ELKINS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team scored the final six points of the game as it clipped Davis & Elkins, 69-66, Wednesday night in Mountain East Conference action at the McDonnell Center.
With the game tied at 63-63 with 1:41 left in the game, the Senators (7-18, 6-13 MEC) banked in a three-pointer out a timeout to take a three-point advantage.
Still down by three with 49 seconds remaining, junior forward
Riley Fitzwater blocked away a Davis & Elkins shot attempt, and then ran the floor where sophomore guard
Gracie Robinson found here for a transition layup to get CU (17-8, 13-6 MEC) within a point.
After another defensive stop, senior forward
Madison May was fouled on a drive with seven seconds left and calmly hit both free throws. On the ensuing Davis & Elkins possession, it was unable to get the ball in bounds, and sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn sealed the win for Concord with two more foul shots.
Neither team led by more than three points for the duration of the second half after D&E had a 34-33 lead at halftime.
In the first half, Concord was forced to chase the lead as it went down 15-5 at the 2:15 mark of the first quarter. However, over the next 10 minutes the Mountain Lions outscored Davis & Elkins 27-11 to take their largest lead of the game, 32-26, with 2:09 left before halftime after a layup from freshman guard
Ashton Funderburg.
But, the Senators finished the first half on a 7-1 run to go up one at halftime.
May led all scorers in the game as she poured in 22 points with 20 coming in the second half. She also added five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Guynn netted 14 points. Junior forward
Tamra Scott came off the bench to score 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
The game featured 12 ties and 11 lead changes.Â
The Mountain Lions shot 46.6 percent (27-for-58) from the field while holding Davis & Elkins to 40.6 percent (26-for-64) shooting.
CU hosts West Virginia Wesleyan 2:00 p.m. Saturday for Senior Day.
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