Box Score Concordia-St. Paul 86 Wayne State 66

            Concordia-St. Paul used a 26-11 advantage in points off turnovers and shot 61 percent from 3-point range (11 of 18) to defeat Wayne State College 86-66 in Northern Sun Conference women's basketball played Saturday evening at Rice Auditorium in Wayne.  The Golden Bears improve to 5-3 and 1-1 in league play while WSC drops to 5-3 and 0-3 in the NSIC.
            The first quarter was a back and forth battle featuring three ties and seven lead changes as WSC finished with a 23-22 lead.
            Concordia-St. Paul scored nine of the first 10 points of the second quarter to take a 32-24 lead and built the lead to 41-32 before the Wildcats closed the gap to two at 41-39 on a three-point play from Anna Martensen with 29 seconds left in the half.  Concordia-St. Paul's Mishayla Jones drained a 3-pointer on the final possession of the half to give the Golden Bears a 44-39 lead at intermission.
            In the third quarter, WSC got within three at 51-48 on a three-point play from Paige Ballinger with 4:40 to play in the third quarter.  But the Golden Bears increased the lead back to 11 at 63-52 and finished the third quarter with a 64-56 lead.
            Concordia-St. Paul put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter by holding WSC without a basket for 6:30 as the Golden Bears took a 78-59 lead and CSP went on to record the 86-66 win.
            WSC was 20 of 50 from the field for 40 percent, going just 3 for 15 from the 3-point line and 23 for 28 (82%) at the free throw line.
            Junior center Paige Ballinger led the 'Cats with 18 points followed by senior forward Anna Martensen with 16.  Maggie Schulte and Kacie O'Connor also hit double figures with 12 and 10 points respectively.
            Concordia-St. Paul made 30 of 61 shots from the field for 49.2 percent and was 11 of 18 behind the arc for 61 percent.  The Golden Bears were 15 for 18 (83%) at the charity stripe.
            CSP held a slight 34-31 edge in rebounding on WSC thanks to eight boards from Kyrah Fredenburg while Martensen led WSC with a game-high nine rebounds.  Haley Moore was credited with five of Wayne State's eight assists.
            WSC had 18 turnovers in the game to 14 by CSP.  Concordia-St. Paul held commanding advantages of 26-11 in points off turnovers and 29-8 in bench scoring over the Wildcats.
            The Wildcats will be on the road next weekend for NSIC contests at the University of Mary Friday night at 6 p.m. and Minot State Saturday at 4 p.m.