscored UU and the Falcons by a combined 107-83 in the second half.
During Cocnord's streak of five wins out of six games, three wins have come when trailing at halftime. The other was a six-point deficit overcome at Glenville State.
SCOUTING CHARLESTON
UC has lost three straight contests ahead of Thursday's game at the Carter Center.
Elliott Cole returned to the Charleston lineup against Glenville State, scoring 29 points.
Cole is averaging 20 points per game and is shooting 42.5 percent from three-point range.
Earlier this season, Cole scored 32 points on 12-for-20 shooting and hit 6-of-9 three pointers against the Mountain Lions.
Justin Coleman is leading the MEC in rebounds per game (11.3). Coleman is one of four players in the league averaging a double-double, adding 12.3 points per game.
Keir Anderson is also scoring at least 10 points per game for UC (13.0).
SCOUTING UVA.-WISE
The Cavaliers are one game back of Concord and Urbana for the final playoff spot in next week's conference tournament.
UVa.-Wise's Taiwo Badmus is also averaging a double-double with 21.3 points per game and 10.1 rebounds.
At the Carter Center, Badmus scored 42 points and grabbed 13 rebounds against CU.
Dimitri Sousa is scoring 17.5 points per game while point guard Michal Seals is averaging 15.7 points per game and handing out 4.5 assists.
The Cavaliers will face West Virginia State Thursday night.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
4- Seniors that will be honored during the pregame Thursday night.
10- CU has won its last three Senior Night Games by at least 10 points.
218- Â Number of combined games played in by Miller and Shannon, most by a pair of teammates since James Doyle and Jon Griffin (1994-1998)
