Hot Shooting Sparks Huskies in 86-53 Win Over Augustana

Saturday, February 14

Sioux Falls, SD

1:30 p.m.

St. Cloud State

13-12,10-10NSIC

Augustana

9-17,6-14NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Augustana (SD)

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

2/15/2026 12:53:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SCSU wins fifth straight game

Sioux Falls, S.D. – St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (13-12, 10-10 NSIC) won their fifth straight game with a 86-53 win over Augustana Saturday afternoon. The Huskies would turn 18 turnovers into 24 points while shooting 50% from the field with nine threes.

The first quarter was a back-and-forth battle as neither team could grasp much of a lead. With 2:14 left in the first quarter, SCSU would trail 13-9. Three buckets in the paint along with a pair of free throws led to an 8-0 run as the Huskies led 17-9 after one. St. Cloud State was able to carry that momentum over to the second quarter as a three by Alana Zarneke pushed the lead to double-digits halfway through the quarter. The Huskies continued to pour it on in the second as they shot 71% with four threes in the quarter. Zarneke ripped the nylon again as she spotted up for three off an offensive rebound by Reagan Briggs with two seconds left in the quarter. Briggs found Zarneke in the slot who cashed a three as the halftime buzzer sounded to put SCSU up 44-26 headed into halftime.

The Huskies would hold a steady lead throughout the third quarter as they took a 60-42 lead into the fourth. SCSU would again pour it on the Vikings as they outscored them 26-11 in the final frame on the way to an 86-53 win. St. Cloud State produced two quarter shooting above 66% while holding the Vikings to sub 41% from the field in every quarter. The offense was hot while the defense locked down on AU by forcing 18 turnovers. This was the fifth straight win for SCSU and they have won seven of their past eight games.

Top Huskies

Alana Zarneke led the Huskies in scoring with 19 points on an efficient 7/11 shooting while going 5/9 from three. She also grabbed eight rebounds and tallied two assists and a block. The five threes tied her career-high. This was Zarneke's sixth game above 19 points this season.
Rachel Kottke scored 17 points (7/13) to go with six assists and three threes. This was Kottke's fourth game scoring 17+ points and seventh game with 6+ assists.
Jada Eggebrecht totaled 11 points, three rebounds, five assists, and two steals. This was her second game dishing 5+ assists.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 36-38 all-time against Augustana.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (50.0-34.0), three-pointers made (9-4), rebounds (43-25), offensive rebounds (15-7), assists (23-9), steals (9-3), blocks (4-0), points off turnovers (24-9), points in the paint (28-24), second chance points (15-5), fast break points (5-2), and bench points (26-16).
Abigail O'Reilly was the final Husky to score in double-figures with 13 points (5/6) and three rebounds. This was O'Reilly's sixth game with 13+ points.
Paige Lambe totaled nine points (4/7), three rebounds, and two steals.
Brynn Olson scored eight points on a perfect 4/4 shooting.
Reagan Briggs compiled four points, four rebounds, four assists, and two steals.
Ashley Sawicki registered six rebounds, three stocks, and a point.
Kristi Kottke grabbed 10 rebounds to go with two assists and a block.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action next Wednesday as they host Concordia-St. Paul in their regular season home finale.

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