the golden bears begin the nsic portion of their schedule friday night when bemidji state comes to the gangelhoff center. The bears are on a five-game winning streak and enter with a 10-2 overall record, while the beavers sport a 5-7 record. On saturday, um crookston will come to town with a 2-10 overall mark. Game time both nights is set for 8:00. lt;game notesgt;
last time out
the golden bears have not played since they defeated nebraska-omaha 62-57 on december 19th. Cu won its fifth straight and now holds a 6-1 record in regional competition and a 4-1 mark against the north central conference. Junior guard kyle marxhausen led the golden bears with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds to pick up his first double-double of the season.
the trio of marxhausen, kenneth pointer and ty thomas accounted for 52 of cu's 62 points. Pointer finished with 15 points, scoring 11 of them in the second half, while thomas scored 14 points, 12 of them coming in the first half, on 5-14 shooting and 4-5 at the line.
scouting bemidji state
the beavers are 5-7 on the season and have six players averaging 8.5 or better and three scoring in double-figures, led by derik hollyfield with 12.0 ppg. Spencer carter leads them on the boards, averaging 7.8 rpg (2nd in the nsic). As a team, the beavers are aveaging 77.7 points and are shooting .429 from the field.
scouting um crookston
um crookston enters the weekend with a 2-10 overall mark and are led in scoring by maurice mobley with an 11.0 ppg and 6.1 rpg average. Lee roberts is averaging 9.9 points and 2.9 assists per game. The eagles are being outscored 80.2 to 65.6 on the season, and are being outrebounded 34.9 to 34.5.
about the golden bears: three-headed monster
the bears have been led this season by three players averaging in double-figures for scoring and all three rank in the top seven of the nsic scoring leaders. Senior forward ty thomas leads the team with a 16.8 scoring average (2nd - nsic) and fellow senior forward kenneth pointer is close behing, averaging 16.0 ppg (5th -nsic). Junior guard kyle marxhausen is the third bear in double-figures, averaging 13.9 points (7th - nsic) and scored a team season-high and career-high 32 points at minnesota state. The trio also leads the team in rebounding with thomas pulling down a team-high 6.3 rpg (4th - nsic) with marxhausen second with 6.0 rpg (7th - nsic) and pointer in third with 4.1 rpg.
about the golden bears: team trends
the bears, who shot over 60% from the field in wins over bethany lutheran and st. Johnrsquo;s, are shooting .462 (303-656) as a team on the season while holding opponents to an nsic-best .399 (258-646) and are a perfect 8-0 when outshooting opponents. They are also 6-0 when holding teams under 40% shooting. They are shooting .335 (59-176) from behind the arc despite hitting only 2-31 (.226) against northern michigan. But they have held opponents to a .315 (58-184) 3-point pct. They are outrebounding opponents 34.9 to 33.2 and are 8-0 when winning the rebounding margin. The bears are taking better care of the ball then their opponents, with only 177 turnovers, compared to 206 for the opposition. The offense averages 70.9 points per game, and is outscoring opponents by 10.0 ppg as they have held the opposition to a 60.9 average - best in the nsic.
against the ncc
concordia went an impressive 4-1 against the north central conference this season. Their first ncc opponent was augustana, who the bears rocked 66-45 at the gangelhoff center before falling 95-78 at minnesota state. They rebounded with a 77-74 win at minnesota duluth, a 67-60 win over st. Cloud state and a 62-57 victory against nebraska omaha.
thomas finds a new home
senior ty thomas, a transfer from north texas, is leading the team and second in the nsic with 16.8 points per game. He has scored in double-figures in 11 of 12 games, leading the team in scoring in 7 games. He recorded season-highs with 31 points and 13 rebounds at minnesota duluth. He is also third on the team in assists with 26 and leads the team with 17 blocks (3rd - nsic), recording three on three occasions. Thomas is second on the team at the charity stripe, converting .784 (40-51) of his free throws. Thomas is the most efficent from downtown., shooting at a .370 (17-46) clip.
pointer paces bears
kenneth pointer, a senior from killeen, tex., is second on the team and fifth in the nsic in scoring at 16.0 ppg. He also leads the team and is 4th in the nsic in steals with 22 and is shooting .496 (62-125) from the field. He has scored in double-figures in 11 of 10 games, with a season-high 21 (1 shy of career-high) on two occasions. He tied a career-high five steals against northern michigan and he has had four steals twice. His .809 (55-68) free throw pct. Leads the team and is sixth in the league and he is second on the team with 28 assists.
pointer earns nsic player of the week honor
senior forward kenneth pointer earned nsic co-player of the week honors with winona statersquo;s john smith on dec. 5. Pointer was named the mvp at the csu-pueblo classic as he averaged 16.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game to lead concordia to a 2-0 mark with wins over regis and csu-pueblo, including a 17 point, nine rebound effort in their 57-42 win over csu-pueblo.
marxhausen makes his mark
junior guard kyle marxhausen has scrored at least 17 points fvie times and has scored in double-figures eight times this season. Marxhausen recorded the teams second double-double of the season with 23 points and ten rebounds against un omha and is the second-leading rebounder with 6.0 rpg and he also has two nine rebounding performances. He has hit a team-high 18 threes. He scored a career-high 32 points at minnesota state, hitting 6-8 from long range and 8-13 from the field.
peel dishes
joey peel, a junior point guard, leads the team and is 13th in the nsic with 31 assists and is second with 20 steals. He has started all 12 games and is averaging 4.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. He has made 21-40 (.525) of his shots this season.
on the boards
the golden bears are 8-0 when outrebounding opponents and are outrebounding opponents 34.9 to 33.9 on the season. They are 2-2 when being outrebounded. They had a season-high 41 against augustana and a low of 22 against msu mankato.
five finger discount
the bears are second in the nsic in steals per game, forcing 9.58 steals per contest. They forced a season-high 18 against northern michigan. They have had at least 10 steals in 6 of 12 games this year. Kenneth pointer leads the team in steals with 22, while joey peel is second with 20. Kyle marxhausen has 16 and ty thomas has 15.
