Will Blascziek takes a shot during a 2024-25 Augsburg men's basketball game.
Kevin Healy
87
Mt. St. Vincent MT. ST. 4-5
90
Winner Augsburg AUGSBURG 5-6
Mt. St. Vincent MT. ST.
4-5
87
Final
90
Augsburg AUGSBURG
5-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Mt. St. Vincent MT. ST. 33 42 12 87
Augsburg AUGSBURG 37 38 15 90

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Blascziek's buzzer-beater gives Auggies win in Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Will Blascziek (SR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS) hit a long three-pointer at the overtime buzzer, giving the Augsburg University men's basketball team a 90-87 nonconference victory over the University of Mount Saint Joseph (N.Y.) on Saturday at the Ocean Center.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:
 Augsburg 90, Mount Saint Vincent (N.Y.) 87 (OT)
LOCATION: Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Fla.
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-6 overall, Mount Saint Vincent 4-5 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Mount Saint Vincent tied the game at 87-87 on a driving layup by DJ Tucker with 5.6 seconds left in overtime. Julien Hussherr (JR, Strasbourg, Alsace, France/Episcopal Saint Etienne HS) took the inbounds pass from Andy Stafford (SR, Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins HS), dribbled and fired the ball upcourt to an open Blascziek, who fired the game-winning three-pointer from about 25 feet away.
• Blascziek led the Auggies with a season-high 26 points, adding 14 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. He connected on 10-of-17 from the field, including 5-of-9 from three-point range.
• The Auggies jumped out to an 11-2 lead, led 37-33 at halftime and led by as many as 14 points in the contest, before the Dolphins used a 14-3 run over the final 2:53 of regulation to tie the game at 75-75. Neither team led by more than three points in the overtime period.
• All five Augsburg starters scored in double-figures, led by Blascziek's 26 points. Stafford scored 14 points with five rebounds, while Hussherr scored 14 points with five assists and seven rebounds.
• Mario Adams (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eastview HS) scored 12 points with four rebounds and two assists, and Elias Batala (SO, Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS) scored 11 points with four assists and five rebounds.
• Augsburg connected on 46.5 percent (33-of-71) from the field, including a season-best 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from three-point range. The Auggies outrebouned the Dolphins by a 53-to-39 margin in the game.
 
FOR THE FOES
• Tucker led Mount Saint Joseph with 23 points, while Kevin Agyemang scored 18 points with six rebounds.
• Josiah Basket scored 12 points with seven rebounds for the Buccaneers.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 1 p.m., with a game at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.
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