SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – No. 21/11 Augustana University men's basketball is back in action this weekend with a pair of home Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South Division match-ups. The Vikings (5-1, 1-0 NSIC) open the weekend on Friday, Dec. 2, taking on Concordia-St. Paul (3-3, 0-0 NSIC) at 8 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Arena. Augustana will then square-off against NSIC preseason favorite Minnesota State University, Mankato (4-1, 0-0 NSIC) at 6 p.m. on Saturday. 

LAST TIME OUT
• Augustana went 2-0 last week, including picking up a win in its NSIC opener against Wayne State Monday night
• The Vikings and Wildcats tipped-off NSIC action at the Sioux Falls Arena on Monday Augustana picked up a 94-87 win
• Steven Schaefer converted a 3-point-play with 54 seconds remaining in the game to tie the contest at 86 and eventually send it to overtime
• Augustana then out-scored Wayne State 8-1 in the overtime period to pick up the win 
• The Vikings returned to action on Friday hosting Peru State at the Elmen Center
• Augustana hit a season-high 15 3-pointers and got a career-high 23 points from sophomore guard John Warren in an 89-66 win over Peru State
• Augustana had four players in double-figures against Peru State, including Jordan Spencer who registered his third career double-double

ABOUT AUGUSTANA
• Augustana owns a 5-1 record on the season, including 1-0 in NSIC play
• The Vikings enter the weekend averaging 80.3 points per game 
• Augustana has out-scored its opponents by 10.8 points per game on the season
• Augustana is shooting 46.1 percent from the field as a team, including 42.8 percent from 3-point range
• Augustana averages 14.3 made free throws per game and is shooting 71.1 percent from the stripe
• The Vikings are averaging 40.2 rebounds per game and own a +10.0 rebound margin on the season
• Augustana has dished out 15.5 assists per game and has averaged 14.2 turnovers per contest 
• The Vikings are averaging 7.0 steals and 2.3 blocks per game 

ABOUT CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL
• Concordia-St. Paul is 3-3 on the season and will open NSIC play Friday night
• The Golden Bears are coming off of an 85-80 win over Michigan Tech on Monday night in St. Paul, Minn.
• The Golden Bears opened the season with three games in Puerto Rico Nov. 11-13. CSP went 0-3 on its season opening trip
• CSP has won three straight games entering Friday's game
• The Golden Bears are averaging 75.0 points per game while allowing 74.2 per contest
• CSP is shooting 49.5 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from 3-point range as a team
• CSP is averaging 13.5 made free throws per game and is shooting 62.3 percent from the free throw line
• CSP is averaging 40.8 rebounds per game and has a +8.5 rebound margin on the year
• The Golden Bears are averaging 16.8 assists, 18.0 turnovers, 4.8 steals and 3.0 blocks per game
• Bryndan Matthews currently leads CSP in scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (8.5 rpg)
• Diallo Powell is averaging 15.0 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Golden Bears
• Joey James is in his third season as CSP's head coach. He owns a career record of 47-48, including 35-30 at CSP
• James spent one season as the interim head coach at the University of South Dakota (2013-14)

ABOUT MINNESOTA STATE
• Minnesota State enters the weekend with a record of 4-1 on the season. The Mavericks open conference play Friday at Wayne State
• The Mavericks were last in action on Saturday, Nov. 26 with a non-conference game at St. Cloud State. MSU defeated St. Cloud State 79-62
• Minnesota State enters the weekend averaging 89.8 points per game and is out-scoring its opponents by 7.2 ppg
• MSU is shooting 50.2 percent from the field, including 38.7 percent from 3-point range
• The Mavericks are averaging 16.8 made free throws per game and are shooting 72.4 percent from the stripe
• MSU is averaging 41.2 rebounds per game with a +4.4 rebound margin on the year
• MSU is averaging 15.2 assists, 12.4 turnovers, 5.0 steals and 3.4 blocks per game
• Joey Witthus currently leads the Mavericks in scoring averaging 18.8 points per game while hitting a team-high 16 3-pointers
• Jon Fuqua is averaging 15.2 points and a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game for MSU
• Matt Margenthaler is in his 16th season as the head coach at MSU. Margenthaler owns a career record of 334-134

SERIES HISTORY
• Friday's game will be the 22nd all-time meeting between Augustana and Concordia-St. Paul
• Augustana and Concordia-St. Paul first met on Nov. 24, 2000, an 83-69 Augustana win in St. Paul
• The Vikings are 9-1 all-time against Concordia-St. Paul in home games and 12-2 in NSIC play
• Augustana has won 11 of the last 12 games against Concordia-St. Paul, including nine straight wins
• Saturday's game between Augustana and Minnesota State will be the will be the 115th all-time meeting between the two schools
• Augustana is 55-59 all-time against Minnesota State
• The Vikings won both games in the season series last year and have won three straight games over the Mavericks