CHARLESTON \u2013 The West Liberty University women\u2019s basketball team led most of the way here Wednesday night but couldn\u2019t hold off a late Concord rally as the Mountain Lions upset the No. 2-seeded Hilltoppers, 65-61, in the quarterfinals of the West Virginia Conference Tournament.<\/p>\n
Playing without injured starting center Meghan Wiseman, West Liberty (24-6) led by as many as 10 points in the first half and held several 9-point leads after intermission but Concord (17-11) kept chipping away.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeghan was hurt Saturday and we just got the diagnosis today of a torn ACL,\u201d head coach Lynn Ullom said. \u201cI feel terrible for Meghan to have as a good a season as she was having and to have it end like that is just awful.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving said that, injuries are part of athletics and you have to find a way to get things done when you run into adversity. We didn\u2019t find a way tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mountain Lions used an 11-2 run to take their first lead of the game, 56-54, when Jolysa Brown was fouled on a putback and cashed in the free throw for a 3-point play at the 3:34 mark.<\/p>\n
Concord never relinquished the lead as West Liberty missed several shots down the stretch and the Mountain Lions were able to put the game away at the charity stripe.<\/p>\n
Jenni Robbins led all scorers for West Liberty with 21 points while Tori Hansen added 19 and Emily Blevins finished with 10. Jordan Stacey collected 8 points to go along with a game-high 13 rebounds and a game-high 5 assists for the Hilltoppers, who made just 7-of-28 shots from behind the 3-point arc.<\/p>\n
Brown had a double-double for Concord with 18 points and 11 rebounds while Sidney Lindsey added 18 points and 7 boards.<\/p>\n
\u201cI take full responsibility for this loss,\u201d Ullom said. \u201cWe did some things tonight down the stretch that well-coached teams just don\u2019t do. Our shot selection was not very good at the end and we did a terrible job of finishing off defensive possessions, blocking out and getting rebounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying we didn\u2019t play hard, because I think we did \u2013 but Concord played harder.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hilltoppers return home to await Sunday night\u2019s announcement of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region pairings. West Liberty was No. 2 in this week\u2019s Atlantic Region rankings with the top 8 teams earning post-season invitations.<\/p>\n
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CHARLESTON \u2013 The West Liberty University women\u2019s basketball team led most of the way here Wednesday night but couldn\u2019t hold off a late Concord rally as the Mountain Lions upset the No. 2-seeded Hilltoppers, 65-61, in the quarterfinals of the West Virginia Conference Tournament. Playing without injured starting center Meghan Wiseman, West Liberty (24-6) led […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college"],"yoast_head":"\n