Concord Loses to Fairmont State, Bolte Goes Over 1,000 Points

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's basketball team dropped a tight contest to Fairmont State, 86-80, Saturday afternoon in Mountain East Conference play at the Carter Center.

After six ties, Fairmont State (18-6, 14-4 MEC) used a 14-1 run midway through the second half to gain separation from Concord (12-12, 8-10 MEC).

Junior guard Tommy Bolte completed a three-point play to tie the game at 56-56 with 10:41 left in the game. Fourteen of the next 15 points, however, belonged to FSU as it hit back-to-back three-pointers to start the run.

The Mountain Lions chipped away at the lead--that was double digits—to eight points after freshman forward Antonio Patterson collected a putback on the offensive boards with 2:52 remaining to make it 76-68. However, the Fighting Falcons scored four points in a row to push the lead back to 12.

A late three-pointer by Patterson with four second left cut the deficit to five points by a free throw with under two seconds remaining gave the game its final margin.
The first half was back-and-forth with neither leading by more than six points.

Back-to-back buckets from freshman forward Trey Shuff in the final minute of the first half worked CU's deficit down to 38-37 at the intermission. Concord extended its run to the second half with consecutive three-pointers to begin the half by Bolte and senior guard B.J. Hamlet.

The game featured two more ties before Fairmont State's run with under 10 minutes left.

Bolte became the 39^th member of the 1,000-point club at Concord by pouring in 39 points on 16-for-27 shooting. The Chillicothe, Ohio native also collected a double-double by pulling down 10 rebounds. He also added seven assists in the contest.

Junior forward Jafar Musa scored all 10 of his career-best points in the first half.

CU owned a 41-34 advantage on the glass. Sophomore forward Trey Brisco grabbed seven rebounds while freshman guard Darian Peterson followed with six boards.

The Mountain Lions continue their home stand 7:30 p.m. Thursday when it welcomes Notre Dame to the Carter Center.