Box Score ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia Golden Bears men's basketball team (2-20, 1-14 NSIC) was unable to keep pace with MSU Moorhead (11-10, 6-6 NSIC) on Saturday night at Gangelhoff Center as they fell 85-66.
The Dragons controlled the game down low as they held a 60-32 edge in points in the paint and a 39-25 edge on the glass as CSP dropped to 13-22 in the all-time series with MSUM.
MSU Moorhead added a 14-5 advantage on the offensive glass as well as a 17-6 advantage in points off turnovers, an 11-4 advantage in second chance points and a 32-16 advantage in bench scoring on the night.
Elijah Ormiston put together another big performance as he cleared 20+ points for the 10
th time on the season and seventh time in the past 10 as he led all players with 27 points on 9-14 shooting and 8-10 from the free throw line. The freshman scored 24 of his 27 points after the break while also pulling down eight boards.
Jacob Everson joined him in double figures with 13 points on 5-8 from the floor while
Jack Stensgard dished out seven assists to go along with four points and three boards.
George Scharlau and
Marcus Skeete each had six points while
Caden Hoffman had six assists.
Gavin Baumgartner led MSU Moorhead with 17 points to go along with four assists and three rebounds in the win.
After the Dragons opened with the first five points of the contest, CSP responded with 10 of the next 14 to take the lead at 10-9 at the 16:08 mark. The Dragons quickly regained the lead, but Concordia remained within a point at 21-20 with 8:34 to go in the half. From there, a 16-2 run ballooned the lead out to 15 before MSU Moorhead took a 37-25 lead into the half.
With the lead back to 14 at 41-27 early in the second half, Concordia embarked on a 7-0 run to trim it down to seven at 41-34 with 16:26 to go. That would be all the closer they would get, however, as the lead hovered around 10 for the next several minutes. The Dragons put the game out of reach with a 9-0 run midway through the half to turn a 56-46 lead into a 65-46 edge. Ormiston rattled off three straight buckets near the five minute mark to trim it back to 12 at 71-59 before MSUM extended it back out to 19 at the final margin of 85-66.
Concordia is back on the road next weekend as they travel to Sioux Falls on Friday and Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday.
