SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – National power Augsburg University pulled away from Shenandoah University Friday in a 72-60 non-league men's basketball victory at the Puerto Rico Clasico Friday.
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Augsburg (6-2) outscored the Hornets (3-6) by seven-points in the second half to register the win in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
IN BRIEF
With the game tied at 32-32 following an
Ethan Diffee layup with 1:59 remaining in the first, the Auggies reeled off an 11-1 run that bridged halftime to take a lead they would not relinquish.
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Harry Wall snapped this string by hitting three consecutive from the line at the 16:27 mark of the second, but the damage was done. Shenandoah would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way.
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Another Augsburg run, this one 13-5 over a span of 4:45, allowed the Auggies to coast home to the victory. AU led by 17, 70-53, at the end of this run.
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The Hornets closed out the contest by scoring seven of the game's final nine points.
BY THE NUMBERS
Shooting: SU 22-of-50, 44 percent. AU 25-of-52, 50 percent
3-point shooting: SU 1-of-17, 6 percent. AU 9-of-26, 35 percent
FT shooting: SU 15-of-31, 48 percent. AU 11-of-16, 69 percent
Rebounding: SU 30, AU 35
Individual
Scoring:
           SU:
Jalen Hill 14, Chris Chaney 12
           AU: Henry Mulligan 14, Joe Palmer 11, James Streeter 11
Rebounding:
            SU:
Christopher Chaney 11
           AU: Booker Coplin 5
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