{"id":62706,"date":"2018-01-27T20:15:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T03:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=62706"},"modified":"2018-01-28T01:19:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T08:19:52","slug":"azusa-pacific-vs-concordia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=62706","title":{"rendered":"Cougars Consistent in Win Over Concordia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Corey Langerveld on his way for two of his 15. (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

(Glendora) – Azusa Pacific forged a 10 point lead at halftime and maintained that lead throughout the second half to beat Concordia 83-73 Saturday Night at Felix Event Center.<\/p>\n

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Azusa Pacific used a 12-0 run to go up 26-16 with just over seven minutes left in the first half and maintained that 10 point lead taking a 36-26 advantage into the break.<\/p>\n

Corey Langerveld capped the 12-0 blitz with a three. Ben Taufahema also buried a trey with 2:48 left for a 14 point advantage but Concordia scored the last four points of the half.<\/p>\n

Mandrell Worthy was four of five from the field for the Cougars including a three and led APU with 10 points in the first half. Will Ferris was hot early on and had eight in the half and Peter Kutlesic had seven.<\/p>\n

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Will Ferris had 15 of his own. (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/p><\/div>\n

Tad Dufelmeier had six for Concordia to top the scoring list.<\/p>\n

Azusa Pacific broke it open mid way through the second half with a 10-0 run. Langerveld knocked down another three and Kutlesic hit a driving layup\u00a0 to put the Cougs up 61-44 with 9:10 left forcing the Eagles to call a timeout.<\/p>\n

Concordia went on an 11-3 run of its own that Geoff Gerlach finished with a trey to cut the APU advantage to 68-60 with 4:31 left.<\/p>\n

Darien McClain hit a big basket with 1:08 left to put Azusa Pacific up nine. Dufelmeier countered with a three to cut it to six.<\/p>\n

Kutlesic and Worthy both knocked down two free throws with under a minute left to ice it.<\/p>\n

The Cougars had four players in double figures. Kutlesc led way with 17 points and eight rebounds. Langerveld and Ferris each had 15 and Worthy finished with 13.<\/p>\n

For Concordia Brian Chambers led the team with 15, JT Roach scored 13, Tyler Lacour-Brown had 12 and Dufelmeier added 11.<\/p>\n

With the victory APU improved to 15-7 overall and 11-3 in the PacWest Conference. Concordia fell to 12-8 and 6-6.<\/p>\n

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