Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN)

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fa Concordia rooters would like to forget the first inter-city game of the season. A towering NDAC squad completely smothered the smaller Maroon and Gold, 67-36, as the latter displayed their worst form of the year. The Cobbers expressed their feelings for this humiliation two nights later by rolling over their cross-town rivals from MSTC, 69-46. The inept Dragons, who had difficulty all season, were no match for the hot-shooting Concordia quint. jake's men picked up another victory and ended their pre-Christmas schedule by defeating Jamestown, 63-57. During the vacation period Concordia participated in a holiday tournament held on the MSTC court. The cobbers eked out a 63-61 victory over a fighting MSTC team in the first round while Bemidji TC easily defeated Mayville. In the championship game the Beavers, who eventually became co-champions of their conference, captured the trophy by overpowering Concordia, 61-48. The Maroon and Gold opened their rugged conference schedule in a very discouraging manner by absorbing a 85-74 beating at the hands of Augsburg in Minneapolis. The Cobbers could do nothing right and the outlook for a good conference record did not seem very promising. ,L - - - - - . - -f - i-- - - ---Y--f -- - - A X . ,,- .Y .. - F - I 90 H. Moe H, Norness D. johnson Groven

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BA KETBALL Inconsistency is the word that most aptly describes the 1950-51 Concordia basketball squad. The Cobbers lost to teams that they were expected to beat easily, but they also surprised their followers by whipping some highly rated opponents. But despite their unpredictable play the cagers posted a comparatively successful season. By the standards of previous years, the final 6-6 conference record is high. The mark was good for a fourth place tie in the MIAC standings. Not much was known about the cagers when practice began in November since only eight men returned from the previous years' eighteen man squad. Furthermore, the returnees possessed little real experience in tough competition. This inexperience was obvious in the early season games. The opener with Valley City Teachers' College was an exception, however, as the cagers put on a torrid shooting exhibition to crack the visitors' zone defense and gain an 81-71 victory. The Cobbers did an abrupt about face in their next two encounters as they traveled to Bismark junior College and Mayville Teachers' College to lose 49-52 and 74-75. After the overtime loss to Mayville it was obvious that the sophomore-studded squad had much to learn. In their next appearance the team regained its form of the Valley City game and they soundly trounced a weak Wahpeton School of Science five, 81-5-'i. Coach Christiansen had his team's fast break working effectively and, after building up an early lead, the Cobbers rolled to an easy victory. - -vw 2--nv ' 'qi - iwq' ' 'w r-A W H- , A e H Gal- rf 1 . :' ,-f,- ' A 1 , . h , . ggqw - . :I ' 'l 5' fs 'akjr .3 . -'fa--asa ,as pi 57K Peterson Severud Smestad Redmond 89 s l

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4. The cagers had better luck in St. Paul, however, and stunned a heavily favored St. Thomas team, 60-53. In winning, Coach Christiansen used a tight zone defense that completely stymied the host Tommie team. Taking a breather from conference play, the Cobbers again lost to the Bison of NDAC. But as the 64-77 score indicated, they put up a better battle than in the first encounter. In spite of the loss to the Bison a continued improvement in Concordia's play was becoming evident. The Cobbers proved this to be true by pulling another upset at the expense of Macalester, 69-64. Nor did they lose stature by losing to St. Mary's at Winona in their next loop tilt. The Redmen, a very good team any night, were hot on this occasion but yet were given a hard-fought battle before winning, 77-64. The Cobbers completed the inter-city competition by defeating MSTC before dropping their second conference game to Gustavus Adolphus by a 66-68 count. Concordia led the favored Gusties throughout most of the contest but the visitors capitalized on numerous Cobber fouls to earn the victory. The Cobbers' next loop victory, a 47-45 win over St. Olaf, proved costly. Center Ken Severud, the team's top scorer and rebounder, suffered a broken ankle and was lost for the remainder of the season. J. Gabrielson Lueth H. Anderson Odland 91