The Concordia men’s basketball team is set to travel to Dordt College for this week’s only contest.
The Concordia men’s basketball team is set to travel to Dordt College for this week’s only contest.
The Concordia University men’s basketball team weathered Mount Marty’s hot outside shooting and rolled up a 94-79 victory inside Walz Arena on Saturday afternoon. The visiting Lancers, winless in conference play, had no answer for the three-headed Bulldog monster of Chandler Folkerts, Jamie Pearson and Robby Thomas.
In the type of GPAC barn burner that has characterized the early conference season, the Concordia University men’s basketball team held off red-hot Dordt inside Walz Arena on Wednesday night.
The Concordia men’s basketball team will host Dordt College and Mount Marty College this week. The Defenders will be in town on Wednesday, Dec. 9 for an 8 p.m. tipoff. The Lancers will travel on Saturday, Dec. 12 with start time slated for 4 p.m.
The (RV) Concordia men’s basketball team was defeated 80-92 by the eighth-ranked Tigers of Dakota Wesleyan. Robby Thomas and Jamie Pearson each put up 20 points Saturday afternoon in the Corn Palace.
The Concordia University men’s basketball team controlled most of the second half in Wednesday night’s rivalry heart stopper. Unfortunately, it was the hearts of the Bulldogs that ceased when Cole Klingsporn’s trey from the right corner beat the buzzer and lifted visiting Nebraska Wesleyan to an 89-88 win inside Walz Arena.
The Concordia men’s basketball team will play a contest at home and one on the road this week. The Bulldogs will take on Nebraska Wesleyan on Wednesday with start time slated for 8 p.m. inside Walz Arena before traveling to Dakota Wesleyan for a 4 p.m. tipoff on Saturday.
Nothing has come easy in GPAC play. The Concordia University men’s basketball team relinquished a 12-point first-half lead and then torched the nets over the final 20 minutes to pull out an 84-81 win at Doane (3-7, 1-2 GPAC) on Tuesday night.
The Concordia men’s basketball team has one contest this week. The Bulldogs will face the Doane Tigers on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Start time is slated for 8 p.m. in Crete, Neb.
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