Concord continues its basketball "Charleston Week" when the women's teams meet tonight at the Carter Center.
The Lady Lions dropped a 76-67 decision to the Golden Eagles at the King Gymnasium on December 13, despite shooting 45.6% from the field. Charleston's "Miss Double-Double," Jihan Williams, went for just that on that night, with 15 points and 14 rebounds.
Turnovers were decisive in that meeting. Concord gave away the ball 29 times, to 18 for UC. Concord was in the midst of a five-game stretch in which it averaged 27 turnovers a game while the backcourt rotation was still getting sorted out. Now, with that rotation long since set, the Lady Lions have averaged a comparatively minuscule 11.4 turnovers in their last five games.
Taking care of the ball will be paramount for CU against Charleston tonight. The UC defense is leads the WVIAC in allowing conference opponents to shoot only 37.2%, and the Eagles surrender just 55.9 ppg in WVIAC games.
Concord is off a lackluster performance in a 75-57 loss to West Virginia State on Saturday. The defeat ended Concord's five-game winning streak and jeopardized their chances to finish in the top eight in the league -- and get home court for the first round of the conference tournament. Still, Concord can clinch a top-eight finish by defeating the second-place Eagles tonight. A loss would send CU on the road on Monday.
Meanwhile, Charleston is guranteed home court on Monday has the inside track on the top tournament seed. The Eagles currently trail West Liberty State in power rating points, but will sew up first place with a win tonight and another Saturday afternoon against WVSU.
So there's much at stake in what should be a playoff-like contest. You can hear the game on the air on Classic Rock 102.3 FM The New River, and on-line at theriver102.com. Air-time is 6:40 pm EST from Athens.
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