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MOORHEAD, Minn. -- A 25-5 first-half run sparked the Minnesota State University Moorhead men's basketball team to a 100-85 win over Concordia-St. Paul in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action Friday night at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn.
MSUM (10-3, 6-3 NSIC) ended a three-game losing streak with the win, while Concordia fell to 4-9 overall and 1-8 in the league.
Six Dragons reached double figures, led by a career-high 19 points from sophomore guard
Ngijol Songolo. Junior forward
Urbane Bingham and junior guard
Jordan Riewer each had 14 points, while freshman forward
Aaron Lien had 13. Senior guard
Tarell Clark had 12 points while sophomore center
Isaac Sevlie had a career-high 10 points in 15 minutes off the bench. Junior guard
Prescott Williams had eight rebounds while Songolo had a career-high seven rebounds. Riewer led with seven assists.
The Dragons shot a blistering 56.9 percent (37-of-65) from the field, including 11-of-24 (45.8 percent) from three-point range. Concordia shot 57.8 percent (26-of-45). The Dragons had a commanding 38-21 edge in rebounds, including 15-4 on the offensive glass. It was the third time this season MSUM has reached the 100-point barrier.
MSUM's bench outscored Concordia 44-28, and the Dragons had a 36-20 edge in points in the paint.
The Dragons faced a 15-8 deficit with 13:45 left in the first half before taking control with the 25-5 run. Four players scored five points each during that stretch: Lien, Bingham, Clark and Songolo. That spurt put MSUM in front 33-20 with 5:42 left in the first half.
Two
Isaac Sevlie free throws gave the Dragons their biggest lead of the first half at 40-24 with 3:31 left in the half. MSUM took a 47-34 lead into halftime.
Bingham led the Dragons with 11 first-half points, while Clark had nine. Riewer had five assists in the first half alone. MSUM shot 63.3 percent (19-of-30) in the first half, compared to 50 percent (11-of-22) for CSP.
Concordia climbed within 47-37 early in the second half but the Dragons went on a 14-3 run to push the lead to 61-40 with 16:52 left. Riewer had a three-pointer and a three-point play during the run while Williams had five points and sophomore guard
Tyler Vaughan had a three. The Dragons led by as many as 22 in the game on their way to the 15-point win.
Vaughan added nine points for MSUM.
MSUM hosts No. 12-ranked Minnesota State at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Nemzek Fieldhouse.
Steve d'Eustachio Stat of the Game: The Dragons' 100-85 victory tonight, coupled with their 102-77 victory over Minnesota Crookston Dec. 14, 2013, was the first time MSUM have hit the century mark in consecutive wins since beating Winona State, 113-81 on Feb. 24, 1996 and then Minnesota Morris 106-98 two nights later.