WAYNE, Neb. - Concordia-St. Paul (2-4, 0-1 NSIC) dropped its Northern Sun opener on Friday night 84-76 at Wayne State (2-4, 1-1 NSIC) at Rice Auditorium.

The Golden Bears will face #6 Augustana tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Concordia led for over half of the contest, controlling the lead for 20:03 of play compared to 16:21 for WSC. The game featured nine ties and eight lead changes but WSC turned a 43-37 deficit with 15:46 to play into a 51-47 lead with a 14-4 run over a five minute period.

The teams went back and forth for much of the second half from there, with Concordia lead 64-63 with 4:54 to play when the Wildcats went on an 8-1 spurt to take the lead for good.

Senior post Shea Mandli had a big second half to keep the Golden Bears in the game, going for seven points, four rebounds and two assists in the last 10 minutes.

He finished with 17 points, six rebounds and four assists while making 7-10 from the floor and 3-4 from the foul line to lead the club.

Freshman OC Omoregie had a big day off the bench as he buried all four of his three-point attempts and scored a season-high 15 points.

He led a strong perimeter game for Concordia as the Golden Bears made 9-13 from the arc (.692) compared to Wayne State's 8-22 (.364).

Concordia also had a better shooting night overall, hitting 49.2 percent (28-57) to Wayne State's 47.5 percent (29-61) including a 12-10 edge on the offensive glass.

Junior guard Diallo Powell had a strong inside performance with a game-high nine rebounds while scoring 12 points. He led a Concordia inside game that out-rebounded the Wildcats 39-29.

Senior Cole Olstad was Concordia's fourth player in double-figures with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Olstad and Mandli were joined by Jon Sobaski with four assists each while Mike Yahnke added three assists off the bench in his 2015-16 season debut.

The Golden Bear team had 18 assists, but also committed 16 turnovers and only forced nine which led to a 23-10 deficit in points off turnovers.

Concordia also got to the foul line six fewer times where the Wildcats scored seven more points than Concordia to offset CSP's shooting advantages.