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WAYNE, Neb. - No. 3 Wayne State's Ashley Arlen scored all 19 of her points in the second half to lift the Wildcats to a 59-56 victory over No. 23 Augustana Saturday afternoon in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference women's basketball.
It's the 42nd-straight win at home for WSC and the Wildcats improve to 24-2 (18-2 NSIC). Augustana snaps its three-game win streak and drops to 19-5 (16-4 NSIC).
Alex Feeney notched a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds to record her seventh double-double of the season.
Molly Hayes handed out a game-high six assists.
Both teams shot about equal from the floor with the Vikings at 35.7 percent (20 of 56) compared to the Wildcats' 38.9 percent (21 of 54).
Augustana opened the game with a 4-0 lead and extended it to 10-2 after a 3-pointer by Feeney at 14:59.
WSC took its first lead of the game at 7:29 after a 12-6 run gave the Wildcats a 16-14 advantage.
Emily Schulte drilled a shot from behind the arc at 2:48 to knot the score 20-20.
Augustana took back its lead at with 1:33 left in the half after Feeney used a layup and a free-throw to allow the Vikings to go ahead 23-22.
WSC's basket with one second on the clock cut the Wildcats' deficit to 25-24 at half time.
Augustana committed 10 turnovers in the half, compared to WSC's five.
The Vikings hit four 3-pointers (57.1 percent) and shot 32.0 percent from the field (8-25) in the first 20 minutes. The Wildcats were 28.1 percent (9-32) from the floor.
Leads continued to swap in the opening six minutes and 11 seconds of the second half until Schulte nailed a key 3-pointer that gave Augustana a 37-36 lead. The Vikings then scored the next six points to take a 43-36 advantage at the 11 minute, 43 second mark.
The Wildcats used a 13-2 run to come back and take a 49-45 lead at 6:29.
Schulte's two free throws tied the score 49-49 and
Shaunteva Ashley knotted the score again 51-51 with 1:41 remaining, scoring just the third field goal for the Vikings over a nine minute time span.
WSC outscored Augustana 7-5 in the time remaining to keep its win streak alive.
Schulte was also in double-digit scoring for Augustana with 14 points and Andrea Whiney had two of the Vikings' four blocks.
WSC forced 14 Viking turnovers from which the Wildcats scored 19 points. Augustana scored 12 points off WSC's 13 turnovers.
The Vikings conclude their regular season on the road next week against MSU Moorhead and Minnesota, Crookston.
