
It'll be back on the road this weekend for the fifth-seeded Bulldogs, who are hoping to reach the GPAC tournament title game for the third time in four seasons. Concordia will be tasked with playing top-seeded Jamestown.
It'll be back on the road this weekend for the fifth-seeded Bulldogs, who are hoping to reach the GPAC tournament title game for the third time in four seasons. Concordia will be tasked with playing top-seeded Jamestown.
Noah Schutte put on a dazzling display that saw him rack up 38 points and 18 rebounds while breaking a school record with nine 3-point field goals. Schutte's performance carried the Bulldogs to a 90-77 GPAC quarterfinal win at Northwestern.
Standouts on and off the court, Brad Bennett, Gage Smith and Tristan Smith have been honored appropriately. All three have been named Academic All-District® Team award winners by College Sports Communicators.
As the No. 5 seed in the GPAC tournament, the Bulldogs are readying to play at fourth-seeded Northwestern in the quarterfinals. Concordia enters the bracket as the defending GPAC tournament champion and winners of two of the past three.
Noah Schutte tallied a career high 36 points to go along with 13 rebounds in the regular season finale on Saturday (Feb. 18). Unfortunately, Concordia let go of a 13-point lead and fell at Dakota Wesleyan, 75-72.
A tight first half turned into a comfortable win for the Bulldogs, who used a 35-3 surge to run and hide from Briar Cliff. Gage Smith powered in 22 points in the 85-56 win on Wednesday (Feb. 15) in the home regular season finale.
A chance to improve the program's tournament profile awaits during the final week of the regular season. The Bulldogs have won five of their last six games as they look ahead to hosting Briar Cliff and traveling to Dakota Wesleyan.
It was a harrowing white-knuckler, but the work of Garrett Seagren and Noah Schutte was enough for the Bulldogs to pull one out of the fire. Schutte went past 1,000 career points as Concordia triumphed at Doane, 85-79.
A push for a top four GPAC finish will have to start at Doane on Wednesday. That will be the lone outing of the week for the Bulldogs (15-10, 9-8 GPAC), who are coming off a week that included a win over Midland and loss to Dordt.
In a game with many twists and turns, the Bulldogs saw an 11-point first half lead transition into an 11-point deficit late in the second half. Concordia rallied behind a season high 28 points from Gage Smith before coming up short of Dordt, 74-71.
The 65th annual Concordia Invitational Tournament tips off Jan. 29 at Concordia University Chicago. Both Bulldog teams will vie for their 26th all-time CIT titles.
Young and inexperienced proved a theme for the Bulldogs during head coach Ben Limback’s first season at the helm of the program in 2013-14. That’s no longer the case.