SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- The Augustana women's basketball team (13-3, 7-3 NSIC) earned the season sweep of Minnesota State (4-9, 3-6 NSIC) Saturday night, coming away with an 87-73 victory on the road.

It took both teams a while to settle into the game and find a rhythm offensively. By the time the under five-minute media timeout had been reached, there had been a total of 10 points scored, five for each team. But the break seemed to be just what the Vikings needed as they rattled off 11 straight points to take a 17-5 lead. The Mavericks however used a strong second-quarter to fight their way back, ending the half on a 12-4 run of their own and cutting the Viking lead to just two.

Minnesota State put a scare into the Vikings as they opened the third-quarter on a 7-0 run and grabbed a 41-36 lead. That would be the last time MSU would have the lead as the Vikings put together a 10-0 run if the own and eventually grew their lead to a game-high, 20-points at the end of the fourth-quarter. Augustana would go on to defeat Minnesota State by a score of 87-73. The Vikings earned the season sweep of the Mavericks with the win, their first season sweep over the Mavericks since the 2010-11 season.

Augustana By the Numbers
• Sophomore Logan O'Farrell led all scores with 22-points. O'Farrell was 9-of-12 from the field and 4-of-6 from behind the 3-point line. O'Farrell also had a good defensive day with two blocks and three steals in 28-minutes of action
• Augustana had five girls reach double figures in scoring against the Mavericks: O'Farrell had 22, Sydney Rome had 17, Nicole Kerkhoff scored 13, Sophie Kenney had 12 and Lynsey Prosser scored 10 off the bench
• Kerkhoff earned her second straight double-double after a 13-point, 13-rebound performance. This was Kerkhoff's first back-to-back double-double performance of the season
• Kenney dished out six assists, five rebounds and two steals
• The vikings shot 45 percent from the field on 32-of-71 shooting and 37 percent from behind the 3-point arc on 12-of-32 shooting
• The Vikings found success at the charity stripe once again shooting 85 percent on 11-of-13 shooting
• Augustana outscored the MSU in the pain 36-26 while narrowly outscoring the Maverick bench 19-18

Next Time Out
Augustana will be at home next weekend when they host St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth. The Vikings and Huskies will square off Friday night at 6 p.m. followed by a 4 p.m. tip against the Bulldogs on Saturday. This will be the first time that the Vikings will host SCSU and UMD at the Sioux Falls Arena.