A shot at a top four seed in the GPAC will be on the line during the final week of the regular season. The Bulldogs will host their senior night on Wednesday when Briar Cliff will be in town and then travel to Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday.
Taysha Rushton and Kendal Brigham combined to net 10 of Concordia's 14 treys in a 98-73 rout at College of Saint Mary on Saturday (Feb. 12). The Bulldogs also forced 23 more turnovers and moved to 15-11 overall (12-8 GPAC).
Down 13 in the second half, the Bulldogs dusted off the full-court press and terrorized Doane to the tune of 28 turnovers. The pressure, coupled with a huge second half by Kendal Brigham, paved the way to a 74-63 Concordia win.
Looking to make a push down the stretch of the regular season, the Bulldogs will stay in-state for road trips to Doane and College of Saint Mary this week. Concordia is currently tied for sixth in the GPAC with a 10-8 league mark.
In a contest that went wire-to-wire, Ashtyn Veerbeek and Dordt made the plays in crunch time to pull it out, 76-69, over the 23rd-ranked Bulldogs. Taysha Rushton (20) and Sadie Powell (19) paced Concordia in the scoring department.
Led by the flurry out of the gate from Taysha Rushton, the 23rd-ranked Bulldogs regained their confidence with a 101-57 blowout win at Midland on Wednesday (Feb. 2). Rushton piled up 31 points in spurring the season high outburst.
Following a weekend to refresh and refocus, the 23rd-ranked Bulldogs are gearing up to play at Midland on Wednesday and host red hot Dordt on Saturday. Concordia is aiming to get back into the W column after four-straight defeats.
The 23rd-ranked Bulldogs never did find an offensive rhythm on Wednesday (Jan. 26) while falling at the hands of Hastings, 68-60. Concordia (12-10, 9-7 GPAC) got 22 points from Taysha Rushton and 17 from Taylor Farrell.
After pushing both No. 8 Morningside and No. 14 Northwestern to the wire in losses last week, the 19th-ranked Concordia has shifted focus to Wednesday's home matchup with Hastings. The Bulldogs are 9-6 in league play.
A gauntlet of a week inside the GPAC concluded with a 74-68 defeat at No. 14 Northwestern. The 19th-ranked Bulldogs were tied with under four-and-a-half minutes to go before slipping. Taysha Rushton piled up a game high 26 points.
Don't forget about TC. The leading scorer for the 2018-19 national championship team, Taylor Cockerill is roughly 90 percent of the way back from the knee injury she suffered last October.
As announced by CoSIDA, Grace Barry is the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for the entire NAIA. She is the first Concordia student-athlete to ever earn the award.
Let's answer the question: who wore it better? We ran down the top Bulldog women's basketball performers at each jersey number during the 20 seasons of GPAC hoops.
Fans were out in force in anticipation when Voss brought his No. 1-ranked Bulldogs to Hastings for a big-time conference clash with the second-ranked Broncos on Feb. 12, 2003.
Before it all came to an abrupt end, the top-ranked Bulldogs put together another season to remember. They repeated as GPAC regular-season and tournament champions while forging memories along the way.
All-American Philly Lammers will be remembered for her incredible success on the court, her humility and her role in the most successful four-year run in Concordia women's basketball history.
The 2019-20 Concordia women's basketball seniors will leave a mark on the program that will stand the test of time. The results speak for themselves in the form of winning, relationships and memories made.
The Concordia women's basketball team serves a greater purpose than just what is seen on the court on game days. Despite winning a national title, the values of the program have remained unchanged.
What they have is more precious than winning. EVERY single coach/player that experienced the national title run reflected on the emotion of winning a title and just what made this team so special.
Behind Tournament MVP Grace Barry, the Bulldog women's basketball team sealed the deal and won the NAIA Division II national title. Concordia won the national title game by a final score of 67-59 over No. 2 Southeastern.