SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- The Warriors men's basketball team fell 84-68 on the road to the Augustana Vikings.
Winona State battled in a back-and-forth first half that saw them knock down eight three pointers on their way to a 44-40 deficit at the break. The second half was controlled by the Vikings as they outscored the Warriors 40-28 to win the contest 84-68.
How it Happened:
WSU struck first with an and-one tip-in by
Alessandro Tonelli put the Warriors up 3-0 at the 18:27 mark. A
Ryan Heise three-ball kept the squad in front at 11-7 with 14:07 left in the first half. Back-to-back three-pointers by the Vikings Tameron Ferguson and Jack Hastreiter gave AUGIE their first lead of the game at 13-11 with 12:55 remaining in the half. WSU quickly retook the lead behind two three-pointers in a row by
Tyler Borowski giving the Warriors a 17-13 edge at the 11:46 mark.
Tyler Mason kept the three-point barrage going with one of his own at 10:47 keeping WSU in front at 20-16.
Jaron Crews buried two three-balls on back-to-back possession keeping a small 26-22 advantage to WSU. After the Vikings took a 30-28 lead,
Aidan Bardic strung five points in a row to grant Winona State a 33-30 edge at 4:45. AUGIE ended the half on a strong 14-4 run capped off by a Caden Hinker three-pointer to give the Vikings a 44-40 lead at the break.
Heise scored the first four points of the half for the Warriors to keep the game within reach at 50-44 AUGIE at the 17:19 mark. Bennett Fried hit a pair of free throws, granting the Vikings a double-digit advantage at 60-49 with 11:13 to play. Bardic drilled a three-ball at 10:05 making it 62-52 Vikings. Two more buckets from Bardic kept the deficit at 10 points at 69-59 with 5:59 remaining. Mason connected on a jumper at 5:01 putting the game at 71-61 AUGIE.
Caleb Johnson entered the scoresheet with a three-pointer at 0:43 ending the game at 84-68 Vikings.
Statistical Comparison
- The Warriors shot 26-of-62 (41.9%) from the field while the Vikings went 28-of-63 (44.4%)
- AUGIE edge the Warriors on the glass 36-33.
- Winona State shot 12-of-38 (31.6%) from deep with Augustana going 15-of-33 (45.5%) from three-point land.
- From the free throw line, WSU went four-of-five (80.0%) while AUGIE shot 13-of-14 (92.9%) from the charity strip.
- Heise led the Warriors in scoring with 19 points on an efficient eight of-11 shooting and two-of-five from three-point land.
- Bardic added a cool 14 points on six-of-13 shooting and two-of-five from deep. He added a team high nine rebounds in the loss.
- Crews had a season-high six assists.
- Hinker scored a game-high 26 points for the Vikings on nine-of-15 shooting and a stellar six-of-eight from three. He added a game-high 11 rebounds in the win.
- Tameron Ferguson was on triple double watch, scoring 16 points with 11 assists and seven boards.
Winona State will look to rebound as they travel to Wayne, Nebraska to take on Wayne State. Gametime is scheduled for Saturday, December 20 at 1:00pm.
