MOORHEAD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's basketball team was outscored by a 49-28 margin in the second half of a 74-59 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) road loss to Concordia-Moorhead on Wednesday night at Memorial Auditorium.

St. Olaf (15-9, 11-4 MIAC) held Concordia (18-6, 10-5 MIAC) to 25 first-half points on its way to a six-point lead, but the Cobbers shot 18-for-30 (60.0 percent) from the field in the second half to gain a split of the teams' regular-season meetings. Both teams entered the night having locked up spots in the MIAC Playoffs, but Concordia's win brought them within one game of the Oles for second in the conference standings.

With one game remaining in the regular season, St. Olaf is one game ahead of Concordia, Carleton College, and Saint John's University for the No. 2 seed, meaning a win over the Knights on Saturday will lock up a bye into the semifinals. If the Oles lose on Saturday, their seeding will depend on the tiebreakers.

Senior Kobe Kirk passed Mike Ludwig '03 for second on St. Olaf's all-time scoring list with a 24-point night that gave Kirk 1,649 points for his career. Kirk's total trails only Bruce Govig's program-record total of 1,811 points from 1976-80. Kirk was 9-for-16 from the field and 5-for-6 at the free-throw line in the loss.

Sophomore AJ Uhl was the only other Ole in double figures with 14 points and a team-high four assists. The Oles shot just 39.6 percent (21-for-53) from the field, 29.2 percent (7-for-24) from three-point range, and 58.8 percent (10-for-17) at the charity stripe. St. Olaf's 59 points were its lowest total in a MIAC game this season as the Oles lost back-to-back conference games for the first time this season.

Jacob Cook led all scorers with a 27-point, 18-rebound, five-assist double-double for Concordia while shooting 10-for-19 from the field and 6-for-8 at the free-throw line. Jackson Loge (15) and Peyton Belka (14) were also in double figures as the trio combined for 56 of the Cobbers' 74 points.

After trailing 15-10 five minutes in, St. Olaf went on a prolonged 16-2 run over the span of 6:03 to open up a 21-12 lead for its largest lead of the night. The Oles led for 13:32 and trailed for just 3:53 in the first half and took a 31-25 halftime lead behind 13 first-half points from Kirk and eight from Uhl.

Concordia scored the first five points of the second half as part of an 8-3 run that tied the game at 33-33 to prompt an early timeout by St. Olaf. Belka hit three three-pointers in the first 5:26 of the second half as the Cobbers racked up 19 points in the first 6:45 to open up a 44-40 lead.

St. Olaf trailed by just one, 48-47, midway through the second half before Concordia held the Oles scoreless for over four minutes as part of a 13-0 run to build a 14-point lead. Belka, Loge, and Cook accounted for 52 of the Cobbers' first 57 points, with Cook scoring 20 points while playing all 20 minutes in the second half.

In the regular-season finale, St. Olaf will host crosstown-rival Carleton College at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21. The Oles will honor their four NCAA Tournament teams from 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2017-18 prior to the game.