Senior kyle marxhausen scored a season-high 30 points and became just the 13th player in school history with 1,000 career points in a cu uniform as the bears defeated upper iowa 77-63 at the gangelhoff center friday night.

marxhausen finished the night going 10-17 from the floor, including 2-7 and 8-10 from the free throw line. He also had team-high six rebounds and three steals in 34 minutes. Marxhausen now has 1,012 points at concordia and 1,154 career points (which includes a freshman season at msu mankato).

senior joey peel and junior jason birr also scored ten points for the bears who won their 19th game of the season, besting the 2004-05 teams 18 wins for most wins at the division ii level.

the bears shot 24-46 (52.2) for the game, including 7-14 (50.0) from beyond the arc, while upper iowa was 22-49 (44.9) from the floor and 7-18 (38.9) from three point range.

the difference in the game came at the free throw line where the bears shot 22-32 (68.8) to upper iowa's 12-17 (72.7). The concordia defense scored 25 points off 21 peacock turnovers, compared to 12 points on 15 concordia turnovers. Upper iowa outrebounded concordia 31-29.

nick larson led upper iowa with 19 points, while marcus uhlenhopp added 18.

with the win, the bears improve to 19-5 (12-3 nsic), while upper iowa falls to 3-21 (2-13 nsic).

concordia will host #winona state on saturday at 8:00 in the gangelhoff center. The bears look to end the warriors 46 game-winning streak. The last time the two schools met, winona state earned a hard-fouhgt 86-83 overtime win.

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