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Concord Starts 2026-27 Season With Familiar Non-Conference Foe Ferrum

11/8/2026 9:52:00 PM

Concord Stats - Ferrum Stats - Live Stats - Live Video - Complete Game Notes

ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University women's basketball team opens the 2026-27 season with non-conference meeting against Ferrum inside the Carter Center.

COVERAGE:
Live Stats
Live Video

HISTORY:
Series History vs. Ferrum: Ferrum leads 1-0.

All-Time Meetings vs. Ferrum
December 1, 2025: Ferrum 75 - Concord 59 (Ferrum .Va.)

Concord at a Glance
Overall Record: 0-0
MEC Record: 0-0
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 0-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
Streak: 
Last Five: 0-0

Ferrum at a Glance
Overall Record: 0-0
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 0-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
Streak: 
Last Five: 0-0

TALE OF THE TAPE: Concord vs. Ferrum
Concord Statistical Category Ferrum
18 Wins 10
76.2 Points Per Game 60.2
70.5 Points Allowed Per Game 63.2
41.7 Rebounds Per Game 37.7
14.0 Assists Per Game 10.9
7.3 Steals Per Game 7.6
3.5 Blocks Per Game 2.8
44.6 Field Goal Percentage 39.6
32.0 Three Point Percentage 28.4
74.8 Free Throw Percentage 65.8

Concord Leaders:
Points Per Game:
Kenyah Stubbs (15.7), Olivia Ziolkowski (10.8), Alexis Frazee (8.1)
Rebounds Per Game: Olivia Ziolkowski (6.1), Kenyah Stubbs (5.1)
Assists Per Game: Kenyah Stubbs (3.6), Kiley Smich (2.3)
Blocks Per Game: Olivia Ziolkowski (1.4)
Steals Per Game: Kiley Smich (1.7)
Field-Goal Leader: Alexis Frazee (49.4)
Three-Pointers Made: Alexis Frazee (44)
Free-Throw Percentage: Kenyah Stubbs (71.7)

Ferrum Leaders:
Points Per Game:
Breyana Kimmons (11.0), Sofia Ponce (7.5), Kleiauna Riddick (6.4)
Rebounds Per Game: Sofia Ponce (5.1), Breyana Kimmons (3.9)
Assists Per Game: Breyana Kimmons (2.2), Aleksandra Kubiak (1.2)
Blocks Per Game: Sofia Ponce (1.1)
Steals Per Game: Kleiauna Riddick (1.3)
Field-Goal Leader: Sofia Ponce (51.9)
Three-Pointers Made: Breyana Kimmons (56)
Free-Throw Percentage: Breyana Kimmons (80.6)

OPENING TIP
The Concord University women's basketball team opens the 2026-27 season with non-conference meeting against Ferrum inside the Carter Center. Last season's season opener was an exhilarating 91-87 narrow defeat against Seton Hill that saw 26 points from junior guard Kenyah Stubbs and 12 from graduate forward Olivia Ziolkowski.

GET BACK GAME
Head Coach Tesla Southcott is once again facing off with her alma mater, the Ferrum Panthers. A season ago, it was Ferrum coming away with a 75-59 victory in its home gymnasium. In the defeat, senior guard Alexis Frazee provided 11 points, drilling a trio of three-pointers.

KEY PIECES
Stubbs is the top returning scorer for the Mountain Lions, averaging 15.7 points per game in her first season with the Maroon and Gray. While also being a key scorer, Stubbs paced the offense with 3.6 assists each time out. Ziolkowski is also entering her second season with CU, averaging 10.8 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game in 2025-26. A spot where Ziolkowski shined was on defense, blocking the second most shots in the MEC with 40. Frazee comes back to Athens as a tenured vet and a lethal shooter. In 2025-26, Frazee set a single-season program record in three-point percentage at 46.1 percent, draining 47 threes. The last of the returners to average at least 20 minutes a season ago is senior guard Kiley Smich. Smich does a little bit of everything and made a huge impact defensively, averaging 1.7 steals per game.

A part of Concord's impactful freshman class a season ago, sophomore guard Cadee Blackburn looks to play a big role yet again in 2026-27. Blackburn appeared in every game, logging close to 18 minutes a contest. She continued to find her footing as the season rolled on, dropping a career-high 24 points against Fairmont State on February 9.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Two notable transfers highlight the new faces for Coach Southcott. Sophomore forward Madelyn Caron played in nine games for Lenoir-Rhyne who won the South Atlantic Conference regular season championship in 2025-26. Caron was a 1,000-point scorer and helped lead Lord Botetourt (Va.) to a state championship in 2025. Another Roanoke Valley standout, graduate guard Shelby Fiddler (Patrick Henry HS), arrives in Athens after stops at Division I Niagara and Presbyterian. Fiddler has played in 98 career games with 36 starts between the two schools. Her best season was in 2024-25 when she made 50 three-pointers and averaged just under seven points per game while playing more than 31 minutes per game for Presbyterian. Morehead State transfer Marija Marinkovic did not play last season at MSU, but played in 33 games at Gillette Community College in 2024-25.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

4 - The Mountain Lions return four players who averaged at least 20 minutes a game in 2025-26. This includes Kenyah Stubbs, Olivia Ziolkowski, Kiley Smich and Alexis Frazee.

5 -Concord have not won a season-opening game in five years. The last victory in the first game of the season came against Winston-Salem State, 78-75 in 2021. 

40 - Olivia Ziolkowski tallied a team-best 40 blocks last season to power Concord's defense.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
Taking a peek at the Panthers who are led by veteran Head Coach, Brian Harvey. Ferrum posted a 10-20 record in 2025-26, but return two major players from a season ago in Breyana Kimmons and Sofia Ponce. In the victory over CU, Ferrum has five scorers in double digits.
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