Only 98 total points were scored and both teams shot under 40 percent. Normally those numbers would favor the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Bulldogs, coming into today's contest, were 6-0 when holding opponents under 60 points and 5-0 when holding teams to shooting under 40 percent. That wasn't the case Saturday at the Gangelhoff Center.
Concordia University, St. Paul made just enough plays down to stretch to hold off UMD 51-47 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action. The Golden Bears carried a four point lead into the fourth quarter and the Bears and Bulldogs stayed within a two-possession game for the entire quarter. Concordia-St. Paul never let the lead escape its grasp.
UMD had the lead down to one twice but never found the bucket to take control. In one last ditch effort, junior forward
Katie Stark drilled a straight-away three to cut the lead in half at 50-47. Sidney Wentland knocked down one of two at the line and the Bulldogs ran out of time.
It was the first time all season the Bulldogs were held underneath the 50-point threshold. UMD shot 32.8 percent while the Golden Bears shot 37.5 percent. Concordia-St. Paul had better success behind the three-point line and and at the free throw line with three more triples and five more made free throws.
Sophomore guard
Ann Simonet and sophomore forward
Sarah Grow each posted a team high 11 points. Simonet, for the second time in two games, added a team leading six rebounds, and Grow sent back a game high three shots on the defensive end. Senior guard
Sammy Kozlowski was held to four points but she dished out six assists and picked the Golden Bears' pockets on three occasions. Lindsay Dorr, the reigning Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South Division Player of the Week, knocked down 15 points to pace all scorers, but fell to the Bulldog pressure with six turnovers.
UMD is back home for a four-game homestand, first starting with a match up against Minnesota State Univeristy-Moorhead in a battle of the top two north division clubs on Friday.
