ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul (14-8, 10-6 NSIC) had its five game home winning streak snapped in a dramatic 99-91 double overtime loss to Minot State (12-11, 7-10 NSIC) on Friday night at Gangelhoff Center. Minot State shot 51.9 percent (14-27) from the three-point arc while Concordia was held to 26.7 percent (8-30) three-point shooting.
Concordia returns home to face U-Mary (6-15, 4-13 NSIC) tomorrow at 6 p.m. The Golden Bears are 9-2 at home on the year and have nine of their last 12 games overall.
The Golden Bears led by 12 (60-48) with 13:20 to play in regulation and by seven (68-61) with 6:21 to go before the Beavers rallied to tie the game on a three-pointer with 41 seconds left.
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Terez VanPelt missed a game winning jumper off the glass with eight seconds left and Minot State's desperation three-point heave from 35-feet with 0.4 seconds left fell just short to send it into overtime.
The Beavers continued to hold the momentum in overtime as Concordia never led in the first OT. Trailing by five with 18 seconds left, VanPelt scored in the lane with 13 seconds to play and the Beavers missed a front end of a 1-and-1. VanPelt was fouled at the top of the key on a three-pointer with 4.6 seconds to play and made all three free throws to tie it at 85.
VanPelt finished the night with 22 points to lead Concordia, adding five rebounds and five assists in 46 minutes.
Minot State went the length of the floor with Dominique McDonald leaving his feet for a last second runner before dishing to an open Tyler Rudolph for a layup at the buzzer. After officials reviewed the play, the game winning layup was overturned to send it to a second overtime.
McDonald scored 20 points for Minot State including 4-7 three-point shooting in 43 minutes. He also had seven assists and four steals.
In the second overtime, Minot State continued to hold the upper hand early but a three-pointer by
James Healy gave Concordia an 88-87 lead with 3:04 to play. It was Concordia's first lead since Minot State tied the game with 41 seconds left in regulation.
Minot State answered late in the shot clock with a McDonald three-pointer to steal the momentum back and never relinquished the lead from there.
VanPelt's 22 points led four players in double-figures as
Nuni Omot added 18 points on 6-11 shooting and five rebounds.
Cole Olstad had 12 points and eight rebounds.
Josh Monroy had his first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. He was 4-6 from the floor in the game in 18 minutes. He had a two minute stretch of play in the second half with a blocked shot, a jumper in the lane, a defensive rebound and a dunk tip-in on an offensive rebound to take a 64-61 lead to a 68-61 edge with 6:21 left.
Thomas Korf scored a game-high 26 points on five three-pointers and 9-10 free throw shooting for Minot State. Everett Robinson led the Beavers with 15 rebounds, adding six points and five assists.
Concordia came out strong, jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the first 1:39 of play before Minot State used a 13-0 run spanning three and a half minutes to claim an 18-11 lead with 12:41 left in the half. That run was shut down by
Adam Petterson, who drilled a three-pointer and was fouled on another, converting all three free throws to bring the Golden Bears within a point.
Concordia would assume another 7-point edge later in the half before going into the break up five, 46-41, eventually extending the lead to 12 in the first few minutes of the second half.
While Minot State converted above 50 percent from the arc, Concordia held the Beavers to sub-50 percent shooting for the evening at 47.1 percent (32-68). Concordia held Minot State to 18-41 shooting inside the arc and outscored them 25-21 at the foul line in two more attempts (32-30).
Concordia's inside game gave the Golden Bears a consistent edge with a 46-45 rebounding margin that included 16-9 on the offensive glass which led to an 18-11 edge in second chance scoring. Concordia also outscored the Beavers by four (38-34) in the paint.
But a 37.7 percent (29-77) overall shooting night coupled with the three-point shooting disparity were too much to overcome in a game that featured eight ties and five lead changes.
Concordia managed to shoot just 31.3 percent (10-32) in the second half and 33.3 percent in the overtime (5-15).