Concordia university (8-2) saw their five game winning streak come to a close as they fell at home to the university of minnesota duluth 72-55 on friday evening at the gangelhoff center.

the bears 55 points and 37.7% shooting were both their second lowest totals of the season, with the only lower figures coming in their other loss at st. Cloud state.

the bulldogs scored first and never looked back as the bears would never force a tie or a lead change the rest of the way. Concordia went on a few runs to close the gap but couldn't get over the hump as the bulldogs used strong 60.0% (9-15) three-point shooting to bury concordia's threats.

concordia was led by four players in double-figures as senior center drew shepp and freshman forward craig heiman each had 12 points while senior guards cortez forte and kyle marxhausen each added 11. The quartet accounted for 46 of concordia's 55 points.

shepp finished the game 6-10 from the field while forte was 4-7 and heiman was 5-9. Those three players combined to shoot 57.7% (15-26) from the field while the rest of the squad shot just 18.5% (5-27) from the floor.

concordia, who shot a season-best 17-23 from three-point territory in their last game against uw-river falls, was relegated to just 21.4% from behind the arc tonight, connecting on just 3-14 attempts.

on the glass, heiman recorded a team-high five rebounds while shepp and forte each had four of the golden bears 28 rebounds while the bulldogs collected 40 boards. Shepp managed to dictate the paint on the defensive end with three first half blocked shots while helping the bears hold the umd starting post players to 6-18 shooting for 12 points.

umd was led by bryan foss with 27 points and 11 rebounds while jordan nunness had 17 points.

the golden bears look to get back into the win column on new year's eve when they travel to nebraska-omaha to take on the mavericks at 1:00.