The Concord University women's basketball team erased a 16-point second
half deficit vs. Alderson-Broaddus to force overtime but ultimately fell
short against the Battlers, losing 73-68 in overtime Tuesday night.
The loss drops Concord's overall record to 2-3 and its West Virginia
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference mark to 1-1. Alderson-Broaddus
improves to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the WVIAC with the win.
Sophomore forward Rachel Artrip scored a career-high 20 points and
grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Artrip went 5-for-12 from
three-point range. Junior guard Amanda Smith added 16 points as
Concord's second-leading scorer.
Sophomore forward Jacqueline Kestner and senior forward Tanisha Williams
both chipped in nine points in the defeat. Williams and sophomore guard
Stephanie Wagner both had three steals with Wagner also passing out a
team-best six assists.
As a team, Concord shot 38.6 percent from the field (27-for-70). The
Mountain Lions made 33.3 percent of their three-pointers (8-for-24).
Alderson-Broaddus jumped out to an eight-point lead (22-14) through the
opening 16 minutes of play before Concord made one of its many comebacks
of the night to trim the deficit to just one point (27-26) heading into
halftime. The 12-5 run was sparked by six points from Artrip.
However, the Battlers were able to come out of the break and go on a
20-5 spurt, opening up their largest lead of the night at 47-31 with
11:14 to play in regulation. Concord refused to quit and mounted a
comeback for the ages.
The Mountain Lions comeback began with 13-3 run that cut the
Alderson-Broaddus lead to just six points (50-44) with 5:57 to play in
the half. With the game within reach, Concord continued to fight and
controlled the final five minutes of play by scoring 12 of the periods
final 18 points to tie the game at 56-56. The final five minutes saw
huge three-pointers from Artrip and senior guard Katy Somerville.
Artrip's triple with 1:14 was the game-tying basket.
Concord jumped ahead of Alderson-Broaddus 59-58 early in overtime after
another three by Artrip. The teams continued to trade baskets leading to
a 66-66 tie with 1:10 to play. However, Concord would finally run out
of gas as Alderson-Broaddus closed out the game by going on a 7-2 run to
end the game with the 73-68 win.
The Mountain Lions will step out of WVIAC competition to host UVA-Wise Tuesday Nov. 27 at the Carter Center.
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