Box Score Wayne State 71 Concordia-St. Paul 51

            Wayne State College used balanced scoring with four players in double figures and were credited with a season-high 24 assists on 25 made baskets as the Wildcats rolled to a 71-51 Northern Sun Conference men's basketball win Friday evening over Concordia-St. Paul at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.  WSC sweeps the season series with the Golden Bears and is now 5-10 and 3-6 in the NSIC while CSP is 4-11 and 1-7 in league play.
            The Wildcats jumped out quickly, scoring the first 13 points of the contest at the 15:36 mark of the first half.
            Concordia-St. Paul then stormed back, going on a 13-2 run, to get within two at 15-13 on a Matt Ambriz 3-pointer with 12:22 to go in the first half.
            WSC pushed the lead back to eight and was in front 24-16 when the Golden Bears scored five straight points to get as close as three at 24-21 with 4:04 to go before halftime.
            The Wildcats then held Concordia-St. Paul without a field goal the rest of the half and used a Jordan Cornelius trey with 41 seconds left before halftime to take their biggest lead of the first half at 36-22 before closing the half with a 36-23 halftime advantage.
            Wayne State never let up on the Golden Bears in the second half, maintaining a double figure led the rest of the way.
            With WSC leading 47-33 with 13:36 to play, the 'Cats put the game out of reach with a 12-2 run over the following 3:30 highlighted by 3-pointers from Matt Thomas and Vance Janssen that gave the Wildcats a commanding 59-35 lead with 9:06 to play.
            Wildcat reserves closed out the game and Wayne State ended with the 71-51 win.
            Wayne State made 25 of 53 shots in the game for 47.2 percent.  The 'Cats were 9 of 22 from the 3-point line and 12 of 14 at the foul line.
            Junior forward Jordan Cornelius led a balanced Wildcat attack with 14 points.  Sophomore guard Vance Janssen added 13 while Kendall Jacks and Austin Esters each recorded 12 points in the win.
            Concordia-St. Paul shot 40.4 percent from the field on 19 of 47.  The Golden Bears were 3 of 11 behind the arc and just 10 for 20 at the free throw line.
            Matt Ambriz paced Concordia-St. Paul with 12 points followed by Bryndan Matthews with 11.
            Wayne State was out-rebounded 34-27 despite five boards from Janssen. 
            Junior guard Brian Goodwin handed out a career-high eight assists for WSC followed by Janssen and Thomas with four apiece.
            Wayne State will visit Minnesota State Saturday in a 6 p.m. NSIC contest.