ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sophomore Owen Carlson scored 10 of his career and game-high 27 points in the first five minutes of play to help Concordia-St. Paul (15-7, 10-6 NSIC) open up a 19-4 lead en route to a 92-79 victory over the University of Mary (5-17, 3-13 NSIC) on Saturday afternoon at Gangelhoff Center. 

The Golden Bears came out hot from the gate, making eight of their first nine shots including three from deep, while limiting UMary to 2-9 shooting to start the game and three turnovers in the first five minutes of play. The Marauders didn't snap the 19-4 run until a three-pointer six and a half minutes into the contest. Concordia scored the first seven points and never trailed in a game that had no ties or lead changes. 

After making his first four shots and scoring 10 points in five minutes, Carlson would end up finishing 11-17 from the field, 5-8 from three, adding eight rebounds, a pair of assists and a steal in 26 minutes.

The Golden Bears made 62.5 percent (20-32) from the field, 43.8 percent (7-16) from three in the first half while holding the Marauders to 33.3 percent (13-39) shooting and 27.8 percent (5-18) three-point shooting, holding a 51-31 halftime lead.

None of Concordia's five starters played 30 minutes as the Golden Bears led by as many as 23 points - hitting the margin in the first and second half, allowing the bench to see significant action. Eight different Golden Bears saw 20-plus minutes of action and nine played at least 11 minutes. The margin was never closer than nine in the first half or 13 in the second half.

Concordia's bench was led by Reid Patterson's sharp-shooting, connecting on 5-7 from three-point distance and 6-9 from the field for 17 points in 20 minutes. Marcus Burks added eight points on four shots (1-4 FG, 6-9 FT) and four assists and Hudson Vaith added eight points on just three shots (2-3 FG, 4-6 FT). 

Sam West flirted with a triple-double, although he didn't end up with double-figures in any of the key statistics required. He scored nine points on 4-6 shooting, had nine assists, eight rebounds and three steals while playing a team-high 29 minutes. 

In the final tally, the Golden Bears would shoot 58.9 percent (33-56) from the floor and 50.0 percent (13-26) from three while outscoring UMary 13-1 at the foul line (13-21 to 1-4). UMary had a strong second-half shooting effort, hitting 61.3 percent (19-31) after the break to finish at 45.7 (32-70), while knocking down 14 three-pointers at a 40.0 percent clip in 35 attempts. 

UMary was led by Parker Brodina's 18 points on 7-8 shooting including 4-5 from three while Kelton Coleman added 15 points on 7-11 shooting in 20 minutes off the bench. Coleman also had four assists, three rebounds and three steals. Alex Dvorak knocked down five triples (5-7) and scored 15 points, as well.

The Golden Bears improve to 19-10 all-time against UMary with an 18-6 record in NSIC contests and 10-4 at Gangelhoff Center. 

Concordia reaches the 15-win plateau for the 13th time in program history dating back to the 1967-68 season, and the eighth time in CSP's NCAA Division II-era (1999-00 to present).