Men's Basketball --Augsburg 84, St. John's 80
MINNEAPOLIS (1/12/00) -- Jason Beckendorf (Sr., Lakeville, Minn.) scored 26 points and pulled down five rebounds Wednesday to lead the Augsburg College men's basketball team to an 84-80 upset win over St. John's University in a battle of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference leaders at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall.
With the win, Augsburg improves to 7-3 overall and 6-1 in the MIAC. St. John's, which entered the game rated 14th in the nation in the latest D3 Hoops.com (www.d3hoops.com) national rankings, lost its first game of the year and fell to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the MIAC. The loss for the Johnnies breaks a school-record 10-game winning streak to start the season.
Beckendorf had 14 points in the first half, and ended up hitting 11-of-15 from the field to pace a torrid shooting night for the Auggies. As a team, Augsburg hit 58.9 percent of its field goals (33-of-56) in the game.
Jeoffrey Reed (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./De La Salle HS) scored 15 points -- 13 in the second half -- including a clutch three-pointer with 46 seconds remaining to push Augsburg ahead 81-76. He also hit three free throws in the final 11 seconds of play and had a clutch steal. Reed ended up with three assists, three blocked shots and three steals.
Nate Hoerr (Jr., Burnsville, Minn.) had 10 points and five rebounds and Kyle Crubel (Sr., Bloomington, Wis.) had nine points and five rebounds.
Augsburg's Kevin Van Rossum (Sr., Green Bay, Wis./Preble HS) scored just three points, but hit a three-pointer in the second half to tie Augsburg's school record for career three-pointers. He now has 185 in his career, tying him with Scott Syring (1989-93) for the school's three-point scoring record.
Augsburg built an 11-point lead five times in the first half before a second-half St. John's rally. But the Johnnies could not cut the Augsburg lead closer than two points in the second half -- at 78-76 with 1:14 remaining.
Mike Nester (So., Redwood Falls, Minn.) paced the Johnnies with 21 points, hitting 7-of-8 from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. He also had three steals.
Troy Bigalke (Jr., Monticello, Minn.) scored 19 points, adding three assists, three steals and six rebounds for the Johnnies before fouling out late in the game. Sam Bugbee (Jr., St. Cloud, Minn./Tech HS) had 16 points, three assists and five rebounds.
Augsburg plays at St. Olaf on Saturday, while St. John's hosts Bethel. Both games are at 3 p.m.
All FG 3 Pt -FT- Rebounds
St. John's Univ. M- A M- A M- A Off Def Tot PF-D Pts A TO BLK STL Min
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*Troy Bigalke 9- 19 1- 6 0- 0 3 3 6 5-1 19 3 4 0 3 36
*John Frie 1- 5 0- 0 2- 2 0 2 2 2-0 4 8 6 0 2 30
*Sam Bugbee 5- 8 2- 2 4- 5 1 4 5 2-0 16 3 0 0 0 34
*Mike Nester 7- 8 1- 1 6- 6 1 1 2 4-0 21 1 1 0 3 21
*Luke Witt 4- 11 0- 3 0- 0 3 4 7 2-0 8 3 1 0 2 31
Ryan Dusha 1- 2 0- 0 2- 4 2 1 3 2-0 4 1 0 0 0 13
Dusty Lamker 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 1 0 1 9
Drew Gibson 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 1 0 1 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Kevin Buth 2- 5 1- 2 0- 0 1 0 1 0-0 5 0 1 0 0 11
Bryon Krause 0- 2 0- 2 0- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Blake Elliott 1- 3 0- 0 1- 2 0 0 0 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 4
Team 5 4 9 0 0
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St. John's Univ. 30- 65 5-18 15-19 17 19 36 20-1 80 22 15 0 11 200
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-- First Half -- - Second Half - ---- Total ----
All FG 13- 32 40.6% 17- 33 51.5% 30- 65 46.2% Deadball
3 Pt FG 2- 10 20.0% 3- 8 37.5% 5- 18 27.8% Rebounds: 1
FT 4- 6 66.7% 11- 13 84.6% 15- 19 78.9%
All FG 3 Pt -FT- Rebounds
Augsburg M- A M- A M- A Off Def Tot PF-D Pts A TO BLK STL Min
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*Jeoffrey Reed 5- 9 2- 3 3- 6 1 1 2 2-0 15 3 3 3 3 25
*Kevin Van Rossum 1- 3 1- 3 0- 1 1 1 2 1-0 3 1 1 0 1 22
*Josh Natzel 1- 4 1- 1 0- 0 1 0 1 3-0 3 1 3 0 0 24
*Jason Beckendorf 11- 15 2- 3 2- 5 1 4 5 4-0 26 2 2 0 2 34
*Matt Davis 3- 5 0- 0 1- 2 2 3 5 4-0 7 1 4 0 1 22
Nate Hoerr 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 2 3 5 2-0 10 2 2 0 1 22
Kyle Crubel 4- 6 0- 1 1- 2 2 3 5 2-0 9 0 1 0 1 18
Travis Hinze 2- 4 0- 1 3- 4 0 2 2 1-0 7 0 0 0 0 18
Chris York 1- 1 0- 0 2- 5 1 2 3 2-0 4 4 1 0 1 15
Team 1 2 3 0 0
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Augsburg 33- 56 6-12 12-25 12 21 33 21-0 84 14 17 3 10 200
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-- First Half -- - Second Half - ---- Total ----
All FG 15- 29 51.7% 18- 27 66.7% 33- 56 58.9% Deadball
3 Pt FG 2- 7 28.6% 4- 5 80.0% 6- 12 50.0% Rebounds: 5
FT 8- 17 47.1% 4- 8 50.0% 12- 25 48.0%
Technical Fouls: None
Scoring by Period
1 2 Tot
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St. John's Univ. 32 48 80
Augsburg 40 44 84
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Attendance: 400
Officials: Tom Perreault, Frank Kopetka, Andy Schultz
