ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's basketball team came up short in its second-half comeback as Frostburg State hung on for a 62-58 win Saturday night in a Mountain East Conference game at the Carter Center.
Both teams got off to a cold start from the field as Frostburg State (3-7, 2-4 MEC) held a 19-16 edge with 6:57 left in the first half. The Bobcats finished the first half on an 18-5 run as Concord trailed 37-23 at the intermission.
FSU continued its spurt into the second half as it led 42-25 with 18:06 remaining in the game. However, the Mountain Lions ripped off the next 16 points in the next 4:51 to close within 42-41 of Frostburg State.
The Bobcats kept Concord from taking the lead, but at the same time CU kept Frostburg State within striking distance. Still trailing 55-48 with 6:16 remaining, the Mountain Lions scored eight of the next 10 points to close within 57-56. Senior guard
Trey Brisco and senior guard
Martin Kelly Jr. combined to go 4-for-4 from the free throw line while junior guard/forward
Malik Johnson completed an old-school, three-point play.
After a turnover by Frostburg State at the 2:46 mark, Johnson followed up a Concord missed three-pointer with a slam dunk to give CU its first lead of the game with 2:25 remaining. However, the lead was short lived as Frostburg State scored on its next possession.
A missed three-point with six seconds left, and one FSU foul shot sealed the game for Frostburg State.
Brisco pumped in 16 points and added seven rebounds. Johnson and freshman guard
Ethan Heller scored 15 and 11 points, respectively. Kelly tallied 10 points and eight rebounds.
Junior forward
David Bea Mulumba grabbed 10 boards.
Concord plays an exhibition at Akron 2:00 p.m. Sunday. The next regular season game for CU comes January 8 against West Liberty at the Carter Center with a 7:30 p.m. start.
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