Concordia rallied from a 14-point deficit to take the lead in the middle of the fourth quarter, but it wasn't quite enough to knock off Dakota Wesleyan at the Corn Palace. The Tigers prevailed, 61-54. Kendal Brigham led Concordia with 15 points.
Two of the GPAC’s best defensive teams played like it on Wednesday (Feb. 15). Despite holding Briar Cliff below 30 percent shooting, the Bulldogs were clipped by the visitors, 56-51. Concordia owned a lead as large as seven points.
A chance to place as high as second in the final GPAC regular season standings is at stake during the closing week of the 2022-23 regular season. The Bulldogs will host Briar Cliff before hitting the road to play Dakota Wesleyan.
Concordia continues to expand its game offensively, as evidenced by it shooting 15-for-28 from 3-point range on Saturday (Feb. 11). The triples helped grow the lead as large as 30 points in the 99-76 win at College of Saint Mary.
Concordia shook off a rough first half on Wednesday (Feb. 8) while getting white hot shooting from Abby Krieser and Taysha Rushton, who combined for 11 3-point field goals. The Bulldogs rallied to win at Doane, 92-80.
Following a 43-point week that included a perfect outing from 3-point range, Taysha Rushton has been named the GPAC Player of the Week. Rushton poured in 29 points in the blowout win at Midland.
Both of this week's outings will be on the road, but the Bulldogs won't have to go far as they prepare to take on Doane and College of Saint Mary. Concordia (16-8, 12-6 GPAC) won last week at Midland before a tight loss to fourth-ranked Dordt.
In the ultimate test of Concordia's growth, it met up with fourth-ranked Dordt and took the Defenders to the wire. Rebounding and clutch plays down the stretch allowed Dordt to escape Friedrich Arena with a 76-69 win.
It was a memorable evening for Taysha Rushton, who went 7-for-7 from 3-point range and led the Bulldogs to a 102-64 trouncing of Midland in Fremont on Wednesday (Feb. 1). Abby Krieser also posted a career best 20 points.
The final six games of the regular season will all be against GPAC opponents as Concordia Women’s Basketball turns the page. Fresh off a CIT championship, the Bulldogs are readying to play at Midland and to host No. 3 Dordt.
The Concordia women's basketball program learned on Wednesday that it would make its 15th all-time appearance at the national tournament. The Bulldogs will play in the first round on March 9.
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.