Mankato, Minn.—  Minnesota State was beat 67-53 in its final home game of the season by Concordia, St. Paul Saturday afternoon. The Mavericks finish with a 9-5 record at the Taylor Center this season, as the three remaining regular season games are on the road. 

Minnesota State jumped out to an early 6-3 lead to open the game. Concordia went on a 15-3 run to jump ahead of MSU 18-9 in the first eight minutes of the game.

From that point on the Golden Bears held a double-digit lead the entire half until Sophomore Sarah Wiens knocked a shot from downtown in with 2:02 remaining in the half, bringing the Mavericks within eight.

Junior Laura Weber led Minnesota State’s offensive attack in the first half with ten points and four boards. The Mavericks shot 12-of-32 for 37 percent from the floor and 2-of-9 from three-point land. Weber would finish with 14 points and nine rebounds in the game, making it her second-straight game scoring in double-digits. 

Concordia’s Zoraa Quoie led the Golden Bears with nine points in the half and four rebounds. Concordia shot 14-of-28 and 3-of-7 from downtown. Quoie would end the day with a double-double collecting 13 points and ten rebounds. 

The Golden Bears opened the second half with a 6-0 run as the Mavericks were unable to score until four minutes into the half. 

Junior Jennie Noreen got MSU within seven points with 13:36 remaining on a three-point play. Noreen stepped up her game in the second half scoring 13 in the half, totaling 17 on the day. Noreen would go 5-of-5 at the free throw line on the day. 

After a three minute field goal drought, freshman Alli Hoefer knocked down a jumper to shrink the score to 44-57 with seven minutes remaining in the game. 

Concordia rallied a 7-0 run to own its largest lead of the day of 19 points. The Mavericks nine points in the final seven minutes wouldn’t be enough to ignite a comeback in its home finale, losing 67-53 to the Golden Bears. 

MSU would finish shooting 19-of-58 for 33 percent from the floor and 4-of-18 from beyond the arc. Concordia would shoot 28-of-61 from the floor and 5-of-17 for 29 percent from three-point land.

Golden Bears scored 38 of there points in the paint and 17 off turnovers. MSU notched 20 of its points in the paint and 15 off turnovers.  

Minnesota State (11-12, 8-11 NSIC) will hit the road the rest of the season as it will head to Minnesota Duluth Friday for a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matchup against the Bulldogs.