PELLA, Iowa – The Augsburg University men's basketball dropped a 105-60 decision at Central College in the completion of its two-game trip to central Iowa on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Central (Iowa) 105, Augsburg 60
LOCATION: P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium, Pella, Iowa
RECORDS: Augsburg 1-2 overall, Central 1-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Central led for all but 27 seconds in the game, connecting on 61.8 percent (42-of-68) from the field, compared to 34.9 percent (22-of-63) for Augsburg. The Dutch outrebounded the Auggies by a 48-23 margin.
• Elias Batala (SO, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) was the lone Auggie to score in double figures, scoring 13 points with two rebounds. Will Blascziek (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) scored eight points with three rebounds and a blocked shot.
• Trent Gomez (SO, Two Harbors, Minn./Two Harbors HS) scored seven points. Myles Adams (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eastview HS) scored seven points, and Mario Adams (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eastview HS) sc0red six points.
 
FOR THE FOES
• Joshua Van Gorp scored 23 points with 10 rebounds for Central, who had scoring from 15 of its 16 players who saw game action.
• Aiden Stoltz scored 12 points.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg has a nonconference game at North Central (Minn.) on Wednesday (11/20) at 7 p.m.