Men's Basketball 2/19/05 -- Macalester 88, Augsburg 82 

BOXSCORE

ST. PAUL, Minn. (2/19/05) -- Erik Jackson (Sr., Evergreen, Colo.) had 24 points and dished out seven assists as Macalester College topped Augsburg College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball action 88-82 Saturday in St. Paul. Jackson went 8-for-11 from the field, including 6-for-9 from three-point range.

The Scots end the regular season at 11-14 overall, 10-10 in the MIAC. Augsburg finishes at 9-16 overall and 7-13 in the MIAC. As the No. 6 seed, Macalester plays an MIAC playoff quarter-final game Tuesday night (2/22) at No. 3 Carleton.

Jackson was joined in double figures by Wes McFarland (Sr., Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS) and Tom Conboy (Fr., Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka HS) with 14 points apiece, and Brad Liddell (So., Crystal Lake, Minn./Central HS) and Will Moeller (Sr., New Ulm, Minn./Cathedral HS) with 11 each. McFarland added five assists and Conboy pulled down nine rebounds.

Augsburg's Lucas Olson-Patterson (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) pumped in 29 points to clinch the MIAC scoring title. He nailed five three-pointers and also grabbed seven rebounds. Kevin Keto (So., Forest Lake, Minn.) added 13 points and six assists, while Justin Kozlowski (Fr., Wausau, Wis./Wausau Newman HS) scored 12 points.

Macalester shot 54 percent from the field, including 62 percent from three-point territory (16-for-26). Mac canned 9-of-11 from behind the arc in the second half.

Augsburg jumped to a 16-7 lead over the slow-starting Scots. Macalester responded with a 18-7 run to take its first lead at 25-23 with 8:38 left in the first half. The Scots led 39-34 at the intermission. Macalester extended its advantage to 15 points at 59-44 with 13:52 to go in the contest, but the Auggies fought back. Augsburg cut the margin to four at 70-66 at the 6:30 mark.

It never got closer than four points after that. Up by four in the final two minutes, Liddell knocked down a trey on a Jackson assist to put Mac up 84-77 with 1:06 remaining. An Olson-Patterson three brought it back down to four at 53 seconds, but two free throws apiece by Jackson and Liddell sealed the win.