#8 concordia university (10-0) remained undefeated, knocking off st. Cloud state (5-6) 83-66 at halenbeck hall in st. Cloud, minn. Behind 19 points and 10 rebounds each from junior forward candace olstad (elgin, minn.) and senior center amanda behnke (eagan, minn.).

c.olstad hit a jumper with 18:42 to play off of a pass by senior guard kelly lund (new brighton, minn.) to give concordia the first lead of the game.

they would never relinquish the lead as senior guard mary schroeder (minneapolis, minn.) drilled a three-pointer on their next possession, giving senior point guard katie laviolette (manitowoc, wis.) one of her eight assists on the night.

sophomore guard kali olstad (elgin, minn.) connected on a three-pointer with 12:17 to play in the half to put concordia up by double-digits for the first time. K.olstad finished with 16 points, shooting 6-7 from the floor and draining 4-5 from three-point range.

the first half lead grew to as much as 13, but scsu cut the deficit to four, 27-23, after a pair of kayla rengel free throws.

the golden bears wasted no time in pushing the lead back to double-digits, going on a quick 9-2 run before closing out the half ahead by 12, 40-28.

in the first half, concordia outscored the huskies 22-12 in the paint and 11-2 in second chance scoring as they grabbed 28 rebounds in the first 20 minutes. They also dominated off the bench to the tune of a 19-3 margin.

the olstads combined for 21 points in the opening 20 minutes, with kali scoring 11 and candace adding 10.

concordia never let the huskies back in the game as the margin was never closer than 12. C.olstad's three-pointer with 7:39 gave the golden bears their largest lead, 67-44.

c.olstad finished 7-13 from the floor and all 10 of her rebounds were defensive. She also added five assists and was 3-4 from three-point range.

behnke was 6-9 from the floor and 7-10 at the stripe and half of her 10 rebounds were on the offensive glass.

laviolette scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds and had three steals to go with her eight assists.

the golden bears finished with a 49-29 rebounding advantage and had a 20-7 edge in second chance points off of 15 offensive rebounds.

three-point shooting was key, with concordia shooting 62.5% (10-16) from downtown while holding scsu to 21.4% (3-14) three-point shooting.

the huskies were led by katie tacheny's 14 points while rengel and rachel booth each scored 12.

concordia has now won three-straight on the road in the midst of their seven game stand away from home. They resume play on dec. 28-29 when they travel to colorado to face metro state and csu-colorado springs.

box score - cu 83, st. Cloud state 66