ATHENS, W.Va. – The Davis & Elkins College men's basketball team visited Concord Saturday.  D&E would once again have to play shorthanded.  Already playing with only eight players, the Senators lost Breland Walton early in the contest.  Davis & Elkins made things interesting to start the second half, but a Concord run would put the game away.  The Mountain Lions would defeat D&E 88-78.

Concord led by nine at the break (40-31).  The Mountain Lions would extend their halftime lead to 16 (51-35) with 16:46 left in the contest.  The Senators would cut the lead to just eight (62-54) on a Sam Rolle IV three-pointer with 9:41 remaining.  Concord responded with a with 12-0 run to take a 20-point lead (74-54) with 6:50 to play.  D&E's Tylan Hutchison and Patrick Wilburn would both hit three-pointers late to lower the Mountain Lions margin.

Ben Gilliam paced the Senators with 25 points and nine rebounds.  Rolle had 24 points and a team high six assists.  Teemu Tumanoff finished with nine points and eight rebounds.

Concord was led by Amare Smith's 28 points followed by Lual Rahama 15.

Davis & Elkins drops to 6-20 overall and 4-16 in the Mountain East Conference.

The Mountain Lions improve to 13-13 overall and 10-10 in the MEC.

D&E returns home this Wednesday for Senior Night, hosting Frostburg State inside the McDonnell Center.  Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30pm.