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Women's Recap

Molly Hayes netted a layup with 27 seconds remaining to remove St. Cloud State's lead and Emily Schulte followed it with a free throw to allow Augustana a 80-78 victory over the Huskies Saturday afternoon in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference women's basketball.

Augustana moves to 16-3 (13-2 NSIC), while SCSU falls to 9-10 (6-9 NSIC).

SCSU's Jessica Benson scored a game-high 23 points.

The first half was a back-and-forth affair between the two teams with the lead changing a total of 10 times.

Feeney's 3-pointer at 12:30 was followed by a long shot from SCSU to give the Huskies an 18-17 lead. SCSU held onto its advantage for seven minutes before back-to-back 3's from Feeney gave the Vikings a 37-32 lead.

SCSU finished off a 12-6 run with a 3-point bucket with 36 seconds remaining until the buzzer to take a 44-43 half-time lead.

Both teams shot evenly in the half-Augustana connected at a 53.6 percent clip from the floor, while the Huskies shot 51.7 percent. Feeney netted 14 her team-high19 points in the opening 20 minutes.

Augustana started off the second half on the right foot and used a 14-6 run to lead 57-50 at the 13 minute, 12 second mark.

It would take SCSU the next 11 minutes to cut its deficit and capture a 78-77 lead at 1:42.

The Huskies had opportunities to extend their lead, but missed three-consecutive layups with just less than a minute remaining.

Hayes and Schulte made their buckets in the final 30 seconds to hand Augustana its win.

The Vikings outblocked SCSU 6-1 and finished the game shooting 50.9 percent from the field. The Huskies shot 43.1 percent.

Besides Feeney, Augustana had double-digit scoring performances from Hayes (17), Lydia Nelson (14) and Shaunteva Ashley (13).

Augustana travels to Minnesota State and Southwest Minnesota State next weekend.

Men's Recap

Augustana jumped out to a 35-15 halftime lead over No. 13-ranked St. Cloud State and never looked back, picking up a 74-52 victory over the Huskies Saturday night in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball.

Augustana improves to 12-7 (9-6 NSIC), while SCSU falls to 16-3 (12-3 NSIC).

The Vikings were stellar in the win, leading by as many as 28 points and holding SCSU to just 32.8 percent from the floor.

The win also evened the season series between the two teams; the Huskies beat the Vikings 88-61 earlier this month in St. Cloud, Minn.

Cody Schilling scored a game-high 15 points, Yuriy Malashenko contributed 13 and Cameron McCaffrey added 11.  McCaffrey also dished out five assists.

Brennan Olson snagged a game-high nine rebounds and helped Augustana dominated the glass 43-31.

Shaun Jensen scored 13 points for SCSU, which entered the game riding a five-game winning streak.

The Vikings held the Huskies to just one field goal in the opening 10 minutes of the contest.  Augustana led 12-2 at the 12-minute mark--sparked by a pair of 3-pointer from Malashenko and Al Richter.

Augustana's advantage grew to as large as 24 points twice before the break.  The first instance came with 2:41 left when Malashenko nailed another trey; the second with one minute to go after two free throws by Schilling.

Malashenko logged eight first-half points.

Augustana led 38-15 at the break.  SCSU's 15 points in the first half were the fewest allowed by the Vikings in a half this season.

Tom Billeter's group refused to let up in the final 20 minutes, holding at least a 20-point lead for the entire second half.

The Vikings got an emphatic dunk from Olson with six minutes to play for a 68-40 lead.  The Vikings matched the 28-point lead twice more before the game was over.

Augustana tied a season high with 11 3-pointers and established a season high with four blocks.

The 22-point win marked Augustana's largest margin of victory this season.

The 15-point effort from Schilling moved the senior into the No. 5 spot on the Augustana career scoring list.  He is now tied with Jason Garrow with 1,704 points.