GOSHEN, Ind. — Dominique Bolden scored a game-high 19 points with Austin Hayden adding a career-high 17 off the bench, but the Goshen men's basketball team dropped its second straight game Tuesday night, falling 85-80 to Concordia University Ann Arbor.

The Maple Leafs (9-2, 2-1 Crossroads League) took an early 25-14 lead on the strength of their three-point shooting, but trailed 37-35 at halftime. While Concordia's advantage never stretched beyond seven points, the Cardinals (6-4, 3-3 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference) trailed for less than a minute of the second half thanks to 16-for-27 (59.3 percent) shooting after the break.

"Tonight, one team showed up to play a game and one team showed up to win a game, and unfortunately we were the former," said Goshen head coach Neal Young. "They played harder and sacrificed their bodies more than we did over the course of the game. They got every loose ball in the second half, got points from all three, and won by five."

Conner Funkhouser scored 14 points and Christian Grider 10 for Goshen, which made 53 percent of its three-point shots but only 62 percent of its free throws. Concordia was 29-for-55 (52.7 percent) from the floor for the game.

"At some point, you have to choose to invest maximum energy in getting stops," Young continued. "Our guys know we're good on offense and that we're going to score it well so they tend to coast on defense. That is 100 percent on me for not dealing with that earlier in the year, but that will change."

Trevor Commissaris had a game-high eight rebounds and Devin Heath-Granger finished with nine assists, but Concordia finished with the aggregate advantage in both categories: 33-28 on the glass and 16-12 in assists.

Alec Turner and Joel Remstad led the visitors with 17 points apiece. Turner drained four threes while Remstad was 6-for-7 from the field.

"Ever since I have been here, I have always felt like we played better on the road," Young said. "At home we tend to come out flat and just not compete as hard. We need to find a way to tap into our road mentality every game."

Young will get his wish (or rather, get lucky and avoid it) as his team plays eight of its next 12 games away from Gunden Gymnasium. Goshen is idle for the next eight days before traveling to Indiana University Kokomo on Thursday, Dec. 17.

"This break couldn't have come at a better time for our team," Young said. "My guys all need to take a step back, refresh their minds, and look in the mirror. It can't be about what someone else isn't doing: they have to ask themselves what they can do better individually."