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Concordia Upsets Upper Iowa in Regular Season Finale
61
Upper Iowa UIU 18-10,15-7 NSIC
93
Winner Concordia-St. Paul CSP 9-17,7-15 NSIC
Upper Iowa UIU
18-10,15-7 NSIC
61
Final
93
Concordia-St. Paul CSP
9-17,7-15 NSIC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Upper Iowa UIU 23 38 61
Concordia-St. Paul CSP 46 47 93

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Clint Cohen, Sports Communication GA

Concordia Upsets Upper Iowa in Regular Season Finale

Upper Iowa fell to Concordia University, St. Paul by a 93-61 count on Saturday evening. The Peacocks finish the regular season with the fourth-best overall record in the NSIC, UIU was projected to finish 13th in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Tonight’s 32-point loss is the largest margin of defeat the Peacocks have suffered this season. With the loss, Upper Iowa moves to 18-10 overall, 15-7 in the NSIC while Concordia improves to 9-17, 7-15 in conference play.

Upper Iowa fell to Concordia University, St. Paul by a 93-61 count on Saturday evening. The Peacocks finish the regular season with the fourth-best overall record in the NSIC, UIU was projected to finish 13th in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Tonight's 32-point loss is the largest margin of defeat the Peacocks have suffered this season. With the loss, Upper Iowa moves to 18-10 overall, 15-7 in the NSIC while Concordia improves to 9-17, 7-15 in conference play.

The Golden Bears held the lead for the entire first half in the wire-to-wire win. After an initial exchange of layups, Concordia broke off on a 13-0 run to go ahead 15-2 five minutes into the game. The Golden Bears then closed out the half on a 14-3 stretch to go up 46-23. 

Concordia was on fire in the first half posting a 18-27 (66.7%) rate from the field including a 7-10 (70%) mark from beyond the arc. Upper Iowa struggled as they converting just 10-36 (27.8%) of their attempts from the field including a woeful 2-18 (11.1%) rate from three-point range. The Golden Bears (24) also tallied over double the Peacocks' (11) first-half rebounds.

On the bright side, UIU committed just two turnovers compared to the eight they forced CSP to give up. Upper Iowa's reserves also outscored the Concordia bench 19-2. Jackson Joens led the Peacocks with eight points at the break.

The Golden Bears continued to shoot the lights out starting the second half on a 22-5 run that put CSP ahead 68-28 with 13:46 left on the clock. Concordia maintained their large lead winning the game by a 93-61 final count.

STATS OF THE GAME… 

  • Concordia outshot Upper Iowa 32-54 (59.3%) to 23-68 (33.8%) from the field and 14-24 (58.3%) to 5-30 (16.7%) from downtown.

  • The Golden Bears outrebounded the Peacocks 43-26.

  • CSP (22) registered double the amount of assists that UIU (11) had on the night.

  • Upper Iowa's second unit outscored the Concordia bench 48-9.

PEACOCKS OF THE GAME… 

  • Lucas Duax scored a team-high 10 points on a 5-8 (62.5%) rate from the floor. Duax also came down with a team-high five boards on the night.

  • Max Duax matched his brother with the team-high 10 points shooting 4-8 from the field.

UP NEXT… Upper Iowa will host the NSIC North seventh-seeded University of Mary in the first-round NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament game on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. 


 
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