MARSHALL, Minn. - The Augustana University women's basketball team (19-6, 13-6 NSIC) was out shot Friday night in Marshall, Minn. but used their stingy defense to begin their final regular season road trip with a victory over Southwest Minnesota State (5-20, 3-16 NSIC) 70-60.

The Vikings jumped on the Mustangs from the opening tip scoring 21-points in the opening quarter. The Vikings used a strong first-quarter to grab a nine point lead early in the second quarter but the Mustangs would not go away. The Mustangs erased the Viking's lead and didn't allow Augustana to score in the final 2:02 of the second-quarter as they went into the break with their only lead of the half, 35-34.

The Vikings came out of the locker room unphased by how the second-quarter ended as they slowly took their deficit and turned it into a 10-point lead, on the back of a 20-5 run between the third and fourth quarters. After making just two three-pointers in the first half they made five in the final two quarters on their way to defeating the Mustangs 70-60.

VIKING OF NOTE
Sophomore Presley O'Farrell had a great game in Marshall, Minn. as she seemed to have a hand in just about all aspects of the Vikings win. O'Farrell scored a game-high 13-points, one off her career-high of 14. O'Farrell was able to fill up the stat sheet with a career-high four steals while tying a career-high in assists with two. O'Farrell grabbed three rebounds in the win as well.

VIKING QUICK HITS
• Three Vikings ended the night in double-figures: Presley O'Farrell (13), Logan O'Farrell (12) and Nicole Kerkhoff (12)
• This was the first time in Presley's career that she has been the team's leading scorer
• Kerkhoff led the Vikings with eight rebounds, three on offense and five on defense. Logan and Naomi Rust each had five rebounds
• The Defense was key for the Vikings as Presley had four steals while Sydney Rome and Logan each had three
• Sophie Kenney led the team in assists with five. Rome and Allie Koehn each had four
• Augustana shot just 16 percent from deep on 2-of-13 shooting in the first half but ended the game shooting 24 percent on 7-of-29 from deep
• From the field the Vikings shot 40 percent on 29-of-71 shooting
• The Vikings were 5-of-7 from the charity stripe while the Mustangs got to the line 16 times making 12
• Augustana owned the paint tonight scoring 42 points while allowing just 20. Their 42 points is tied for the third most points scored in the paint this season
• The Mustangs outscored the Vikings in second chance points 18-5
• Head coach Dave Krauth is just one win away from 550 career victories

UP NEXT
Augustana will be on the road one last time during the regular season Saturday as they travel down the road to take on the University of Sioux Falls at 4 p.m