No. 24 Concordia-St. Paul (21-5, 19-3) used a 17-2 first half run and 22 Cougar turnovers to rough up USF in the NSIC regular season finale for both teams, 76-47.

The Cougars fall to 12-14 overall (9-13 NSIC). USF finishes the regular season under .500 for the first time since 2007-08, when the Cougars ended the year at 10-20. 

Senior Alyssa Rushton was the lone Cougar to finish in double digits, as she compiled 15 points and nine rebounds. Laura Johnson finished with six points and eight rebounds.

Golden Bear Anika Whiting led all scorers with 20 points and also hauled in nine rebounds.

The Golden Bears opened the game by hitting their first two shots and blitzed the Cougars with a 17-2 run before Chrissy Strassburg stopped the bleeding with a three at the 12-minute mark of the first half. 

Concordia-St. Paul carried a 43-25 advantage into halftime. The Golden Bears outscored USF 33-22 after the break and never allowed the Cougars to get back into the game, despite committing 15 turnovers.

The Golden Bears led by as many as 29 points in winning their thirteenth game in a row.

Concordia-St. Paul converted 22 Cougar turnovers into 12 points and combined that with three second-chance points.

The Golden Bears out-rebounded the Cougars 43-38 and made 43.3 percent of their shots (26-for-60). USF finished 16-for-61 from the floor (26.2%), 8-for-29 from long range (27.6%) and made 7-of-9 free throw attempts.

Concordia-St. Paul clinched the NSIC regular season and South Division championships outright, and will be the top seed in next week's NSIC/Sanford Health Basketball Tournament. USF is the sixth seed in the NSIC South and will travel to MSU-Moorhead on Feb. 27 to face the Dragons in the tournament's opening round.