GLENVILLE, W.Va. – The Concord University men's basketball team was defeated by Glenville State, 89-74, Sunday afternoon at the Waco Center in a Mountain East Conference game.
Glenville State (11-7, 8-4 MEC) pulled away from the Mountain Lions (5-12, 3-9 MEC) pulled away from Concord just past the midway point of the first half. Sophomore guard
Brandon Kennedy connect on a three-pointer at the 11:07 mark of the first to trim CU's deficit to 20-17. However, the Pioneers scored 18 of the next 20 points in the contest to open up a 38-19 with 4:55 left in the first half.
CU was able to work Glenville State's lead to 14 points, 49-35, at halftime.
Junior guard/forward
Malik Johnson immediately hit a three-pointer after halftime to trim the deficit to 11 points, and less than four minutes into the second half the Mountain Lions were only down nine points after a dunk from senior guard
Martin Kelly Jr. But, the 53-44 deficit at the 16:24 mark was the closest Concord was able to get for the remainder of the game.
Johnson netted a team-best 15 points on 6-for-12 shooting. Kelly Jr. tossed in 12 points off the bench while junior forward
Liam Evans notched 11 points in 20 minutes of bench play. Freshman guard
Ethan Heller tallied 11 points and four assists.
After shooting 38.8 percent (14-for-36) in the first half, Concord made 50 percent (16-for-32) after halftime. CU finished shooting 44.1 percent (30-for-68). Glenville State hit on 43.9 percent (29-for-66), but made 19 three-pointers to Concord's six triples.
The Mountain Lions take on Notre Dame 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to finish a three-game road swing. Â
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