ST CLOUD WINS IN A THRILLER

St Cloud took on Concordia St Paul at the Gangelhoff center. Both of these teams started out playing tight man to man defense. Both teams tried to gain the upper advantage on each other in the early goings. St Cloud State was able to get a good lead over Concordia St Paul but they kept fighting back.

Both teams went hard after the class on both ends of the court. Both teams looked to push the ball up the court on the offensive end. For Concordia Mike Cunningham made some nice plays in the first half. He was not afraid to shoot the ball.

Concordia didn’t get off to the start that they were hoping for. They were playing hard but there shots just weren’t falling. Sammy Ricks for Concordia made some nice moves trying to get to the basket. He was able to get himself into the rhythm early in this game. Even though his team couldn’t find the basket in the early goings he kept shooting.

St Cloud State got out to a quick lead and they tried to maintain it in the first half. They were able to maintain their lead through the second half.

Concordia St Paul was able to get there shot back and they got back into the game. At half time the score was St Cloud State 33 and Concordia St Paul 31. The leading scorer for St Cloud State at half time is Craig Coenen with 15 and for Concordia St Paul Sam Ricks was the leading scorer so far with 10 points.

Both teams came out fired up ready to play in the second half. Neither team gave up. The game when back and forth the whole night and neither team were going to budge. This game would come down to the final minute. St Cloud State would come away with the 69-67. The leading scorers for Concordia St Paul were Mike Cunningham with 17 and Craig Heiman with 16. Also Sammy Ricks had 16 points for Concordia.

For St Cloud State Craid Coenen was there leading scorer with a total of 21 points to lead the Huskies.