Mary Janovich totaled 16 points and six rebounds while celebrating her birthday and a Bulldog victory. No. 7 Concordia cruised past College of Saint Mary, 95-56, on Wednesday night.
Riding a nine-game win streak, Concordia women's basketball is up to No. 7 in this week's national poll. Before Saturday's showdown with No. 1 Dakota Wesleyan, the Bulldogs host College of Saint Mary on Wednesday.
The win streak continues for 14th-ranked Concordia, which pummeled two opponents from Kansas during the two-day Bruin Thanksgiving Classic hosted by Bellevue University. Freshman Philly Lammers put up a combined 37 points in the two wins.
Concordia women's basketball remains undefeated in GPAC play after a 77-56 win over Doane on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs forced 39 Tiger turnovers.
The Thanksgiving week schedule is stuffed with three games for the 14th-ranked Concordia women's basketball team. Up next is a short trip to Doane for the Bulldogs, who are undefeated in GPAC play.
A big second-half run allowed 14th-ranked Concordia to put away visiting Mount Marty on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs forced 25 turnovers and won, 75-65, to improve to 3-0 in league play.
Concordia women's basketball sports a home record of 72-9 since the start of the 2011-12 season. Dominant over their last five games, Dani Andersen and the Bulldogs are rolling into Saturday's action.
Dani Andersen returned to her former school and helped lead a blowout win over Midland on Wednesday night. No. 14 Concordia again showcased its depth in an 89-50 road victory.
All five starters scored in double figures and the 14th-ranked Bulldogs did something that's now happened just three times in the GPAC era: win in Orange City. Concordia defeated Northwestern, 88-81.
Though it struggled at times offensively, the 14th-ranked Bulldogs used their zone defense to put the squeeze on Oklahoma Wesleyan. Concordia topped the Eagles, 76-58, on day two of the Cattle Classic.
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.