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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team plays its first home games in more than a month when it welcomes Wheeling Jesuit to the Carter Center 5:30 p.m. Thursday before playing West Liberty 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
LIVE COVERAGE
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RECORDS
CU is 4-7 this season and 2-6 against Mountain East Conference foes.
Wheeling Jesuit has posted a record of 6-7 overall and 4-4 in the MEC.
Meanwhile, WLU is 5-9 this season and also 4-4 versus league foes.
WELCOME BACK
The Mountain Lions have not played a home game since December 5 when they took on Glenville State.
Concord will go 36 days between home games, but two years ago the Maroon and Gray went 41 days between home games that span the Christmas break.
CU hosted West Virginia Wesleyan December 5, 2015 and did not play at home again until January 16, 2016 versus Wheeling Jesuit.
ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
Freshman forward
Riley Fitzwater posted her sixth double-double of the season with 19 points and 17 rebounds in CU's loss at Fairmont State.
Additionally, Fitzwater was 12-for-19 from the floor in games against Shepherd and FSU last week.
The Glenville, West Virginia native leads all of Division II in field goal percentage at 71.6 percent (63-for-88).
Fitzwater is seventh in the nation in rebounds per game (11.4) and ranks third among freshmen in double-doubles.
When it comes to MEC leaders, Fitzwater is first in blocked shots with 35 and is tied for first in rebounding.
MILESTONES
Senior guard
Danielle Catron stands 23 points shy of 1,000 for her career.
She would become the 16th player in program history to achieve the feat.
This season, Catron is averaging 11.5 points per game.
Additionally, Catron is just four made field goals away from 400 career made shots.
The Marion, Virginia native would be the 10th player in school history to make 400 field goals and the first since Andrea Bertrand in the 2013-14 season.
Catron and fellow senior guard
Lindsey Overbey are also approaching 100 career games played in the Maroon and Gray.
Catron has logged time in 95 games while Overbey has played one more game.
The last set of teammates to play in 100 or more games were Rachel Artrip and Jacqueline Kester from 2011-2015.
That particular duo played 218 combined games. Only 16 Concord players have seen action in at least 100 games over the last 25 years.
SHOOTING THE LIGHTS OUT
The Mountain Lions enter Thursday's game ranked first in the MEC in field goal percentage--45.3.
And CU is third in the Atlantic Region in field goal percentage behind Indiana (Pa.) who has a mark of 47.2 percent and West Chester's 46.5 percent.
Concord has four players currently shooting 44 percent or better from the field. Fitzwater paces the group followed by sophomore forward
Madison May at 53.6 percent (67-for-125), junior guard
Emily Boothe at 46.0 percent (23-for-50) and Catron at 44.1 percent (49-for-111).
Over the last four games, Boothe has raised her shooting percentage from 35.2 percent to the current number.
The Riner, Virginia native is 11-for-16 over the last four contests.
SHARED EFFORT
Concord sits third in the conference in rebounding margin (+3.0) ahead of Thursday's contest against Wheeling Jesuit.
The Mountain Lions have three players averaging at least five rebounds a game.
Fitzwater is grabbing 11.4 rebounds per game. May is adding 7.5 boards per contest, and senior forward
Heather Chapman pulls down 5.0 rebounds per game.
The only other teams in the MEC with three more players averaging five rebounds are Glenville State and West Liberty.
The last time CU finished a season with a positive rebounding margin was 2011-12 when it posted a mark of +4.8 on the glass.
FIRST TIMERS
Concord knocked off West Liberty 81-54 at home last season.
It was the first time the Mountain Lions had beaten WLU at the Carter Center since both schools became Division II institutions in 1994.
Overall, CU has only defeated the Hilltoppers three times in the last 24 years.
The win last season was Concord's second largest of the entire 2016-17 season.
Catron scored 20 points to pace the Mountain Lions while Chapman added 12 points.
The Maroon and Gray held West Liberty 32.7 percent from the floor, the lowest for a CU opponent since December 2015 against Davis & Elkins.
It was also the lowest shooting percentage for WLU since February 1, 2014 against Charleston.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
3- Games this season for Fitzwater with six blocks.
6- Fitzwater's six double-doubles are the most for a Concord player since Kylie Molisee had nine two year ago.
20- Â CU has four players with at least 20 assists this season, one of five teams in the MEC to do so.
WHEELING JESUIT AT A GLANCE
The Cardinals have won two straight games and four of their last six contests.
Wheeling Jesuit is led by the senior backcourt duo of Monica Burns and Mariah Callen who have combined to score 32.7 points per game and have knocked down 66 three-pointers.
Chenelle Moore is tied with Fitzwater for the MEC lead in rebounding at 11.4 per game and averages a double-double, scoring 14.8 points per contest.
WJU is second in the conference in three-point shooting percentage (36.9).
WEST LIBERTY AT A GLANCE
Longtime West Liberty assistant Kyle Cooper is in his first season guiding the Hilltoppers.
WLU is second in the MEC in scoring, averaging 77.0 points per game.
WLU snapped a three-game losing streak with a win at home against Charleston.
Marissa Brown is second in scoring in the MEC at 21.4 points per game and is adding 9.1 rebounds per contest.
West Liberty travels to UVa.-Wise Thursday before visiting Concord Saturday.
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