CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Scott scored 22 points to help Chicago State hold
off Concordia, Ill., 79-75 Friday night.
The Cougars won their first game under new coach Tracy Dildy, who served
three years as associated head coach at Illinois-Chicago.
Christian Wall added 18 points and Carl Montgomery 13 for Chicago State,
which led 42-34 at halftime. Montgomery also had a game-best 16 rebounds.
Larrell Gary scored 17 points for Concordia, which outscored Chicago State
41-37 in the second half and trimmed the gap to 76-75 with 31 seconds left
before Chicago State finished it off.
Chicago State shot 7 of 25 from 3-point range to 3 of 13 for Concordia,
which held a 50-42 rebounding edge.
Chicago State won the only previous meeting between these schools 81-61 on
Nov. 13, 2009.
Division III Concordia is favored to win the Northern Athletics Conference
South Division title.
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