Men's Basketball -- Augsburg 86, St. Olaf 70
Game Summary:
MINNEAPOLIS (2/14/00) -- Kevin Van Rossum (Sr., Green Bay, Wis./Preble HS) scored 20 points, hitting six 3-pointers, as Augsburg College scored an 86-70 victory over St. Olaf College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball game Monday night at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall.
With the win, Augsburg moved into a second-place tie with St. John's in the MIAC race. Each team has two games remaining in the regular season. Augsburg is now 14-7 overall and 13-5 in the MIAC, while St. John's, after its 52-49 loss to Bethel Monday night, is 17-5 overall and 13-5 in the MIAC. St. Olaf drops to 3-19 overall and 3-14 in the MIAC.
Van Rossum now has 968 career points, moving into 15th place on the school's all-time scoring list. The school's three-point field goal record-holder, Van Rossum now has 224 career three-pointers.
Augsburg used a 14-3 first-half run to take a commanding 13-point lead, 28-15, at the 7:01 mark. The Auggies slowly expanded the lead, holding a 46-29 halftime advantage. Augsburg led by as many as 23 points in the second half.
Ten Auggies scored in the game, four in double figures. Matt Davis (Jr., Marshall, Minn.) scored 13 points, had 14 rebounds and added five blocked shots. He now has 28 blocked shots this season.
Jason Beckendorf (Sr., Lakeville, Minn.) and Chris York (Fr., Burnsville, Minn.) had 10 points each, with Jeoffrey Reed (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./De La Salle HS) had eight points and Josh Natzel (So., St. Louis Park, Minn.) had nine rebounds.
For St. Olaf, Matt Hofkens (So., Neenah, Wis.) led the way, scoring 18 points and pulling down six rebounds. Ryan Olson (Jr., Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS) and Jeb Johnson (So., Wadena, Minn./Wadena-Deer Creek HS) had 13 points each.
Mike Ludwig (Fr., Blaine, Minn.) had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Justin Bonestroo (Fr., Stillwater, Minn.) added eight rebounds.
Augsburg plays at Carleton on Wednesday night (2/16), while St. Olaf plays at Hamline. Both games are at 7:30 p.m.
All FG 3 Pt -FT- Rebounds
St. Olaf College M- A M- A M- A Off Def Tot PF-D Pts A TO BLK STL Min
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*Ryan Olson 5- 9 3- 6 0- 0 0 1 1 5-1 13 0 3 0 0 25
*Kevin Jaunich 2- 6 0- 2 1- 2 0 5 5 3-0 5 1 6 0 7 31
*Matt Hofkens 5- 16 1- 4 7- 8 2 4 6 2-0 18 1 2 0 1 32
*Mike Ludwig 2- 11 0- 0 7- 8 1 7 8 0-0 11 1 4 1 1 28
*Tim Nelson 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 4 3 7 1-0 2 2 2 0 1 28
Jeb Johnson 4- 8 1- 4 4-10 2 1 3 3-0 13 0 3 0 2 18
Justin Bonestroo 1- 5 0- 1 0- 0 5 3 8 1-0 2 0 1 0 1 12
John Schockemoehl 0- 2 0- 0 1- 2 0 1 1 3-0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Hallie Williams 0- 1 0- 1 2- 2 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 2 0 0 11
Steve Schmidt 1- 2 1- 1 0- 0 0 0 0 1-0 3 0 1 1 1 9
Team 2 4 6 0 0
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St. Olaf College 21- 61 6-19 22-32 16 29 45 20-1 70 5 24 2 15 200
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-- First Half -- - Second Half - ---- Total ----
All FG 8- 23 34.8% 13- 38 34.2% 21- 61 34.4% Deadball
3 Pt FG 1- 7 14.3% 5- 12 41.7% 6- 19 31.6% Rebounds: 5
FT 12- 17 70.6% 10- 15 66.7% 22- 32 68.8%
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 2- 7 0- 2 4- 4 2 2 4 3-0 8 2 4 0 1 22
*Kevin Van Rossum 7- 12 6-11 0- 0 0 0 0 4-0 20 1 2 0 1 18
*Josh Natzel 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 3 6 9 4-0 2 2 3 0 1 25
*Jason Beckendorf 5- 12 0- 1 0- 0 1 1 2 2-0 10 3 1 0 2 27
*Matt Davis 6- 19 0- 0 1- 1 6 8 14 2-0 13 1 2 5 2 26
Travis Hinze 3- 9 1- 3 1- 2 2 1 3 1-0 8 2 2 0 5 24
Nate Hoerr 4- 8 0- 1 1- 2 3 4 7 2-0 9 2 2 0 2 20
Chris York 3- 6 0- 3 4- 5 1 2 3 3-0 10 3 4 0 3 19
Kyle Crubel 1- 6 0- 1 2- 2 1 1 2 2-0 4 0 0 2 0 14
Zac Schnedler 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0 1 1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Nic Windschill 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team 4 3 7 0 1
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Augsburg 32- 82 7-23 15-18 23 29 52 23-0 86 16 21 7 17 200
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-- First Half -- - Second Half - ---- Total ----
All FG 18- 47 38.3% 14- 35 40.0% 32- 82 39.0% Deadball
3 Pt FG 3- 13 23.1% 4- 10 40.0% 7- 23 30.4% Rebounds: 1
FT 7- 8 87.5% 8- 10 80.0% 15- 18 83.3%
Technical Fouls: None
Scoring by Period
1 2 Tot
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St. Olaf College 29 41 70
Augsburg 46 40 86
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Attendance: 150
Officials: John Yorkovich, Mike Spanier, Bob Schoewe
