Sophomore lindsay palmer was perfect in the first half, going 4-4 from three point range and 3-3 from the free throw line, scoring 15 points and leading the bears to a 46-19 halftime lead. The bears would go on and win 81-45.

the bears shot 15-32 (46.9%) in the first half, including 9-15 (60%) from beyond the arch. The bears defense would cause 18 mustang turnovers in the first half and the bears turned that into a 16-0 points off turnover margin in the first half.

for the game, concordia had four players score in double-figures led by palmer's career-high 20 points. katie laviolette would finish with 20 points, four rebounds and four assists and ashley smith had 11 points and five assists. nakia carlisle added ten points.

as a team, the bears finished with 34 rebounds, compared to 33 for smsu. The difference was on turnovers, the mustangs turned the ball over 32 times in the game, leading to 27 points by concordia.

with the win, the bears move to 16-9 and 7-5 in the nsic. They will finish the nsic regular-season next weekend on the road at um crookston on friday night and bemidji state on saturday.