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Kevin Healy
76
Augsburg College AUG 10-6, 5-6 MIAC
90
Winner Gustavus Adolphus GACM 6-10, 3-8 MIAC
Augsburg College AUG
10-6, 5-6 MIAC
76
Final
90
Gustavus Adolphus GACM
6-10, 3-8 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Augsburg College AUG 39 37 76
Gustavus Adolphus GACM 47 43 90

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Auggies stopped by hot-shooting Gusties

ST. PETER, Minn. -- Despite a career-high 23 points from Harry Sonie (SO, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS), the Augsburg College men's basketball team fell to a hot-shooting Gustavus Adolphus College squad in a 90-76 loss in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon at Gus Young Court.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Gustavus 90, Augsburg 76
LOCATION: Gus Young Court, St. Peter, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 10-6 overall (5-6 MIAC), Gustavus 6-10 overall (3-8 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg connected on 46.3 percent (25-of-54) from the field in the game, but could not overcome Gustavus' 57.4 percent (35-of-61) shooting from the field, including 10-of-20 from three-point range.
• A 10-2 run gave the Gusties a 31-26 lead at the 6:59 mark of the first half, a lead it extended to 47-39 at halftime. Gustavus led by as many as 15 points in the second half, with the Auggies only able to cut the advantage under double-digits on four different occasions.
• Sonie's career-high 23 points also included an 11-of-13 effort from the free-throw line. He also had two assists and one rebound.
• Collin Olmscheid (SO, Buffalo, Minn.) scored 18 points, while adding a team-best seven rebounds. Olmscheid has scored in double-figures in all but one of his 16 games this season.
• Brett Rasmussen (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) scored 17 points with two rebounds and two assists, marking his 14th double-digit scoring effort in his 16 games.
• Richie Perea (JR, Colorado Springs, Colo./Wasson HS) scored five points with four rebounds and four assists, and Nick Varner (SO, Farmington, Minn.) scored six points off the bench.
• Augsburg committed just seven turnovers in the game, its second-lowest figure of the season.

FOR THE FOES
• Gustavus was paced by Brian Jacobs, who scored 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-5 from three-point range. He also added three assists and three blocked shots.
• Gary Cooper scored 17 points with seven rebounds and three assists.
• Chris Marum scored 12 points with six assists and two rebounds, and Peter Kruize scored 11 points.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts St. Olaf on Monday (1/25) at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
• Gustavus plays at Saint Mary's on Monday at 7 p.m.
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