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Preview: vs Concord
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Men's Basketball WVWC Sports Information

Preview: Bobcats Welcome Mountain Lions For MEC Clash

BUCKHANNON, W.Va – West Virginia Wesleyan Men's Basketball team is set to face Concord at home on Wednesday night for another home conference matchup. The Bobcats have lost the last five meetings between the two, with their last win coming on January 15, 2020.

CONCORD MOUNTAIN LIONS
The Mountain Lions enter (8-4) overall and (5-3) in MEC play. In their last outing, CU defeated Wheeling on the road 81-76. Concord currently sits in a tie for 4th place in the MEC Standings.

CU has been a force on the boards, ranking 1st in Team Rebounds (43.3 AVG/G), 2nd in Offensive Rebounds (13.9 AVG/G) and 1st in Rebounding Margin (6.8 AVG/G) in the MEC. The Mountain Lions do rank last in Turnover Margin at -2.75 and 11th in Assist/Turnover Ratio at 0.77.

Concord features four players averaging double-figures, led by Lual Rahama's 16.3 PPG which ranks 9th in the league. Rahama also leads the Mountain Lions in rebounds, pulling down 9.6 per contest. Jevon Laidler (11.2 PPG) has been one of the most efficient field goal shooters in the league at 49%.

Todd May is in his 7th season as Head Coach of the Mountain Lions. May has coached five All-Conference selections and one All-American in his tenure. May is off to his second-best start since becoming HC, only behind his 9-3 start in the 2018-19 campaign.

WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN BOBCATS
The Bobcats enter (1-11) and (1-7) in MEC play. WVWC is coming off a 106-76 loss at home to WV State on Saturday evening.

Wesleyan ranks 4th in the MEC in steals per game (8.7 AVG/G) and 6th in Offensive Rebounds (10.9 AVG/G).

Cameron University transfer Darius Green leads the Bobcats in scoring (16.0 PPG), rebounds (6.6 RPG) and assists (2.1 APG). Green's 16.0 PPG ranks him 10th in the MEC, right behind Concord's Lual Rahama. Tyler Slone is currently sitting at 12.7 PPG and leading the team in 3-Point FG% (41%). Slone comes off a career-high 29 points against WV State.

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Slone

#20 Tyler Slone

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6' 5"
Freshman
Darius Green

#3 Darius Green

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6' 3"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Tyler Slone

#20 Tyler Slone

6' 5"
Freshman
F
Darius Green

#3 Darius Green

6' 3"
Graduate Student
G
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