SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Augustana defeated Bellevue 104-50 on Monday, using an 18-0 third-quarter run to stretch a 53-22 lead to 71-22. Augustana turned 35 Bruins turnovers into 53 points and finished with 23 steals.
Augustana built an early 6-0 lead on two
Sophia Anderson layups around an
Ava Pautz basket before Dru Zoucha hit a three-pointer for the Bruins. Anderson answered with a three-pointer,
Sydney Doeschot added a three-pointer and a jumper, and
Katelyn Odem finished a layup to complete a 10-0 run that pushed the lead to 16-3. Augustana kept adding inside scores from
Lilliana Petersen, Pautz,
Lucy Moore, and Doeschot, and
Ella Bockenstedt's jumper with one second left sent Augustana into the second quarter ahead 26-11.
After
Maliyah Elliott's layup made it 28-11, the Bruins hit a 3-pointer to cut it to 28-14 before Augustana took control.
Isabella Sanneh converted a layup and free throw at 6:49, Moore added a three-pointer, and Anderson capped a 12-0 run with another 3 to push the lead to 40-14. Augustana added another 10-0 burst later in the quarter and went into halftime ahead 53-17.
The Bruins scored the first two baskets Augustana allowed in the third quarter, with McKenzie Napier's layup and Zoucha's three-pointer bringing the score to 53-22 at 8:27 left in the third quarter. Augustana took over from there with an 18-0 run, starting with Elliott's layup and
Alexis Schaefer's two free throws before Moore scored eight straight Augustana points on two three-pointers and a layup. Bockenstedt added two free throws and Doeschot hit a jumper to make it 71-22 at 3:51, and Augustana carried a 79-29 lead into the fourth quarter.
Augustana opened the fourth with
Ava Pautz's tip-in, then got a steal and layup from Addison Siemsen, a Siemsen three-pointer assisted by
Payton Hardy, and
Madison Roberts' steal-and-layup to move the score to 88-29 at 7:53. The Bruins answered with a 10-0 stretch. Still, Augustana responded with
Finley Love's three-pointer off a
Makinley Lawrenson assist and Lawrenson's three-pointer off a Love assist. The Vikings continued to add baskets late, including Siemsen's fast-break layup in the final seconds, and finished off a 104-50 win.
Up Next
The Vikings will head to Warrensburg, Missouri, for the MIAA/NSIC Women's Basketball Regional Challenge on November 13 against Central Missouri and November 14 against Missouri Southern
