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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team embarks on a two-game road trip against Frostburg State 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Fairmont State 2:00 p.m. Saturday in a pair of Mountain East Conference games.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Live in-game statistics will be available for each courtesy of the Frostburg State and Fairmont State Sports Information Offices.
Video: Live streaming video will also be provided for the games involving Concord.
RECORDS
Concord is 13-7 this season and sits fourth in the MEC with a mark of 9-5.
Frostburg State is 3-17 overall and 2-12 against league foes.
Fairmont State is 11-9 overall and is tied for fifth in the MEC at 8-6.
WORKING OVERTIME
This past Saturday, Concord played in its fourth overtime game of the season as it outlasted Urbana, 92-90, at the Carter Center. It was also the second straight game with overtime for CU after it was edged at Notre Dame, 82-76, last Wednesday. The Mountain Lions are just one of two teams nationally in Division II—the other Saint Leo—to play in four overtime games this season. In the two overtime games last week, junior forward
Riley Fitzwater averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds while shooting at 82.6 percent (19-for-23). Three of Fitzwater's seven 20-point performances have come in overtime games this season.
ON THE DEFENSIVE
In a 63-53 win over Bluefield State in non-conference action Monday night, CU limited the Blues to 29.2 percent (19-for-65) from the floor. It marked the seventh time this year the Maroon and Gray has held an opponent to 30 percent or less from the field, including the first matchups with Frostburg State and Fairmont State in mid-December. Fairmont State shot 30.1 percent (25-for-83) while Frostburg State was at 30.4 percent (17-for-56) against Concord in an 82-55 win for the Mountain Lions. Fitzwater and senior forward
Madison May each had three blocks against BSC to help stymy the Blues.
PROVIDING A LIFT
After recording just four points in the loss at NDC, sophomore guard
Gracie Robinson netted 15 points—one off her career high—in the victory over Urbana and returned to score 11 points, aided by a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range, against Bluefield State. While Fitzwater, sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn and May are all averaging double figures scoring, Robinson is averaging 9.7 points per game since the calendar flipped to 2020. For the season, the Wytheville, Virginia native is posting 7.4 points per game. In addition to Robinson, Concord received a career-high 13 points from freshman guard
Jazz Blankenship at Notre Dame and junior guard
Keely Lundy just missed her first career double-double against Urbana with nine points and 11 rebounds.
EXTRA TIME NEEDED
One of the four overtime games for Concord this season came in a home win over Fairmont State, 81-74, December 11. Despite CU holding the Fighting Falcons to 30.1 percent shooting, FSU hit 10 three-pointers and forced 25 Concord turnovers to get the game to overtime. In a game that featured 42 fouls, four players fouled out (three for FSU). May had a line of 24 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and five blocks. Fitzwater finished with 23 points on 11-for-13 shooting, 14 rebounds and six blocks. Guynn recorded 17 points in 34 minutes before fouling out. Lundy added eight points and a career-best five assists. Not only did the game go to overtime, but it featured 15 ties and 21 lead changes. The 11 combined blocks by Fitzwater and May tied a team season-high in blocks for a game for Concord.
LET IT FLY
Even though both Concord and Frostburg State average under six made three-pointers per game, the teams combined for 16 three-pointers (eight each) in the first meeting this season. Guynn and Lundy paced CU's three-point barrage as the duo finished a combined 6-of-9 from beyond the arc. And as a team, the Mountain Lions were 53.3 percent (8-for-15) from three-point range. Concord forced the Bobcats into 28 attempts to get their eight triples. Victoria Diggs had three three-pointers for FSU. Both teams are very similar in three-point percentage with the Mountain Lions 32.1 and the Bobcats at 31.9.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
3- Concord has won three straight games over Fairmont State.
16- Consecutive games that CU has held an opponent below 45 percent shooting.
26- A season-high in made free throws for CU against Frostburg State in December.
FROSTBURG STATE AT A GLANCE
Diggs is the second-leading scorer for the Bobcats (13.3 points per game) behind Amanda Emory's 13.5 points per game. Frostburg State will unveil its newly-designed floor inside Bobcat Arena Thursday night. For previous home games this season, FSU has been playing at nearby Garrett College or Allegheny College. Just six of the 20 games this season have been played at either venue, representing a Frostburg State home contest. Emory finished with a team-best 14 points at Concord earlier this season. Ariana Briggs-Hall came off the bench to supply 10 points in 19 minutes of action. Led by Emory's 7.7 rebounds per game, Frostburg State has a +2.3 rebounding margin this year.
FAIRMONT STATE AT A GLANCE
The Fighting Falcons possess two of the top four three-point shooters in the MEC in Sierra Kotchman and Kamrin Weimer. The duo is tied for third in the conference in three-point percentage, shooting the ball at 40.5 percent from three-point range. Kotchman has connected on 75 three-pointers, tied for third in the MEC. All six of Kotchman's field goals at CU in December came from three-point range as she finished 6-for-12 from beyond the arc, but 0-of-8 inside the three-point line. Weimer hit four three-pointers against Concord. The lone starting forward for FSU, Rachel Laskody, had an impressive night at the Carter Center earlier in the season as she scored 16 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and recorded four blocks.
