WHEELING, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team was unable to complete a second-half comeback as it fell to Wheeling, 64-58, Saturday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference game at the McDonough Center.
Down 33-25 at halftime, Concord (9-4, 6-2 MEC) trailed by as many as 11 points in third quarter, 40-29, before a 10-0 run catapulted the Mountain Lions back into the game. Sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn scored eight of the 10 points during the spurt while fellow sophomore guard
Gracie Robinson's layup at the 4:51 mark got CU to within, 40-39.
However, Wheeling (4-9, 3-5 MEC) held Concord scoreless for the remainder of the third quarter, and led 47-49 after 30 minutes.
The Cardinals maintained a lead of at least eight points until freshman guard Sasha Bats got an offensive putback at the 5:35 mark of the fourth quarter that sparked a 10-2 run. Senior forward
Madison May scored the next four points. Guynn hit two free throws and May came up with two more foul shots with 2:24 left to tie the score.
But on the ensuing trip down the floor for Wheeling, the Cardinals hit a three to put them up for good in the game.
Concord jumped out to an 11-8 lead five minutes into the game, but was held to two points over the remaining of the opening quarter, and trailed 14-13. WU outscored the Mountain Lions 19-12 in the second period to grab an eight-point halftime lead.
Robinson recorded her second career double-digit scoring game as she went for 16 points while adding 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Junior forward
Riley Fitzwater notched 13 points and 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
Guynn tallied 12 points.
CU takes to the road 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for a MEC contest against West Virginia Wesleyan.
