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WHEELING, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team appears in its first conference semifinal since 2012 when it faces Charleston 2:15 p.m. Saturday at the Mountain East Conference Tournament inside WesBanco Arena.
LIVE COVERAGE
Audio: Jason Reed and
Steve Cox will have live radio play-by-play coverage on 94.5 "Willie" FM and online at www.mywillie.com
Stats: The Mountain East Conference is providing live statistics for all MEC Tournament Game.
Video: WVMetronews in conjunction with the MEC will have live streaming video of all games at the MEC Tournament.
RECORDS
Concord is 23-6 this season.
UC is one game better at 24-5.
SPECIAL SEASON
Two weeks after setting the record for most regular season wins with 20 at Urbana, the Mountain Lions broke the record for wins in year with their 76-62 win over UVa.-Wise in the MEC Quarterfinals. This season is the fourth 20-win season for head coach
Kenny Osborne in his 19
th season at CU. Thursday's victory over UVa.-Wise also marked the first MEC Tournament win for Concord and the first tournament win since 2012 when it defeated Charleston in the WVIAC Quarterfinals.
IT'S A GAME OF RUNS
The Mountain Lions had three different scoring runs against the Cavaliers in which Concord outscored UVa.-Wise by at least 10 points. CU closed the first half on a 21-3 scoring run. Junior forward
Madison May contributed a personal 8-0 run. Concord opened the third quarter on a 16-6 run and closed the game on a 16-5 spurt after the Cavaliers had closed to within 60-57 of the Maroon and Gray. May finished with 23 points in the contest which is the fourth-highest total through the first two rounds of the MEC Tournament in 2019. The highest scoring game is Shepherd's Kayla Tibbs' 43 points against West Virginia State. West Liberty's Morgan Brunner had 32 points against Notre Dame and NDC's Sein Adachi had 29 points in the same game.
SUPPLEMENTAL SCORING
May led all scorers in Thursday's game while senior guard
Andreanna Pool added 16 points and sophomore forward
Riley Fitzwater notched 12 points. All three players are averaging double figures this season. Sophomore forwards
Keely Lundy and
Tamra Scott each just missed double figures with eight points. Coming into Thursday's game, Lundy was averaging just 4.5 points per game and had only scored eight or more points in three of her last 12 games. Meanwhile, Scott tallied eight of Concord's 12 bench points and it was also third time in six games Scott had at least seven points off the CU bench. In the Mountain Lions' 77-71 overtime win at Charleston, Lundy hit all four three-point attempts and finished with 12 points—her most recent double-digit scoring game this season. Freshman forward
Maggie Guynn also provided a spark off the bench with 13 points at Charleston.
TAKE IT AWAY
CU forced UVa.-Wise into 19 turnovers and came away with 10 steals. May led the way with a career-best six steals in the win. The Athens, West Virginia native became the first player in over two seasons with five or more steals in a contest. Pool collected two steals in the game. In the last five games, the Mountain Lions have 10 or more steals in three contests. In two of the last three contests, Concord has forced 19 turnovers. The last time the Maroon and Gray forced 20 turnovers was at Charleston when they made UC turn the ball over 23 times. May had four steals in that particular game with senior guard
Emily Boothe tabulating three steals.
SILVER NUMBER
Thursday marked the 25
th time this season Concord has held an opponent below 45 percent shooting. The Mountain Lions are 22-3 when they limit opponents to 45 percent or less from the floor. One of those losses is an 82-57 setback in November to UC. However, in January's overtime win CU stymied the Golden Eagles to 42.2 percent from the field. Concord leads the MEC in field goal percentage defense at 38.0 percent, but Charleston is right behind at 38.4 percent. Furthermore, Charleston is first in the conference in scoring defense (63.8) while Concord is third at 71.1 points per game.
CHARITY STRIPE STEPPING
The Mountain Lions attempted 26 free throws against UVa.-Wise as they shot 18-for-26. Since the start of February—a span of 10 games—Concord has attempted 25 or more free throws in seven contests. CU has also attempted more free throws in nine of those 10 games than its opponents with the lone exception being the West Virginia State contest last week. Additionally, Concord is outscoring its opponents by an average 16.2-10.2 in those same 10 games at the foul line. The Mountain Lions are 13-0 this season when they shoot at least 25 free throws in a game.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
3- Rebounding advantage for Concord in its win at Charleston, 37-34.
7- Minutes CU held Charleston scoreless to end the fourth quarter and force overtime at 61-61.
116- By stepping onto the floor Saturday afternoon, Boothe will become the program's all-time leader in games played with 116.
CHARLESTON AT A GLANCE
The Golden Eagles possess the MEC's second-leading scorer in Raziyah Farrington at 22.4 points per game. The Western Carolina transfer also shoots 61.8 percent from the field, second in the conference behind CU's Fitzwater. As a team, Charleston is top 10 nationally in field goal percentage at 49.4 percent. Detroit Mercy transfer Gracie Roberts is top five in the league in both assists (5.1) and steals (2.5), but also turns the ball over at 4.3 per game. Anna Hayton had a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds in Charleston's win over Concord and added another double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds in the second meeting.
