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73
Winner Carleton College CAR 6-8, 3-6 MIAC
58
Augsburg College AUG 6-8, 4-5 MIAC
Winner
Carleton College CAR
6-8, 3-6 MIAC
73
Final
58
Augsburg College AUG
6-8, 4-5 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Carleton College CAR 35 38 73
Augsburg College AUG 27 31 58

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Augsburg drops MIAC contest to Carleton

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College men's basketball team struggled to find its offensive rhythm and dropped a 73-58 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest to Carleton College on Monday night at Si Melby Hall.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Carleton 73, Augsburg 58
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-8 overall (4-5 MIAC), Carleton 6-8 overall (3-6 MIAC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg was held to 35.9 percent (23-of-64) shooting in the game as the Auggies struggled to find their offensive rhythm.
• Collin Olmscheid (JR, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) led the Augsburg offense with 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting, while adding a team-best seven rebounds.
• Dishing out a team-high five assists, Kevin McKiernan (SO, Savage, Minn./Prior Lake HS) added 10 points and six rebounds.
• Also finishing in double figures for the Auggies was Harry Sonie (JR, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS), who scored 12 points, while adding four assists and three rebounds.
• Carleton claimed a 38-32 advantage on the boards.
• The Knights were able to use a 20-of-29 effort from the free throw line, while Augsburg was only able to convert on 9-of-11 attempts from the charity stripe.

FOR THE FOES
• Carleton finished with four players in double figures, led by Kevin Grow, who posted a 15-point, 12-rebound double-double.
• Kent Hanson came off the bench to score a team-high 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action on Wednesday (1/18), when the Auggies travel across town to take on Macalester College at 7 p.m.
• Carleton also returns to action on Wednesday (1/18), when the Knights host rival Carleton College.
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