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ATHENS, W.Va. -- The Concord University women's basketball team begins a four-game road trip 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Shepherd before facing Fairmont State at Joe Retton Arena 2:00 p.m. Saturday in a pair of Mountain East Conference games.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The Sports Information Departments of both Shepherd University and Fairmont State University will provide live in-game statistics.
Video: Live streaming will also be provided by both Shepherd and Fairmont State's Sports Information Departments.
RECORDS
CU is 17-5 this season and has a MEC record of 12-4 after an 84-69 setback to West Liberty.
Shepherd is .500, both overall—11-11—and in the MEC, 8-8.
Fairmont State is one game off the pace of SU at 10-12 overall and 7-9 in the conference.
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MAY GOING FOR 1K
Junior forward Madison May needs three points in Thursday's contest to become the 17th player in program history to reach 1,000 points in a career. May would become the first junior at CU to top 1,000 points since Jolysa Brown during the 2010-11 season. By scoring 20 points on Concord's road trip, May would move into 16th place on the all-time scoring, passing Amber Showalter in the process. Earlier this season, May had 25 points on 11-for-14 shooting in an 80-56 victory over Shepherd.
ROAD WARRIORS
Concord has posted a 10-3 mark at the Carter Center this season with just one regular-season home game remaining. But, the Mountain Lions have been just as impressive away from Athens as they are 6-1 in true road games and 7-2 in games not played at CU. The average margin of victory in the Mountain Lions' seven non-home wins is 17.0 including four by double-digits. The Maroon and Gray has won four straight road games entering this week with its last loss coming December 5 at MEC-leading Glenville State.
EXCLUSIVE COMPANY
Against Wheeling Jesuit on Thursday, sophomore forward Riley Fitzwater recorded her 200th career block and now has 207 for her career. Fitzwater is also approaching 700 career points and 600 career rebounds as she begins the week 696 points and 595 rebounds. The Glenville, West Virginia native would become the fifth active Division II player with 700 points, 600 rebounds and 200 blocks. Meanwhile, senior guard Emily Boothe joined an exclusive club last week as she became just the third player in program history with at least 900 points, 400 rebounds, 250 assists and 140 steals. Boothe ranks fifth in all-time assists at Concord (255) and is tied for 10th in steals (143).
RESERVE ROLE
Freshman forward Maggie Guynn continued her strong play by tying her career best with 14 points against West Liberty. All of Guynn's nine double-digit scoring games this season have come since January 3. The Narrows, Virginia native is averaging 10.7 points per game over the last 12 games for the Mountain Lions. In those same 12 games, the CU bench is averaging 20.5 points per game including a season-best 30 points against Fairmont State in an 87-69 victory. The bench effort in that contest was paced by sophomore forward Tamra Scott's career-high 17 points while Guynn added 10.
BEST PERFORMANCES
Two of Concord's best offensive games of the season came in the home wins over Shepherd and Fairmont State on January 10 and 12. The Mountain Lions shot 55.6 percent (35-for-63) versus SU as May was 11-for-14 while Fitzwater added a 9-for-14 showing and 20 points. Against Fairmont State, CU shot 50 percent (32-for-64) from the floor. The offensive effort was spearheaded by Scott who shot 8-for-12. Three other Concord players shot at least 50 percent from the field with at least five attempts: Fitzwater (3-for-6), Guynn (4-for-8) and sophomore forward Keely Lundy (3-for-5). The shooting percentage for CU was part of a four-game stretch where the Maroon and Gray was over 50 percent from the field.
TRIPLE THREAT
This weekend will feature the Mountain Lions going up against two of the best three-point shooters in the MEC. Shepherd's Kayla Tibbs is first in the conference in three-point percentage (45.8) and tied for second in three-pointers made (66). Against CU earlier this season, Tibbs was 4-for-6 from three-point range. Fairmont State's Sierra Kotchman is fourth in made triples this season (62) and sixth in percentage (37.8). Concord limited Kotchman to 1-for-4 from three-point range in the first contest. While Kotchman and Tibbs are dangerous from three-point range, senior guard Andreanna Pool is also one of the best shooters in the league. Pool is second in three-point percentage (44.5) and sixth in makes from distance (49). By going 0-for-1 against West Liberty from three-point range, Pool snapped a 12-game streak with at least one made three-pointer. Pool was a combined 4-for-10 from three-point range against Shepherd and FSU the first time this season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
110- By playing in both games this weekend, Boothe would become the 12th player in program history to play in 110 games.
18- Rebounding margin for CU against Fairmont State from earlier this season.
11- Steals by Concord versus Shepherd as it forced 18 total turnovers and had 18 points off turnovers.
SHEPHERD AT A GLANCE
Though she didn't play in Athens against the Mountain Lions, guard Kari Lankford is averaging 12 points, 6.5 rebounds and eight rebounds per game for Shepherd this season. Tibbs and Sydney Clayton are tied for the team lead in scoring at 17.1 points per game—ninth in the MEC. Clayton adds 7.5 rebounds per game. The Rams are fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (45.7). Shepherd is first in the MEC in three-point percentage (38.9), but make just over five three-pointers per game (5.1) ranking ninth in the MEC.
FAIRMONT STATE AT A GLANCE
Kotchman leads three FSU players in double figures. The reigning MEC Freshman of the year averages 17.4 points per game while Rachel Laskody adds 15.6 and Brooke Kurucz is scoring 13.2 points per game. Fairmont State comes into the week having won three of its last four games after starting 2019 by dropping five of seven contests. The Fighting Falcons are second in the conference in free-throw shooting (74.9 percent).
