Men's Basketball 12/8/04 -- Augsburg 72, Carleton 66

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NORTHFIELD, Minn. (12/8/04) -- Jonathan Gholson (Jr., Gary, Ind./William A. Wirt HS) scored a career-high 22 points, grabbed 11 rebounds for his first career double-double and canned six straight free throws down the stretch as Augsburg College used a 12-0 spurt early in the second half as the Auggies beat host Carleton College, 72-66 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball game Wednesday night at Carleton's West Gym.

Lucas Olson-Patterson (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS) added 14 points and 13 rebounds for his ninth career double-double for the Auggies (3-4, 3-1 MIAC), who snapped a four-game losing skid at West Gym. The Auggies held a 46-30 spread on the glass and a 32-18 edge in points in the paint.

Kyle Beste (Sr., St. Louis Park, Minn.) paced Carleton (2-4, 2-1 MIAC) with 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Tommy Drake (Fr., Eden Prairie, Minn.) added 13 points and seven boards and Dan Forkrud (Jr., Rosemount, Minn.) tallied 14 points.

The Auggies took a 36-32 lead at the break, but the Knights used a Drake three and Forkrud to pull within one, 40-39. Olson-Patterson scored on consecutive possessions and the Auggies held the Knights without a field goal for more than four minutes, building a 52-39 lead on another Olson-Patterson bucket.

Carleton rallied, pulling within five as Phillips and Drake drilled three-pointers and Forkrud scored on the fast break. An Anthony Baquero (Sr., Rosemount, Minn.) three-pointer put the Knights within three, 62-59, but the visitors responded with a Dan Graf jumper (So., Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) from the baseline as the Knights wouldn't get any closer than four points the rest of the way.

The Auggies took the lead for good midway through the first half on consecutive three-pointers from Aaron Benesh (Jr., Oconto, Wis.). Carleton pulled within 31-30 on a Beste triple, but Gholson canned a jumper and Benesh cashed in on another long-range shot as the Knights failed to score a field goal in the final 3:30 of the half.

Carleton shot a measly 38 percent from the floor and the Auggies held a 14-7 edge in free-throw points, going 14-for-18 from the line to Carleton's 7-of-10. The Auggies turned it over 13 times to Carleton's 10.

Benesh had nine points, while Graf contributed eight points and Kevin Keto (So., Forest Lake, Minn.) had seven points for the Auggies. Baquero had nine points for the Knights.

The Auggies return to action on Wednesday, Dec. 15, hosting North Central College (Minn.) at 7:30 p.m. at Si Melby Hall. The Knights return to action on Monday, Dec. 13, traveling to Wisconsin-La Crosse for a non-conference tilt with the Eagles.