ATHENS, W.Va. – The University of Charleston Golden Eagles Men's Basketball team (4-1, 0-1 MEC) dropped an 86-78 decision on the road this afternoon to the Mountain Lions of Concord University. The Mountain Lions (3-3, 1-0 MEC) used a 15-point first half lead while shooting just under 60% from the field in the opening frame to defeat the Golden Eagles in their MEC opener.
JUST THE BASICS
SCORE: Charleston 76 , Mountain Lions 86
LOCATION: Athens, W. Va.
TEAM RECORDS: Charleston (4-1, 0-1 MEC), Concord (3-3, 1-0 MEC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The game played back and forth through the first seven minutes of the contest with Charleston holding a 15-14 lead with 13:32 remaining in the opening half before Concord would go on a 11-4 run over the next four minutes of play to take a 25-19 lead. The remainder of the first half played nearly even, with the Mountain Lions taking a 46-34 lead into the break.
The Golden Eagles struggled from behind the arc in the first half, converting on just one of their nine attempts (11.1%) while Concord, who shot the ball from three a total of just seven times in the opening half, converted on three (42.9%).
Charleston outscored the Mountain Lions by four points in the second half while converting four of their 10 three-point attempts, but the 12-point first half deficit was too much to overcome as Concord moved to 1-0 in MEC play with an 86-78 defeat over the Golden Eagles.
For the game, the Mountain Lions converted 22-of-26 attempts from the charity stripe while grabbing nine steals compared to Charleston's four during the contest. Charleston's
Devon Robinson would finish the game with a double-double.
Charleston Leaders (26-60, 43.3 percent from the field)
Lamont McManus – 22 points
Devon Robinson - 17 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist
Seth O'Neal- 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists
Concord Leaders (30-60, 50.0 percent from the field)
Ethan Heller – 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
Trey Brisco – 14 points, 3 rebounds
Martin Kelly – 14 points, 6 rebound, 1 assist
Up Next:
The Golden Eagles will return to action on Tuesday with tip scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Wehrle Innovation Center to take on the Pioneers of Glenville State College.
