BOX SCORE

DULUTH, Minn. – No. 9 Augustana College men's basketball shot 59 percent from 3-point range in a 95-69 win over the University of Minnesota Duluth (9-9, 6-6 NSIC) on Saturday evening. Daniel Jansen registered his second straight double-double, finishing with a team-high 29 points and 10 rebounds, and knocking down a career-high 14 free throws to help the Vikings improve to 17-1 on the season, including 11-1 in NSIC play.
 
How it happened
• Minnesota Duluth jumped out to a six-point lead at 10-4 through the first three and half minutes of the contest getting two early 3-pointers from Brett Ervin and Brendon Pineda.
• The two teams would play evenly over the next three and three-plus minutes, each scoring eight points as the Bulldogs held on to an 18-12 lead.
• Daniel Jansen sparked a 7-2 run for the Vikings, drilling a 3-pointer from the left wing and getting to the line four times and converting all four to cut UMD's lead to 20-19.
• The Bulldogs pushed the lead back to three but Tanner Odegaard came off the bench and scored the Vikings' next two buckets on 3-pointers to give his team their first lead of the night at 25-24 with 9:02 remaining in the half.
• The Vikings would take over from there, out-scoring Minnesota Duluth 30-15 over the last nine minutes of the first half to take a 52-39 lead at the break.
• Augustana heated up from 3-point range in the first half, connecting on 9 of 13 from behind the arc, led by Odegaard and Alex Richter who each hit three.
• Richter nailed a triple from the left corner right before time expired in the half.
• Augustana was 11 of 14 from the free throw line in the first half, led by Jansen's 10 for 10 effort from the stripe.
• Augustana shot 59 percent (16 of 27) from the field in the first half.
• The Bulldogs were 15 of 29 (51.7 percent) from the field, hitting 3 of 9 from 3-point range.  
• Augustana opened the second half on a 7-0 run to push its lead to 20 at 59-39.
• UMD answered scoring 12 of the game's next 13 points to get back within nine at 60-51.
• That would be as close as the Bulldogs would get as the Vikings began to pull away out-scoring UMD 27-11 over the next nine minutes to go in front 87-62.
• The Vikings led by as much as 30 in the second half and registered its eighth 90-plus point scoring game of the season (third straight).
 
Inside the Box Score
• Augustana shot a season-high 59 percent from 3-point range in the win.
• Augustana finished the night 13 of 22 from behind the arc, marking the seventh time this season with 10-plus 3-point field goals in a game.
• Daniel Jansen registered his second straight double-double, finishing with a team-high 29 points and 10 rebounds.
• Jansen now has four double-doubles on the season and 11 in his career.
• Jansen hit a career-high 14 free throws in the contest, finishing 14 of 15 from the stripe.
• His 14 made free throws is tied for eighth-best in a single game at Augustana.
• Casey Schilling finished with 21 points and eight rebounds against the Bulldogs on Saturday.
• Schilling has now scored 20-plus points in three straight games.
• Schilling also matched his season-high with four blocks on the night.
• Alex Richter finished with 18 points and eight rebounds on 7 of 13 shooting, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
• Tanner Odegaard matched his career-high with 12 points, knocking down 4 of 5 3-pointers which also ties a career-high.
• Jordan Spencer finished the night with seven points, four rebounds and three assists.
• Augustana finished the night shooting 49 percent (30 of 61) from the field.
• The Vikings hit 22 of 27 (81.5 percent) from the free throw line, marking their fourth straight game with 20-plus made free throws.
• Augustana pushed its win streak to 10 games with the victory.
• Augustana head coach Tom Billeter picked up his 199th victory as the Vikings' head coach.
• Billeter is 199-139 all-time at Augustana.
• Billeter improved to 296-189 in his career, putting him just four wins away from 300.
 
Up Next
• Augustana returns home for a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match-ups next weekend. The Vikings will welcome Winona State at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. before taking on Upper Iowa at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Sioux Falls Arena.