The Basics
The West Virginia Wesleyan women's basketball team is scheduled to travel to Athens, W.Va to face Concord on Wednesday (Jan. 13) at 5:30 p.m. before returning home on Saturday (Jan. 16) to play host to Glenville State at 2 p.m. 
 
The West Virginia Wesleyan College Athletics Department in conjunction with the Mountain East Conference, University, local and state officials, has determined that home basketball games will begin the season with a no spectator policy. The no spectator policy will be followed at each of the 12 Mountain East Conference institutions.
 
The conference's Board of Directors will evaluate the no spectator policy no earlier than January 19, 2021. If changes to the policy are approved later this month, the Athletics Department will provide an update at that time.
 
Quick Hits
• The Bobcats return four of their top five scorers from a year ago. Guard Brittany Stawovy heads into her senior season after averaging 11.0 points per game. The Belle Vernon, Pa. native  also recorded a team-best 72 assists and took away 32 steals.
• Sophomore center Cierra Tolbert (9.1 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 15 blocks), senior guard/forward Abi Gabauer (8.5 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 28 steals) and sophomore guard Courtney Wilfong (7.2 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 70 assists) are all back for WVWC.
• Top scorer from a season ago Nicole Gilyard (12.0 PPG) graduated. 
• Vicky Bullett enters her fifth season as the West Virginia Wesleyan head coach. The former All-American at Maryland and former WNBA No. 1 draft pick played six seasons in the WNBA. Bullett is a member of the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She helped Team USA to a gold medal in 1988. 
• Cierra Tolbert's father, Ray was the Big Ten Player of the Year at Indiana in 1981, was selected 18^th overall in the NBA draft and played five seasons in the NBA. 
• WVWC controlled the game throughout but fell 66-63 in the season opener at Frostburg State on Sunday, Jan. 10. Malaika Kimmons recorded her fifth career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Tolbert led Wesleyan on the boards with 14 rebounds and Stawovy added 11 points. 
 
Scouting Concord
The Mountain Lions finished the 2019-20 campaign at 21-9 overall and 16-6 in Mountain East play. Concord is off to a 1-1 start during the 2020-21 season after dropping the season opener on Thursday (Jan. 7) at Charleston, 69-56 and taking down West Virginia State at home, 70-67 on Sunday (Jan. 10). 
 
2020 All-MEC Second Team member Riley Fitzwater picked up where she left off last year. Fitzwater is coming off a 26 point, 12 rebound and eight block performance in the victory over West Virginia State. 
 
Junior guard Maggie Guynn has led the offensive attack in the Mountain Lion backcourt as she contributed 20 points and eight rebounds to help edge West Virginia State. 
 
Kenny Osborne enters his 20th season as the head coach of the Mountain Lions. Osborne is the winningest coach in Concord women's basketball history with a 278-296 record. 
 
Scouting Glenville State
The Pioneers have won the MEC Tournament three seasons in a row and are coming off a 26-5 (19-3) campaign last year. Glenville State has split the first two games of the 2020-21 season. The Pioneers won convincingly at West Virginia State, 126-82 on Thursday night (Jan. 7) before losing at home to Charleston on Sunday (Jan. 10) by a final count of 91-86. 
 
Junior guards Zakiyah Winfield and Taychaun Hubbard have been off to a consistent start for the Pioneers. Winfield scored a game-high 22 points and hauled in eight rebounds in the setback to Charleston. Hubbard delivered 22 points off of the bench at West Virginia State and put together a double-double (20 points, 11 rebounds) versus Charleston. 
 
Glenville State alumna Kim Stephens enters her fifth year as the head coach of the Pioneers. Stephens carries a 122-17 overall record at the helm. 
 
Up Next
West Virginia Wesleyan women's basketball will continue its MEC slate next week at home against West Virginia State on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 5:30 p.m. before heading to Charleston on Saturday, Jan. 23 for a 2 p.m. tipoff on the road versus the Golden Eagles.