Dordt took the lead for good in the first four minutes of its game with Concordia and won a 102-87 Great Plains Athletic Conference game on Saturday afternoon in Sioux Center, Iowa. Dordt improved to 8-0 with the win.
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Concordia scored on its first three possessions and was up 7-0 just over a minute into the game.
Connor Millikan got a pair of free throws and added a three-point basket to get the Defenders going. A
Lucas Lorenzen basket at the 17:09 mark tied it and Millikan had a layup to give Dordt a 9-7 lead at the 16:46 mark.
Dordt eventually scored 16 points in a row and never relinquished the lead. Concordia did cut the lead to one with 12:40 left in the half at 16-15 but three straight three-point baskets by the Defenders gave Dordt its first 10 point lead and the Defenders managed a 56-41 halftime lead.
Dordt led by as many as 19 in the second half but the Bulldogs rallied to within 78-68 with 9:17 remaining. A
Jake Hargens basket followed by a turnover and Ty Van Esen basket effectively ended the threat and Dordt's lead was never less than 14 the rest of the game.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt | 36-66 FG | 14-29 3pt FG | 16-23 FT | 33 Reb | 8 TO
Concordia | 32-65 FG | 8-24 3pt FG | 15-19 FR | 34 Reb | 12 TO
Dordt Leaders
Concordia Leaders
- Tristan Smith | 33 pts | 11 rebs
- Bradley Bennett | 12 pts
- Noah Schutte | 12 pts | 6 rebs
NEXT
Dordt will travel to Columbia, Missouri to face Columbia on Tuesday, November 26 and Hannibal LaGrange on Wednesday, November 27.
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