aberdeen, s.d. - the golden bears (1-4, 0-1 nsic) fell to 0-1 in the nsic conference as they fell to northern state (4-1, 1-0 nsic) 67-55. Cu was led by maurika hickman who had 12 points in the loss. Concordia got 9 points off the bench from jineen williams. box score

cu fell behind 8-1 early on in the first 2:25 of the game. The only point came off a hickman free throw. The wolves kept the run going and extended their lead to 18-5. Northern state kept the pressure on and took at 15 point lead at 28-13. The golden bears cut the lead to 10 at 34-24 going in to half time. anne skriba led the team with 6 points entering half time. Cu had a chance to cut the lead to 8 but a missed layup by williams and missed tip in by erica gress missed as the time expired.

out of half cu cut the lead to nine right out of half time but with 16:18 left the wolves were back up by 12. Concordia cut the lead back to nine with 12:56 left in the game. Cu cut the lead to six with 7:16 left and then forced a nsu turnover, and williams hit a jumper to cut the lead to four. Nsu responded by going on a 11-0 run to take a 63-48 lead with 3:31 left.

the golden bears will be back in action tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Against the university of mary.