DULUTH, Minn. -- Shooting just 27.3 percent from the field in the game, the Augsburg University women's basketball team dropped its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference season-opener, falling 68-48 at the College of St. Scholastica on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: St. Scholastica 68, Augsburg 48
LOCATION: Reif Gymnasium, Duluth, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-2 overall (0-1 MIAC), St. Scholastica 5-1 overall (1-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg hit 15-of-55 from the field in the game, including 2-of-16 from three-point range. The Auggies hit just 7-of-26 (26.9 percent) from the field in the first half, falling behind 35-17 at halftime. The Saints led by as many as 23 points down the stretch.
• Amira LaDuke (SR, Cass Lake, Minn./Cass Lake-Bena HS) scored nine points with seven rebounds and three assists to lead Augsburg.
• Melanie Delestrez (SR, Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens HS) scored eight points with eight rebounds.
• Lani Fonoti (SO, Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) scored six points, while Sydney Hazuga (JR, Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial HS), Wakinyela Bear (SR, Morrison, Colo./Meskwaki (Iowa) HS) and Saylor Gallagher (JR, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) scored five points each.

FOR THE FOES
• Evie Schmitz scored 23 points to lead St. Scholastica.
• Ava Haus scored 12 points with nine rebounds and four assists.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts St. Olaf College in an MIAC game on Saturday (12/6) at 1 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.