ATHENS, W.Va. – Kailee Howe handed out a Mountain East Conference record 16 assists and Liz Flowers posted her third 30-point game of the season Saturday afternoon as the West Liberty University women's basketball team rolled to a 90-65 victory at Concord.

Coach Lynn Ullom's Hilltoppers (7-4, 4-1) never trailed in spoiling the home debut for the Mountain Lions (3-6, 3-2) as West Liberty bolted out to a 13-2 lead less than five minutes after the opening tip and never looked back.

With Flowers pouring in 26 of her game-high 30 points before intermission, the Hilltoppers pushed the lead as high as 28 points on several occasions before Concord was able to respond.

The hosts took advantage of some WLU foul trouble to reel off 17 unanswered points late in the first half, cutting the margin to 42-31 on a Melea Smith jumper with 1:27 left in the half, but that was as close as the Mountain Lions could come.

West Liberty took a 50-35 advantage into the locker room at the break and scored 15 of the first 17 points in the second half to put the game out of reach.

Howe shattered her own MEC record of 14 assists, a number she reached in back-to-back games earlier this season against Charleston and West Virginia State. She just missed a double-double with 8 points and 5 rebounds.

Flowers, who scored 30 points against Charleston and dropped a career-high 40 on Cedarville earlier this season, was 9-for-17 from the floor, 5-for-10 from the 3-point arc and a perfect 7-of-7 from the foul line. She also made a run at a double-double with 8 rebounds.

Jenn Mohney backed Flowers with 19 points off the bench while Kiki Simpson added a dozen points and 9 rebounds. Baylen Dyrlund also had a career-high 9 rebounds to go along with 6 points.

Rachel Artrip had a double-double for the Mountain Lions with 18 points and 10 rebounds while Jacqueline Kestner added 13 points and 8 boards in a losing cause.

The West Liberty women head to UVA-Wise on Monday for a 5:30 p.m. game.?