Cassidy becomes Men's Basketball's winningest coach

MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Head coach Shawn Cassidy become Concordia Wisconsin's all-time winningest Men's Basketball coach in program history after the Falcons defeated MSOE 88-77 on the road Saturday afternoon. He now has 216 wins as the Falcons mentor.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Concordia Wisconsin 88, MSOE 77
Location: Kern Center (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Records: Concordia Wisconsin 15-8, 4-4 NACC; MSOE 12-11, 9-9 NACC

QUOTING HEAD COACH SHAWN CASSIDY
"My parents taught me to work hard and surround myself with good people. 216 wins is a staff accomplishment. I have been able to assemble an incredible coaching staff who has been together with me for a long time. Coach Jon Cain has been with me from the beginning and Coach Dan Mueller started as a student assistant and has grown his role, taking over the defense. I have had great volunteer assistants like Patrick Doherty and David Cooks who have given so much to the program. I am surrounded by incredible people from President Ferry, the administration, faculty, staff and the entire athletic department. We have outstanding coaches who care for and support each other while fulfilling the mission of Concordia. I feel fortunate to be able to share thoughts or ideas and learn from an incredible collection of coaches in our athletic department. I also want to thank my wife Paula, who takes care of everything at home, which allows me to coach. I am very aware of the people around me and no one does this alone."

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Concordia Wisconsin and MSOE were tied 69-69 with seven minutes to go in the game before the visitors put together a 19-8 scoring run to earn another road victory. During the run, they made four layups and were led by Brandon Keller and Jordan Johnson who combined for 15 of those points.
- The Falcons were again pace by Johnson (junior, Cedarburg, Wis.) who had 31 points on 12-of-21 shooting, to go along with seven rebounds and three assists. He has now scored 112 points in the last four games (28 per game average). Junior Joey Zietlow (Oak Creek, Wis.) had 16 points, while sophomore Jared Jurss (Sheboygan, Wis.) posted 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Keller (sophomore, Plymouth, Wis.) added eight points and nine rebounds.
- MSOE was led by Michael Pitrof and Matthew Kirmse who had 21 and 20 points, respectively.

NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE
- Concordia Wisconsin hosts Illinois Tech on Tuesday at 7 pm inside the R. John Buuck Field House.