121014Olmscheid
Kelly Anderson Diercks
55
Concordia-Moorhead CC 8-5, 4-4 MIAC
62
Winner Augsburg College AUG 8-5, 5-3 MIAC
Concordia-Moorhead CC
8-5, 4-4 MIAC
55
Final
62
Augsburg College AUG
8-5, 5-3 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Concordia-Moorhead CC 23 32 55
Augsburg College AUG 28 34 62

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Bench scoring crucial in Auggie win over Cobbers

MINNEAPOLIS -- Coming off the bench, Collin Olmscheid (FY, Buffalo, Minn.) scored 15 points and Richie Perea (SO, Colorado Springs, Colo./Wasson HS) scored 12 points, leading Augsburg College in a 62-55 win over Concordia College-Moorhead in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at Si Melby Hall.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 62, Concordia-Moorhead 55
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 8-5 overall (5-3 MIAC), Concordia 8-5 overall (4-4 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Olmscheid and Perea led an Auggie bench that outscored the team's starters by a 32-30 margin in the game.
• Olmscheid scored 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three-point range, and pulled down five rebounds in 25 minutes of play.
• Perea, who was pressed into service when starting point guard Parker Hines (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Minnehaha Academy HS) fell into foul trouble, matched his career high by scoring 12 points on 4-of-6 from the field, including 2-of-2 from three-point range, adding an assist in 27 minutes of play.
• The game was a back-and-forth affair, with neither team leading by more than seven points. There were 17 lead changes and four ties in the contest.
• Leading 52-48 with 6:19 remaining, Augsburg built the lead back up to seven points, capped on a three-pointer by Perea, who scored seven of Augsburg's final nine points in the game.
• Augsburg connected on 48.0 percent (24-of-50) from the field, including a 56.5-percent (13-of-23) effort in the second half. Concordia shot 38.3 percent (23-of-60) from the field.
• Joe Zangel (JR, Richfield, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) scored eight points for the Auggies, while Brett Rasmussen (SO, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) scored seven points with six rebounds.
• Parker Hines (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Minnehaha Academy HS) scored six points with three assists and two steals before fouling out, and Brandon Little (JR, Broomfield, Colo.) had eight rebounds.

FOR THE FOES
• Jordan Bolger led all players with a 21-point, 10-rebound effort for Concordia.
• Tom Fraase scored 11 points with six rebounds, and Scott Flotterud scored nine points with six rebounds.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Saint John's on Monday (1/19) at 7 p.m.
• Concordia hosts St. Olaf on Monday at 7 p.m.
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