For the eighth straight nsic contest the bears came out on the losing end, this time to msu moorhead 61-56 saturday night in moorhead. Concordia senior ty thomas led the bears scoring attack with 24 points. Thomas shot 9-23 from the field, including 3-8 from beyond the arc and 2-3 from the free throw line.

in a game that saw six lead changes and 12 ties, the bears would give up their largest lead at the wrong time. With the game tied at 50-50 with 2:52 to play, the dragons would go on a 7-0 run over the next 1:23 to lead 57-50 with :29 to play in the game. Msum would make 4-7 free throws in the last minute to seal the win.

junior guard joey peel (right) was the only other bear to score in double-figures with 13 points, on 5-7 shooting, including 3-4 from three point range. james metcalf led the team on the boards with eight rebounds.

concordia made 40% of their shots (22-55); 7-17 from three and only 5-12 (41.7%) from the free throw line. Msu moorhead converted 40.4% (19-47) of their shots and 17-28 (60.7%) from the free throw line. Msu moorhead also won the battle of the boards 31-29.

concordia (13-10, 2-8 nsic) will look to get back in the winners column on friday night when wayne state will come to the gangelhoff center.