Yellowjackets fall to Auggies

The University of Wisconsin-Superior men’s basketball team fell to 1-1 on the season with an 86-74 loss to the Augsburg Auggies Monday night at Mertz Mortorelli Gym.

UWS never led in the game and the score was tied once — 4-4 after baskets by Bronson Byrne and Brendan Bauer.

The Auggies took a pair of 13-point leads in the first half, the later coming at 38-25 with 4:10 left before the intermission.

UWS outscored Augsburg 14-6 down the stretch to make it a five-point game at 44-39 at the half.

Two baskets by Bauer early in the second half got the Yellowjackets within 46-43, but the Auggies answered with 12 of the next 13 points for a 58-44 lead with 12 minutes remaining.

Aaron Corry’s put-back basket stopped Superior’s scoring skid, and the ’Jackets managed to get within eight points three different times during the next four minutes, including 65-57 after a Jarrod Peterson 3-pointer.

Augsburg followed with six straight points to take a double-digit lead, which lasted the remainder of the game except at 77-68 after a Peterson steal and basket and 79-71 after a Johnquez Brooks 3-pointer.

Parker Hines led the Auggies with 23 points. The sophomore was 3-of-4 on 3-pointers and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line. Tyler Schmidt added 16 points; former UMD Bulldog Dan Kornbaum had 15 points and eight rebounds; Brett Rasmussen added 11 points and Noah Veach had 10.

Brooks led the Yellowjackets with 18 points, including three 3-point baskets; Peterson was next with 16 points; Bryne added 15 points; and Bauer had 10 points and six rebounds.

UWS will host the Merrill Thompson Tip-Off Classic this weekend. Saturday’s games are St. Scholastica vs. UW-River Falls at 5 p.m. and Concordia College vs. UWS at 7 p.m. Sunday’s games are Concordia vs. UWRF at 3 p.m. and St. Scholastica vs. UWS at 5 p.m.

’JACKET JOTTINGS: Augsburg was 26-of-35 from the free-throw line, compared to 7-for-10 for UWS. … Each team grabbed 38 rebounds and had eight turnovers.

AUGSBURG (1-0)

Parker Hines 5-7 10-12 23; Tyler Schmidt 5-10 4-6 16; Dan Kornbaum 6-16 3-5 15; Brett Rasmussen 4-7 3-3 11; Noah Veach 4-8 2-3 10; Eren Cur 2-3 2-2 6; Andy Seidlitz 1-5 1-2 4; Ryan Gilmer 0-1 1-2 1; Carter Cross 0-0 0-0 0; Dave Weber 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-57 26-35 86.

UW-SUPERIOR (1-1)

Johnquez Brooks 6-12 3-4 18; Jarrod Peterson 6-13 1-2 16; Bronson Byrne 6-12 3-3 15; Brendan Bauer 5-11 0-0 10; Austin Cahill 2-7 0-0 5; Trent Davis 2-5 0-0 5; Brian Lindblom 1-4 0-0 3; Aaron Corry 1-1 0-0 2; Walter Charlton 0-2 0-0 0; Darius Williams 0-0 0-0 0; Cole Schreiner 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 29-67 7-10 74.

Augsburg 44 42 — 86

UW-Superior 39 35 — 74

3-point goals—Augsburg 6-15 (Hines 3-4; Schmidt 2-6; Seidlitz 1-2; Veach 0-2; Gilmer 0-1), UWS 9-23 (Brooks 3-4; Peterson 3-8; Cahill 1-4; Davis 1-2; Lindblom 1-3; Bauer 0-2). Fouled out—Augsburg-None, UWS-None. Rebounds—Augsburg 38 (Kornbaum 8), UWS 38 (Bauer 6). Assists—Augsburg 9 (Hines 5), UWS 10 (Brooks 4). Total fouls—Augsburg 11, UWS 23. Technical fouls—Augsburg-None, UWS—None. Att.—135.

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