MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The No. 23-ranked Augsburg University women's basketball team remained unbeaten with a 61-51 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Concordia College-Moorhead on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Auditorium.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:Â Augsburg 61, Concordia-Moorhead 51
LOCATION:Â Memorial Auditorium, Moorhead, Minn.Â
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 4-0 overall (1-0 MIAC), Concordia-Moorhead 1-3 overall (0-1 MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg used a career-best performance fromÂ
Jazmyn Solseth (JR, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS) to spur the Auggies to another victory. Solseth finished with a career-best 21 points and a career-best 15 rebounds, marking her first double-double of the season and second of her Auggie career.
• Also finishing in double figures for the Auggies was
Camryn Speese (SR, Bloomington, Minn./DeLaSalle HS), who finished with 12 points and nine rebounds. Speese was 4-for-8 from the field and 4-of-6 at the free-hrow line.
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Tamira McLemore (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) andÂ
Arianna Jones (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) picked up four steals apiece, while McLemore added nine points and Jones dished out a pair of assists.Â
Aiza Wilson (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle HS) added nine points and a pair of assists.
• For the game, Augsburg shot 31.5 percent (23-of-73) from the field and just 14.3 percent (4-of-28) from three-point range. The Cobbers connected on 29.4 percent (15-of-51) from the floor and 24.0 percent (6-of-25) from beyond the arc.Â
• The Auggies claimed a 24-3 advantage in points off-turnovers and a 26-6 advantage in second-chance points.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• The win marks the third straight victory for the Auggies over Concordia, marking the first time in program history the Auggies have won three in a row over the Cobbers.
• This is the second season in a row Augsburg has started the season with four straight wins.
 FOR THE FOES
• The Cobbers were led by Elizabeth Birkemeyer, who finished with a team-best 14 points, while adding seven rebounds.
• Vanessa Kedl pulled down a team-best 10 rebounds for Concordia.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action on Tuesday (11/26) at 7 p.m., with an MIAC game at St. Catherine University.
• Concordia also returns to action on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m., traveling to St. Peter, Minn. to take on Gustavus Adolphus College.