The Varsity boys basketball team used a valiant effort but fell to state-ranked Concord (14-2) 56-50 on Saturday night. LaPorte was led by Rylan Kieszkowski with 15 points, 5 rebounds. Malik Corley, Dylan Salisbury and Nic Spence each had 9 points in the loss. Corley also added 5 assists. Griff Ott-Large chipped in 6 points, 7 rebounds for the Slicers. The loss dropped LaPorte back to .500 at 8-8 on the season. Concord, which owns the state's top ranked 4A defense, giving up only 38 ppg, improved to 14-2 with the win. Next up for LaPorte is a road DAC game at Valpo on Thursday night. Quarterly Scoring: LP: 6 10 24 20|50 C: 15 14 13 14|56 LaPorte: 19 (3-5) 50 Kieszkowski 15, Corley 9, Salisbury 9, Spence 9, Ott-Large 6, Taylor 2, Broome 0, Matzke, 0, Tonagel 0 Three-Pointers: Kieszkowski 4, Salisbury 3, Corley, Spence