ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia University women's basketball team (4-2) closed out their non-schedule with a 92-48 win over William Penn (4-5) on Friday afternoon at the Gangelhoff Center. The Golden Bears held the Statesmen to just 16.2% shooting in the first half and 21.4% in the game in the win.
CU dominated nearly every aspect of the game as they shot 43.8% from the floor while holding WPU to their mark of 21.4%. The Golden Bears were aggressive on the glass as they were a +22 in the rebounding column with 62 compared to 40 for William Penn. The 62 rebounds were second most in a game in the DII-era at Concordia. Concordia also did a nice job distributing the basketball as they assisted on 21 of their 28 made shots.
Ameshia Kearney broke out with a big game as she finished with a season-high 19 points and seven rebounds as she missed just one of her six shots and made all four of her threes. She was also 5-6 from the free throw line in the game.
Mishayla Jones put up another full stat line as she provided 13 points on 5-9 shooting to go along with eight rebounds and five assists.
Amanda Barton also added 13 points, three rebounds and a pair of steals in just 15 minutes.
Concordia also won the bench battle by a margin of 35-25, led by
Jordyn Dudley's career-best 11 points. Dudley hit a pair of threes and added two boards, two assists and two steals in her 17 minutes off the bench.
No Statesmen players scored in double figures as Jessie Kreuser led the way with eight points and four rebounds. Janay Pritchett and Alyssa Phillips each added seven points as well.
The Golden Bears scored the first 11 points of the game and built an 18-1 lead as they hit their first three three-pointers of the game. The Statesmen were unable to stem the tide as the lead hit 23 at the 9:44 mark with a score of 29-6. A 6-0 run for William Penn cut it back to 29-12 but Concordia extended the lead even further with 10 of the next 12 points to push it to 39-16 with 2:30 to go in the half. The lead remained 25 heading into the break as CU maintained a 41-16 advantage.
Concordia continued to grow the lead in the second half as it eventually hit 35 with a Dudley three to make it 64-29 with 12:54 to play. Jones lifted it to 38 with a three with 6:57 to go as the Golden Bears eventually pushed the lead all the way to the final margin of 44 in the 92-48 win.
