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Teams	1st	2nd	Final
Concordia College	16	36	52
St. John's University	17	52	69

| Final Box Score |

Robb Flint (Jr., Dilworth, MN) brings the ball upcourt against Ryan Keating in Concordia's 69-52 loss to St. John's in the semifinals of the MIAC tournament.

2/22 Concordia Stumbles in 2nd Half at St. John's 69-52.

Concordia was outscored  52-36 in the second half, and lost 69-52 to St. John's in the semifinals of the MIAC Tournament. The Cobbers trailed by only one at halftime 17-16, but couldn't shut the Johnnies down in the second half and lost by 17. Troy Bigalke, a candidate for MIAC MVP, led St. John's with 20 points. Joe Snowden (Sr., St. Paul, MN) was the high scorer for the Cobbers with 16, and Kermit Copper (Sr., Freeport, BAH) pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds and added 9 points.

The turning point in the game came with just over nine minutes left in the game. Concordia (15-11) trimmed the lead to five and forced St. John's (20-5) into consecutive errant shots, only to give up the offensive rebounds and have the putbacks drop through. The lead was pushed back to nine, and that would be as close as the Cobbers would come the rest of the game.

Both teams struggled in the first half, scoring a combined 33 points and shooting 26 percent (14-for-54) from the field. The half turned into a physical struggle for offensive position, as both teams tried to adjust to the freedom given by the officials. Concordia committed 12 turnovers in the half and St. John's gave the ball away 10 times.

St. John's turned up the offensive pressure in the second half and started to find the range from the field as they shot 53 percent (16-for-30) in the deciding 20 minutes. Concordia struggled in the early part of the half and found themselves trailing by as many as 12, before they started to make a run midway through the half. The Cobbers cut the gap to five before the two Johnnie offensive putbacks stuck a knife in Concordia's comeback hopes.

Final Box Score

Date: 02-22-01     Site: Sexton Arena in the Warner Palaestra,
                         Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minn.

Concordia-Moorhead College ( 52 )
Name                          FGs   3FGs    FTs   O-D-Reb.   PF Pts. Ass. Turn.Blk. Stl.  MP
*12 Robb Flint                3- 9   1- 2   0- 0   0- 1- 1    3  7    3    2    0    1    28:32
*14 Joe Snowden               6- 16  1- 7   3- 5   1- 1- 2    4  16   1    5    1    1    35:47
24 Nick Killoran              0- 1   0- 1   0- 0   1- 0- 1    1  0    0    5    0    0    15:41
*30 Kermit Cooper             4- 9   0- 0   1- 1   4- 13- 17  4  9    2    5    3    3    36:16
32 Trent  Hagen               0- 4   0- 4   0- 0   1- 4- 5    4  0    1    1    0    1    20:11
*40 Mike Syverson             3- 7   0- 0   0- 0   2- 5- 7    3  6    1    2    0    0    30:43
*50 Jeff Ubben                4- 9   0- 0   6- 8   2- 2- 4    1  14   0    1    0    0    32:50
Team                                               1- 3- 4                 0
Totals                        20- 55 2- 14  10- 14 12- 29- 41 20
                                                                 52   8    21   4    6    200:00
Deadball Rebounds                                  2

Field goal shooting  First half:  7/ 26  26 %   Second half:  13/ 29  44 %   Total:  20/ 55  36 %
Three-point shooting First half:  0/ 6  0 %   Second half:  2/ 8  25 %   Total:  2/ 14  14 %
Free throw shooting  First half:  2/ 4  50 %   Second half:  8/ 10  80 %   Total:  10/ 14  71 %

Saint John's University ( 69 )
Name                          FGs   3FGs    FTs   O-D-Reb.   PF Pts. Ass. Turn.Blk. Stl.  MP
*04 Kevin Buth                4- 10  3- 5   0- 2   2- 1- 3    3  11   2    5    0    0    27:26
40 Ryan Dusha                 4- 6   1- 2   0- 0   1- 3- 4    3  9    4    0    0    0    23:33
*44 Troy Bigalke              4- 16  0- 4   12- 12 1- 5- 6    1  20   2    0    0    3    32:48
01 Pat  McKenzie              0- 0   0- 0   0- 0   0- 0- 0    0  0    0    0    0    0    1:08
20 Dusty  Lamker              0- 2   0- 1   0- 0   0- 0- 0    0  0    0    1    0    2    4:59
21 Drew Gibson                0- 0   0- 0   0- 0   0- 0- 0    2  0    1    0    0    0    1:48
*33 Mike Nester               4- 6   0- 0   0- 2   0- 6- 6    3  8    1    0    1    2    29:44
41 Mark Nagle                 3- 5   1- 2   1- 3   0- 0- 0    0  8    0    0    0    1    11:36
*50 Shawn McGuire             0- 1   0- 0   2- 2   0- 1- 1    2  2    2    2    0    0    15:07
*05 Ryan Keating              3- 10  1- 3   2- 2   1- 1- 2    3  9    5    5    0    2    37:04
43 Bryon Krause               1- 3   0- 2   0- 0   3- 2- 5    0  2    1    1    0    1    14:47
Team                                               4- 6- 10                0
Totals                        23- 59 6- 19  17- 23 12- 25- 37 17
                                                                 69   18   14   1    11   200:00
Deadball Rebounds                                  1

Field goal shooting  First half:  7/ 29  24 %   Second half:  16/ 30  53 %   Total:  23/ 59  38 %
Three-point shooting First half:  2/ 9  22 %   Second half:  4/ 10  40 %   Total:  6/ 19  31 %
Free throw shooting  First half:  1/ 4  25 %   Second half:  16/ 19  84 %   Total:  17/ 23  73 %

Score by periods             1st  2nd    Total
Concordia-Moorhead College    16   36     52
Saint John's University       17   52     69

Attendance: 1,670       Officials:
Technicals:   #32-CMC-Trent Hagen
 
 

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