Women's Basketball Releases 2022-23 Schedule

Complete Schedule

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's basketball team has released its 2022-23 schedule, head coach Tesla Southcott and the program announced Thursday afternoon.

The first-year head coach and her Mountain Lions begin the season November 11 against Winston-Salem State on a neutral court in Fairmont, West Virginia. CU takes to the court the next day to face Clarion—also at Fairmont State.

Concord will play 22 Mountain East Conference games—facing the other 11 schools in a double-round robin format—along with six non-conference games.

The Maroon and Gray travels to Bluefield State November 16 in the first true road game of the season before welcoming Charleston November 19 for both the home and MEC opener. The first month of the season closes out at West Virginia State (November 22), home against UVa.-Wise (November 28) and at Alderson Broaddus (November 30).

Two of the three games in December are at home—Notre Dame (December 3) and Fairmont State (December 7). The first semester concludes at Frostburg State (December 10).

The start of 2023 sees Concord head to Emory & Henry January 2 in a non-conference tilt before hosting West Liberty January 4. Back-to-back road games await against Wheeling (January 7) and West Virginia Wesleyan (January 11). Other key January games are against defending national champion Glenville State—on the road January 22—and a return trip to Notre Dame January 25.

The first four of February alternate home and away before four of the final five games of the regular season are inside the Carter Center. Of those home games are a visit from Bluefield State (February 13), hosting West Virginia Wesleyan (February 15), welcoming West Virginia State (February 22) and concluding the season against Glenville State (February 25).

SCHEDULE NOTES
-The November 28 contest against UVa.-Wise will be a matchup of the last two Concord assistant coaches—Southcott and former CU standout on the court, Jamie Cluesman.

-Concord has won 12 straight games against Bluefield State dating back to the 2015-16 season. Last year, the Maroon and Gray won by 13 at home and pulled out a seven-point win at BSU.

-January 2 will be the first meeting between CU and Emory & Henry in women's basketball, schools that are separated by just 91 miles.

-The Mountain Lions are 7-2 against West Liberty in the last nine meetings including winning three straight on the road. Along with the January 4 contest in Athens, Concord visits WLU February 11.

-Five of the last six games between Concord and Notre Dame have been decided by six points or less.