Sioux Falls, South Dakota – The Augustana men’s basketball team had a 16-point comeback but lost to Minot State University 73-65 at the Sanford Pentagon on Saturday.senior in the contest Isaac Fink got his 1,000th Reach 37 Career Pointsth A member of the Augustana Club.
Fink finished the game with a team-high 13 points. Ryan Miller When study study Added 12 points each. poor grave He was the fourth Viking to score in double figures with 10 points.
Despite shooting 52% in the first half, Augustana went 41-31 by 10 points into the intermission. The Vikings embarked on a comeback attempt after Minot State (9-7, 6-6 NSIC) pushed his 16-point lead to his double.
The most recent game in the red was 8:21 remaining. Following three free throws, Miller scored on a layup to make it an 11-point game with 6:49 on the clock.
Acoy then went 2 for 2 in the Charity Stripes with a score of 64–55.
Minot State then hit two free throws, which Acoy answered quickly. This time, Hinker sent his pass high-low under the basket, making the layup easy.
As the Beavers tried to pick up momentum, Graves sank a 3-point basket and the lead continued to shrink. Eric Tideman He made two free throws with 3:20 remaining to make the score 69-63.
However, this is the closest thing to the AU as the state of Minot held enough power to hold off the Vikings.
Augustana shot 42.9 percent from the field and Minot State finished the game with 46.3 percent.
On Fink’s night, he had a game-high nine rebounds and almost a double-double.
The Vikings return to the Augustana campus on Friday and Saturday for games at the Elmen Center over the weekend. Augustana will host Crookston, MN on Friday and Bemidji on Saturday. In addition to the venue change, the Vikings men will move to the first game of the doubleheader on Friday at 5:30 PM and Saturday at 3:30 PM.
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