Men's Basketball 1/13/2017 11:55:00 AM Chris Myers

Cardinals Entertain Mt. Lions Saturday Afternoon

WHEELING, W. Va. – Starting another stretch of games in a short time period, Wheeling Jesuit entertains Concord Saturday afternoon in Mountain East Conference basketball action.

The weekend contests will have the women's teams play starting at 1 p.m., while the men tip at 3 p.m.

The No. 23 Cardinals (12-2/7-1 MEC) women aim for their third win in a row and continue their stay atop the MEC standings against the Mountain Lions (2-10/1-7 MEC).

For the men, the No. 6 WJU (13-1/7-1 MEC) try for their ninth victory in a row and fourth win in a row over Concord (5-9/1-7 MEC).

**Schedule note: Monday's WJU home basketball games vs. UVa.-Wise have been moved up an hour to a 4 and 6 p.m. start times.

Games Breakdown…

Women's Game at 1 p.m.
Live Video / Live Stats

No. 23 WJU (12-2/7-1 MEC)

• Winners of 7 of last 8 games & 2 in a row
• Last 4:
   Win vs UC, 53-47
   Loss @ State, 70-90
   Win vs Wesleyan, 79-40
   Win vs GSC, 79-66
• Within MEC
   2nd in scoring defense in MEC - 61.5
   2nd in scoring margin in MEC - +9.8
   5th in scoring offense - 71.3

Cardinal leaders
Monica Burns - 14.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists
    8^th in MEC Scoring
Mariah Callen - 13.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists
   14^th in MEC Scoring, 2^nd in Asst/TO ratio (1.97), 2^nd in minutes (35.29
Jaana Motton – 12.6 points, 9.6 rebounds
    3-straight double-doubles, 3^rd in MEC rebounding
Chenelle Moore - 11.4 points, 6.3 rebounds
    12^th in MEC rebounding

Last Year's Meetings
• WJU won both – 63-39 on 1-16 @Concord, 71-52 on 2-13 in Wheeling
• WJU has won the last 7 meetings

Concord (2-10/1-7 MEC)

• Lost last 3 games
• Last win came in a 72-69 win vs. Shepherd on 1/3
• Last 3:
   Loss vs Fairmont St., 54-70
   Loss vs. Notre Dame, 69-85
   Loss vs. Urbana, 73-82

Mt. Lions leaders
Alexis Lowery - 15.4 ppg, 2.8 rebounds - fifth in MEC in scoring, 11th in FG%
Danielle Catron - 10.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Lindsey Overbey - 9.3 ppg, 4.7rpg
Heather Chapman - 8.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg

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Men's Game at 3 p.m.
Live Video / Live Stats

No. 6 WJU (13-1/7-1 MEC)
• Moved up to No. 6 from No. 8 a week ago in NABC Rankings
• Rose to No. 17 in the last D2SIDA poll
• Won last 8 games
• Lone defeat came to No. 2 Fairmont State by a 95-92 OT score
• 5-1 at home
   -W, Point Park (121-82)
    -L, Fairmont State (92-95 OT)
    -W, Gannon (65-63)
    -W, Charleston (94-77)
    -W, West Virginia Wesleyan (82-73)
    -W, Glenville State (104-94)
• Outscored 8 MEC opponents, 732-657 or +10.7 ppg
   Win at Urbana (97-87)
   Win at Notre Dame (83-74)
   Loss to Fairmont State (92-95 OT)
   Win at Shepherd (85-72)
   Win vs. Charleston (94-77)
   Win at WV State (95-85)
   Win vs. West Va. Wesleyan (82-73)
   Win vs. Glenville State (104-94)
• Last game: Tuesday, Jan. 10, win over Glenville State (104-94)
   -WJU scored final 6 points of 1^st half and opening 5 points of 2^nd half
   -Cardinals led 104-84 before Pioneers netted game's final 10 pts.
   -Preston Boswell led with 2^nd 20-pt. game of 22 pts. on 7 of 11 shooting
   -Kyle Ritz added 16 pts., 5 rebs. & 3 assts.
   -Pat Moseh had 15 pts.
• WJU has put 6 players in double figures in 3 of last 4 games with 5 in the other
• Increased season scoring margin by +5.5 ppg in the last week
• Leads MEC in rebound margin of +6.5 ppg
• Jarin Hilson has only 2 turnovers to 13 assists in last 6 games
• Pat Moseh averaging 16.4 ppg in last 5 games
• Kyle Ritz has hit double figures in 11 of last 14 games where he shot a combined 27 of 39 (.692)
     -He has averaged 16.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg in January
• Preston Boswell has reached double digits in points in last 12 games & made 13 of last 15 shots

Cardinal stat leaders:
Points: Pat Moseh 15.1, Haywood Highsmith 14.6, Preston Boswell 13.6, Kyle Ritz 13.1
Rebounds: Highsmith 11.0, Kyle Ritz 8.1, Moseh 5.2
Assists: Moseh & Jarin Hilson 3.1, Chase Lawson 2.9

Cardinal MEC Individual Stat Rankings:
Highsmith: 8 double-doubles; 1^st in defensive rebounding (8.29 rpg); 3rd in rebounding (11.0 rpg); 3rd in FG% (.566); 7^th in blocks (1.21 bpg)
Ritz: 8^th in rebounding (8.1 rpg)
Moseh: 6th in steals (1.64 spg)
Hilson: 3rd in assist/turnover ratio (3.07)
Dominique Tham: 6^th in blocks (1.36 bpg)

Last Year's Meetings
• WJU swept two Regular Season games
   -Jan. 16 at Concord – WJU 85, CU 82 OT – Highsmith layup 27 seconds into OT and WJU never trailed
     WJU: Highsmith 18 pts. & 10 rebs./Moseh 14 pts.
     CU: Aaron Miller 15 pts.
   -Feb. 13 at Wheeling – WJU 77, CU 64
     CU: Miller & Cameron Shannon 11 pts.
     WJU: Highsmith 21 pts. & 9 rebs./Moseh 13 pts. & 7 rebs.
• WJU won 5 of last 6 meetings & 3 in a row
• CU last win on 1/5/15 at CU (80-84)

Concord (5-9/1-7 MEC)
• Went 22-10 for the 2015-16 season
• Lost last 4 games
• 0-4 in 2017
• Have a 3-6 away record
• Last away game: Dec. 12 at Va. Union – L, 78-95
• Last game: a home loss to Urbana (71-73) on Jan. 10
     -Urbana won 2^nd half 41-36
     -CU's Thompson hit 3FG with 29 secs to tie game, before UU's Abrom made last-second layup
     -Thompson led with 20 points & 12 rebounds
     -Sanchez added 14 points

Mt. Lions stat leaders:
Points: Aaron Miller 19.0, Stephen Thompson 13.2, Michael Sanchez 11.1
Rebounds: Thompson 6.5, Babe Murphy 5.4, Patrick Eugene 4.9
Assists: Sanchez 4.2, Tommy Bolte 2.3, Murphy 2.1

Mt. Lions MEC Individual Stat Rankings:
Miller: 6^th in scoring, 9^th FG% (.503), 3^rd FT% (.886), 5^th 3FG% (.425)
Sanchez: 8^th in assists
Murphy: 9^th in steals (1.57)

-GoCards-

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