BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team ran past Bluefield State, 75-45, Tuesday night at Ned Shott Gymnasium in a non-conference game.
The Mountain Lions (2-1) jumped out to a 24-12 lead after the first quarter as junior forward
Riley Fitzwater and senior forward
Madison May combined for 13 of the 24 points. BSC (1-1), though, did not go away quietly as it outscored Concord, 14-13, in the second quarter.
Holding the 11-point margin at halftime, CU began to slowly pull away from Bluefield State in the third quarter. With a 44-32 lead at the 6:24 mark, Fitzwater hit a layup that started a 13-2 run over the next five minutes. May scored six of the 11 points. Freshman guard
Nakaila Gray added a three-pointer in the spurt.
Up 23 going to the fourth quarter, the Blues were only able to work the deficit back under 20 points once more in the game—59-40 at the 8:23 mark fourth. From there, CU scored nine straight points to put the game out of reach. Sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn threw in seven of her 17 points during the run.
May finished with a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds to go with three steals. Fitzwater joined Guynn and May in double figures as she posted 14 points. Eleven different CU players scored in the contest.
The Mountain Lions shot 44.6 percent from the floor (25-for-56) while limiting BSC to 32.1 percent (18-for-56).
Concord welcomes UVa.-Wise to the Carter Center 6:00 p.m. Thursday for the season's home opener.
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