candace olstad and katie laviolette each had 19 as concordia (14-8, 11-2 nsic) earned a 68-49 win over northern state in front of 2,281 fans at wachs arena in aberdeen.

olstad tied her career-high with 19 points, on 7-14 shooting from the floor, including 3-5 from three point range and 2-4 from the free throw line. She added five rebounds, three assists and three steals in an all-around performance.

laviolette came within one point of her career-high with 19 points, converting 5-9 from the floor, going 3-4 from beyond the arc and 6-8 from the charity stripe. She added six assists, six rebounds, and a steal in 39 minutes on the floor.

for the second time this season, the bears burried the wolves from beyond the arc, making 12 of 23 (52.2%). They were 12-26 in their first meeting. kali olstad was also 3-5 from three point range for nine points in the game.

the bears trailed 24-23 at the half, but broke the game open in the second half. With the score 33-33 at 15:05, concordia went on a 13-2 run to take a 46-35 lead with 8:57 to play. Northern state cut the lead to 55-46 at 3:33, but laviolette scored seven unanswered points to give the bears a 62-46 lead with 1:41 to play.

for the game, concordia maek 21-50 (42%) from the floor and 14-24 (58.3%) from the free throw line, while northern state was 18-59 (30.5%) from the floor and only 4-15 (26.7%) from three.

the bears were outrebounded 40-37. mary schroeder led cu on the boards with seven.

northern state was led by melissa braaten, the only player in double-figures with ten points. Miranda boepple had nine rebounds and three assists.

concordia will play at the university of mary at 6:00 in bismarck on saturday.

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