CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team fell in a Mountain East Conference road game to Charleston, 63-42, inside the Wehrle Center Wednesday night.
The Mountain Lions (11-5, 8-3 MEC) got off to a fast start as they shot 50 percent (7-for-14) in the first quarter. Aiding the hot shooting in the opening 10 minutes was four three-pointers from four different  players—freshman guard
Jazz Blankenship, sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn, senior forward
Madison May and sophomore guard
Gracie Robinson.
Holding an 18-15 lead going into the second quarter, CU was outscored 21-8 by Charleston (13-4, 8-3 MEC) in the final 10 minutes of the first half.
At the intermission, Concord trailed 36-26.
The Mountain Lions were able to get the deficit to eight points two different times, and kept UC from extending the lead in the period.
After a layup from junior forward
Tamra Scott in the final 30 seconds of the third, Concord trailed 49-40, heading to the final 10 minutes. However, the Scott two-point field goal was as close as the Mountain Lions would get for the remainder of the game.
May was the lone CU player to finish in double figures as she finished with a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds as well as a game-high six assists.
Guynn added nine points. Junior forward
Riley Fitzwater only scored five points, but tallied nine rebounds and four blocks.
The Mountain Lions continue their three-game road trip at Glenville State 2:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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