Wednesday night, the Hastings College women’s basketball team took on the Concordia University Bulldogs for the Broncos’ last regular season home game played at Lynn Farrell Arena. The bulldogs are ranked seventh nationally.

Both defenses took control early in the game forcing the offenders to shoot under 40 percent for both teams. Concordia caused the Broncos to turn the ball over 11 times while Concordia’s #52 Britney Birtell recorded the only block of the first half.

HC’s Brittney Wong led the scoreboard with 11 points, giving the Broncos their largest lead with four points with 11 minutes remaining in the first half.

Concordia shot 36 percent from the three-point line, which became the major deficit in the Bulldog’s ten-point lead that closed out the first half.

In the second half, Concordia didn’t let the Broncos get ahead again and expanded their lead up to 21 points with 7:43 left in the game.

The Broncos’ Laurel Zwiener exploded in the second half by scoring 22 points and finishing by leading all scores with 28 points overall.

Concordias’ defense became the deciding factor in Wednesday night’s competition. The Bulldogs forced 20 turnovers and recorded twice as many blocks (2) and steals (10) as the Broncos.

With this 73 to 61 loss, Concordia ended the Broncos’ two-game wining streak. The Lady Broncos will play their last regular season game at Morningside College on Saturday night at 6 p.m.