ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia Golden Bears men's basketball team (1-2) wraps up non-conference play this week with a Tuesday night matchup against Northland (2-4). Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Last Thursday at Gangelhoff Center, the Golden Bears exploded for 55 second-half points to claim a 94-69 victory over North Central as interim head coach Eric Johnson picked up his first career win.
 
The Golden Bears overwhelmed the Rams in the second half as they improved to 51-13 in the all-time series with NCU, winning the last 15 in a row. With the win, Johnson became the 10th different CSP head coach to pick up a victory at the helm.
 
After being held to 38.9% from the floor and 25.0% from deep in the opening half, Concordia stormed their way to a mark of 61.1% shooting and 53.8% from beyond the arc after the break. Overall, CSP finished a solid 50.0% (36-72) from the floor and 40.0% (10-25) from three-point range in the win. The defense also took care of business as they held North Central to 38.1% (24-63) overall and 30.6% (11-36) from deep.
 
Junior Jordan Coblin was a big part of the second half turnaround as he scored 19 of his game-high and career-high 28 points in the final 20 minutes. He also chipped in a game-best 11 boards for the double-double while hitting 11-15 overall and 4-5 from three-point range in the win.
 
Coblin finished as one of four Golden Bears in double figures as Jacob Shields added 15 points on 7-10 shooting, Max Keefe put up 13 points on 4-6 from the floor and Carlos Barela tallied 10 points and seven rebounds on the night. Noah Kannegiesser contributed eight points, five assists and three rebounds as well.
 
NORTHLAND SERIES HISTORY
The Golden Bears will face the Lumberjacks for the 46^th time in the all-time series as Northland holds a 29-16 edge in the previous 45 meetings. While the two schools have an extensive history, only one of those previous meeting have come in the last 20 years. CSP has picked up wins in four of the last five meetings and hold a record of 6-7 at home against NC.
 
LAST MEETING WITH THE LUMBERJACKS
Back on Nov. 22, 2014, Concordia cruised to a 96-42 win over Northland at Gangelhoff Center behind a balanced offensive effort with six players in double-figures.
 
Junior Cole Olstad led all players with a season-high 24 points, adding eight rebounds.
 
The Golden Bears also crushed the Lumberjacks in the paint with a 60-28 rebounding margin and a 56-10 scoring advantage inside. Junior Mike Yahnke collected a career-high 15 rebounds, missing the school record by just two, while Concordia's 60 team rebounds also missed the school record by a pair.
 
Defense was the key as Concordia held Northland to 21.2% shooting (14-66) for the night and an even stingier 16.1% (5-31) first half mark as they led 52-16 at the break. Concordia has yet to allow an opponent to hit at 40% for a contest on the year.