Men's Basketball -- Augsburg 82, Hamline 70
MINNEAPOLIS (2/14/00) --
Kevin Van Rossum (Sr., Green Bay, Wis./Preble HS) became the 15th player in Augsburg College history to score more than 1,000 points in his basketball career, as his 23 points led Augsburg to an 82-70 home win over Hamline University in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball game afternoon at Si Melby Hall.
Van Rossum broke the 1,000-point barrier on a three-pointer with 18:58 in the second half -- one of six 3-pointers the senior hit in the game. He now has 1,012 points and a school-record 236 three-pointers. He has hit six 3-pointers in his last three games in a row.
Van Rossum hit 13 of his 23 points -- and four of his 3-pointers -- in the second half, as the Auggies rallied from a 36-34 halftime deficit to take the lead midway through the second half. A 9-2 run over a two-minute stretch sealed the victory for the Auggies. The final margin of victory was the biggest lead in the game for the Auggies.
Augsburg improves to 16-7 overall and 15-5 in the MIAC with the win, finishing the regular season in second place in the conference standings. Hamline finishes the season 6-18 overall and 5-15 in the conference.
Augsburg will host St. John's (18-6 overall, 14-6 MIAC), the third-place finisher in the conference standings, in the semifinal round of the four-team MIAC playoffs on Thursday (2/24) at 7:30 p.m. at Si Melby Hall. Bethel (14-10 overall, 12-8 MIAC) will play at league regular-season champion St. Thomas (20-4 overall, 17-3 MIAC) in the other semifinal on Thursday. The conference playoff championship, pitting the semifinal winners playing at the highest remaining seed, will be Saturday (2/26) at 7:30 p.m. The MIAC's playoff champion receives an automatic bid to the 48-team NCAA Division III national tournament.
Matt Davis (Jr., Marshall, Minn.) notched his sixth double-double of the season, scoring 15 points and pulling down 11 rebounds for the Auggies, adding two blocked shots.
Jeoffrey Reed (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./De La Salle HS) scored 13 points and had three assists and two steals.
Travis Hinze (Jr., Janesville, Minn./Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton HS) scored eight points with three assists and four steals.
Hamline was paced by Jim Miller (So., Annandale, Minn.), who had 17 points and a team-high eight steals, with two blocked shots. John Simonsen (Jr., Fairfax, Minn.) scored 13 points and pulled down six rebounds, and Jabari Thompson (Sr., St. Paul, Minn./Johnson HS) had 10 points with four rebounds.
All FG 3 Pt -FT- Rebounds
Hamline University M- A M- A M- A Off Def Tot PF-D Pts A TO BLK STL Min
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*Jeff Smock 1- 5 1- 3 0- 0 1 1 2 1-0 3 4 2 0 2 22
*John Simonsen 5- 13 3- 3 0- 0 2 4 6 5-1 13 1 1 0 1 26
*Jeff Campbell 2- 8 1- 6 1- 2 1 0 1 3-0 6 4 3 0 0 22
*Mike Robison 1- 6 0- 0 0- 2 2 2 4 1-0 2 0 1 1 0 17
*Jim Miller 7- 12 0- 0 3- 3 4 4 8 2-0 17 1 2 2 1 32
Jabari Thompson 4- 7 2- 4 0- 2 1 3 4 4-0 10 0 4 0 1 20
Chris Bloomquist 1- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 1-0 2 2 0 0 1 15
Ryan Arndt 2- 4 0- 1 0- 0 0 1 1 1-0 4 1 2 0 0 17
Landon Beard 2- 7 0- 4 3- 4 2 4 6 3-0 7 1 1 0 1 14
Mike Grambois 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 2-0 2 1 3 0 0 13
Tyler Gehrking 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 1 0 0 2
Team 5 4 9 0 0
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Hamline University 28- 69 7-21 7-14 18 23 41 23-1 70 15 20 3 7 200
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-- First Half -- - Second Half - ---- Total ----
All FG 15- 37 40.5% 13- 32 40.6% 28- 69 40.6% Deadball
3 Pt FG 3- 9 33.3% 4- 12 33.3% 7- 21 33.3% Rebounds: 3
FT 3- 6 50.0% 4- 8 50.0% 7- 14 50.0%
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- 13 2- 5 1- 2 2 2 4 0-0 13 3 3 0 2 26
*Kevin Van Rossum 7- 12 6- 8 3- 4 0 0 0 0-0 23 1 2 0 1 31
*Jason Beckendorf 1- 3 0- 0 4- 6 0 3 3 2-0 6 4 3 2 1 30
*Matt Davis 6- 8 0- 0 3- 4 3 8 11 4-0 15 1 2 2 1 29
*Kyle Crubel 1- 6 0- 1 2- 2 2 3 5 2-0 4 0 0 0 1 15
Josh Natzel 1- 4 0- 1 0- 1 3 1 4 2-0 2 2 2 0 1 19
Chris York 1- 2 1- 2 2- 3 1 0 1 0-0 5 4 2 0 1 14
Travis Hinze 3- 5 1- 2 1- 2 0 5 5 2-0 8 3 2 0 4 22
Nate Hoerr 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 1 3 4 3-0 6 0 2 0 0 14
Team 0 2 2 0 0
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Augsburg 28- 57 10-19 16-24 12 27 39 15-0 82 18 18 4 12 200
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-- First Half -- - Second Half - ---- Total ----
All FG 13- 30 43.3% 15- 27 55.6% 28- 57 49.1% Deadball
3 Pt FG 4- 10 40.0% 6- 9 66.7% 10- 19 52.6% Rebounds: 2
FT 4- 7 57.1% 12- 17 70.6% 16- 24 66.7%
Technical Fouls: Augsburg 1 -- Jason Beckendorf 1; Hamline University 0
Scoring by Period
1 2 Tot
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Hamline University 36 34 70
Augsburg 34 48 82
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Attendance: 350
Officials: Bill Krohn, Bob Schoewe, Andy Schultz
