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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team begins a two-game homestand 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon against Davis & Elkins in a Mountain East Conference clash.
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SERIES HISTORY: Concord leads 20-9
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
February 19, 2022: Concord 66 - Davis & Elkins 55 (Athens, W.Va.)
January 15, 2022: Concord 81 - Davis & Elkins 66 (Elkins, W.Va.)
February 13, 2021: Concord 74 - Davis & Elkins 54 (Athens, W.Va.)
January 16, 2021: Davis & Elkins 67 - Concord 65 (Elkins, W.Va.)
February 19, 2020: Concord 69 - Davis & Elkins 66 (Elkins, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 4-9
MEC Record: 2-7
Home Record: 1-3
Away Record: 2-5
Neutral Record: 1-1
PASS IT AROUND
In a 70-58 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan Wednesday night, CU set a season-high with 16 assists. All but five of Concord's 21 field goals were assisted (76.1 percent). It was the highest ratio of shots that the Mountain Lions have assisted on since last season at WVWC when the Maroon and Gray assisted on 23 of 26 made shots (88.4 percent). Junior guard
Maddie Ratcliff tied her career high with five assists Wednesday. Graduate forward
Alexis Phillips also matched her career with four assists versus WVWC while graduate guard
Maggie Guynn established a new season high in assists with three. Last year, CU had 15.5 assists per game versus Davis & Elkins, including 15 on 25 made shots at the Carter Center.
INSIDE FORCE
Freshman forward
Abbie Smith led the Mountain Lions in scoring at Wesleyan as she tallied her second 20-point game of the season with 21 points on 9-for-11 shooting. Smith posted half of CU's points in the paint with 18 in the painted area. In terms of percentage, it was the Little Hocking, Ohio native's best game from the floor. Earlier this season, she had 25 points at Bluefield State, but was only 11-of-18. And Smith is right on pace of two-time All-American
Riley Fitzwater as Fitzwater's third career 20-point game came in her 12
th career game at CU. The D&E combination of Marissa Berlin and Kaylee Milburn are combining for 15.5 points per game. Smith leads Concord in scoring with 11.7 points per contest.
THROWS ARE FREE
Though it only got to the foul line 15 times at West Virginia Wesleyan, CU continued its strong showing at the charity stripe as it shot a season-best 86.7 percent (13-for-15). The two misses for Concord was by its best foul shooter and the third-best free throw shooter in the league, junior guard
Jaisah Smith (83.3 percent). Junior guard
Nakaila Gray and Smith both finished three-point plays at the line while Phillips hit all four of her foul shots. The Mountain Lions are fifth in the MEC in free throw shooting (71.4 percent), having gone five straight game making at least 70 percent at the line. Meanwhile, D&E is only shooting 55.4 percent at the foul line, last in the conference.
HOME COOKIN'
Concord has won three straight overall games versus Davis & Elkins, and has won four straight against the Senators at the Carter Center dating back to the 2018-19 season. CU's average winning margin in the last four home games against D&E has been 18 points with the last three coming by at least 11 points. Ratcliff netted 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in 26 minutes of the bench last year at home versus D&E. J. Smith added 11 points. The Mountain Lions picked up a 74-54 win in February 2021 at the Carter Center. Once again, Ratcliff was a spark plug with 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting. J. Smith tallied 14 points. Davis & Elkins has not shot better than 34 percent in the last three games at the Carter Center.
TEST OF WILLS
Concord has been one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the MEC this season as it yanks down 14.2 offensive boards per game, third in the conference. Davis & Elkins is the best defensive rebounding team in the MEC as it grabs 29.6 rebounds off opponents' misses. CU is a slightly better overall rebounding team as it has a +2.4 rebounding margin for the season, third in the conference. Davis & Elkins has a -0.5 rebounding margin in 2022-23. The Mountain Lions were +12 (47-35) on the glass at D&E last season as senior guard
Ashton Funderburg and Guynn aided the effort with seven boards a piece. At home, Concord crushed Davis & Elkins as it nearly doubled up the Senators at home, 49-25. J. Smith grabbed nine boards and Guynn threw in another six.
TAKE ADVANTAGE
Davis & Elkins commits the most turnovers in the MEC, averaging 23.4 per game. The Mountain Lions have recorded at least nine steals in seven of the last eight games while forcing an average of 19.1 turnovers per game in that same stretch. As a team, CU is forcing 19.4 turnovers per game this winter, fifth in the conference. J. Smith registered four steals at West Virginia Wesleyan. The Bluefield, West Virginia native is 11
th in the MEC in steals per game (1.9) while Ratcliff is 12
th (1.8 steals per game). The Senators only committed an average of 8.5 turnovers in two games against Concord last year.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
13.5- Points per game for J. Smith in four career games versus Davis & Elkins.
30- Saturday will be the 30
th meeting between CU and D&E since the schools became Division II members in 1993.
116- Career games played for Guynn with Saturday's 117
th career game moving her into sole possession of second place in program history, moving past Madison May and Emily Boothe.
DAVIS & ELKINS AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 3-10
MEC Record: 3-6
Home Record: 2-5
Away Record: 1-4
Neutral Record: 0-1
SCOUTING THE SENATORS
The Senators have one of the best freshmen in the MEC in Ellie Wilkerson who averages 12.2 points and a team-best 7.7 rebounds per game. Taylor Smith leads D&E in scoring with 15.2 points per game while shooting 41.3 percent (33-for-80) from three-point range—she has five games with four or more made three-pointers this year. D&E has the best field-goal percentage defense in the conference, holding teams to 36.5 percent. However, Davis & Elkins allows the second-most points in the MEC, 78.8 per game.
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