Second half struggles were too much to overcome Wednesday as the Briar Cliff men's basketball team fell to Concordia 56-85 in Seward, Nebraska.
 
"I love the way we battled in the first half after finding ourselves in a deficit," said head coach Mark Svagera. "Unfortunately in the second half we didn't compete anywhere near the level in takes to win in the GPAC."
 
Matthew Stilwill paced the Cliff through the first 20 minutes, scoring 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting. He knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and grabbed three rebounds.
 
After the Bulldogs built a 22-7 lead through the first 10 minutes of play, the Charger offense rallied around nine straight points from Conner Groves. Briar Cliff put together a 21-2 run over the next six minutes to take a 28-24 lead. The two teams would head to the halftime intermission tied at 30.
 
The second half was controlled by the Bulldogs, as they outscored Briar Cliff 55-26 in the final 20 minutes. Concordia shot 66.7% from the field, compared to 39.1% from BC.
 
Groves added nine points and four rebounds. Tryus Eischeid scored six points and Nick Hoyt and Garrett Trapp had five each.
 
The Chargers will head to Crete, Nebraska Saturday to face Doane at 3:45 p.m.
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