Concordia put together a sterling offensive performance in Orange City, Iowa, on Friday evening (Dec. 15). It just wasn't enough to overcome Colton Kooima's 51 points. Concordia fell, 111-103, at Northwestern.
This is proving ground for the Bulldogs, who enter Friday's GPAC road contest in a three-way tie for first place in the conference standings. Concordia will be at 11th-ranked Northwestern in this week's action.
All five starters reached double figures in scoring while a total team effort helped the Concordia men's basketball program improve to 4-1 in league play for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
Off to its first 3-1 start in GPAC play in six years, Concordia (8-2) returns to Walz Arena on Wednesday to host Hastings. The Bulldogs are fresh off an 85-80 win at Dordt.
Brevin Sloup made winning plays in crunch time and helped Concordia rally back from a deficit that grew as large as 15 points. The Bulldogs moved to 8-2 with an 85-80 win at Dordt on Saturday (Dec. 2).
Idle since its Thanksgiving weekend trip to the Denver area, Concordia is set to return to conference action on Saturday with a trip to Dordt. The Bulldogs carry a 7-2 record into Sioux Center, Iowa.
Clay Reimers totaled 23 points and 16 rebounds while leading the Concordia men's basketball team to a 79-66 win over Colorado Christian in a game played in Golden, Colo., on Saturday (Nov. 25).
The Bulldogs (6-2, 2-1 GPAC) continue to shoot the lights out at home. Concordia used 16 treys to take care of visiting Mount Marty, 105-63, on Tuesday (Nov. 21). Tanner Shuck led all players with 21 points.
There will be no time for rest during Thanksgiving break week for Bulldog men's basketball. Concordia will first look forward to hosting Mount Marty on Tuesday as part of Seward County Appreciation Night.
Despite Tanner Shuck's 29-point outing, Concordia dropped its first GPAC road test of the season, falling by a final of 77-69 at No. 10 Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday (Nov. 18). Concordia slipped to 5-2 overall.
A senior class led by Tanner Shuck and Brevin Sloup steadied the men's basketball program and led it to the national tournament for the first time since 2005. The highlight of the campaign was a GPAC tournament title.
At long last, the Bulldogs are headed back to the national tournament after a 15-year hiatus. The GPAC tournament champions earned a No. 7 seed and a matchup with No. 2 seed Ottawa.
Brevin Sloup doesn't have to hide the pride he has for his hometown Seward. It works both ways. Now starring as the Bulldog point guard, Sloup inspires plenty of pride from the Seward community.
Tanner Shuck and Brevin Sloup return to provide scoring punch for a new-look Bulldog men's basketball team in 2018-19. Head coach Ben Limback's squad will also be reliant on a large group of newcomers.
A new-look Bulldog men's basketball team opened official practice on Monday (Sept. 24). Junior Tanner Shuck says that the group of newcomers has brought a jolt to energy to the 2018-19 team.
Mike Works proved to be the missing piece for a Concordia men's basketball program that broke through with national tournament appearances in 1991 and 1992. Works is now headed for the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame.
From 2003 to 2007, Jon Ziegler piled up points like no Bulldog ever had. His journey to the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame included his signature 47-point game versus Sioux Falls and a national championship game appearance.
A sophomore class headed by Jake Hornick and Clay Reimers allowed Concordia to surpass the expectations of outsiders in 2017-18. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 12-3 record before finishing at 17-13 overall.
Concordia is 5-1 behind a sophomore group that has already shown tremendous growth since last season. Four second-year players have pushed their way into the starting lineup for the rising Bulldogs.
With Chandler Folkerts and Eli Ziegler having moved on, it's time for the next wave of stars to emerge for the Concordia men's basketball program. Several sophomores are candidates to fill their big shoes.