GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Freshman Jaxi Long scored a career high 25, including 15 straight for the Golden Eagles to power them to a 71-64 home victory vs. Concordia on Tuesday evening. Cornerstone is now 5-0 in WHAC play and 5-4 overall on the year. The last time Cornerstone began the year 5-0 in conference play was still the 2008-09 season when they won six in a row. CU now has a big stretch off as they will travel to Indiana Tech after Thanksgiving on November 30. 
 
Game Flow:

• Both offenses got off to a slow start in the first, as Concordia led 4-2 with 6:41 remaining. Mackenzie Stien hit the first CU foeld goal at the 6:41 mark to get the Golden Eagle offense going. 
• Concordia doubled-up the CU score 10-5 on a Keirslynn Lawless layup with 3:48 to play, using the inside game to get the early lead. 
• Back-to-back threes from Olivia Kubik and a layup from Kaycee Sluiter helped CU tie the game at 13.
• One more Mackenzie Stein field goal tied the score at 15 after the first quarter. 
• Again, the defense shined to start the second quarter, as Cornerstone would score just three points in the first two minutes to lead 18-15. 
• The game remained close throughout the second quarter. Stephanie Ainsworth got going in the pick and roll though to keep the Golden Eagle three-point lead. 
• At the 3:25 mark left in the half, Kennedy Helderop saw some defense lead to offense getting a bucket to put Cornerstone on top by their largest margin of six, 29-23. 
• Concordia ended the half on a 7-3 run to cut the Golden Eagle advantage to 32-30. 
• The Cardinals started the third quarter on a 4-0 run to go on top 34-32. 
• The Jaxi Long show then began mid third quarter as she scored 15 straight points with three threes to put CU on top 51-42. 
• CU would get to the free throw line to end the third quarter, as Kennedy Helderop went 1-2 to maintain an eight-point edge going into the final 10 minutes, 54-46.
• The free throw line continued to be a factor as the fourth quarter began with an 8-2 run that gave CU their largest lead of the day at 14. A technical foul on Concordia allowed Cornerstone to shoot four consecutive free throws and increase the lead. 
• With 2:42 to play, Izzy Hadly the Concordia freshman would hit a huge and-one bucket to cut the deficit back to five at 63-58. 
• Jaxi Long at the free throw line closed the Golden Eagles victory out however hitting four, while Mackenzie Stien hit two to secure the 71-64 victory and move to 5-0 in WHAC play. 

 
By the numbers:
3/6 – Jaxi Long hit three of the Golden Eagles six threes today on her way to a career high in points. 
10 – Kennedy Helderop was the assist queen on the day with 10 assists for a new career high. 
6 – Stephanie Ainsworth led the team with six boards on the day
 
What's next? 
Cornerstone has a long stretch off, as they will next play at Indiana Tech on Wednesday, November 30.  
 
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