FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team shot 64.9 percent (37-for-57) from the floor as it cruised past Fairmont State, 89-72, Saturday afternoon in Mountain East Conference action at Joe Retton Arena.
CU (14-8, 10-6 MEC) opened up the game by shooting 75 percent from the field and outscoring Fairmont State (11-11, 8-8 MEC) 23-11 in the opening quarter. The hot shooting continued into the second period as the Mountain Lions hit on 10-of-15 shots to carry a 44-31 lead into halftime.
The real offensive explosion came in the third quarter as Concord converted 14-of-18 attempts (77.8 percent). After scoring just four points in the first half, sophomore guard
Maggie Guynn erupted for nine points in the first four minutes of the third quarter.
Up 57-40 after Guynn's jumper at the six-minute mark, CU end the third period on a 19-6 run as junior guard
Keely Lundy gave the Mountain Lions a 30-point advantage, 76-46, late in the quarter on one of her three three-pointers in the contest.
Concord was able to keep its lead above 20 points until the Fighting Falcons cut the deficit to 19 points with 1:56 left in the game.
Concord's field-goal mark for the game is the second highest in single game in the history of the MEC, trailing only Shepherd's 65.1 percent against West Virginia State last January.
Junior forward
Riley Fitzwater led all scorers in the game with 23 to go with 13 rebounds for her 13
th double-double of the season. Guynn finished with 17 points. Lundy dumped in a career-best 15 points. The trio combined to go 23-of-28 from the field. Guynn and Lundy made 5-of-6 three-point attempts between them.
Sophomore guard
Gracie Robinson had nine points while freshman guard
Jazz Blankenship and senior forward
Madison May had eight apiece. May chipped in seven assists.
The Mountain Lions had 23 assists on their 37 made shots in the game.
Concord returns to the Carter Center to host Wheeling 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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