ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Powered by a career-high 43 points from senior guard Antwan Kimmons, the Concordia-St. Paul men's basketball team (3-0) remained perfect with a 115-104 non-conference win over St. Cloud State (2-3) on Thursday evening.

Kimmons was sensational for the entirety of the contest, scoring 18 in the first half and exploding for 25 in the second half to finish with a career-high 43 points. The senior guard became just the third Golden Bear to top the 40-point mark in a game, joining Curt Kietzer (40 points, 1984-85) and coming within three points of Matt Cadwell's 46-point record against Upper Iowa in 2009. Kimmons was also extremely efficient, knocking down 16 of his 21 attempts (76.1%) from the field and going 10-11 from the free throw line while adding six assists, five rebounds, and a block.

The Golden Bears also shot hot as a team throughout the game, connecting on 41 of their 66 attempts (62.1%) from the field for the fifth-highest field goal percentage in team history. CSP finished the game 13-25 from beyond the arc for the 20^th-highest three-point field goal percentage in program history at 52.0%.  Concordia's 115 points were its second-most in the Division II era, trailing only the 118-point effort against Arkansas Tech in 2018.

Concordia worked out to an 11-6 lead early in the game, but the Huskies responded with a seven-point run to take their first lead at 13-11. That lead proved to be short lived as CSP quickly regained the advantage and pushed it to 13 with a 59-46 lead at halftime. The Golden Bears went 20-31 (64.52%) from the field and 9-16 (56.3%) from beyond the arc in the half while holding St. Cloud State to 16-42 (38.1%) overall.

The Bears led wire-to-wire in the second half, pushing the advantage as high as 17 points on the way to the 11-point victory. CSP went 20-31 (64.5%) in the second half, also connecting on four of nine (44.4%) three-point attempts. For the game, Concordia held a 50-44 scoring edge in the paint and a 16-12 advantage in points off turnovers after winning the turnover battle 13-11.

Sophomore guard Ben Kopetzki matched his career high with 24 points, connecting on eight of his 16 attempts from the field and going 4-6 from beyond the arc while adding two rebounds, two assists, and two steals.

Senior transfer Cade Meyer had his best game as a Golden Bear, logging a season-high 15 points on a perfect 6-6 shooting to go along with eight rebounds, two assists, and two blocks. Ian Sluice and Marcus Skeete rounded out the starters with nine and seven points, respectively.

Junior guard Reid Patterson led the effort off the bench, scoring 11 points and adding five rebounds. Sean Mathieu was the only other Golden Bear on the score sheet with six points off the bench.
 
The Huskies were paced by Jamir Allen with 26 points and six rebounds while Nate Dahl finished with 20 points and six rebounds.

Concordia will play its first home game of the season at the Gangelhoff Center against Michigan Tech on Sunday at 3 p.m.