DULUTH, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul (3-9, 0-6 NSIC) was led by 24 points on six three-pointers from senior Cole Olstad, who eclipsed 1,200 career points in an 85-83 overtime loss at Minnesota Duluth (9-3, 6-1 NSIC) to start the New Year at Romano Gym.

The Golden Bears were unable to protect a seven point lead (72-65) with 3:17 left in regulation, but Shea Mandli saw his game-winning turnaround 12-foot attempt at the buzzer rim out.

In overtime, the Golden Bears nearly overcame a five point deficit with a minute left as Diallo Powell hit a pair of jumpers to give the team a chance to tie late. But Concordia had a pair of close range shot attempts rim out on the final possession, first on a missed lay-up in traffic by Olstad followed by a missed tip-in attempt by Mike Yahnke at the horn.

Olstad was 6-12 from the floor, sinking 6-10 from three-point range and 6-6 at the foul line while pulling in seven rebounds. He's the 11th player in team history to top 1,200 points and is now up to 1,211 career points, moving into 10th on the career scoring list.

Powell finished with 10 points and seven rebounds with four steals. Mandli had eight points, four rebounds and a pair of assists while Yahnke contributed four points and five rebounds. Mandli and Yahnke each had a pair of steals, as well.

Two other Golden Bears joined Olstad in double-figures with Bryndan Matthews scoring 16 points on 5-10 shooting including 6-8 foul shooting with seven rebounds and a team-high three assists. Josh Monroy chipped in 10 points to lead Concordia's bench on 3-4 shooting while making all four free throw attempts in eight minutes of work.

UMD's Taylor Lavery led all scorers with 29 points on 8-15 shooting including 5-9 from long range. He also converted three consecutive free throws twice in key spots in regulation and overtime, the first time to cut CSP's 72-65 lead to four with three minutes to play and again in overtime to put UMD ahead 82-79 with 2:34 to go. He went 8-9 at the line.

UMD's Pierre Newton added 23 points and seven rebounds, also making 8-10 free throws.

Concordia was also strong at the stripe, making 21 free throws in 24 attempts (.875) while knocking down 10 of 22 from three-point distance (.455).

The two teams combined for 32 turnovers, with CSP forcing 17 UMD miscues and it was Concordia who capitalized with a 21-12 scoring advantage off turnovers.

While Concordia shot higher percentages from the arc and the foul line, UMD finished the night with a decisive 48.4 percent (27-57) overall shooting percentage to Concordia's 41.9 percent (26-62) mark which would be the ultimate separator in a tightly contested overtime game.

The game was so close throughout the two teams' largest leads were Concordia's seven point edge late in regulation and UMD's five point advantage midway through overtime. The game featured 13 ties and 16 lead changes and although Concordia held the lead for a signifanctly longer portion (21:54) of the contest than UMD (13:19), the game was tied for nearly 10 minutes (9:47).

Concordia will look to recover tomorrow at 4 p.m. on the road at St. Cloud State at Halenbeck Hall.