Concordia sophomore amanda behnke (left)scored a career-high 25 points and sophomore katie laviolette (right) dished out a career-high 11 assists as the bears ended their three-game losing streak with a 76-65 win over winona state saturday at the gangelhoff center.

concordia scored 56 of its 75 points in the paint, led by behnke, who went 11-16 (.688) from the field. She also had a team-high eight rebounds.

junior janine kuklis and senior ashley smith both came off the bench to score 15 and 14 points respectively. They each contributed seven rebounds to help give the bears a 38-32 rebounding edge for the game.

the bears were able to overcome poor free throw shooting en route to the win. For the game, concordia shot only 7-20 (35%) from the line. They did better from the floor, converting 33-63 (.524) from the field and 3-6 (.500) from beyond the arc.

winona state shot 48.3% in the first half and trailed 41-35 at the break, but were held to 38.5% (10-26) in the second half. For the game, they hit 24-55 (43.6%). They were led by molly anderson with 12 points, while amanda reimer and trya groth each had 11.

with the win, the bears move to 12-7 overall and 4-3 in the nsic, while winona state drops to 7-12 (0-7 nsic). The two teams will meet again next saturday, feb. 4th, in winona