Freshman Taysha Rushton broke out for a combined 51 points in wins last week over Mount Marty and Northwestern. As a result, she was named the GPAC Player of the Week.
Freshman Taysha Rushton broke out for a combined 51 points in wins last week over Mount Marty and Northwestern. As a result, she was named the GPAC Player of the Week.
A flurry of 3-pointers helped Concordia push its win streak to four during last week's action. Now the Bulldogs look forward to playing Dakota Wesleyan and Jamestown this week.
Taysha Rushton poured in a career high 28 points while leading the Bulldogs to an 81-76 win at Northwestern on Saturday (Jan. 2). Concordia (10-5, 9-3) moved its win streak to four.
In their return to action, the Bulldogs made their first seven 3-point attempts on the way to a 98-53 rout of visiting Mount Marty on Wednesday (Dec. 30). Freshmen Bailey Conrad and Taysha Rushton starred.
The break for Christmas will end on Wednesday (Dec. 30) when Mount Marty is set to visit Friedrich Arena. The Bulldogs (7-3 GPAC) will then shift focus to Saturday's game at Northwestern.
The Concordia University Women’s Basketball team’s clutch free-throw shooting played a major factor down the stretch in Friday’s 55-50 victory over Jamestown.
From October 2011 through December 2020, Concordia Women's Basketball was included in every possible NAIA top 25 ranking, a run of 97-straight poll appearances.
After a rough third quarter, the Bulldogs responded with a gritty fourth period that paved the way to an impressive road win over Midland. Concordia allowed just one point over the final five minutes.
Seventh-ranked Concordia exploded out of the gates with a 17-0 lead on the way to a 109-86 rout of visiting Mount Marty (4-7, 0-6 GPAC) on Saturday. The Bulldogs earned their fifth-straight win and completed a three-games-in-four-days stretch in which they won by an average margin of 30.7 points. Eighth-year head coach Drew Olson’s squad bumped its records to 11-2 overall and 6-1 in the GPAC.
In their final pre-Christmas outings, the Bulldogs will be back on the road to take on Midland (Tuesday) and Jamestown (Friday). Concordia seeks to get back to the win column after a loss at Morningside.
There were two wins, but Concordia's trip to Hawaii was so much more than just basketball. The Bulldogs had a "blast" while relaxing on the beach, surfing and visiting Pearl Harbor, among other activities.
Whitney (Stichka) Daberkow didn’t necessarily want the spotlight, but she thrived underneath it anyway. The humble Bulldog is set to join the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame in October.
Mary Janovich recently resumed basketball activities as she continues her recovery from an ACL tear suffered in January. She talks about her injury rehab and her brother Andy in this Q&A.
Marty Kohlwey, a 13-year veteran of Concordia men's and women's basketball coaching staffs, has accepted a new role at Lutheran High School in Parker, Colo.
Following the lead of freshman Quinn Wragge, the Concordia women's basketball program made its fifth-straight national tournament appearance in 2015-16.
Quinn Wragge is only a freshman, but she enters the national tournament leading 16th-ranked Concordia in scoring, rebounding, steals, blocks and field goal percentage. She's not your ordinary freshman.
The Concordia women's basketball program learned on Wednesday that it would make its 15th all-time appearance at the national tournament. The Bulldogs will play in the first round on March 9.
After losing several key pieces from the 2014-15 team that made a run to the national title game, the Bulldogs have reloaded with a balanced approach in 2015-16.
It was only a matter of time before Sarah Harrison Krueger found her way into the Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame.
Since 1992, 14 Concordia women’s basketball teams have appeared at the national tournament with four advancing all the way to the national semifinals. But in 2015, the Bulldogs reached new heights by motoring to the national title game for the first time in program history.
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