WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The Concord University men's basketball team lost a 116-74 Mountain East Conference game to West Liberty Saturday afternoon at the ASRC.
The Mountain Lions (8-16, 5-13 MEC) hung tough with the 25
th-nationally ranked Hilltoppers (20-4, 15-3 MEC) through the first 10 minutes of the game as they found themselves down just eight, 25-17, at the under-10 media timeout.
A layup from freshman guard
Ethan Heller at the 9:06 mark of the first half got CU back to within single digits, 28-19, but it was the final time in the game Concord would have the deficit below 10 points. WLU outscored the Mountain Lions 41-18 in the final nine minutes of the opening half to grab a 69-37 lead.
West Liberty would go on to win by the 42-point margin.
Senior guard
Trey Brisco led CU with 14 points. Fellow senior guard
Martin Kelly Jr. added 11 points on 50 percent shooting (5-of-10). Junior forward
David Bea Mulumba had his second double-double in the last three games by finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Sophomore guard
Seth Brown had a career-best eight points off the bench.
WLU shot 56.6 percent from the field (47-for-83) while Concord was held to 38.1 percent (24-for-63). Pat Robinson had 32 points off the bench for the Hilltoppers.
Concord finishes up the road portion of its schedule at Davis & Elkins 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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