St. Cloud State Women's Basketball Suffers Tough Loss to Augustana

Friday, January 27

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

14-5,11-4NSIC

Augustana

18-3,12-3NSIC

Augustana (SD)

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kaitlyn Zuehl

St. Cloud State Women's Basketball Suffers Tough Loss to Augustana

1/27/2023 11:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies snap a five game win streak

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The St. Cloud State women's basketball team suffered a tough loss to the Augustana Vikings Friday evening at Halenbeck Hall which snapped a five-game win streak for the Huskies. St. Cloud struggled offensively in the second period to fall behind at half which they were unable to comeback from to fall 66-48 to the Vikings. Augustana sits atop of the NSIC South Division moving to 18-3 overall, 12-3 in conference while the Huskies will stay at second in the north moving to 14-4 overall, 11-4 in conference.

GAME SUMMARY
The opening minutes of play was back fourth as each team took over the lead in the first. St. Cloud went up 9-6 at the 4:33 mark until a 12-2 run by Augustana put them on top 18-11 over the Huskies to end the first. The Huskies struggled offensively to put points on the board while Augustana took advantage to outscore SCSU 19-9 in the second period. At the half break, St. Cloud went into the locker down 17 points trailing Augustana 37-20. The Huskies may have shot .444 from the field in the second but they only had a 4-9 mark in the field.

During the third period, the Huskies struggled to close in on Augustana's double-digit lead as St. Cloud only brought it within 14 points. Two of SCSU's starters were given their third fouls of the game which put a dent on the Huskies. Augustana would close out the third with an 8-0 run to put them up 53-31 over St. Cloud. The Huskies would out score Augustana 17-13 in the fourth quarter, but the point deficit was too much overcome as St. Cloud fell 66-48 to the Vikings.

TOP HUSKIES

Jada Eggebrecht led with 11 points and two steals
For the first time in ten games, Katrina Theis scored in the single digits. Theis closed with eight points, six rebounds, three assist, two steals, and one block
Dru Henning put up eight points with three rebounds, one assist, and one steal

UP NEXT
The Huskies are back in action tomorrow hosting Wayne State Jan. 28. The game is set for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off at Halenbeck Hall.

Single game tickets for the season are now on sale at scsutickets.com. For all the latest on St. Cloud State women's basketball, stay tuned on scsuhuskies.com and follow the teams on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.