FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team outscored Lock Haven 25-5 in the second quarter on its way to an 86-60 win over the Bald Eagles Saturday afternoon at the MEC-PSAC Challenge at Joe Retton Arena.
The Mountain Lions (1-1) were down 17-14 after the first quarter, but stifled LHU (0-2) in the second quarter. CU scored the first 11 points of the second period before Lock Haven got on the board at the 5:31 mark of the quarter. Sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn had eight of her game-high 19 points in the first four minutes of the second to spark the Concord run.
In the next five minutes, junior forward
Riley Fitzwater and senior forward
Madison May combined for 10 points while Concord held the Bald Eagles to a 1-for-19 from the field in the second quarter to take a 39-22 lead into halftime.
After Lock Haven got the CU lead down to 14 points, 44-30, with 7:39 left, the Mountain Lions shot its lead over 20 points for the first time in the game, 53-32, at the 3:58 mark of the third quarter on two of junior forward
Tamra Scott's third quarter points.
Concord's lead grew to as much as 38, 77-39, points after a three-pointer by junior guard
Keely Lundy in the first two minutes of the fourth before settling for the 26-point victory.
The Mountain Lions shot 50 percent (27-for-54) for the game while holding LHU to 27.4 percent (20-for-73).
Guynn led five Concord players in double figures. May added 16 points. Fitzwater notched a double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds.
On the power of her third-quarter outburst, Scott had 12 points. Lundy was a perfect 4-for-4 from three-point range for 12 more points.
The Mountain Lions travel to county rival, Bluefield State, 6:00 p.m. Tuesday.
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