NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- With four players scoring in double figures and 14 players seeing game action, No. 17-ranked Augsburg University scored a convincing 76-49 victory over host St. Olaf College  in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball contest on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 76, St. Olaf 49
LOCATION: Skoglund Center, Northfield, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 13-3 overall (9-2 MIAC), St. Olaf 7-9 overall (4-7 MIAC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg trailed 17-14 after one quarter, but turned on the jets after that, outscoring St. Olaf by a 22-12 margin in the second period and 24-10 in the final period to score the victory. A 15-2 run over a 5:08 span in the second quarter gave the Auggies the lead for good, keyed by a pair of three-pointers by Aiza Wilson (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle HS), and three-pointers by Tamira McLemore (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) and Nicole Zielsdorf (JR, Arden Hills, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS). Augsburg led by as many as 28 points down the stretch.
• The MIAC's leading team in made three-pointers (149), the Auggies hit 13 three-pointers in the game, their eighth game with double-digit three-point totals this season. Wilson, who leads the MIAC in three-pointers with 45, scored all 15 points from beyond the arc, hitting five from long range. Zielsdorf tied a career-high with four 3-pointers, scoring 12 points. Augsburg entered Wednesday's game ranked No. 16 among NCAA Division III teams nationally in three-pointers made per-game (9.1). 
• Augsburg's quickness and tenacious defense played a big factor in Wednesday's win. The Auggies forced 34 St. Olaf turnovers, which they converted into 40 points. Augsburg committed 22 turnovers, but the Oles were only able to convert those into 15 points. Augsburg held a 17-4 advantage in fast-break points, and scored 20 second-chance points off of 15 offensive rebounds.
• McLemore tied Wilson for the team's lead in points with 15, adding three steals and two assists. Camryn Speese (SR, Bloomington, Minn./DeLaSalle HS) scored 13 points with five rebounds and three steals, and Jazmyn Solseth (JR, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS) scored seven points with five rebounds and two steals.
• Point guard Arianna Jones (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) had seven assists and tied a career-high with seven rebounds. Jen Masello (SO, Darien, Ill./Downers Grove South HS) had a team-best nine rebounds, while adding four points, three steals and a blocked shot.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• In 91 career games, McLemore has scored 1,360 points, good for second place on Augsburg's career scoring list, behind the 1,599 points scored by Stefanie Lodermeier '98 (1994-98). Her 14.9 career points per-game average is also second-best in school history, behind Lodermeier's 16.2 average.
• Augsburg's career record-holder in made three-pointers (199), Wilson is one away from becoming the seventh player in MIAC history to connect on 200 or more career three-pointers. The MIAC record for career three-pointers is 211, set by Missy Pederson of St. Thomas from 1998 to 2002.

FOR THE FOES
• Britta Koenen scored 15 points to lead St. Olaf, adding three rebounds and two blocked shots.
• Rachel Kelly scored 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field, adding six rebounds and two blocked shots.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action on Saturday (1/25) at 3 p.m., hosting Concordia-Moorhead at Si Melby Hall.
• St. Olaf hosts Saint Mary's on Saturday at 3 p.m.