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ABERDEEN, S.D. –
Cameron McCaffrey's layup with three seconds left sent the game to overtime where Augustana outscored Northern State 8-3 en route to picking up a 78-73 victory over the Wolves Friday night in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference basketball in Aberdeen, S.D.
Augustana, which has won 10 of its last 11 games, moves to 16-6 (13-5 NSIC). NSU drops to 11-11 (7-11 NSIC).
The Vikings found themselves in their third overtime game this year—a situation Augustana has yet to lose in during the 2010-11 season.
McCaffrey and
Cody Schilling each netted 26 points on the night.
Leif Nomeland added 10 points, and
Derrick De Zeeuw grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.
Augustana got pivotal buckets from McCaffrey and Schilling in the overtime period. The Vikings also got a huge boost from
Ethan Thomforde with 39 seconds left. The sophomore hit his first bucket of the game—skying for a baseline layup that gave his team a 76-73 advantage.
Schillling hit a pair of free throws with one second left to seal the Viking win.
Collin Pryor had 10 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Wolves.
The Wolves used a 10-1 run that spanned a little more than two minutes just inside the 14-minute mark to establish a six-point lead at 17-11 with 12:26 to go in the first half.
Augustana tied it twice before intermission on buckets from McCaffrey and De Zeeuw, but the Vikings were held to just three points in the final six minutes of the half.
The Wolves led 34-29 at the break.
McCaffrey led all scorers with 13 first-half points.
NSU opened the second half on a 9-2 run behind a trio of 3-pointers. The Wolves quickly found themselves with their first double-digit lead--12 points--of the game.
The Vikings, though, answered. Behind a 3-pointer from Yurity Malashenko and easy basket by Nomeland with 13:30 left, the Vikings took a 46-45 lead.
Augustana would turn the tie into a five-point advantage three minutes later.
Three ties ensued before NSU took a 65-63 lead with 2:34 left in regulation. The Wolves would lead until McCaffrey's bucket tied the game.
But before the sophomore knotted the contest up, NSU's David Lane missed the second part of a double-bonus trip to the line after hitting his first attempt. A make would have put the Wolves up by three points with 15 seconds left.
The Vikings corralled the rebound, and McCaffrey found an opening on the baseline to tie the game with three seconds remaining.
NSU managed an in-bound pass, but nothing materialized on deep Wolf 3-pointer.
The Vikings were business-like in the overtime period. After a trailing by two points for two minutes, Augustana closed on an 8-1 run to seal the win.
The Vikings outrebounded the Wolves 44-49.
The tight contest contained 12 lead changes.
Augustana finishes this weekend road set at U-Mary tomorrow at 8:05 p.m.
