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ST. PAUL, Minn. - This weekend, the Concordia men's basketball team (5-15, 3-13 NSIC) will take on a pair of NSIC North foes with the Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles (3-17, 0-16 NSIC) and the Bemidji State Beavers (11-9, 9-7 NSIC) coming to St. Paul.
The Bears are coming off a weekend split with Minot State and U-Mary in North Dakota and have split their last two weekends. On Friday, CU couldn't slow down the Minot State Beavers from three point range and dropped a 91-75 game. On Saturday, the Golden Bears used some hot shooting of their own to take down the Marauders in Bismarck by a score of 89-78.
The Golden Eagles have had a tough season, going 0-16 in conference going into the weekend and they have lost 17 straight overall. Their last win came back on November 20th at Mayville State, winning 55-48.
The Bemidji State Beavers come into the weekend off a sweep of Southwest Minnesota State and Sioux Falls in Bemidji. The two wins brought the Beavers back over .500 in conference play and in a tie for third place in the NSIC North Division and in the picture for a conference tournament first round home game.
Sophomore
Cole Olstad had a big weekend, scoring a career-high 30 points on 7-13 shooting and a perfect 12-12 from the line. Olstad became the 14th Golden Bear to hit the 30-point plateau. He also led the Bears in scoring on Friday with 13 points.
Both games will be available to watch online via the links above.
