ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Bulldogs of Truman State lost their first game in Minnesota to Concordia, St. Paul 96-54.

Truman got into a hole early, going down 11 less than four minutes into the game.

 The Bulldogs fought back to cut the Concordia lead to four at the 12:58 mark in the first-half, but it was unsuccessful as the Golden Bears went into the break up 15.

Concordia continued to pull away in the second-half, and it was too much for the Bulldogs.

As a team, Truman shot 20-63 (31.7%) from the field, 6-26 from three (23.1%), and were 8-13 (61.5%) from the free throw line.

Blaise Porter was Truman's only double-digit scorer with 12. Porter also had a team-high five rebounds, one assist, and a block.

Xavier Hall led the Bulldogs in assists with four, and Casen Lawrence led the team in steals with two.

Truman State looks to get back on track tomorrow against Southwest Minnesota State University at 2 p.m.