Concordia-st. Paul opened up their exhibition season with a 73-68 victory over st. Olaf college on saturday evening at the gangelhoff center. matt cadwell, a junior transfer from division i south dakota state, scored a game-high 23 points and dished out five assists for the victorious golden bears.

concordia opened up the game with a 48-40 halftime lead behind 63.3% (19-30) shooting from the field and 46.2% (6-13) from three-point range.

sophomore craig heiman was on fire in the first half with 18 points on 7-8 shooting and 4-4 three-pointers. Heiman would finish 7-13 from the floor with five rebounds.

concordia struggled to score in the second half, going nearly nine minutes without scoring as their 54-46 lead turned into a 56-54 st. Olaf lead until mike cunningham drove through the line to tie the score at 56.

cunningham finished 5-6 from the field, scored 11 points and had five rebounds (four offensive).

senior center chuol chany notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He shot 5-7 from the floor and had three steals.

the golden bears shot just 34.8% (8-23) in the second half but were just 11.1% (1-9) from three-point range. St. Olaf outscored the golden bears 28-25 in the second half but concordia executed down the stretch to seal the win.

for the game, the golden bears shot 50.9% (27-53) from the floor.

concordia continues their exhibition season next saturday, november 10 when they host st. John's (mn) at 3:00 p.m.

box score - csp 73, st. Olaf 68