Box Score Wayne State 76 Concordia-St. Paul 48
Wayne State College made 12 3-pointers and shot 52.5 percent from the field as the Wildcats rolled to a 76-48 victory over Concordia-St. Paul in a Northern Sun Conference men's basketball game played Saturday evening at Rice Auditorium in Wayne. The Wildcats are now 2-6 and 1-2 in the NSIC while the Golden Bears fall to 3-5 and 0-2 in the league.
The only time WSC trailed was the first basket of the game. WSC and CSP were tied at 6-6 when the 'Cats scored seven straight points for a 13-6 advantage at the 14:56 mark.
Leading 15-10, the 'Cats scored nine straight points for a 24-10 lead with 9:23 to play in the first half.
WSC pushed the lead to 17 on two occasions and finished the first half with a 36-20 lead.
The Wildcats opened the second half making 6 of 8 from the 3-point line to put the game out of reach as four different Wildcats buried 3-pointers to give WSC a commanding 56-29 lead at the 14:23 mark and the Wildcats cruised the rest of the way for a convincing 76-48 victory.
Wayne State finished the game making 31 of 59 shots for 52.5 percent that included 12 of 28 behind the 3-point line for 42.9 percent.
Junior
Matt Thomas produced 17 points followed by junior
Brian Goodwin with 16.
Concordia-St. Paul was 14 of 43 shooting for 32.6 percent and 3 of 11 behind the arc. The Golden Bears were 17 for 27 at the free throw line.
Freshman center Ted Brown was the lone double digit scorer for Concordia-St. Paul with 10 points.
WSC had one more rebound than CSP 33-32.
Tony Bonner and Goodwin led the 'Cats on the glass with five boards each while Bryndan Matthews led the Golden Bears with seven boards.
Thomas had four of Wayne State's 16 assists while Janssen and Goodwin each had three steals for the 'Cats.
Wayne State will be on the road next weekend visiting the University of Mary Friday night at 8 p.m. and Minot State Saturday in a 6 p.m. contest.
