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Cornerstone University Golden Eagles
Strube
74
Concordia CUAA 4-7, 2-4 WHAC
109
Winner Cornerstone CSMBB 8-4, 5-2 WHAC
Concordia CUAA
4-7, 2-4 WHAC
74
Final
109
Cornerstone CSMBB
8-4, 5-2 WHAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Concordia CUAA 33 41 74
Cornerstone CSMBB 69 40 109

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | @n_jcamp

69-point first half leads Men’s Basketball to rout of Concordia

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  – The Golden Eagles could not be stopped in the first half scoring 69 points, hitting 11 threes, shooting 65.8% from the field, and 61.1% from behind the arc as they got out to a 69-33 halftime advantage against Concordia Wednesday evening. CU turned the first half lead into a 109-74 rout or the Cardinals to improve to 8-4, 5-2 WHAC on the year. Cornerstone will go back out on the road on Saturday as they travel to Lima, Ohio for a 3 p.m. game against the Racers of Northwestern Ohio. 

What you need to know? 
  • Cornerstone went a perfect 7-7 to start the game erupting for a 17-4 advantage. Riley Costen and Christian Rodriguez each hit a three in the early run. 
  • The next four field goals of the game were all from behind the arc for CU with Christian Rodriguez hitting back-to-back threes, Gabe Meriwether hitting one, and Jonny Strube hitting one. Cornerstone led 31-8. 
  • The lead got out to its largest yet of 35 on a pair of made free throws from Riley Costen. 
  • Cory Ainsworth hit a layup with 51 seconds left in the half to go up 69-31 and the Golden Eagles took a 69-33 lead into the break. 
  • Cornerstone hit 11 threes in the first half and seven different players recorded at least one. 
  • Second half started just as good as the first as Christian Rodriguez hit his fourth three of the game. 
  • Concordia saw its largest run of 9-0 to cut it back to 30 with 18:06 to play, 72-42. 
  • A Riley Costen layup with 10:17 to play gave the Golden Eagles their largest lead of the game at 41, 95-54. 
  • The bench saw significant minutes as all 16 players played and 15 of the 16 scored in the 109-74 route of Concordia. 
 
 

By the Numbers 
13 – Cornerstone ended the game with 13 made threes, just five shy of a program record. 
20 – Riley Costen led the team with a season high 20 points on 8-11 shooting. 
5 – Christian Rodriguez and Cory Ainsworth each led the team with five assists. Five is a season high for Ainsworth. 
72 – A total of 72 threes were attempted in the game, Cornerstone going 13-35 and Concordia going 9-37. 
104 – 104 of the total points in the game were scored by bench players. 
 
What's Next?
Cornerstone goes back on the road on Saturday to take on Northwestern Ohio in a WHAC contest at 3 p.m.  
 
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