BOXSCORE MINNEAPOLIS -- Dan Kornbaum (JR, Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls HS) scored a game- and career-high 29 points to lead the Augsburg College men's basketball team, but it wasn't enough as the Auggies dropped a hard-fought 75-71 contest to Carleton College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Wednesday night at Si Melby Hall.

Augsburg (10-2 overall, 5-2 MIAC) was led by Kornbaum's 14-of-17 shooting performance, while he added eight boards and four assists. The performance marked Kornbaum's 11th double-figure scoring effort in his 12 games this season, and his ninth game posting eight or more rebounds.

Also scoring in double figures for Augsburg was Andy Seidlitz (JR, New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS), who finished with 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting from the field, and Tyler Schmidt (SR, Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson HS), who posted 10 points, six assists and two rebounds.

Carleton (7-5 overall, 4-3 MIAC) was led by Tom Sawatzke, who finished with 20 points and six boards.

It was a tale of two halves for the Auggies on Wednesday evening. After shooting only 36.7 percent (11-of-30) from the field, and 8.3 percent (1-of-12) from three-point range in the first half, the Auggies found themselves trailing 34-23 at the intermission. Coach Aaron Griess' halftime talk lit a fire in the Auggies, and they came out and shot 70.4 percent (19-of-27) from the field in the second half.

Augsburg was able to tie things up at 54-54 off a three-pointer by Seidlitz with 6:19 to play and again at 56-56 off a layup by Parker Hines (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Minnehaha Academy HS) at the 5:14 mark. Augsburg's second-half rally was brought to a halt as Carleton hit 12-of-13 from the free-throw line in the final 4:44 of play to hang on for the win over the Auggies.

For the game, Augsburg outshot Carleton 52.6 percent (30-of-57) to 47.4 percent (27-of-57) from the field. The Auggies claimed a 32-29 advantage on the boards and a 15-4 advantage in bench scoring but the big difference in the game game down to the free throw line, where the Knights were able to hit 15-of-19 and the Auggies were only able to convert on 2-of-5.

Both teams return to action on Saturday (1/12) with Augsburg traveling to Northfield to take on St. Olaf College and Carleton hosting Macalester College.