Hot 3-point shooting and a tweak defensively helped the second-ranked Bulldogs to a 98-67 win at Jamestown on Saturday (Jan. 19). Sophomore Taylor Cockerill led a group of four double figure scorers with 22 points.
Behind Philly Lammers, No. 2 Concordia blew open a tight game with an 18-4 run to begin the fourth quarter. Lammers and company cruised to the finish line with an 84-74 win over Midland on Wednesday (Jan. 16).
Another dominant run last week inside GPAC play leads into contests this week with Midland and Jamestown. The Bulldogs continue to hang one game out of first place in the league standings.
For the second meeting in a row with Briar Cliff, the Bulldogs forced 42 turnovers while again wreaking havoc with the press. Taylor Cockerill led a quartet of double figure scorers in the 87-58 win on Saturday (Jan. 12).
A balanced and red hot offensive performance helped spur a comfortable 102-85 win at 21st ranked Hastings on Wednesday (Jan. 9). Barry totaled 19 points and seven assists for an attack that shot 51.4 percent from the floor.
The second half of the conference season will tip off with the third-ranked Bulldogs sitting one game out of first place. Concordia is fresh off its third win over a top-five rated opponent in a three-week span.
Philly Lammers still has never lost back-to-back games in her Concordia career. That fact remained true after she helped lead the Bulldogs to a 93-85 win over No. 5 Northwestern on Saturday (Jan. 5).
Despite a 20-point first half lead and a 29-point performance from Taylor Cockerill, the Bulldogs were tripped up at No. 13 Dordt, 97-92, in double overtime. Concordia is now 14-2 overall (8-2 GPAC).
Fresh off a win over No. 2 Southeastern, the Bulldog women's basketball team resolves to remain atop the GPAC as the calendar flips to 2019. Concordia will play at Dordt on Wednesday and host Northwestern on Saturday.
After building a 19-point lead, the third-ranked Bulldogs were forced to dig deep and win a grinder. They did exactly that, pulling out a 59-51 victory over No. 2 Southeastern in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday (Dec. 28).
After losing several key pieces from the 2014-15 team that made a run to the national title game, the Bulldogs have reloaded with a balanced approach in 2015-16.
It was only a matter of time before Sarah Harrison Krueger found her way into the Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame.
Since 1992, 14 Concordia women’s basketball teams have appeared at the national tournament with four advancing all the way to the national semifinals. But in 2015, the Bulldogs reached new heights by motoring to the national title game for the first time in program history.
It’s a Tuesday evening in the middle of July and two brothers have reunited over a familiar round, orange and leather-coated object that has been prevalent in their lives since birth. Jarrod Olson, now 41, drives and whirls a pass back out top to Drew Olson, 35, who rises and fires a three. They narrowly miss out on the Olson-to-Olson scoring connection.