FROSTBURG, Md. – The Concord University women's basketball team was stymied in a 54-51 loss to Frostburg State Thursday night in Mountain East Conference action at Bobcat Arena.
The Mountain Lions (13-8, 9-6 MEC) were held to 16 points in the first half and 14.2 percent (4-for-28) shooting in the opening 20 minutes of the contest. FSU (4-17, 3-12 MEC), though was held to 24 first-half points by Concord.
After the slow start, senior forward
Madison May led a spurt out of the locker room as she went on a personal 8-0 run over the first 3:10 of the third quarter. The stingy defense carried over to the third quarter for CU as it limited the Bobcats to eight points in the period.
A layup from freshman guard
Jazz Blankenship with 53 seconds left in the third and a second layup from junior forward
Riley Fitzwater with under 10 seconds remaining gave the Mountain Lions a 33-32 lead heading to the fourth.
After going back-and-forth in the early stages of the fourth quarter, Frostburg State went on an 8-0 run to create a nine-point advantage, 49-40, with 4:20 remaining.
The Mountain Lions made five of their next six foul shots, and a three-pointer from sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn cut the FSU lead to 51-48 with 1:10 left in the contest. But, the Bobcats were able to hold off the late comeback from Concord as a three-pointer at the buzzer fell short.
Aided by a strong second half, May tallied a game-best 21 points and added eight rebounds. Guynn poured in 16 points. Fitzwater scored just five points, but grabbed 10 rebounds and had four blocks in the loss.
Concord held FSU to 30.5 percent (18-for-59), but shot just 26.7 percent in the game (16-for-60).
CU visits Fairmont State 2:00 p.m. Saturday.
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