ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team held West Virginia Wesleyan to 17 first-half points as it defeated the Bobcats, 72-42, Saturday afternoon at the Carter Center in a Mountain East Conference game.
Prior to the game, senior forward
Madison May was recognized in a ceremony as the lone senior in the class of 2020 for CU.
May got off to a hot start as she scored 10 first-quarter points to get the Mountain Lions (18-8, 14-6 MEC) out to a 22-6 advantage after 10 minutes. However, WVWC (3-23, 1-19 MEC) hung around in the second quarter as Concord was only able to outscore Wesleyan 14-11 in the second period.
Out of halftime, the Bobcats trimmed the intermission lead of 19 points down to 15 at the 7:02 mark of the third quarter. However, CU held WVWC to six points over the remainder of the period while scoring 16 points of its own to a take a 51-28 lead into the fourth.
The Concord lead swelled to as much as 38 points, 69-31, at the 6:19 mark of the fourth quarter as May hit her next-to-last field goal to push her total to 22 points. The Mountain Lions settled for the 30-point win.
May finished her day with 24 points to go with seven rebounds. Junior forward
Riley Fitzwater recorded her 16
th double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn added nine points while junior forward
Tamra Scott came off the bench with seven points.
Early in the second half, May moved into fourth place on the all-time scoring list at CU, and now has 1,676 career points.Â
Ten different Mountain Lions scored in the game while sophomore guard
Gracie Robinson dished out five of the 12 Concord assists.
CU shot 45.2 percent (28-for-62) from the floor while holding Wesleyan to 26.2 percent (17-for-65). Concord owned a 46-34 advantage on the glass, and forced 17 WVWC turnovers.
The Maroon and Gray continues their three-game homestand to conclude the season as it welcomes West Virginia State to the Carter Center 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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