Concordia university (15-10, 4-8 nsic) held southwest minnesota state (12-12, 5-7 nsic) to a season-low 47 points as they defeated the mustangs 58-47 on saturday evening at the gangelhoff center in st. Paul, minn. Concordia also held the mustangs to their second lowest field goal percentage of the season, 29.1% as they hit just 16-55 from the field.

it was a balanced offensive effort for the bears, who didn't have a single-player score in double-figures. Senior point guard rj allen equaled a season-high with nine points on 4-6 shooting in 19 minutes. Allen also added a career-high with three steals and had three rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench.

the concordia bench outscored southwest minnesota state 28-7 for the contest, and junior guard kyle marxhausen matched allen's nine points in just 18 minutes of work. Marxhausen also collected six rebounds and had two steals.

the bench effort was rounded out by sophomore guard jason birr's second consecutive stellar performance as he scored seven points while collecting a game-high eight rebounds to go with a pair of assists and a steal in 22 minutes.

the starting five, who accounted for 30 points collectively, was led by senior forward ty thomas and junior forward marlon walker who each dropped in eight points. Walker added six rebounds while thomas nabbed five.

the golden bears improved their season record to 12-0 when winning the rebounding margin as they pulled down 38 total rebounds to smsu's 35. They also doubled the mustang assist total by a 10-5 margin.

the mustangs only had one player score in the final 11+ minutes of play, their point guard undre ellis, who poured in a game-high 15 points and was the only player in the game to reach double-digits.

the bear defense put a blanket on the mustangs' top-two perimeter threats, holding matt fletcher and travis krenske to 4-14 shooting from three-point range. Fletcher entered play with 67 three's on the season at a 50.0% clip while krenske came in with 54 made three's at a 39.4% rate.

the bears, who have recorded back-to-back nsic wins, look to continue their solid play down the stretch and will travel to minnesota-crookston and bemidji state next friday and saturday.