MINOT, N.D. - The Augustana men's basketball team won their third consecutive road matchup on Friday night, knocking off Minot State 82-75 on Friday night inside the Minot State Dome.

The Vikings (11-7, 9-4 NSIC) shot 50.9 percent (28 of 55) from the field and outrebounded the Beavers (8-11, 5-8 NSIC) 36-28. Tameron Ferguson led the offense yet again, scoring 24 points and dishing three assists while grabbing five rebounds. 

Caden Hinker added 17 points and nine rebounds while Amari Westmoreland-Vendiola had 10 points and five boards. Tanner Te Slaa had nine points on three 3-pointers and added three steals. Bennett Fried had nine points and Sam Rensch added eight points. 

After the Beavers opened the scoring, AU scored seven points in a flash. Hinker knocked down a jumper and then grabbed a rebound on the MISU possession. He got it down to Rensch, who helped get Te Slaa a clean look from deep to give the Vikings the lead and Ferguson got a steal and layup right after to make it 7-2 Vikings at the 18:27 mark of the first half. 

MISU scored the next seven points to take a lead before a Rensch jumper evened the score at 9-9. After even play pushed the Beavers ahead by a point, Helgren got a layup and Fried followed a Rensch block with a dunk to give AU a 19-16 advantage with 12 minutes to go in the half.

The Beavers chipped back over the next five and a half minutes, eventually easing ahead 25-24. Amari Westmoreland-Vendiola ended the run with a jumper to reclaim the lead and Te Slaa hit another 3-pointer to grow that lead to 29-25. MISU scored the next four points but the third Te Slaa 3-pointer of the night put the Vikings ahead 32-29 with 4:51 to go. 

After the game found itself tied at 34-34 with 3:08 to go, the game turned to Ferguson. He scored nine straight AU points to help power a 10-5 run to close the half, putting the Vikings ahead 44-39 at the break. 

Augustana shot 17 of 29 from the field in the first half and 4 of 10 from deep. They outrebounded the Beavers 17-13 and outscored MISU 13-8 off the bench as Fried had nine first half points to fuel the bench unit. The late run put Ferguson at 14 first-half points while Te Slaa added nine points on three made 3-pointers.

The Beavers scored 13 of the first 20 points in the second half to take a 52-51 lead. The Vikings responded quickly, scoring the next six points to take a 57-52 lead with 11:46 to go. After an MISU jumper, Hinker scored four of the next five points to help push the lead to 62-54. 

Hinker responded to an MISU layup with a pair of free throws and Ferguson hit a 3-pointer to hand the Vikings a 67-56 lead with 8:06 to go. After the Beavers hit two free throws, Hinker knocked down a 3-pointer for the largest lead of the night at 70-58 at the 7:39 mark.

The game settled from there as the teams traded baskets until the end when MISU scored four of the final five points to bring the game to its final score. 

The Vikings close their road trip on Saturday afternoon, taking on UMary at 5:30 p.m., in Bismarck, N.D.