BOX SCORE

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 9 Augustana College men's basketball shot a season-high 62.3 percent from the field and had five players in double-figures in a 101-92 victory over St. Cloud State (9-8, 5-6 NSIC) on the road Friday night. Alex Richter led the group of five players in double-figures with a career-high 29 points on 8 of 10 shooting, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. The Vikings improve to 16-1 on the season, including 10-1 in NSIC action.
 
Casey Schilling made history in a big way on Friday night, finishing with 21 points and four rebounds. He surpassed 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds becoming just the 14th player in Augustana men's basketball history with those numbers. Schilling currently sits at 1,008 points and 501 rebounds in just 68 career games.
 
How it happened
• Both teams battled back-and-forth through the first six-plus minutes of the game as the Huskies held a 22-17 lead at the first media timeout of the night.
• St. Cloud State drilled four of its first seven 3-pointers of the game to build the early lead.
• The Vikings grabbed some momentum out of the first timeout as Adam Beyer picked up a steal and took the ball to the rim and slammed one home with the right hand to cut the SCSU lead to 22-19.
• Augustana got within two but the Huskies continued to live by the 3-pointer as Scottie Stone and Jordan Poydras drilled back-to-back triples to put their team up by eight at 28-20 with 11:32 to play.
• Beyer answered with a 3-pointer on the other end that sparked a 16-6 run for the Vikings over the next six and a half minutes allowing them to take their first lead of the night at 36-34.
• Augustana and St. Cloud State would play to three more tie scores in the final four minutes of the first half but the Vikings held a 47-45 advantage at the break.
• Richter led the Vikings with 14 points in the first half on 5 of 6 shooting, including 2 of 2 from 3-point range.
• Daniel Jansen pitched in with 11 while Beyer and Casey Schilling each added nine.
• The Vikings shot 54.8 percent (17 of 31) from the field in the first half, including 4 of 9 from 3-point range.
• Augustana got to the free throw line 10 times in the half, knocking down 9 of 10 from the line.
• SCSU shot 45 percent (18 of 40) from the field in the first 20 minutes, while knocking down 7 of 18 3-point attempts.
• The Vikings jumped out quickly in the second half taking an eight-point 53-45 lead just two minutes into the half after five straight points from Schilling.
• Schilling threw down a big dunk on the fastbreak after picking up a steal.
• On the Vikings next possession he scored his 1,000th career point getting a basket and the foul. He hit the free throw and gave the Vikings the eight point lead.
• The Vikings extended the run to 14-6 through the first four minutes of the half to build a 61-51 lead with 15:31 remaining in the game.
• St. Cloud State was able to cut the lead to six but the Vikings would score 23 of the game's next 34 points to take their largest lead of the night at 88-70 with 5:41 to play.
• Richter helped pull the Vikings away as he scored 10 of his 26 points during that stretch.
• The Huskies would not go away quietly though as they would answer with a 14-4 run over the next three minutes to cut Augustana's lead to eight at 92-84 with 2:23 to play.
• That would be as close as St. Cloud State would get as the Vikings hit nine free throws over the final two minutes of the game to seal the victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Augustana's season-high 62.3 shooting percentage marked the highest by an Augustana team since Jan. 21, 2011 when the Vikings shot 60.8 percent against Upper Iowa.
• Alex Richter delivered his third career 20-point game, finishing with a career-high 29.
• Richter matched his career-high with four 3-pointers, marking the third time in his career (second time this season) he has hit four 3-pointers in a game.
• Casey Schilling finished the night 8 of 9 from the field, including 1 of 2 from 3-point range.
• Schilling also knocked down 4 of 4 free throws to register his seventh 20-point game of the season (19th career) finishing with 21.
• Schilling became the 31st player in men's basketball history to score 1,000 career points in the win.
• Schilling also became the 20th player in school history with 500-plus rebounds.
• Schilling is just the 14th player in school history to score 1,000-plus points and grab 500-plus rebounds in a career.
• Daniel Jansen delivered his third double-double of the season (10th career) finishing with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
• Jansen also dished out four assists and hit 8 of 9 free throws on the night.
• Jansen moved into 20th all-time in scoring at Augustana and sits at 1,194 career points.
• Adam Beyer pitched in with 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting while hitting 2 of 4 from 3-point range.
• Jordan Spencer added 10 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Vikings.
• Zach Huisken added seven points, four rebounds and a block off the bench for Augustana.
• The 101 points scored is a season-high for Augustana and the most since scoring 100 against Upper Iowa on Feb. 21, 2014.
• Tonight marked the third time Augustana has had five players score in double-figures in the same game this season.
• The last time Augustana had five players score in double-digits was against Wayne State on Dec. 20.  
• Augustana finished the night 26 of 32 from the free throw line, marking the third straight game with 20-plus made free throws.
• Augustana has now won nine straight games.
• Viking head coach Tom Billeter improved to 198-139 at Augustana and 295-189 in his career.
• Billeter, now in his 12th season at Augustana, is two wins away from 200 at Augustana and five away from 300 in his career.
 
Up next
• Augustana will close-out the two-game road trip tomorrow night taking on Minnesota Duluth at 6 p.m. Saturday at Romano Gymnasium.