Box Score
The Viking men's basketball team had its five-game winning streak snapped Friday night at the Elmen Center. Augie was defeated by Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foe the University of Mary, 63-49.
The loss drops the Vikings to 5-1 on the season and 0-1 in the conference. The Marauders improve to 3-3 overall and 1-0 in conference.
U-Mary challenged Augie from the beginning, outscoring the Vikings 12-5 in the first 6:64 of the game and maintained a seven-point lead by trading baskets with Augie for the next five minutes.
U-Mary's Eric Erdmann tied the score at 19-19 before freshman guard
Cameron McCaffrey dropped in a layup off of the fast break to give Augie the 21-19 advantage with 1:46 to play. The Marauders scored a layup of their own, but McCaffrey scored again to keep the lead at 23-21.
Lee Cameron of the Marauders was fouled by freshman guard Kenny Brown and made both free throw attempts to lock the score before a jumper by Erdman gave them the 25-23 advantage with 36 seconds on the clock. Sophomore guard
Cody Schilling was then fouled with three seconds on the clock and made both free throws to tie the game 25-25 at the half.
U-Mary outscored the Vikings 15-4 in the first 6:66 of the second half, earning them a 40-29 lead. Augie cut the deficit to six, going on a 7-2 run and moving the score to 42-36 with 8:45 to play.
Erdmann converted an old-fashioned 3-point play before being fouled on a layup the next possession and making only one of two free throws. Senior guard #David Foster was fouled on a layup and made both from the charity stripe to make the game 47-38 with 7:25 to play.
Erdmann scored again for the Marauders and junior guard Jordan Wilhelm drained a 3-pointer to make the score 50-38, but Augie answered with a 3-pointer by senior guard
Jordan Dalton with 6:02 to play. A jumper by Foster made it a seven-point game at 50-43 with 4:16 on the clock.
The Vikings would not challenge for the lead again as the Marauders outscored them 13-7 in the final four minutes of the contest.
The Vikings shot just 31.7 percent (20 of 63) from the field, and just 3 of 22 (13.6 percent) from behind the arc. In contrast, the Marauders shot 35.7 percent (20 of 56) from the field and 36.8 percent (7 of 9) from 3-point range.
Augie also shot poorly from the free throw line, as they were just 6 of 12 (50 percent) compared to U-Mary's 16 of 19 (84.2 percent).
Schilling recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Foster added 12 points and McCaffrey contributed 11 points of his own.
DeZeeuw set a career-high in rebounding with a game-high 12.
Erdmann led U-Mary with 23 points and junior guard Anthony Moody added 18 points.
The Vikings will be in action again tomorrow night as they play in-state rival Northern State at 7 p.m. at the Elmen Center.
