Veteran coach Kenny Osborne has the Concord Mountain Lions on an eight-game winning streak heading into this weekend's game with UVa-Wise. The Mountain Lions are led by sophomore forward Riley Fitzwater. An All-America candidate, the 6-foot-4 Glenville, W.Va. native is averaging 14.5 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting a NCAA leading 70.3 percent from the field. As a team, Concord leads the league in field goal percentage defense (.371) while ranking second in field goal percentage (.482). During the current eight-game winning streak, Osborne's team has been hammering opponents. Concord has posted six double-digit victories during hte stretch, including a 90-51 shellacking of Wheeling Jesuit. In total, the Mountain Lions are outscoring opponents by an average of 18.4 points per game.  Ranked seventh in the latest NCAA D2SIDA Atlantic Regional Poll, the Mountain Lions are on the bubble to make their first NCAA Tournament in program history.

UVa-Wise has won back-to-back road MEC games for the first time since Nov. 2014. Most recently, junior Cynita Webb turned in her ninth double-double performance of the season as she poured in 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 71-59 win at West Virginia State. The Cavaliers also had two players reach new career-highs in rebounding as senior Ashley Cullen and sophomore Ada Stanley each had 10 rebounds in the victory. First-year Head Coach Jamie Cluesman will be coaching her first ever game against her alma mater and the coach she played for on Saturday. Cluesman was a four-year letter winner for Coach Kenny Osborne where she aided the Mountain Lions to back-to-back 20-win seasons. Twice an all-conference honoree, Cluesman tallied 904 points, 536 rebounds, 655 assists and 277 steals. The game has major implications on the league standings, the Cavs are currently in a three-way tie for fifth place while the Mountain Lions are tied for second and sit a game back of league leader Glenville State. The top 10 teams will make next month's league tournament with the top six teams each receiving a bye.