Men's Basketball -- Augsburg 102, Bethel 83
MINNEAPOLIS -
Devean George (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret HS) had game highs of 36 points and 11 rebounds Saturday afternoon, leading his Augsburg College men's basketball team to a 102-83 victory over Bethel College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball game at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall.
Augsburg, with its 11th straight victory, is now 15-2 overall and 12-1 in the MIAC. Bethel drops to 11-5 overall and 8-4 in the MIAC. The win marked the fifth time Augsburg has scored 100 points or more this season.
George is now just 15 points away from the 2,000-point plateau, with 1,985 points in 85 career games. He also has 736 career rebounds. The scoring total is the third-highest in school history, behind Dan Anderson (2,052 points, 1961-65) and current head coach Brian Ammann (2,271 points, 1981-85). He is now third in school history in rebounds. The record, held by Anderson, is 1,211 rebounds.
George, a multiple All-America selection last year, scored in double figures for the 81st time in his 85-game career, and the 73rd time in his last 74 games. The double-double was George's 27th of his career (11th this season), and his scoring performance marked the 56th time in his career that he has scored 20 or more points in a single game, and the 17th time he has scored 30 or more points.
In addition to his 36 points and 11 rebounds, George had three assists and three steals, while going 12 for 15 at the free-throw line.
The Auggies rallied from a 51-45 halftime deficit, after trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half. Augsburg outscored Bethel 57-32 in the second half and forced three Bethel players to foul out in the game.
George was one of four Auggies in double figures in the game.
Kevin Van Rossum (Jr., Green Bay, Wis./Preble HS) had 19 points, including three 3-pointers.
John Anderson (So., Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and
Jason Beckendorf (Jr., Lakeville, Minn.) had 10 points.
Bethel had six players in double figures, led by Marc Johnson (Jr., Crystal, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) with 17 points. Mitch Bolin (Sr., Brandon, Minn.) had 13 points and a team-high six rebounds, Eric Johnson (Jr., Crystal, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) had 11 points and three players had 10 points each -- Trevor Duininck (Sr., Prinsburg, Minn./Central Minnesota Christian HS), Jeff Eklund (Sr., Braham, Minn.) and Mark Mills (So., Gladstone, Mich.).
A matchup between two of the top scorers in Division III basketball -- George and Bethel's Eric Joldersma (Sr., Milaca, Minn.) -- never materialized. Joldersma, who was third in scoring (George is ranked second) in the most recent national statistics rankings was forced to miss Saturday's game due to an illness.
Augsburg travels to St. Mary's on Monday night at 7:30 p.m., while Bethel plays at Carleton.
Augsburg 102, Bethel 83
Jan. 30, 1999 at Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
Attendance: 1,200. Officials: Al Gregory, Bob Mahre.
Technical Fouls: None.
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Bethel College (11-5 overall, 8-4 MIAC) 51 32 83
Augsburg College (15-2 overall, 11-1 MIAC) 45 57 102
Bethel College (83) FGs 3FGs FTs O-D--Reb PF Pts. Ast. Trn. Blk. Stl. MP
3 Jesse Peterson 1-3 1-1 3-4 1-2--3 0 6 1 2 0 1 19:52
4 Ben Matthews 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0--0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4:16
*20 Trevor Duininck 4-7 2-3 0-0 1-2--3 5 10 2 5 0 3 24:51
*21 Jeff Eklund 3-5 2-4 2-6 0-4--4 5 10 3 3 0 1 28:55
*32 Marc Johnson 6-14 0-4 5-5 2-3--5 1 17 1 1 0 0 23:20
33 Eric Johnson 4-6 3-5 0-0 0-4--4 5 11 1 6 0 0 18:46
35 Kevin Osell 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1--1 3 0 0 1 1 0 8:27
*44 Eric Robertson 2-6 1-2 1-2 4-3--7 2 6 1 0 0 0 27:38
50 Mark Mills 5-6 0-0 0-0 1-2--3 2 10 1 4 0 0 18:07
*52 Mitch Bolin 6-11 0-0 1-3 3-3--6 4 13 0 2 1 0 21:53
Team 2-1--3 0
Totals 31-58 9-19 12-21 14-25--39 28 83 10 25 2 5 200:00
Deadball Rebounds: 3
Field-goal shooting: First half--18-32 (56.2%), Second half--13-26 (50.0%), Total--31-58 (53.4%)
Three-point shooting: First half--5-9 (55.6%), Second half--4-10 (40.0%), Total--9-19 (47.4%)
Free-throw shooting: First half--10-16 (62.5%), Second half--2-5 (40.0%), Total--12-21 (57.1%)
Augsburg College (102) FGs 3FGs FTs O-D--Reb PF Pts. Ast. Trn. Blk. Stl. MP
*3 Jeoffrey Reed 2-3 0-1 5-7 0-1--1 3 9 3 1 0 2 25:13
*22 Kevin Van Rossum 6-14 3-9 4-4 0-2--2 2 19 0 2 0 2 27:07
24 Josh Natzel 2-3 0-1 1-2 0-0--0 0 5 2 1 0 1 14:47
31 Eric Herried 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1--1 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:21
32 John Anderson 3-7 3-7 2-2 0-1--1 1 11 1 0 0 2 14:36
*40 Devean George 11-17 2-5 12-15 6-5--11 3 36 3 2 0 3 35:11
*43 Jason Beckendorf 5-7 0-1 0-2 0-3--3 2 10 4 1 0 2 29:39
45 Kyle Crubel 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-0--1 3 0 0 2 0 1 9:54
50 Drazen Kasaic 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1--2 2 4 0 1 0 0 10:55
*52 Kris Long 2-4 0-0 4-6 1-2--3 4 8 2 0 1 4 22:17
Team 4-3--7 0
Totals 32-61 8-26 30-40 13-19--32 20 102 15 12 1 17 200:00
Deadball Rebounds: 1
Field-goal shooting: First half--12-30 (40.0%), Second half--20-31 (64.5%), Total--32-61 (52.5%)
Three-point shooting: First half--3-14 (21.4%), Second half--5-12 (41.7%), Total--8-26 (30.8%)
Free-throw shooting: First half--18-23 (78.3%), Second half--12-17 (70.6%), Total--30-40 (75.0%)
