Joe Palmer goes up for a dunk during a 2019-20 Augsburg men's basketball game.
Kevin Healy
64
Concordia-M'head CC 2-15,0-12 MIAC
96
Winner Augsburg AUG 13-4,9-3 MIAC
Concordia-M'head CC
2-15,0-12 MIAC
64
Final
96
Augsburg AUG
13-4,9-3 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Concordia-M'head CC 30 34 64
Augsburg AUG 44 52 96

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Auggie men overpower Cobbers 96-64

MINNEAPOLIS -- With all 18 players seeing time in the game and 13 different players scoring, the Augsburg University men's basketball team breezed to its third straight win and sixth in its last seven games, a 96-64 triumph over Concordia College-Moorhead in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 96, Concordia-Moorhead 64
LOCATION: Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 13-4 overall (9-3 MIAC), Concordia 2-15 overall (0-12 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Concordia held a 14-9 lead over Augsburg with 14:24 remaining in the first half, but the Auggies put together a 23-1 run over the next 5:36, keyed by 19 consecutive points from Booker Coplin (SR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS), to take a 32-15 advantage with 8:48 left in the half. The Auggie lead never dipped below 12 points the rest of the way, and Augsburg led by as many as 36 points down the stretch.
• Coplin finished with 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field, including 4-of-5 from three-point range, marking his 16th double-digit scoring effort in his 17 games played this season. It's his 13th 20-plus-point effort of the campaign. He also had three rebounds and three steals, playing 23 minutes.
• Matt Carik (JR, Rogers, Minn./Rogers HS) scored 13 points with a game-high nine rebounds and two assists, playing 29 minutes.
• Carter Duncan (SR, Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS) and Isaiah Robinson (SR, Apple Valley, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) scored 10 points each, with Duncan contributing four rebounds. Robinson hit 5-of-6 from the field. Jack Sorenson (FY, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS), appearing in just his third Auggie game, scored nine points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field.
• Augsburg connected on 51.9 percent shooting from the field (40-of-77), hitting nine 3-pointers. The Cobbers hit 43.6 percent (24-of-55) from the field. 
• Augsburg out-rebounded Concordia by a 47-30 margin and tied a season-low with five turnovers.

FOR THE FOES
• Jacob Fredrickson scored 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field to lead Concordia. 
• Braeton Motschenbacher scored 11 points and John Reiten scored 10 points for the Cobbers.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face St. Thomas on Wednesday (1/29) at 7 p.m.
• Concordia travels to meet Carleton on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
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