BOX SCORE

The Basics
Score: #18 Augustana College 67, Minnesota Crookston 50
Records: Augustana (10-1, 4-1 NSIC), Minnesota Crookston (4-5, 2-3 NSIC)
Location: Sioux Falls Arena – Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Short Story: Augustana never trailed for the second straight night as the Vikings cruised to a 67-50 win over Minnesota Crookston on Saturday night. The Vikings used 14 different players for the second straight game with 11 players scoring points for the Blue and Gold.
 
How it happened
• Augustana held Minnesota Crookston to just 18 percent shooting (5-27) in the first half as the Vikings were able to build a 16-point halftime lead.
• Augustana never trailed in the opening 20 minutes. After taking a four-point lead at 7-3 on a fastbreak bucket by Alex Richter never let UMC get closer than four points the remainder of the half.  
• The Vikings dominated down low scoring 20 of its 34 first-half points in the paint. The Vikings held UMC scoreless from the paint in the first half.
• Jordan Spencer threatened with triple-double numbers in the first half scoring six points to go along with seven assists and five rebounds.
• Augustana led by as much as 28 points in the second half and finished the game shooting 45.6 from the field.

Inside the Box Score
• Augustana has now won 12 straight games over Minnesota Crookston, improving to 13-1 all-time against the Golden Eagles.
• Augustana sits at 10-1 on the season, marking its best start since starting the 2009-10 season 13-1.
• Adam Beyer matched his career-high with nine rebounds to go along with five points and two assists.
• Jordan Spencer finished the night with 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds.
• Spencer has dished out five or more assists in two straight games and five times this season.
• Daniel Jansen and Casey Schilling each scored 12 points for the Vikings tonight.
• Schilling added five rebounds and three assists while Jansen grabbed six rebounds.
• Alex Richter finished the game with eight points on 4 of 8 shooting.

Quotable
• Adam Beyer on the win – "Saturday games are just about energy focus on what we do in our system defense. So we came out with energy early and got on them which helped make the rest of it easier."
• Beyer on his rebounding performance – "When I'm on the wing I'm more of a rebounder. I like getting some rebounds."
• Beyer on team moving the ball well – "We have plenty of guys that can make shots and score. Jordan gets the ball moving well and everybody else just feeds off that and keeps attacking.
• Beyer on fast start – "We keep building on it. Every game we keep getting better and make sure we keep improving in practice."