ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's basketball team (4-0) returned to the friendly confines of the Gangelhoff Center for their first home game of the season on Sunday afternoon, defeating Michigan Tech (2-2) 83-67 in non-conference play to remain undefeated.

Senior guard Antwan Kimmons finished as Concordia's scoring leader for the fourth time in as many games, tallying 25 points on 10-17 shooting while going 5-5 from the free throw line and adding six rebounds and six assists.

Cade Meyer put together his strongest outing in the navy and gold thus far, logging 24 points on 11-16 shooting while pulling down a game-high seven rebounds and adding three blocks.

Marcus Skeete also finished in double figures, scoring 10 points to go along with four rebounds and an assist.  Ian Sluice added nine points and four rebounds on 3-5 shooting, with all five attempts coming from beyond the arc.

Ben Kopetzki rounded out the starters with four points while Sean Mathieu, Reid Patterson, and Will Boser added three points each off the bench for the Golden Bears.

With Concordia holding a narrow advantage at 18-16 near the midpoint in the first half, the Golden Bears put together a 12-0 run spanning more than four minutes to put themselves comfortably in the driver's seat at 30-16. The Huskies responded with a 10-5 run of their own to cut the deficit down to nine points at 35-26 at halftime. The Golden Bears went 13-29 (44.8%) from the field and 5-8 (62.5%) from beyond the arc in the half while Michigan Tech finished 11-27 (40.7%), including 0-6 from deep.

The Golden Bears led wire-to-wire and continued to push the advantage throughout the second half, leading by as many as 21 before securing the 16-point victory at 83-67. Both teams shot exactly 50.0% from the field in the second half, with Concordia going 19-38 and MTU finishing 16-32.

For the game, Concordia hit on 30 of its 67 attempts (47.8%) from the field and went 6-14 (42,9%) from beyond the arc. Michigan Tech shot 27-59 overall (45.8%) and hit just three of its 16 three-point attempts (18.8%). The Bears held a 50-28 scoring advantage in the paint throughout the game, also holding an 8-2 edge in fast break points and a 7-4 advantage in second chance points.

CSP's 4-0 start is its best mark through four games since the 2018-19 season when it also started 4-0. With Sunday's game being just the third meeting between the Golden Bears and Huskies, Concordia now holds a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series.

The Huskies were led by Marcus Tomashek with a game-high 30 points and five rebounds on 13-27 shooting.

Concordia will wrap up non-conference play with a pair of games in Fayette, Iowa next weekend, taking on Upper Iowa on Saturday at 3 p.m. and facing Northwest Missouri State in a neutral site showdown on Sunday at 1 p.m.