ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul women's basketball team (8-10, 4-8 NSIC) extended their winning streak to three with a 73-64 win over Minnesota State (5-11, 4-8 NSIC) on Tuesday night. Kyrah Fredenburg put up a double-double with 13 points and 20 rebounds on the night.
 
Fredenburg's 20 rebound effort was her second in the past three games as she made it three in a row with at least 16 boards. She now holds two of the top three and three of the top seven rebounding performances in the DII-era at Concordia, all of which have come in the last three games. She's now up to 11.1 on the season, leading the NSIC by a full 2.0 boards per game. In addition to her rebounding prowess, she also chipped in four steals, two blocks and two assists.
 
Anna Schmitt also remained red hot as she scored a game-high 22 points to go along with four rebounds and three assists. She's scored at least 20 points in each game during the three-game winning streak and now sits at 15.9 points per game on the year. Schmitt was an impressive 7-9 from the floor and 4-4 from deep as she had her most efficient shooting game of her young career.
 
Mishayla Jones picked up right where she left off over the weekend as she poured in 15 points and added five assists, five rebounds and four steals as she did it all in the winning effort. Lauren Shifflett also added 17 points and three assists as she went 6-11 from the field.
 
After the offense came through big over the weekend, it was the defense that stepped up on Tuesday night. CSP held the Mavericks to just 33.3% (21-63) from the floor and kept MSU off the glass as they held a 47-35 advantage on the boards. Concordia managed to connect on 42.1% (24-57) from the floor on the win.
 
Taylor Paulsrud gave the Mavericks a spark off the bench with 12 points on 4-5 shooting while Madison Lee added 11 points and six boards off the bench to lead the way for MSU.
 
Turnovers plagued the Golden Bears in the opening few minutes of the game as MSU turned a 7-5 CSP lead into an 11-7 lead of their own with a 6-0 run. Concordia went back out front with five in a row before the Mavericks rattled off the next eight to take their biggest lead of the quarter at 19-12. The Golden Bears cut it down to four before finishing off the first down 22-16.
 
The Mavericks remained ahead by seven at 24-17 nearly three minutes into the second, but Concordia took control from there as they went ahead with a quick 9-0 run. After a bucket for MSU ended the run, CSP went right back on the attack as they scored seven more in a row to take a 33-26 lead with 3:09 left in the half. Their lead eventually reached nine before they settled with a 39-32 advantage at the break. Overall, CSP outscored MSU 23-10 in the quarter.
 
Concordia continued to add to their lead in the third as they pushed it to double digits two minutes in at 46-35 before hovering around that mark for the next several minutes. The Golden Bears eventually opened the gap to 14 at 55-41 and again at 57-43 before heading into the fourth up 57-45.
 
Including the final bucket of the third, the Mavericks embarked on a smothering 12-0 run to bring the score to 57-55 with 5:35 to go in the game. That would be the only time in the period that Minnesota State would come within a single possession as CSP pushed it back to seven with the next five points. MSU would get back to within four at 62-58 with 4:17 to play, but the Golden Bears finished strong as they closed out the win 73-64.
 
Concordia will look to continue their strong play this weekend as they hit the road and travel to Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State.