ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Augsburg University men's basketball team posted its fourth win in its last five games, scoring an 83-72 victory over Macalester College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the Leonard Center.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 83, Macalester 72
LOCATION: Leonard Center, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 17-6 overall (13-5 MIAC), Macalester 7-16 overall (4-14 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg used a 10-2 run to start the game and would never trail in the win. With two regular-season games to go, Augsburg will look to maintain its third-place position and lock up the No. 3 seed in the conference playoffs.
• Booker Coplin (SR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) led Augsburg with 19 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. He was 6-for-9 from the field and added a game-high five steals.
• Scoring an Auggie career-high, Jack Sorenson (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) put up 19 points. Sorenson finished 7-of-10 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range.
• Joe Palmer (FY, Faribault, Minn/Faribault HS) added 14 points on a 6-of-11 shooting effort. Palmer is averaging 13.8 points per-game over the Auggies last five contests.
• Augsburg shot 49.2 percent (31-of-63) from the field, while Macalester connected on 45.0 percent (27-of-60) of its shot attempts.
• Augsburg posted a 39-30 advantage on the boards.

FOR THE FOES
• Macalester was led by a 23-point performance from Shane Anderson, who finished 10-of-14 from the field.
• Jackson Henningfield pulled down a team-best nine rebounds to go along with 17 points for the Scots.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action on Wednesday (2/19) at 7 p.m. hosting Bethel University in a an important MIAC matchup.
• Macalester also returns to action on Wednesday, traveling to Moorhead, Minn. to take on Concordia College.