The Bears of Concordia St. Paul won 2 games this weekend, beating Northern Michigan 63-61 and Jamestown 76-59, to bring their pre-season record to 5-1. They're seeking a return to the glory days, when they won 20 games+ 11 times in 15 seasons under coach Paul Fessler. Coach Amanda Johnson may have things headed in the right direction--she's now 46-39 in 3+ years. The coaches think so--the Bears were ranked 3rd (2nd in the South) in the pre-season conference poll. But, we'll find out for real soon enough. The NSIC season starts next Saturday December 1.
She's got a heck of a 1-2 punch in 6-2 senior post Lindsay Dorr from Rogers, who started her college career at Toledo. She is averaging 21 ppg and 9 boards, and scored 23 and 13 Saturday against Jamestown. Meanwhile, lightning quick guard Anna Schmitt (Waconia) is back for her 4th time around. She scored 15, 18 and 19 ppg in her 1st 3 seasons as a Bear. This year she's scoring 15 and dumping the ball inside more. Yesterday she scored 19 with 6 assists. Sidney Wentland, sophomore forward from Elk River, in her 1st year in St. Paul, is scoring 7 ppg. Yesterday she scored 12. She and Dorr are shooting 62 and 56 percent from the field, so CSP is shooting a solid 43 percent as a team.
Other than Schmitt, however, the perimeter shooting has been pretty bad. The 3 guards with the most minutes--Lexi Lee, Kyrah Fredeenburg and Hanna Vidlund--are all shooting below 30 percent.
Elsewhere on Sunday the St. Thomas women demolished UW Stevens Point 70-49 as Kaia Porter scored 23 points and Hannah Spaulding put up a 19-10-5-2-2 line, and Augsburg took it on the chin from UW LaCrosse 65-44, shooting just 29 percent from the field.
Player of the Day--Lindsay Dorr
Team of the Day--Concordia St. Paul
Coach of the Day--Amanda Johnson
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