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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team looks for a season split against Fairmont State when it faces the Fighting Falcons on the road 2:00 p.m. Saturday in a Mountain East Conference contest.
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SERIES HISTORY: Fairmont State leads 24-16
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
December 6, 2022: Fairmont State 78 - Concord 69 (Athens, W.Va.)
February 5, 2022: Concord 89 - Fairmont State 81 (Athens, W.Va.)
December 8, 2021: Fairmont State 93 - Concord 84 (Fairmont, W.Va.)
January 27, 2021: Fairmont 90 - Concord 85 (OT) (Fairmont, W.Va.)
February 8, 2020: Concord 89 - Fairmont State 72 (Fairmont, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 8-12
MEC Record: 6-9
Home Record: 4-4
Away Record: 3-7
Neutral: 1-1
LONG SHOTS
The three-point shot played a major role in CU picking up a third straight win, 77-57, Wednesday night against Frostburg State. The Mountain Lions made a season-best nine three-pointers as it shot 42.9 percent (9-of-21) from behind the arc, also a season high. Graduate guard
Maggie Guynn continued her consistent stroke from three-point distance as she was 3-for-5 from deep. The Pearisburg, Virginia native is shooting 45.5 percent (15-for-33) from three-point range over her last five games. Graduate forward
Alexis Phillips made all three of her three-point attempts versus Frostburg State. She entered the game 4-for-35 from beyond the arc for her career. Senior guard
Ashton Funderburg, junior guard
Nakaila Gray and junior guard
Jaisah Smith all made a three-pointer against Frostburg State.
ON A ROLL
Smith continued her strong play Wednesday night as she has during Concord's win streak. She tied her season best in scoring with 18 points as she came up one rebound shy of what would have been her second straight double-double. Over the last five games, the Bluefield, West Virginia native is averaging 14.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.8 steals per contest. Smith has shot 65 percent or better in three of the last five games. Last season at Fairmont State, Smith posted a career-best 27 points on 11-for-17 shooting as she also collected eight rebounds. Freshman forward
Abbie Smith goes into Saturday having scored 10 or more points in 12 consecutive games. A. Smith has also shot 55 percent or better from the floor in six of the last eight games.
FILLING ROLES
Funderburg finished two points off her season high in scoring against Frostburg State as she posted seven points. The five rebounds she grabbed was one shy of her season best. The Sevierville, Tennessee native also was +17 in 23 minutes off the bench for the Mountain Lions, the third-highest +/- for Concord Wednesday night. Not only were the 11 points for Phillips vital—her third time in double figures this season and the first since November 15 against Bluefield State—but her seven rebounds helped CU have a significant rebounding margin of 45-32. The Mountain Lions are 6-3 this year when Phillips scores at least seven points, including winning the last five games.
GET IT CLOSE
Concord took just nine three-pointers in the December meeting with Fairmont State, the second lowest of the season. In the 78-69 loss, the Mountain Lions scored 42 points in the paints as it shot 51 percent in the lane (21-for-41). Getting the ball into the paint has been a theme in recent games with Fairmont State. On the road last season at Joe Retton Arena, the Maroon and Gray scored 52 of their 84 points in the paint and shot 62 percent on those attempts. CU shot 62 percent in the paint a second time versus the Fighting Falcons as it scored 48 points in the paint in an 89-81 victory last February. Fairmont State has only allowed an average of 38 points in the paint over the last five games.
REBOUND WAR
The Mountain Lions are coming off one of their best rebounding games of the season. The +13 rebounding margin was the third highest of the year, and the best against any other team besides Notre Dame. For the season, CU has a rebounding margin of +3.5, good enough for third in the MEC. Fairmont State is 10
th in the conference in rebounding margin, -5.8. However, Concord was beaten on the boards by the Fighting Falcons in December, 50-41. FSU's Katy Darnell and Jalen Gibbs combined for 24 rebounds while CU's top rebounder was A. Smith with eight. Senior forward
Lauryn Avery and Phillips each had seven boards. Over her last three games versus Fairmont State, Phillips has grabbed 17 total rebounds.
SECURITY TEAM
Ball security will be crucial on Saturday as both Concord and Fairmont State are two of the best teams in the MEC in steals. The Mountain Lions average 9.9 steals per game which ranks fourth in the conference while FSU comes up with 10.5 steals per game, third in the MEC. Individually, J. Smith is third in the MEC in steals per game (2.4) while Darnell for Fairmont State is ninth (2.0). CU had 12 steals in the December matchup with J. Smith tallying four while junior guard
Maddie Ratcliff notched three steals, and Gray had two steals. The Fighting Falcons tallied eight steals at Concord. FSU is 7-4 this season when it comes up with at least 10 steals.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
1- Times Concord made 10 or more three-pointers last season—at Charleston November 20, 2021.
8- Charges taken by Gray this season, including standing in for a charge in three of the last four games.
15- Combined ties and lead changes between Concord and Fairmont State in December.
FAIRMONT STATE AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 14-8
MEC Record: 9-6
Home Record: 7-2
Away Record: 7-5
Neutral Record: 0-1
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING FALCONS
After defeating nationally-ranked West Virginia State January 25, Fairmont State has dropped back-to-back games against Charleston and Glenville State. The Fighting Falcons are well-balanced with four players in double figures, led by the MEC's fifth-leading scorer in Alyssa DeAngelo (18.4). Katy Darnell throws in 15.1 points per game. Jertaya Hall (10.7) and Jalen Gibbs (10.5) round out the double-digit scorers for FSU. All four scored in double figures at Concord, along with Aaliyah Brunny netting 14 points in 15 minutes.
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