KENOSHA, Wis. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's basketball team (0-1) dropped the season-opener in heartbreaking fashion as they had a last second potential game-winning three-pointer rim out in a 78-76 loss at the Parkside Invitational presented by HARIBO against Minnesota Crookston (2-1) on Friday night.
 
With five seconds remaining and the ball, the Golden Bears drew up a play to get a look to give CSP a three-point look to win the game, but the attempt rattled out as the Golden Eagles held on for the win.
 
Concordia will now play in the consolation game tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. on the campus of Parkside.
 
Cody Carlson paced the squad with 18 points in the win, with 14 in the second half, as he connected on seven field goals and two from beyond the arc on the night while Jordan Coblin followed close behind with 17 points and four threes. Noah Kannegiesser added 14 points, including 11 in the first half while James Shields chipped in eight points.
 
Harrison Cleary carried the scoring load with a game-high 35 points while Brian Sitzmann added 20 points and five made threes in the win.
 
The Golden Bears held a 32-30 lead at the half before being outscored 48-44 in the second half.
 
Full statistics and recap will be available later on tonight or tomorrow morning.