Augustana vs. Harding NCAA Tournament Postseason Notes

Daniel Jansen NSIC Player of the Year All-NSIC First Team

Casey Schilling NSIC Defensive Player of the Year All-NSIC First Team

2015-16 POSTSEASON

Tom Billeter NSIC Coach of the Year

2015-16 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

NSIC AWARDS #34 Daniel Jansen (Orange City, Iowa)

CONFERENCE TIT LES 2015 -16

• Augustana secured the NSIC Regular Season Championship outright in 2015-16 with a win over Upper Iowa on Feb. 19 • The outright regular season conference title marked Augustana’s first since 1977-78 • Augustana set a new single season NSIC record for conference wins finishing 21-1 in 2015-16 • Augustana won its second straight NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament title in 2015-16

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• With a 97-92 win at Upper Iowa on Friday, Feb. 20, Augustana men’s basketball clinched its first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championship since joining the league in 2008-09 • Augustana finished 20-2 in NSIC play this season, becoming the first team in league history to win 20 conference games in a season • Augustana won its first-ever postseason tournament winning the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament in 2014-15 • Augustana won a school record 31 games in 2014-15

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• Augustana won the North Central Conference title with a record of 14-4 in 1988-89 • Augustana advanced to the North Central Region Tournament • The Vikings won what was then a school record 23 games in 1988-89

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• Augustana won its first outright North Central Conference Championship in 1977-78 • Augustana finished 11-3 and was the first NCC teams with 11 conference wins in a season

• NSIC Player of the Year** • All-NSIC First Team*** • NSIC All-Tournament Team • Bevo Francis Award Top 50 Watch List • Named NSIC Player of the Week an NSIC DANIEL JANSEN record four times in 2015-16, including three straight weeks from Jan. 11-25 ** two-time NSIC Player of the Year *** three-time All-NSIC First Team selection

#32 Casey Schilling (Ellsworth, Minn.)

• NSIC Defensive Player of the Year** • All-NSIC First Team*** • NSIC Tournament Most Valuable Player • NSIC All-Tournament Team • Bevo Francis Award Top 50 Watch List CASEY SCHILLING • Named NSIC Player of the Week an NSIC record four times in 2015-16 ** two-time NSIC Defensive Player of the Year *** three-time All-NSIC First Team selection

#31 Alex Richter (Lakeville, Minn.)

• All-NSIC First Team** ** two-time All-NSIC First Team selection

ALEX RICHTER

#23 Jordan Spencer (Milton Keynes, England) • All-NSIC Second Team** ** two-time All-NSIC Second Team selection

JORDAN SPENCER

2015-16 NSIC COACH OF THE YEAR

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• Augustana won its first conference championship in school history in 1961-62 • The Vikings defeated South Dakota State 96-70 in the final game of the season to earn a share of the NCC title

TOM BILLETER

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

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AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL

Augustana Athletic Communications | Elmen Center 202 | 2001 South Summit Ave. | Sioux Falls, SD 57197 | FAX: 605.274.5298 Director of Athletic Communications (Men’s Basketball Contact): Tim Evans • tim.evans@augie.edu • Office: 605-274-4335 • Cell: 763-732-2987 Assistant: Kelly Shipp • ktshipp15@ole.augie.edu | Assistant: Stephen Bush • sjbush15@ole.augie.edu

2015-16 SCHEDULE Overall: 28-2 | NSIC: 21-1 Home: 13-0 | Away: 10-1 | Neutral: 5-1 Date 11/2 11/6 11/13 11/19 11/23 11/27 11/28 12/4 12/5 12/11 12/12 12/19 1/2 1/3 1/8 1/9 1/15 1/16 1/22 1/23 1/30 1/31 2/5 2/6 2/12 2/13 2/19 2/20 2/24 2/27 2/29 3/1 3/12 3/23-26

Opponent Time/Results Bethel#^ W 91-78 at Iowa# W 76-74 Washburn% L 88-86 #14 Northwest Missouri State W 79-77 at Wayne State* W 94-69 Turabo~ W 83-69 American (Puerto Rico)~ W 93-61 Minnesota State* W 97-68 Concordia-St. Paul* W 104-66 at Bemidji State* W 91-61 at Minnesota Crookston* W 92-60 Wayne State* W 107-62 Sioux Falls* W 88-61 Southwest Minnesota State* W 99-75 at Concordia-St. Paul* W 88-75 at Minnesota State* W 101-91 St. Cloud State* W 102-63 Minnesota Duluth* W 95-66 at Winona State* W 75-62 at Upper Iowa* W 96-87 u-Mary* W 87-80 Minot State* W 97-65 at Northern State* L 90-81 at #8 MSU Moorhead* W 94-86 at Southwest Minnesota State* W 103-88 at Sioux Falls* W 79-71 upper Iowa* W 98-77 Winona State* W 66-55 Minnesota Crookston+ W 91-57 Sioux Falls+$ W 105-100 Winona State+$ W 83-62 MSU Moorhead+$ W 89-76 Harding` 5:30 p.m.

NCAA Elite Eight TBA

# Exhibition % Las Vegas Invitational ~ Puerto Rico trip ^ Played at Elmen Center * NSIC Game + NSIC Tournament $ NSIC Tournament - Sanford Pentagon ` NCAA Central Region Tournament ALL TIMES CENTRAL Home Games (Sioux Falls Arena) in BOLD TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach: Tom Billeter Alma Mater: Illinois, 1983 Year Entering: 13th Record at Augustana: 241-143 (.627) Career Year Entering: 18th Career Record: 338-193 (.636) Office Phone: 605.274.4317 E-mail: tom.billeter@augie.edu Assistant Coach: Collin Authier Assistant Coach: Chad Hettermann Graduate Assistant: Peter Crawford Volunteer Assistant: Tate VanRoekel 2014-15 Record: 31-3 (20-2 NSIC/T-1st) Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/0 HISTORY First Year of Basketball: 1921-22 All-Time Record: 1,031-1,071 All-Time Conference Record: 550-648 NCAA Tournaments: 13 Years: ‘75, ‘77, ‘78, ‘86, ‘88, ‘89, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘12, ‘13, ‘15, ‘16 Last Postseason Opponent: Northwest Missouri State (L, 66-65) Home Arena: Sioux Falls Arena (4,066)

March 9, 2016 For Immediate Release

The Match-ups

AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY VIKINGS (28-2)

VS HARDING UNIVERSITY BISONS (20-10) Rank: N/A Last game: March 6, 2016 lost to Ouachita Baptist 72-56 Streak: L1 At neutral sites: 2-3 Coach: Jeff Morgan Record: 415-271 (24th Season) Record at Harding: 398-261 (23rd Season)

Rank: No. 2 (NABC)/No. 1 D2SIDA Last game: March 1, 2016 defeated MSU Moorhead 89-76 Streak: W9 At neutral sites: 5-1 Coach: Tom Billeter Record: 338-193 (18th Season) Record at Augie: 241-143 (13th Season) Statistical Comparison

STATISTICAL LEADERS

91.4

POINTS PER GAME

80.1

72.3

POINTS ALLOWED

72.7

50.9

FIELD GOAL %

47.1

42.3

3-POINT FIELD GOAL %

39.3

72.7

FREE THROW %

71.0

38.7

REBOUNDS PER GAME

35.2

19.4

ASSISTS PER GAME

16.4

10.1

TURNOVERS PER GAME

11.5

6.2

STEALS PER GAME

5.1

2.4

BLOCKS PER GAME

1.6

SCORING

DANIEL JANSEN u 20.7 ppg REBOUNDING

CASEY SCHILLING u 9.7 rpg ASSISTS

JORDAN SPENCER u 6.7 apg Storylines • No. 2 Augustana University men’s basketball enters the NCAA Central Region Tournament as the No. 1 seed • The Vikings will host the Central Region Tournament March 12-13, 15 at the Sanford Pentagon • Augustana is hosting the NCAA Central Region Tournament for the second straight season • For more information on the NCAA Central Region Men’s Basketball Tournament, visit www.GoAugie.com/d2mbbcentral • Augustana enters the NCAA Tournament with a record of 28-2 on the season and will take on No. 8 seed Harding University (20-10) out of the Great American Conference • The Vikings and Bisons will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 in the first game of session two • Saturday’s game between Augustana and Harding will be the first ever meeting between the two teams • Augustana is making its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015-16 • The Vikings are making the 13th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history • Augustana owns a record of 10-14 all-time in the NCAA Tournament • Augustana has played in two region championship games, the first in 2008-09 and most recently in 2009-10 PROBABLE STARTERS JORDAN SPENCER

ADAM BEYER

ALEX RICHTER

9.1 PPG, 6.7 APG 6-2, 170, SO., GuARD MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND

8.8 PPG, 3.0 APG 6-6, 185, JR., GuARD DE PERE, WIS.

13.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG 6-5, 215, Sr., Guard Lakeville, Minn.

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

CASEY SCHILLING DANIEL JANSEN

19.7 PPG, 9.7 RPG 6-6, 215, Sr., Forward Ellsworth, Minn.

20.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG 6-9, 240, Sr., Forward Orange City, Iowa 3

ONE OF 9 NCAA TEAMS WITH

2015-16 FINAL NSIC STANDINGS

28+ WINS

OVERALL NSIC Overall Augustana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-1 . . . . . . . .28-2 MSU Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-3 . . . . . . . . .30-5 Minnesota State . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-7 . . . . . . . . .21-9 Northern State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-9 . . . . . . . .18-12 Winona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-9 . . . . . . . .16-13 University of Mary . . . . . . . . . . .12-10 . . . . . . .19-12 Sioux Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 . . . . . . .17-13 Minnesota Duluth . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 . . . . . . .15-14 Upper Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 . . . . . . .16-17 Minot State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 . . . . . . .15-14 St. Cloud State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 . . . . . . .13-16 Concordia-St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 . . . . . . .13-16 Southwest Minnesota State . .9-13 . . . . . . . .13-15 Bemidji State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-15 . . . . . . . .10-17 Wayne State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19 . . . . . . . . .5-24 Minnesota Crookston . . . . . . . .1-21 . . . . . . . . .3-24 SOuTH DIVISION NSIC Overall Augustana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-1 . . . . . . . .28-2 Minnesota State . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-7 . . . . . . . . .21-9 Winona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-9 . . . . . . . .16-13 Upper Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 . . . . . . .16-17 Sioux Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 . . . . . . .17-13 Concordia-St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 . . . . . . .13-16 Southwest Minnesota State . .9-13 . . . . . . . .13-15 Wayne State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19 . . . . . . . . .5-24 NORTH DIVISION NSIC Overall MSU Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-3 . . . . . . . . .30-5 Northern State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-9 . . . . . . . .18-12 U-Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-10 . . . . . . .19-12 Minnesota Duluth . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 . . . . . . .15-14 St. Cloud State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 . . . . . . .13-16 Minot State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 . . . . . . .15-14 Bemidji State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-15 . . . . . . . .10-17 Minnesota Crookston . . . . . . . .1-21 . . . . . . . . .3-24 (as of March 1)

• Augustana is one of just 9 teams in all of college basketball with 28 or more wins in 2015-16 • The Vikings are one of 4 NCAA Division II teams with 28 or more wins on the season • There are 4 Division III teams in the country with 28 or more wins and one Division I team

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR • Augustana has three international players on its 2015-16 roster • Jordan Spencer the 2014-15 NSIC Freshman of the Year, hails from Milton Keynes, England • Matthew Brazendale calls Tasmania, Australia home • Freshman Will Hoiseth comes to Augustana from the American School of Doha in Doha, Qatar

@AugieMensBball NOTES IN 140 • Augustana is making its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015-16, its second straight trip • Augustana has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances under head coach Tom Billeter • Augustana has won 20-plus games nine times in school history • The Vikings have won 20 or more games in a season five times under the direction of 13th-year head coach Tom Billeter • Billeter led Augustana to a program record 31 wins last season • Augustana is 59-5 under Billeter’s direction the last two seasons • Senior forward Daniel Jansen enters the NCAA Tournament averaging 20.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game • Jansen ranks 52nd in the country in points per game • Casey Schilling is averaging 19.7 points and a team-high 9.7 rebounds per game for the Vikings on the season • In the NSIC Tournament, Schilling averaged 21.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks • Schilling was named the MVP of the NSIC Tournament for the second straight season • Jordan Spencer enters Saturday night’s game with 200 assists on the season, two shy of his career-high for a season • Spencer is 40 assists shy of the single-season record at Augustana • Spencer enters the NCAA Tournament ranked sixth in the country averaging 6.7 assists per game and 2nd with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.57

JANSEN BECOMES THIRD VIKINGS SINCE 2012 TO BREAK SCORING TITLE • Daniel Jansen scored 25 points at MSU Moorhead on Feb. 6 making him Augustana’s all-time leading scorer • Jansen recently went over 2,000 points becoming the first player in Augustana history to do so • Jansen is the third Viking to be crowned all-time leading scorer since Cody Schilling broke the 28-year old record in 2012 • Casey Schilling moved up to third all-time on Saturday, Feb. 27 passing his older brother Cody to take over third all-time. Schilling has scored 1,942 career points and is 22 points shy of second all-time • Four of the top 13 scorers in Augustana history have payed for coach Billeter, including Augustana’s second alltime leading scorer Cameron McCaffrey and third all-time leading scorer Cody Schilling • Augustana has crowned two all-time leading scorers since 2012 THE RISE TO THE TOP No. 1 DANIEL JANSEN (2012-Present)

2,154

No. 2 CAMERON MCCAFFREY (2009-13)

1,964 1,942

No. 3 CASEY SCHILLING (2012-Present) No. 4 CODY SCHILLING (2008-12) No. 5 CARL GONDER (1980-84)

1,830

No. 6 MARK SMED (1979-83)

1,795

No. 7 GREG NAGEL (1974-78) DUNK TRACKER Player Season Casey Schilling 4 Zach Huisken 3 Daniel Jansen 2 Alex Richter 3 John Warren 6 Adam Beyer Jordan Spencer -

No. 8 JASON GARROW (1988-92) Career 18 13 7 7 6 2 2

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

1,868

No. 9 SCOTT BECKSTRAND (1990-94) No. 10 ARVID KRAMER (1975-79) No. 11 BILL GROSS (1969-73)

1,764

1,704 1,681

1,642 1,628

No. 12 BRETT SZABO (1987-91)

1,510

No. 13 RICH CHAPMAN (1973-77)

1,381

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CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES #32 Casey Schilling Opponent Stats Minnesota Duluth (2/27/13) 19 pts/10 rebs Central Missouri (11/10/13) 20 pts/13 rebs Sioux Falls (12/7/13) 22 pts/11 rebs Concordia-St. Paul (12/13/13) 22 pts/15 rebs Minnesota State (12/14/13) 26 pts/11 rebs Wayne State (12/21/13) 16 pts/13 rebs Concordia-St. Paul (1/18/14) 21 pts/16 rebs Upper Iowa (2/8/14) 23 pts/11 rebs Northern State (2/26/14) 12 pts/11 rebs Washburn (11/14/14) 23 pts/12 rebs Pittsburg State (11/15/14) 25 pts/12 rebs Dakota State (11/19/14) 18 pts/15 rebs Bemidji State (12/12/14) 24 pts/10 rebs Wayne State (12/20/14) 16 pts/10 rebs SMSU (1/3/15) 21 pts/11 rebs Minnesota State (1/10/15) 31 pts/13 rebs MSU Moorhead (2/7/15) 27 pts/12 rebs Bemidji State (2/26/15) 20 pts/12 rebs Minnesota Duluth (3/1/15) 30 pts/15 rebs MSU Moorhead (3/3/15) 28 pts/14 rebs Arkansas Tech (3/14/15) 39 pts/13 rebs NW Missouri State (11/19/15) 16 pts/13 rebs Turabo (11/27/15) 19 pts/18 rebs American (PR) (11/28/15) 25 pts/12 rebs Wayne State (12/19/15) 24 pts/10 rebs Concordia-St. Paul (1/8/16) 13 pts/11 rebs Minnesota Duluth (1/16/16) 23 pts/11 rebs U-Mary (1/30/16) 27 pts/13 rebs Northern State (2/5/16) 29 pts/22 rebs MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) 26 pts/13 rebs Sioux Falls (2/13/16) 26 pts/12 rebs Winona State (2/20/16) 20 pts/12 rebs

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#34 Daniel Jansen Opponent Stats MSU Moorhead (2/8/13) 10 pts/10 rebs Northern State (2/9/13) 24 pts/11 rebs Upper Iowa (3/16/13) 10 pts/12 rebs Missouri Western (11/9/13) 17 pts/10 rebs Wayne State (12/21/13) 18 pts/10 rebs U-Mary (1/3/14) 31 pts/11 rebs MSU Moorhead (2/14/14) 26 pts/10 rebs Upper Iowa (2/21/14) 37 pts/11 rebs Washburn (11/14/14) 15 pts/12 rebs Valley City State (11/26/14) 26 pts/11 rebs St. Cloud State (1/16/15) 18 pts/10 rebs Minnesota Duluth (1/17/15) 29 pts/11 rebs MSU Moorhead (2/7/15) 28 pts/11 rebs Minnesota State (12/4/15) 28 pts/12 rebs Minnesota Crookston (12/11/15) 17 pts/14 rebs Minnesota State (1/9/16) 28 pts/11 rebs Minnesota Duluth (1/16/16) 21 pts/11 rebs Winona State (1/22/16) 15 pts/11 rebs Upper Iowa (1/23/16) 31 pts/10 rebs U-Mary (1/30/16) 25 pts/11 rebs

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#23 Jordan Spencer Opponent Stats Minnesota State (1/10/15) 16 pts/10 asts

# 1

#31 Alex Richter Opponent Stats MSU Moorhead (3/3/15) 18 pts/12 rebs

RICHTER’S ROAD TO 1,000

1,348 points

BREAKDOWN BY YEAR

BREAKDOWN BY TYPE

2 FGs

608

3 FGs FTs

537 203 100

200

300

400

500

600

160 freshman

280

503

sophomore

405 junior

senior

• Senior guard/forward Alex Richter scored 22 points at Wayne State on Nov. 23 putting him over 1,000 points in his career • Richter became the 32nd player to score 1,000-plus points in a career at Augustana and currently ranks 14th all-time with 1,348 career points • Richter is the third active player on the current roster with 1,000-plus points in a career • Daniel Jansen has scored 2,154 career points and Casey Schilling has scored 1,942 • 39.8 percent of Richter’s career points have come from 3-point field goals (537 career points on 3-point FGs) • Richter scored a career-high 503 points in 2014-15 and with a repeat performance this season, he would finish his career near the top-10 on the all-time scoring list at Augustana • Richter is the seventh player at Augustana to play for Tom Billeter that has scored 1,000-plus points in a career • Richter is the fifth player to reach 1,000 points since 2012

A LITTLE ASSIST GOES A LONG WAY ASSISTS PER GAME

6.7 6.6 24 49

CAREER ASSISTS PER GAME

GAMES WITH 5+ ASSISTS

CAREER GAMES WITH 5+ ASSISTS

• Sophomore Jordan Spencer has dished out five or more assists in 24 of 30 games this season • Spencer dished out a career-high 16 assists against U-Mary on Jan. 30 • Spencer has dished out 10 or more assists in a game seven times in his career, including five times this season • Spencer has dished out five or more assists in 49 of his 62 career games • Spencer recorded five or more assists in 27 straight games from Jan. 24, 2015 to Jan. 3, 2016 • Spencer ranks 6th nationally averaging 6.7 assists per game in 2015-16 • Spencer ranks second in the country with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.57

VIKINGS FROM 3-POINT RANGE • Augustana has made 10 or more 3-pointers in 19 of 30 games in 2015-16 • Augustana is 17-2 when making 10-plus 3-pointers this season • Augustana has connected on at least one 3-point field goal in 365 straight games ACTIVE 30-POINT SCORERS #34 Daniel Jansen • Daniel Jansen, Casey Schilling, Alex Richter, Matthew Brazen- Pts. Opponent Date dale, Adam Beyer and Jordan Spencer all have recorded 20 or 31 at U-Mary 1.3.14 37 at Upper Iowa 2.21.14 more points in a game in their careers 33 Wayne State 11.24.14 • Jansen has scored 20 or more points a team-high 17 times 35 Northern State 2.6.15 this season and 50 times in his career 31 at Upper Iowa 1.23.16 31 vs. Sioux Falls 2.27.16 20-point scoring games Player 2015-16 Career #32 Casey Schilling Daniel Jansen 17 50 Pts. Opponent Date Casey Schilling 16 44 31 Minnesota State 1.10.15 Alex Richter 6 11 30 Minnesota Duluth 3.1.15 Jordan Spencer 4 5 #31 Alex Richter Adam Beyer 1 2 Pts. Opponent Date Matthew Brazendale 2 31 Minnesota State 1.9.16

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

ACTIVE 20-POINT SCORERS

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AUGUSTANA ALL-TIME TOP 25 Season Date Rank 1974-75 1/9/75 13 1974-75 1/16/75 11 1974-75 1/23/75 12 1974-75 1/30/75 9 1982-83 1/3/83 13 1982-83 1/24/83 12 1984-85 1/7/85 9 1986-87 1/6/87 17 1986-87 1/13/87 11 1987-88 1/4/88 6 1987-88 1/11/88 3 1987-88 1/18/88 8 1987-88 1/25/88 5 1987-88 2/1/88 12 1987-88 2/8/88 10 1987-88 2/15/88 9 1987-88 2/22/88 15 1987-88 2/29/88 15 1988-89 2/6/89 13 1988-89 2/27/89 19 1988-89 3/6/89 18 2008-09 12/23/08 24 2008-09 1/20/09 22 2009-10 12/22/09 24 2009-10 1/5/10 21 2009-10 1/12/10 18 2009-10 1/19/10 23 2009-10 1/26/10 17 2009-10 2/2/10 25 2009-10 2/7/10 24 2009-10 2/16/10 19 2009-10 2/23/10 19 2009-10 3/2/10 15 2009-10 3/9/10 25 2011-12 11/29/11 18 2011-12 12/6/11 16 2011-12 12/13/11 14 2011-12 12/21/11 22 2011-12 1/3/12 21 2012-13 2/26/13 25 2012-13 3/5/13 21 2012-13 3/12/13 24 2014-15 11/25/14 19 2014-15 12/2/14 11 2014-15 12/9/14 18 2014-15 12/16/14 18 2014-15 12/30/14 13 2014-15 1/6/15 12 2014-15 1/13/15 9 2014-15 1/20/15 6 2014-15 1/27/15 5 2014-15 2/3/15 4 2014-15 2/10/15 2 2014-15 2/17/15 2 2014-15 2/24/15 6 2014-15 3/3/15 6 2014-15 3/10/15 2 2015-16 10/27/15 (preseason) 1 2015-16 11/24/15 6 2015-16 12/1/15 3 2015-16 12/8/15 2 2015-16 12/15/15 2 2015-16 12/29/15 2 2015-16 1/5/16 2 2015-16 1/12/16 2 2015-16 1/19/16 2 2015-16 1/26/16 1 2015-16 2/2/16 1 2015-16 2/9/16 5 2015-16 2/16/16 5 2015-16 2/23/16 4 2015-16 3/1/16 3 2015-16 3/8/16 2

CLEANING UP THE GLASS CASEY SCHILLING CAREER REBOUNDS 288

938

650 O-boards

D-boards

CASEY SCHILLING SEASON REBOUNDS 92

290

198 O-boards

D-boards

DANIEL JANSEN CAREER REBOUNDS 263

824

561 O-boards

D-boards

DANIEL JANSEN SEASON REBOUNDS 54

224

170 O-boards

D-boards

• Casey Schilling has moved his way into the top 5 alltime in rebounding at Augustana in 2015-16 • Schilling currently ranks 3rd all-time at Augustana with 938 career rebounds • Schilling is one of just three players in program history with 900-plus career rebounds • Daniel Jansen currently ranks 7th all-time at Augustana with 824 career rebounds • Schilling and Jansen are two of just 15 players in program history with 1,000-plus career points and 500-plus career rebounds • Greg Nagel and Bill Gross are the only two players in Augustana history with 1,000-plus career points and rebounds ELITE DOUBLE-DOUBLES • Casey Schilling is the only active player at Augustana to record 15-plus points and 15-plus rebounds in the same game • Schilling has recorded 15-plus points and 15-plus rebounds in the same game six times in his career, including two 20-15 games, one 20-20 game and one 30-15 game • On Dec. 13, 2013, Schilling recorded 22 points and 15 rebounds against Concordia-St. Paul becoming the first player at Augustana to record a 15-15 game since Nick Olson went for 19 points and 19 rebounds against Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 24, 2004 • Most recently, Schilling registered a 29-point, 22-rebound game at Northern State on Feb. 5, 2016 • Daniel Jansen was one rebound shy of his first career 15-15 game when he finished with 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Minnesota Crookston on Dec. 12

Pts/Reb. 19/18 18/15 19/19 16/15

15/15 Games all-time Player Opp. Casey Schilling Turabo Casey Schilling Dakota State Nick Olson Crookston Chad Welk Morningside

Date 11.27.15 11.19.14 11.24.04 3.3.00

20/15 Games all-time Pts/Reb. Player Opp. 22/15 Casey Schilling Concordia 21/16 Casey Schilling Concordia

Date 12.13.13 1.18.14

Pts/Asts. Player 23/17 Jon Wagner

Date 11.20.00

Opp. Dakota State

20/20 Games all-time Pts/Reb. Player Opp. 29/22 Casey Schilling Northern

Date 2.5.16

30/15 Games all-time Pts/Reb. Player Opp. 30/15 Casey Schilling uMD

Date 3.1.15

Active players in BOLD AUGUSTANA IN THE TOP-25

73 31 32 25

weeks in the poll consecutive weeks in poll AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

1,000 POINT/500 REBOUND CLUB Player (Years) Pts. Rebs.

Daniel Jansen (2012-Present) 2,154 824 Casey Schilling (2012-Present) 1,942 938 Cody Schilling (2008-12) 1,868 566 Carl Gonder (1980-84) 1,830 845 Mark Smed (1979-83) 1,795 776 Greg Nagel (1974-78) 1,764 1,103 Scott Beckstrand (1990-94) 1,681 684 Arvid Kramer (1975-79) 1,642 892 Bill Gross (1969-73) 1,628 1,030 Brett Szabo (1987-91) 1,510 802 Nick Olson (2003-07) 1,249 540 Keith Hasselquist (1983-87) 1,231 723 Darwin Klaassen (1984-88) 1,197 755 Davor Rukavina (1972-74, 75-76) 1,100 714 Sean Hilgenberg (1998-02) 1,077 573

times in top-10

1

consecutive weeks highest ranking in in top-10 program history

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JANSEN SETS ALL-TIME NSIC SCORING MARK

NABC TOP 25 (as of March 8, 2016)

Rk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Team Lincoln Memorial (13) Augustana (2) Western Oregon Fort Lewis West Liberty Wheeling Jesuit Midwestern State Fairmont State Kentucky Wesleyan (1) MSU Moorhead Northwest Missouri State Ashland Wisconsin-Parkside California Baptist Bellarmine Angelo State Stillman Eckerd Barry Chico State UC San Diego Queens Holy Family West Chester Saginaw Valley State

Record 29-2 28-2 27-3 27-3 27-3 28-3 24-5 25-4 27-3 30-5 25-5 25-5 24-5 27-6 23-6 23-6 26-5 25-6 23-6 22-6 22-7 24-6 26-5 23-6 22-7

( ) first place votes

D2SIDA TOP 25

(as of March 8, 2016) Rk Team 1 Augustana (10) 2 Lincoln Memorial (2) 3 Western Oregon (1) 4 Wheeling Jesuit 5 Midwestern State 6 West Liberty 7 Fort Lewis 8 Northwest Missouri State 9 Wisconsin-Parkside 10 MSU-Moorhead 11 Bellarmine T12 Alabama-Huntsville T12 UC San Diego 14 Holy Family (Pa.) 15 Angelo State 16 Fairmont State 17 Ashland 18 King 19 Eckerd 20 Barry 21 Cal Baptist 22 Saint Anselm (N.H.) 23 Tarleton State 24 Seattle Pacific 25 Chico State ( ) first place votes

Record 28-2 29-2 27-3 28-3 24-5 27-3 27-3 25-5 24-5 30-5 23-6 23-7 22-7 26-5 23-6 25-4 25-5 25-6 25-6 23-6 27-6 21-7 21-8 22-8 22-6

• Daniel Jansen became the NSIC’s all-time leading scorer in Augustana’s win at Southwest Minnesota State last Friday night • Jansen scored 1,521 points in 88 career conference games • Jansen passed Cameron McCaffrey who scored 1,455 points in 86 career NSIC games from 2009-13 • Casey Schilling ranks fifth all-time in NSIC history having scored 1,347 points in 78 career NSIC games • Four of the top five scorers in NSIC history played at Augustana from 2009-present • Cody Schilling (2008-12) ranks third all-time in NSIC history with 1,394 points in 84 career NSIC games • Jansen and Schilling are the only active players in the NSIC in the top 20 on the all-time leading scorers list NSIC CAREER SCORING LEADERS No. Player School 1 Daniel Jansen (2012-Present)* Augustana 2 Cameron McCaffrey (2009-13) Augustana 3 Cody Schilling (2008-12) Augustana 4 Joe Hasz (1999-03) Minnesota Crookston 5 Casey Schilling (2012-Present)* Augustana 5 Dan Hagen (1977-81) St. Cloud State 7 Terez Van Pelt (2011-15) Concordia-St. Paul 8 Ryan Rasmussen (2009-12) Minnesota Duluth 9 Clayton Vette (2008-13) Winona State 10 Craig Heiman (2006-10) Concordia-St. Paul 11 Amry Shelby (2009-13) Wayne State 12 Larry Grimes (1968-72) Michigan Tech 13 Jordan Miller (2009-13) SMSU 14 Eric Erdmann (2006-11) U-Mary 15 Kevin Ratzsch (2005-09) Northern State 16 Jacob Fahl (1999-03) SMSU 17 Lance Rongstad (2010-13) Bemidji State 18 Charles Hanks (2001-04) Bemidji State 19 Kevin Mulder (1976-80) MSU Moorhead 20 John Smith (2004-08) Winona State *active players

NCAA Division II Meida Polls, Sponsored by D2SIDA. The Men’s basketball Division II Media Poll is in its second year of existence.

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GP 88 86 84 72 78 64 88 80 79 76 84 48 86 78 70 69 83 52 62 64

Pts. 1,521 1,455 1,394 1,389 1,347 1,329 1,247 1,244 1,210 1,206 1,179 1,167 1,164 1,148 1,117 1,094 1,056 1,021 1,016 1,012

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• Augustana finished the season undefeated at home for the second straight season in 2015-16 • Augustana has won 29 straight home games • The Vikings finished 13-0 in home games this season • Augustana finished 16-0 in home contests in 2014-15 • Augustana has not lost a game at the Sioux Falls Arena since Feb. 21, 2007

NSIC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK • Augustana has had two players earn NSIC South Division Player of the Week honors this season • Most recently, Casey Schilling was named player of the week by the NSIC on Feb. 16 • Schilling averaged 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 blocks to help Augustana to a pair of road wins last weekend • Schilling put up 25 points and four reboundsin a win over SMSU on Friday before going for 26 points and 12 rebounds at USF on Saturday • Schilling has been named player of the week by the NSIC four times this season and eight times in his career • Schilling and Jansen are the only two active players to earn player of the week honors from the NSIC• Daniel Jansen is tied for the most NSIC POW honors in a season with four in 2015-16 • Jansen has been named player of the week by the NSIC seven times in his career 7

BACK-TO BACK CHAMPS!

CRASHING THE BOARDS

• Augustana has out-rebounded its opponent in 26 of 30 games in 2015-16 • Augustana finished the regular season ranked second in the NSIC averaging 39.4 rebounds per game • Augustana ranks ninth in the nation with a +7.6 rebound margin on the season • The Vikings are 25-1 when out-rebounding their opponent in 2015-16 • Casey Schilling finished the regular season leading the NSIC in rebounds averaging 9.8 per game • Schilling currently ranks 25th in the nation averaging 9.7 rebounds per game and 18th with 290 total rebounds • Schilling ranks 39th in the country averaging 6.6 defensive rebounds per game and 40th averaging 3.0 offensive boards per game

2014-15 2015-16

• Augustana secured its second straight NSIC Regular Season Championship finishing conference play with a record of 21-1 • The 21 wins in conference play set a new single season NSIC record for wins • Augustana set the previous record of 20 conference wins in a season in 2014-15 • Augustana won the NSIC Championship outright, marking the programs first outright conference championship since the Vikings won the North Central Conference outright in 1977-78 • In 2014-15, Augustana won its first ever NSIC men’s basketball championship • The Vikings shared the NSIC Regular Season Championship with MSU Moorhead last season • The conference championship marked the first since winning the NCC in 198889 • Augustana set an NSIC record with 20 wins in conference play last season • The Vikings have the opportunity to match, or set a new NSIC record for conference wins in a season this weekend

AUGUSTANA NCAA CAREER ACTIVE LEADERS Active NCAA Career Leaders • Below is a list of where Augustana individuals rank in Division II and in all of NCAA basketball (Division I, III or III) amongst active players • Daniel Jansen and Casey Schilling are two of just 50 players in all of college basketball (11 in Division II) with 1,500-plus career points and 600-plus career rebounds • Casey Schilling has the sixth-most double-doubles in Division II amongst active players and the 32nd-most in all of college basketball • Alex Richter has the 15th-best 3-point field goal percentage of all active Division II players and the 32nd-best in all of college basketball • Jordan Spencer’s career assist average of 6.5 per game is the highest amongst Division II players and the 7th-best amongst all NCAA players Stat Points Scoring Average Rebounds 1,500 pts & 600 reb Games Played Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Double-Doubles

Player Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen Daniel Jansen

Total Rank in Division II 2,154 2 17.2 40 823 10 2,154/823 1 125 5 723 7 1,411 5 550 3 798 20 24

NCAA (All Divisions) 7 94 48 4 14 25 10 6 -

Stat Points Scoring Average Rebounds Rebound Average 1,500 pts & 600 reb Steals Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Double-Doubles

Player Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling Casey Schilling

Total Rank in Division II 1,942 9 16.9 47 938 2 8.2 22 1,942/938 6 172 19 669 10 1,269 17 477 5 652 4 32 6

NCAA (All Divisions) 23 103 18 93 12 25 25 23 32

Stat Points 3-point FG% 3-point FG Made Rebounds Games Played

Player Alex Richter Alex Richter Alex Richter Alex Richter Alex Richter

Total 1,348 45.2 179 422 123

Rank in Division II 53 15 68 170 11

NCAA (All Divisions) 234 32 -

Stat Assists Assist Average Assist-to-turnover ratio

Player Jordan Spencer Jordan Spencer Jordan Spencer

Total 402 6.5 3.50

Rank in Division II 20 1 1

NCAA (All Divisions) 85 7 3

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INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS Most Points 1. 671 Daniel Jansen 2. 667 Jason Garrow 3. 659 Cameron McCaffrey 4. 644 Casey Schilling 5. 632 Carl Gonder 6. 620 Daniel Jansen 7. 614 David Johnson 8. 592 Casey Schilling 9. 588 David Johnson 10. 572 Cody Schilling

2014-15 1991-92 2012-13 014-15 1983-84 2015-16 1984-85 2015-16 1983-84 2010-11

Field Goals Made 1. 268 David Johnson 2. 241 Carl Gonder 3. 238 David Johnson 4. 225 Casey Schilling 5. 224 Jason Garrow 9. 210 Casey Schilling

1984-85 1983-84 1983-84 2014-15 1991-92 2015-16

Assists 1. 240 2. 204 3. 202 4. 200

Pat Freidel Pat Freidel Jordan Spencer Jordan Spencer

1987-88 1988-89 2014-15 2015-16

Assists per game 1. 8.0 Pat Freidel 2. 7.0 Pat Freidel 3. 6.7 Jordan Spencer 4. 6.4 Jon Wagner 5. 6.3 Jordan Spencer

1987-88 1988-89 2015-16 2000-01 2014-15

3-Point Field Goal Percentage (minimum 20 made) 1. .565 Alex Richter (26-46) 2011-12 2. .534 Adam Beyer (39-73) 2015-16 3. .490 Jordan Spencer (49-100) 2014-15 4. .481 Tanner Odegaard (26-54) 2015-16 5. .480 Alex Richter (59-123) 2015-16 Free Throws Made 1. 196 Scott Beckstrand 2. 180 Daniel Jansen 3. 179 Cameron McCaffrey 4. 174 Mark Smed 5. 158 Daniel Jansen 6. 155 Bob Minick 7. 154 Casey Schilling

1991-92 2014-15 2012-13 1982-83 2015-16 1954-55 2013-14

Rebounds 1. 328 2. 312 3. 305 4. 304 5. 290 6. 286

1976-77 1971-72 1974-75 1959-60 2015-16 2014-15

Greg Nagel Bill Gross Greg Nagel Bob Swanhorst Casey Schilling Casey Schilling

Defensive Rebounds 1. 201 Casey Schilling 2. 198 Casey Schilling 3. 196 Eric Krogman 4. 185 Justin VanMeeteren 5. 174 Casey Schilling 174 Keith Hasselquist 7. 170 Daniel Jansen Offensive Rebounds 1. 92 Casey Schilling 2. 82 Casey Schilling 82 Keith Hasselquist 4. 79 Casey Schilling 5. 77 Daniel Jansen

TEAM SEASON RECORDS Most Points 1. 2955 2014-15 2. 2743 2015-16 3. 2582 1987-88 4. 2526 1988-89 5. 2466 2007-08

Rebounds 1. 1276 2. 1263 3. 1250 4. 1220 5. 1200 6. 1192 7. 1164 8. 1162

Scoring Average 1. 91.4 2015-16 2. 87.7 1991-92 3. 86.9 2014-15 4. 86.1 1987-88 5. 85.1 1983-84

Defensive Rebounds 1. 899 2014-15 2. 822 2015-16 3. 791 2008-09 4. 770 2007-08 5. 769 2009-10

Field Goals Made 1. 1016 2014-15 2. 988 1987-88 3. 952 2015-16 4. 918 1983-84 5. 916 1984-85

Defensive Rebound Avg. 1. 27.4 2015-16 2. 26.4 2014-15 3. 26.3 1991-92 4. 25.5 2008-09 5. 24.8 2007-08

Field Goal Percentage 1. 50.9 2015-16 2. 50.8 1983-84 3. 50.7 1976-77 4. 50.6 1987-88 5. 50.4 1984-85 6. 50.0 2014-15

Assists 1. 661 2. 604 3. 582 4. 573 5. 567

3-point Field Goals Made 1. 317 2015-16 2. 314 2014-15 3. 267 1991-92 4. 242 2013-14 5. 240 2001-02 3-point Field Goals Attempted 1. 754 2014-15 2. 749 2015-16 3. 657 1991-92 4. 646 2001-02 5. 639 2013-14

2014-15 2015-16 2008-09 2002-03 2013-14 1986-87 2015-16

3-point Field Goal Percentage 1. .451 1988-89 2. .434 1987-88 3. .423 2015-16 4. .415 2014-15 5. .408 2007-08

2015-16 2014-15 1986-87 2013-14 2014-15

Free Throws Made 1. 610 2014-15 2. 569 1982-83 3. 546 1983-84 4. 534 2009-10 534 1988-89 6. 533 2013-14 7. 522 2015-16

1967-68 2014-15 1988-89 1973-74 1959-60 1987-88 1984-85 2015-16

1987-88 1976-77 2015-16 2014-15 1988-89

Blocked Shots 1. 137 1984-85 2. 132 1986-87 3. 127 1987-88 4. 109 1988-89 5. 102 2014-15 6. 88 2002-03 7. 83 1989-90 8. 72 2012-13 9. 71 2015-16

Free Throws Attempted 1. 814 2014-15 2. 771 1982-83 3. 747 1983-84 4. 737 1988-89 5. 724 2009-10 6. 720 2013-14 7. 718 2015-16

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AUGUSTANA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

1975

Nebraska-Omaha 69, Augustana 61 Augustana 71, Missouri S&T 64

1977

Nebraska-Omaha 93, Augustana 91

1978

Augustana 78, Chapman 66 Wisconsin-Green Bay 72, Augustana 60

1986

Wayne State (Mich.) 72, Augustana 57 Montana State Billings 86, Augustana 61

1988

Ferris State 91, Augustana 75 St. Cloud State 118, Augustana 114 (2OT)

1989

2008 2009

Milwaukee 99, Augustana 95 Augustana 112, Alaska-Fairbanks 107 (2OT)

Augustana 95, St. Minnesota State 87 Northern State 75, Augustana 66 Augustana 73, St. Cloud State 72 Augustana 88, Winona State 82 Southwest Minnesota State 73, Augustana 60

2010

Augustana 87, New Mexico Highlands 73 Augustana 95, Mesa State 84 St. Cloud State 84, Augustana 75 (OT)

2012

Colorado School of Mines 82, Augustana 69

2013

Augustana 79, Upper Iowa 65 Winona State 77, Augustana 65

2015

Augustana 104, Arkansas Tech 77 Northwest Missouri State 66, Augustana 65

ALL-TIME POSTSEASON RECORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14

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ROSTER BREAKDOWN

NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 1 3 5 11 21 23 24 25 30 31 32 33 34 43

Name Austin Saugstad John Warren Tanner Odegaard Adam Beyer Matthew Brazendale Jordan Spencer Steven Schaefer Ben Weisbeck Marcus Asmus Alex Richter Casey Schilling Zach Huisken Daniel Jansen Will Hoiseth

Pos. G G G G G G G G F G/F F F F C

Ht. 6-1 6-5 5-10 6-6 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-5 6-6 6-9 6-9 6-9

Wt. 190 175 150 185 185 170 180 195 210 215 215 220 240 220

Yr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr.

Hometown/High School Marshall, Minn./Marshall Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins Brookings, S.D./Brookings De Pere, Wis./De Pere Tasmania, Australia/St. Brendan-Shaw College Milton Keynes, England/Shenley Brook End School Rapid City, S.D./Stevens Bismarck, N.D./St. Mary's Central Westminster, Colo./Standley Lake Lakeville, Minn./South Ellsworth, Minn./Ellsworth Chandler, Minn./Southwest Minnesota Christian Orange City, Iowa/MOC-Floyd Valley Doha, Qatar/American School of Doha

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. 30 Marcus Asmus F 6-7 210 So. 11 Adam Beyer G 6-6 185 Jr. 21 Matthew Brazendale G 6-3 185 So. 43 Will Hoiseth C 6-9 220 Fr. 33 Zach Huisken F 6-9 220 Jr. 34 Daniel Jansen F 6-9 240 Sr. 5 Tanner Odegaard G 5-10 150 Jr. 31 Alex Richter G/F 6-5 215 Sr. 1 Austin Saugstad G 6-1 190 Jr. 24 Steven Schaefer G 6-3 180 So. 32 Casey Schilling F 6-6 215 Sr. 23 Jordan Spencer G 6-2 170 So. 3 John Warren G 6-5 175 Fr. 25 Ben Weisbeck G 6-2 195 So. Head Coach: Tom Billeter (13th season) Assistant Coach: Collin Authier (Second season) Assistant Coach: Chad Hettermann (Fifth season) Graduate Assistant: Peter Crawford (Second Season) Volunteer Assistant: Tate VanRoekel (First season)

Hometown/High School Westminster, Colo./Standley Lake De Pere, Wis./De Pere Tasmania, Australia/St. Brendan-Shaw College Doha, Qatar/American School of Doha Chandler, Minn./Southwest Minnesota Christian Orange City, Iowa/MOC-Floyd Valley Brookings, S.D./Brookings Lakeville, Minn./South Marshall, Minn./Marshall Rapid City, S.D./Stevens Ellsworth, Minn./Ellsworth Milton Keynes, England/Shenley Brook End School Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins Bismarck, N.D./St. Mary's Central

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

by position Guards .........................................................9 Forwards.....................................................4 Centers ........................................................1 by year Seniors.........................................................3 Juniors.........................................................4 Sophomores..............................................5 Freshmen ...................................................2 by height Tanner Odegaard..............................5-10 Austin Saugstad...................................6-1 Jordan Spencer ....................................6-2 Ben Weisbeck........................................6-2 Matthew Brazendale..........................6-3 Steven Schaefer ...................................6-3 John Warren ..........................................6-5 Alex Richter ...........................................6-5 Adam Beyer ...........................................6-6 Casey Schilling .....................................6-6 Marcus Asmus ......................................6-7 Zach Huisken ........................................6-9 Daniel Jansen........................................6-9 Will Hoiseth ...........................................6-9 by country united States ...............................11 Minnesota..........................................5 South Dakota....................................2 North Dakota....................................1 Iowa .....................................................1 Wisconsin...........................................1 Colorado.............................................1 Australia .........................................1 Tasmania ............................................1 England ..........................................1 Milton Keynes...................................1 Qatar...............................................1 Doha ....................................................1

pronunciations Tom Billeter ...................................................BILL-eh-ter Austin Saugstad ..........................................SAWG-stad Tanner Odegaard.................................OH-de-GUARD Adam Beyer............................................................BUY-er Matthew Brazendale ......................BRAIZE-en-DALE Steven Schaefer............................................SCHAFE-er Ben Weisbeck ................................................WISE-beck Marcus Asmus.................................................AZZ-muss Zach Huisken ...................................................HEW-skin Will Hoiseth.......................................................HOY-seth

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DOuBLE-DIGIT SCORING 15-16 Career Daniel Jansen 27 103 Casey Schilling 28 96 Alex Richter 19 64 Adam Beyer 15 37 Jordan Spencer 12 36 Zach Huisken 2 13 Matthew Brazendale 1 8 Tanner Odegaard 1 5 John Warren 3 3 DOuBLE-DIGIT REBOuNDING 15-16 Career Casey Schilling 12 34 Daniel Jansen 7 21 Jordan Spencer 1 1 Alex Richter 1 DOuBLE-DIGIT ASSISTS 15-16 Career Jordan Spencer 5 7 DOuBLE-DOuBLES 15-16 Casey Schilling 11 Daniel Jansen 6 Jordan Spencer Alex Richter LEADING SCORER* 15-16 Casey Schilling 12 Daniel Jansen 10 Alex Richter 4 Adam Beyer 1 Jordan Spencer 1 Matthew Brazendale *includes sharing lead

Career 32 19 1 1

Career 44 41 8 2 3 1

LEADING REBOuNDER* 15-16 Career Casey Schilling 19 55 Daniel Jansen 11 44 Alex Richter 9 Zach Huisken 7 Adam Beyer 6 Jordan Spencer 1 *includes sharing lead

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STARTING LINEUPS Washburn Northwest Missouri State Wayne State Turabo American (Puerto Rico) Minnesota State Concordia-St. Paul Bemidji State Minnesota Crookston Wayne State Sioux Falls Southwest Minnesota State Concordia-St. Paul Minnesota State St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Winona State Upper Iowa U-Mary Minot State Northern State MSU Moorhead Southwest Minnesota State Sioux Falls Upper Iowa Winona State Minnesota Crookston Sioux Falls Winona State MSU Moorhead Harding

Guard Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer Odegaard Spencer Spencer Spencer Spencer

SEASON/CAREER STARTS 2015-16 Daniel Jansen 30 Casey Schilling 30 Alex Richter 30 Adam Beyer 30 SPECIALTY SCORING Opponent Washburn Northwest Missouri State Wayne State Turabo American (Puerto Rico) Minnesota State Concordia-St. Paul Bemidji State Minnesota Crookston Wayne State Sioux Falls Southwest Minnesota State Concordia-St. Paul Minnesota State St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Winona State Upper Iowa U-Mary Minot State Northern State MSU Moorhead Southwest Minnesota State Sioux Falls Upper Iowa Winona State Minnesota Crookston Sioux Falls Winona State MSU Moorhead Harding

Paint TM Opp. 22 48 32 28 32 16 10 12 24 12 40 28 30 34 34 18 42 26 48 26 42 32 36 46 40 36 42 46 46 22 46 24 26 36 34 20 50 50 42 30 28 40 26 30 40 30 44 34 40 28 28 26 44 30 44 44 44 20 46 30

Guard Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer Beyer

Career 125 106 95 83

Guard/Forward Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter Richter

Jordan Spencer Zach Huisken Matthew Brazendale Tanner Odegaard

Off TO TM Opp. 17 22 8 9 30 6 16 7 24 16 14 10 17 6 17 9 17 6 21 9 20 12 27 4 17 7 9 9 11 11 16 7 21 2 14 7 10 26 22 7 13 12 14 7 13 17 13 7 19 8 9 21 13 9 16 12 18 7 4 6

2nd Ch TM Opp. 5 7 11 10 12 1 14 9 15 8 13 12 22 18 10 8 15 5 8 2 15 8 20 15 19 10 7 26 26 6 21 8 5 4 11 11 11 11 7 8 14 4 15 5 9 15 10 8 20 5 6 2 5 6 10 16 11 10 17 12

Forward Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling Schilling

Forward Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen Jansen

2015-16 29 1

Career 61 23 10 1

Bench TM Opp 8 24 8 37 34 21 39 15 32 27 21 44 39 36 27 49 29 23 41 33 8 23 37 42 15 13 3 30 32 32 28 13 10 12 14 25 12 34 34 28 5 29 3 10 16 10 10 23 7 10 17 12 40 19 9 32 12 27 5 2

Result L 88-86 W 79-77 W 94-69 W 83-69 W 93-61 W 97-68 W 104-66 W 91-61 W 92-60 W 107-62 W 88-61 W 99-75 W 88-75 W 101-91 W 102-63 W 95-66 W 75-62 W 96-87 W 87-80 W 97-65 L 90-81 W 94-86 W 103-88 W 79-71 W 98-77 W 66-55 W 91-57 W 105-100 W 83-62 W 89-76

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SEASON STATISTICS ##

Player

gp-gs

min avg fg-fga

fg% 3fg-fga

3fg%

ft-fta

ft%

34 32 31 23 11 21 03 33 05 30 24 25 01 43

Jansen,Daniel Schilling,Casey Richter,Alex Spencer,Jordan Beyer,Adam Brazendale,Matt Warren,John Huisken,Zach Odegaard,Tanner Asmus,Marcus Schaefer,Steven Weisbeck,Ben Saugstad,Austin Hoiseth,Will Team Total..........

Opponents......

30-30 30-30 30-30 30-29 30-30 25-0 30-0 30-0 27-1 20-0 24-0 20-0 26-0 12-0

840 882 832 888 798 232 441 337 175 132 170 82 155 36

.535 .537 .539 .422 .571 .434 .417 .443 .482 .548 .463 .680 .526 .444

.394 .337 .480 .354 .534 .400 .388 .357 .481 .333 .560 .667 .545 .000

158-209 143-202 58-80 42-56 49-63 14-19 5-12 23-35 3-4 15-23 5-7 1-2 4-4 2-2

.756 .708 .725 .750 .778 .737 .417 .657 .750 .652 .714 .500

30 30

6000 6000

28.0 29.4 27.7 29.6 26.6 9.3 14.7 11.2 6.5 6.6 7.1 4.1 6.0 3.0

off

def

54 92 44 14 28 5 7 25 3 13 5 6 1.000 4 1.000 1 39 952-1870 .509 317-749 .423 522-718 .727 340 814-1825 .446 243-703 .346 297-422 .704 252

170 198 55 104 62 10 31 48 15 19 19 7 19 6 59 822 681

206-385 210-391 144-267 95-225 88-154 33-76 43-103 39-88 27-56 17-31 19-41 17-25 10-19 4-9

50-127 29-86 59-123 40-113 39-73 20-50 26-67 5-14 26-54 1-3 14-25 2-3 6-11 0-0

tot avg

224 290 99 118 90 15 38 73 18 32 24 13 23 7 98 1162 933

7.5 9.7 3.3 3.9 3.0 0.6 1.3 2.4 0.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.6

pf dq

54 73 46 48 54 19 33 63 9 19 13 11 14 8

38.7 464 31.1 616

a

0 59 0 75 0 27 0 200 1 91 0 12 0 32 1 17 0 13 0 6 0 16 0 2 0 32 0 0

to blk stl

60 42 20 56 41 15 20 18 2 2 5 0 12 6 4 2 582 303 - 417 397

pts

avg

620 592 405 272 264 100 117 106 83 50 57 37 30 10

20.7 19.7 13.5 9.1 8.8 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.2 0.8

71 186 2743 75 146 2168

91.4 72.3

16 26 2 0 12 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 2 0

37 39 11 28 19 3 19 7 5 2 3 3 10 0

T

RESULTS

TEAM STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game WINNING STREAK Home win streak ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Augustana (SD) Opponents

AUGIE 2743 91.4 +19.2 952-1870 .5 0 9 317-749 .4 2 3 10.6 522-718 .7 2 7 17.4 1162 38.7 +7.6 582 19.4 303 10.1 +3.1 1.9 186 6.2 71 2.4 9 26 34688 13-2668 1st 1390 1061

2nd 1353 1107

Totals 2743 2168

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OPP 2168 72.3 814-1825 .4 4 6 243-703 .3 4 6 8.1 297-422 .7 0 4 9.9 933 31.1 417 13.9 397 13.2 1.1 146 4.9 75 2.5 26585 11-1608 6-1482

Date 11/13 11/19 11/23 11/27 11/28 12/4 12/5 12/11 12/12 12/19 1/2 1/3 1/8 1/9 1/15 1/16 1/22 1/23 1/30 1/31 2/5 2/6 2/12 2/13 2/19 2/20 2/24 2/27 2/29 3/1 3/12

Opponent Result Washburn L 88-86 Northwest Missouri State W 79-77 Wayne State W 94-69 Turabo W 83-69 American (Puerto Rico) W 93-61 Minnesota State W 97-68 Concordia-St. Paul W 104-66 Bemidji State W 91-61 Minnesota Crookston W 92-60 Wayne State W 107-62 Sioux Falls W 88-61 Southwest Minnesota State W 99-75 Concordia-St. Paul W 88-75 Minnesota State W 101-91 St. Cloud State W 102-63 Minnesota Duluth W 95-66 Winona State W 75-62 Upper Iowa W 96-87 U-Mary W 87-80 Minot State W 97-65 Northern State L 90-81 MSU Moorhead W 94-86 Southwest Minnesota State W 103-88 Sioux Falls W 79-71 Upper Iowa W 98-77 Winona State W 66-55 Minnesota Crookston W 91-57 Sioux Falls W 105-100 Winona State W 83-62 MSU Moorhead W 89-76 Harding

High Scorer Richter (22) Jansen (23) Richter (22) Jansen (21) Schilling (25) Jansen (28) Richter (22) Schilling (21) Jansen (17) Schilling (24) Beyer (24) Schilling (23) Jansen (21) Richter (31) Jansen (28) Schilling (23) Spencer (22) Jansen (31) Schilling (27) Schilling (22) Schilling (29) Schilling (26) Jansen (26) Schilling (26) Jansen (27) Schilling (20) Jansen (24) Jansen (31) Schilling (26) Schilling (26)

High Reb. Schilling (9) Schilling (13) Jansen (9) Schilling (18) Schilling (12) Jansen (12) Schilling (7) Schilling (8) Jansen (14) Schilling (10) Jansen (9) Jansen (8) Schilling (11) Jansen (11) Schilling (9) Jansen/Schilling (11) Jansen (11) Jansen (10) Schilling (13) Jansen (7) Schilling (22) Schilling (13) Jansen (6) Schilling (12) Jansen (8) Schilling (12) Schilling (9) Schilling (9) Schilling (9) Schilling (9)

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INDIVIDUAL POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS Opponent

Date

vs Washburn NORTHWEST MISSOURI S at Wayne State (Neb.) vs Turabo Tainos vs American (PR) MINNESOTA STATE CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL at Bemidji State at Minnesota Crookston WAYNE STATE (NEB.) SIOUX FALLS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA at Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota State ST. CLOUD STATE MINNESOTA DULUTH at Winona State at Upper Iowa U-MARY MINOT STATE at Northern State at MSU Moorhead at Southwest Minnesota at Sioux Falls UPPER IOWA WINONA STATE MINNESOTA CROOKSTON vs Sioux Falls vs Winona State vs MSU Moorhead

11/13/15 11/19/15 11/23/15 11/27/15 11/28/15 12/04/15 12/05/15 12/11/15 12/12/15 12/19/15 01/02/16 01/03/16 01/08/16 01/09/16 01/15/16 01/16/16 01/22/16 01/23/16 01/30/16 01/31/16 02/05/16 02/06/16 02/12/16 02/13/16 02/19/16 02/20/16 02/24/16 2/27/16 02/29/16 03/01/16

Opponent

Date

vs Washburn NORTHWEST MISSOURI S at Wayne State (Neb.) vs Turabo Tainos vs American (PR) MINNESOTA STATE CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL at Bemidji State at Minnesota Crookston WAYNE STATE (NEB.) SIOUX FALLS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA at Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota State ST. CLOUD STATE MINNESOTA DULUTH at Winona State at Upper Iowa U-MARY MINOT STATE at Northern State at MSU Moorhead at Southwest Minnesota at Sioux Falls UPPER IOWA WINONA STATE MINNESOTA CROOKSTON vs Sioux Falls vs Winona State vs MSU Moorhead

11/13/15 11/19/15 11/23/15 11/27/15 11/28/15 12/04/15 12/05/15 12/11/15 12/12/15 12/19/15 01/02/16 01/03/16 01/08/16 01/09/16 01/15/16 01/16/16 01/22/16 01/23/16 01/30/16 01/31/16 02/05/16 02/06/16 02/12/16 02/13/16 02/19/16 02/20/16 02/24/16 2/27/16 02/29/16 03/01/16

01 03 05 11 21 23 SAUGSTAD,A WARREN,JOH ODEGAARD,T BEYER,ADAM BRAZENDALE SPENCER,JO

Score

86-88 79-77 94-69 83-69 93-61 97-68 104-66 91-61 92-60 107-62 88-61 99-75 88-75 101-91 102-63 95-66 75-62 96-87 87-80 97-65 81-90 94-86 103-88 79-71 98-77 66-55 91-57 105-100 83-62 89-76

L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W

2-0-1 6-1-2 9-2-1 0-0-0 0-3-3 4-1-2 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 5-2-2 0-0-0 14-0-2 5-2-1 3-1-0 8-3-1 11-2-2 1-0-0 3-0-0 3-1-0 3-1-1 0-2-3 0-0-0 14-2-1 3-5-1 5-3-1 3-0-3 0-2-2 7-2-2 3-1-1 3-0-0

25 30 WEISBECK,B ASMUS,MARC

Score

86-88 79-77 94-69 83-69 93-61 97-68 104-66 91-61 92-60 107-62 88-61 99-75 88-75 101-91 102-63 95-66 75-62 96-87 87-80 97-65 81-90 94-86 103-88 79-71 98-77 66-55 91-57 105-100 83-62 89-76

DNP DNP 2-0-2 3-0-0 0-2-2 0-1-0 2-1-1 3-1-0 5-2-4 2-1-2 3-1-2 0-3-2 5-0-0 0-0-1 0-3-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 3-1-2 0-0-1 0-1-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-5 DNP 0-1-0 DNP

L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

DNP DNP 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 4-0-0 3-2-0 4-0-0 0-0-0 7-3-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 DNP 4-1-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 8-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 5-2-0 DNP 2-0-0 DNP

DNP DNP 3-3-0 2-1-0 6-3-0 0-0-0 2-3-1 0-1-2 4-2-0 6-6-1 0-0-0 7-2-0 2-0-0 DNP 2-2-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 5-4-1 2-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 3-1-0 DNP 4-3-1 DNP 0-0-0 DNP

24 SCHAEFER,S

DNP 0-0-0 0-2-1 3-0-0 6-1-2 3-0-0 13-2-1 8-1-0 3-2-1 9-0-0 0-1-1 3-1-1 0-3-1 DNP 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 6-0-1 6-1-0 0-2-0 3-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 3-0-1 8-0-1 3-1-0 DNP 0-1-0 0-0-0

11-3-5 14-3-5 11-6-2 6-2-3 2-3-5 12-2-2 9-3-4 2-5-3 13-1-1 11-3-1 24-4-4 3-3-4 9-5-4 9-2-3 10-7-6 6-2-4 11-2-3 11-4-1 2-0-2 9-1-4 7-4-1 12-2-1 7-2-4 7-2-2 10-5-3 3-4-3 4-1-4 11-2-3 7-3-1 11-4-3

DNP DNP 7-0-0 12-2-1 6-4-1 2-0-0 5-0-0 8-2-0 8-1-1 3-0-2 4-1-1 4-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 9-0-1 4-0-1 9-0-0 3-0-1 3-1-0 6-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 3-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-1 DNP 2-0-0 DNP

11-5-5 4-0-5 3-0-7 3-3-7 7-2-6 22-2-5 0-1-11 11-1-6 6-5-6 2-5-11 2-6-7 10-3-9 10-5-3 12-3-5 5-8-11 8-2-11 22-3-8 8-3-5 8-5-16 2-3-5 18-3-3 23-4-3 17-3-7 3-1-5 12-6-9 3-11-4 2-6-7 22-4-4 4-7-5 12-8-4

0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-2 3-1-0 6-1-1 8-1-0 2-4-1 6-1-1 3-0-2 0-1-0 7-3-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 3-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 3-2-1 0-0-1 DNP 2-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 DNP 9-5-3 2-0-0 3-0-0 DNP

31 RICHTER,AL

32 SCHILLING,

33 HUISKEN,ZA

34 JANSEN,DAN

43 HOISETH,WI

22-2-1 14-9-0 22-4-1 12-8-1 7-5-1 7-2-2 22-3-2 10-6-1 12-4-0 12-0-0 20-3-1 8-3-0 20-1-0 31-5-0 7-4-0 7-2-2 7-2-1 20-9-1 13-6-1 17-3-3 14-0-0 5-2-2 12-2-1 16-1-0 10-1-1 14-3-0 13-3-2 6-0-0 9-2-0 16-4-3

17-9-3 16-13-1 17-8-2 19-18-2 25-12-5 7-11-2 17-7-1 21-8-1 15-5-1 24-10-2 16-6-3 23-7-3 13-11-2 18-7-3 20-9-1 23-11-1 10-8-4 12-8-2 27-13-3 22-3-2 29-22-3 26-13-6 25-4-3 26-12-1 18-7-2 20-12-3 8-9-1 26-9-3 26-9-1 26-9-8

6-3-0 2-2-0 13-5-0 2-1-0 7-7-1 2-5-2 2-5-1 2-1-0 1-2-2 6-5-1 1-3-1 2-0-0 3-3-0 0-0-0 6-3-0 8-3-0 0-0-0 2-4-1 0-0-1 3-3-1 3-4-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 7-2-0 5-2-1 2-1-1 17-1-2 0-1-1 2-2-1 2-3-0

17-4-2 23-4-4 7-9-1 21-7-0 20-5-0 28-12-2 17-6-2 20-7-0 17-14-0 17-7-2 18-9-1 18-8-2 21-8-4 28-11-3 28-7-3 21-11-1 15-11-0 31-10-4 25-11-3 13-7-2 8-4-0 25-7-6 26-6-2 17-6-0 27-8-4 13-6-2 24-3-3 31-5-2 25-8-2 19-3-2

DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 DNP 2-0-0 0-1-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 DNP 0-1-0 DNP DNP 0-1-0 2-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1-0 DNP DNP DNP

14

AUGUSTANA GAME-BY-GAME Opponent

Date

vs Washburn NORTHWEST MISSOURI at Wayne State (Neb.) vs Turabo Tainos vs American (PR) MINNESOTA STATE CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL at Bemidji State at Minnesota Crookston WAYNE STATE (NEB.) SIOUX FALLS SOUTHWEST MINNESOT at Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota State ST. CLOUD STATE MINNESOTA DULUTH at Winona State at Upper Iowa U-MARY MINOT STATE at Northern State at MSU Moorhead at Southwest Minnesota St at Sioux Falls UPPER IOWA WINONA STATE MINNESOTA CROOKSTO vs Sioux Falls vs Winona State vs MSU Moorhead

11/13/15 11/19/15 11/23/15 11/27/15 11/28/15 12/04/15 12/05/15 12/11/15 12/12/15 12/19/15 01/02/16 01/03/16 01/08/16 01/09/16 01/15/16 01/16/16 01/22/16 01/23/16 01/30/16 01/31/16 02/05/16 02/06/16 02/12/16 02/13/16 02/19/16 02/20/16 02/24/16 2/27/16 02/29/16 03/01/16

Augustana (SD) Opponents

86-88 79-77 94-69 83-69 93-61 97-68 104-66 91-61 92-60 107-62 88-61 99-75 88-75 101-91 102-63 95-66 75-62 96-87 87-80 97-65 81-90 94-86 103-88 79-71 98-77 66-55 91-57 105-100 83-62 89-76

L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W

2743 2168

27-55 29-61 29-65 25-64 33-63 36-63 32-64 30-60 35-66 35-64 31-66 33-70 27-62 32-55 37-71 36-69 27-64 32-63 34-63 35-67 28-68 34-67 37-57 29-56 34-60 22-52 36-60 32-55 30-59 35-61 952-1870 814-1825

3-Pointers pct 3fg-fga pct

.491 .475 .446 .391 .524 .571 .500 .500 .530 .547 .470 .471 .435 .582 .521 .522 .422 .508 .540 .522 .412 .507 .649 .518 .567 .423 .600 .582 .508 .574

11-28 11-24 10-23 10-27 8-22 13-24 15-34 10-19 13-26 9-22 10-23 13-34 7-25 7-16 12-27 9-25 12-30 14-27 7-21 14-32 12-34 16-32 14-23 6-19 13-29 8-23 11-20 7-20 6-15 9-25

.509 317-749 .446 243-703

.393 .458 .435 .370 .364 .542 .441 .526 .500 .409 .435 .382 .280 .438 .444 .360 .400 .519 .333 .438 .353 .500 .609 .316 .448 .348 .550 .350 .400 .360

Free throws ft-fta pct

off

21-29 10-13 26-34 23-35 19-26 12-20 25-30 21-26 9-15 28-34 16-23 20-28 27-35 30-36 16-24 14-20 9-16 18-23 12-23 13-18 13-23 10-15 15-18 15-19 17-26 14-19 8-16 34-41 17-19 10-14

.724 .769 .765 .657 .731 .600 .833 .808 .600 .824 .696 .714 .771 .833 .667 .700 .563 .783 .522 .722 .565 .667 .833 .789 .654 .737 .500 .829 .895 .714

10 12 13 16 15 10 13 9 13 15 14 16 13 7 16 14 6 11 12 7 16 13 7 7 10 11 8 6 9 11

.727 .704

340 252

.423 522-718 .346 297-422

Rebounds def tot

20 23 31 29 35 29 23 36 32 30 28 22 27 25 37 30 24 33 28 28 28 19 20 26 27 29 34 20 27 22

30 35 44 45 50 39 36 45 45 45 42 38 40 32 53 44 30 44 40 35 44 32 27 33 37 40 42 26 36 33

avg

pf

30.0 32.5 36.3 38.5 40.8 40.5 39.9 40.5 41.0 41.4 41.5 41.2 41.1 40.4 41.3 41.4 40.8 40.9 40.9 40.6 40.8 40.4 39.8 39.5 39.4 39.4 39.5 39.0 38.9 38.7

14 21 24 15 9 18 22 14 20 15 17 18 16 16 17 18 9 13 18 15 17 15 15 12 16 14 9 11 8 18

a t/o blk stl

17 17 18 16 27 18 24 14 17 26 21 23 15 15 26 23 17 17 28 25 12 19 19 10 23 18 31 15 11 20

pts

avg

17 8 11 9 20 10 8 9 7 11 9 7 10 8 10 8 7 11 16 7 10 9 13 8 10 17 11 8 9 5

3 9 86 86.0 2 2 79 82.5 3 14 94 86.3 3 7 83 85.5 2 7 93 87.0 0 3 97 88.7 1 8 104 90.9 0 7 91 90.9 1 4 92 91.0 3 9 107 92.6 1 7 88 92.2 1 9 99 92.8 2 10 88 92.4 3 4 101 93.0 4 7 102 93.6 4 4 95 93.7 3 9 75 92.6 0 2 96 92.8 1 6 87 92.5 3 7 97 92.7 3 4 81 92.1 0 5 94 92.2 6 8 103 92.7 4 3 79 92.1 2 3 98 92.4 5 7 66 91.3 4 6 91 91.3 3 6 105 91.8 0 5 83 91.5 4 4 89 91.4

822 1162 38.7 464 582 303 681 933 31.1 616 417 397

71 186 2743 91.4 75 146 2168 72.3

OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME

G Opponent

Date

vs Washburn NORTHWEST MISSOURI at Wayne State (Neb.) vs Turabo Tainos vs American (PR) MINNESOTA STATE CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL at Bemidji State at Minnesota Crookston WAYNE STATE (NEB.) SIOUX FALLS SOUTHWEST MINNESOT at Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota State ST. CLOUD STATE MINNESOTA DULUTH at Winona State at Upper Iowa U-MARY MINOT STATE at Northern State at MSU Moorhead at Southwest Minnesota St at Sioux Falls UPPER IOWA WINONA STATE MINNESOTA CROOKSTO vs Sioux Falls vs Winona State vs MSU Moorhead

11/13/15 11/19/15 11/23/15 11/27/15 11/28/15 12/04/15 12/05/15 12/11/15 12/12/15 12/19/15 01/02/16 01/03/16 01/08/16 01/09/16 01/15/16 01/16/16 01/22/16 01/23/16 01/30/16 01/31/16 02/05/16 02/06/16 02/12/16 02/13/16 02/19/16 02/20/16 02/24/16 2/27/16 02/29/16 03/01/16

Opponents Augustana (SD)

Total fg-fga

Score

Total fg-fga

Score

86-88 79-77 94-69 83-69 93-61 97-68 104-66 91-61 92-60 107-62 88-61 99-75 88-75 101-91 102-63 95-66 75-62 96-87 87-80 97-65 81-90 94-86 103-88 79-71 98-77 66-55 91-57 105-100 83-62 89-76 2168 2743

G AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W

36-65 26-54 20-56 24-62 22-61 23-60 22-55 22-63 22-60 25-55 23-51 30-62 29-64 36-77 21-64 24-63 28-56 32-70 33-68 22-53 34-61 32-56 34-64 29-61 27-56 22-62 23-67 39-70 25-53 29-56 814-1825 952-1870

3-Pointers pct 3fg-fga pct

.554 .481 .357 .387 .361 .383 .400 .349 .367 .455 .451 .484 .453 .468 .328 .381 .500 .457 .485 .415 .557 .571 .531 .475 .482 .355 .343 .557 .472 .518

8-17 10-26 8-20 8-27 10-27 8-26 2-10 10-34 6-23 9-22 6-22 5-17 7-16 7-26 7-25 8-27 4-22 19-44 4-19 6-18 13-22 11-26 9-22 8-27 11-24 5-15 8-30 11-25 7-19 8-25

.446 243-703 .509 317-749

.471 .385 .400 .296 .370 .308 .200 .294 .261 .409 .273 .294 .438 .269 .280 .296 .182 .432 .211 .333 .591 .423 .409 .296 .458 .333 .267 .440 .368 .320

Free throws ft-fta pct

off

8-13 15-19 21-23 13-18 7-9 14-23 20-28 7-11 10-19 3-6 9-16 10-16 10-14 12-15 14-20 10-14 2-2 4-7 10-17 15-23 9-15 11-13 11-14 5-7 12-16 6-8 3-3 11-14 5-6 10-13

.615 .789 .913 .722 .778 .609 .714 .636 .526 .500 .563 .625 .714 .800 .700 .714 1.000 .571 .588 .652 .600 .846 .786 .714 .750 .750 1.000 .786 .833 .769

12 7 7 11 5 12 10 8 12 2 5 14 10 19 9 11 4 6 12 5 3 5 10 7 4 12 9 12 2 7

.704 .727

252 340

.346 297-422 .423 522-718

Rebounds def tot

24 20 25 29 21 22 20 24 22 16 25 21 27 21 23 22 36 22 25 27 29 24 15 24 21 21 20 19 20 16

36 27 32 40 26 34 30 32 34 18 30 35 37 40 32 33 40 28 37 32 32 29 25 31 25 33 29 31 22 23

avg

pf

36.0 31.5 31.7 33.8 32.2 32.5 32.1 32.1 32.3 30.9 30.8 31.2 31.6 32.2 32.2 32.2 32.7 32.4 32.7 32.7 32.6 32.5 32.1 32.1 31.8 31.8 31.7 31.7 31.4 31.1

19 17 25 26 25 21 21 18 16 23 26 22 26 25 20 22 17 20 19 21 19 13 17 19 25 20 12 29 21 12

a t/o blk stl

14 14 11 13 16 10 11 11 9 16 10 18 17 14 12 13 12 14 16 15 21 9 17 12 13 15 16 19 15 14

pts

avg

18 7 21 13 19 13 15 11 13 16 19 18 17 9 14 10 19 9 13 16 8 11 11 9 13 15 10 12 12 6

2 8 88 88.0 3 5 77 82.5 5 2 69 78.0 7 4 69 75.8 1 12 61 72.8 1 4 68 72.0 0 3 66 71.1 5 3 61 69.9 2 4 60 68.8 2 4 62 68.1 7 2 61 67.5 0 5 75 68.1 1 4 75 68.6 6 3 91 70.2 3 0 63 69.7 1 5 66 69.5 2 3 62 69.1 3 4 87 70.1 1 12 80 70.6 2 2 65 70.3 2 3 90 71.2 3 6 86 71.9 2 9 88 72.6 2 3 71 72.5 3 7 77 72.7 3 10 55 72.0 0 8 57 71.5 2 3 100 72.5 2 6 62 72.1 2 2 76 72.3

681 933 31.1 616 417 397 822 1162 38.7 464 582 303

75 146 2168 72.3 71 186 2743 91.4

15

GAME HIGHS/LOWS Augustana (SD) - TEAM GAME HIGHS POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE

REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS TURNOVERS

FOULS

107 105 104 103 102 37 37 71 70 .649 .600 16 15 34 34 34 .609 .550 34 30 41 36 .895 .833 .833 .833 53 50 31 28 14 10 6 5 20 17 17 24 22

(37-57) (36-60)

(14-23) (11-20)

(17-19) (30-36) (25-30) (15-18)

WAYNE STATE (NEB.) (12/19/15) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE (01/03/16) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) at MSU Moorhead (02/06/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) at Northern State (02/05/16) SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE (01/03/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) vs American (PR) (11/28/15) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) U-MARY (01/30/16) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) at Concordia-St. Paul (01/08/16) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) WINONA STATE (02/20/16) vs American (PR) (11/28/15) WINONA STATE (02/20/16) vs Washburn (11/13/15) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15)

Opponent - GAME HIGHS POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS

ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS TURNOVERS

FOULS

100 91 90 88 88 39 36 36 77 70 70 .571 .557 19 13 44 34 .591 .471 21 20 28 23 23 23 1.000 1.000 40 40 40 21 19 12 12 7 7 21 19 19 19 29 26 26 26

Augustana (SD) - GAME LOWS POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS

TURNOVERS

FOULS

66 75 79 79 81 22 25 52 55 55 55 .391 .412 6 6 15 16 .280 .316 8 9 9 13 14 .500 .522 26 27 10 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 7 7 7 8 9 9

(25-64) (28-68)

(7-25) (6-19)

(8-16) (12-23)

WINONA STATE (02/20/16) at Winona State (01/22/16) NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (11/19/15) at Sioux Falls (02/13/16) at Northern State (02/05/16) WINONA STATE (02/20/16) vs Turabo Tainos (11/27/15) WINONA STATE (02/20/16) vs Washburn (11/13/15) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) vs Turabo Tainos (11/27/15) at Northern State (02/05/16) at Sioux Falls (02/13/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) at Concordia-St. Paul (01/08/16) at Sioux Falls (02/13/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) at Winona State (01/22/16) NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (11/19/15) vs MSU Moorhead (03/01/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) U-MARY (01/30/16) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) at Sioux Falls (02/13/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (11/19/15) at Upper Iowa (01/23/16) MINNESOTA STATE (12/04/15) at Bemidji State (12/11/15) at Upper Iowa (01/23/16) at MSU Moorhead (02/06/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) vs MSU Moorhead (03/01/16) at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE (01/03/16) at Winona State (01/22/16) MINOT STATE (01/31/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) vs American (PR) (11/28/15) at Winona State (01/22/16)

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

(32-56) (34-61)

(13-22) (8-17)

(3-3) (2-2)

vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) at Northern State (02/05/16) at Southwest Minnesota State (02/12/16) vs Washburn (11/13/15) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) vs Washburn (11/13/15) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Upper Iowa (01/23/16) at MSU Moorhead (02/06/16) at Northern State (02/05/16) at Upper Iowa (01/23/16) at Northern State (02/05/16) at Upper Iowa (01/23/16) at Bemidji State (12/11/15) at Northern State (02/05/16) vs Washburn (11/13/15) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) MINOT STATE (01/31/16) MINNESOTA STATE (12/04/15) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) at Winona State (01/22/16) at Winona State (01/22/16) at Minnesota State (01/09/16) vs Turabo Tainos (11/27/15) at Northern State (02/05/16) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) U-MARY (01/30/16) vs American (PR) (11/28/15) SIOUX FALLS (01/02/16) vs Turabo Tainos (11/27/15) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) at Winona State (01/22/16) SIOUX FALLS (01/02/16) vs American (PR) (11/28/15) vs Sioux Falls (2/27/16) at Concordia-St. Paul (01/08/16) SIOUX FALLS (01/02/16) vs Turabo Tainos (11/27/15)

Opponent - GAME LOWS POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS

BLOCKED SHOTS

TURNOVERS FOULS

55 57 60 61 61 61 20 21 51 53 53 .328 .343 2 4 4 10 15 .182 .200 2 3 3 2 3 .500 .526 18 22 9 9 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 7 12 12

(21-64) (23-67)

(4-22) (2-10)

(3-6) (10-19)

WINONA STATE (02/20/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) vs American (PR) (11/28/15) at Bemidji State (12/11/15) SIOUX FALLS (01/02/16) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) SIOUX FALLS (01/02/16) MINOT STATE (01/31/16) vs Winona State (02/29/16) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) at Winona State (01/22/16) U-MARY (01/30/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) WINONA STATE (02/20/16) at Winona State (01/22/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) at Winona State (01/22/16) WAYNE STATE (NEB.) (12/19/15) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) at Winona State (01/22/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) WAYNE STATE (NEB.) (12/19/15) at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) WAYNE STATE (NEB.) (12/19/15) vs Winona State (02/29/16) at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) at MSU Moorhead (02/06/16) ST. CLOUD STATE (01/15/16) at Wayne State (Neb.) (11/23/15) SIOUX FALLS (01/02/16) MINOT STATE (01/31/16) vs MSU Moorhead (03/01/16) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (12/05/15) SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE (01/03/16) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) vs MSU Moorhead (03/01/16) NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (11/19/15) MINNESOTA CROOKSTON (02/24/16) vs MSU Moorhead (03/01/16)

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LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Team Single Game Scored 100 or MORE points.................105, vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 • Won 105-100 Scored 90 or MORE points ....91, vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2-24-16 • Won 91-57 Scored LESS than 50 points ...............48, vs. Minnesota State, 1-4-13 • Lost 60-48 Allowed 100 or MORE points..............100, vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 • Won 105-100 Allowed 90 or MORE points .......................90, at Northern State, 2-5-16 • Lost 90-81 Allowed LESS than 50 points........................47, vs. Sioux Falls, 1-2-15 • Won 82-47 Augie & opponent both scored MORE than 100 points.....Augie 105, Sioux Falls 100, 2-27-16 Augie & opponent both scored LESS than 50 points.....Augie 39, SDSU 43, 1951-52 Won by 20 or MORE points....................21, vs. Winona State, 2-29-16 • Won 83-62 Won by 30 or MORE points ...34, vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2-24-16 • Won 91-57 Won by 40 or MORE points ................45, vs. Wayne State, 12-19-15 • Won 107-62 Won by 50 or MORE points..................52, vs. Dakota State, 12-9-08 • Won 103-51

Team Single Half Scored 60+ points in one HALF....................................63 (2nd) vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 Scored 50+ points in one HALF ..............................56 (1st) vs. Upper Iowa, 2-19-16 Scored less than 25 points in one HALF ............22 (1st) vs. Winona State, 2-7-14 Scored less than 20 points in one HALF ....19 (2nd) vs. Minnesota State, 1-4-13 Allowed 50+ points in one HALF ............................55 (2nd) vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 Allowed less than 25 points in one HALF...........20 (1st) at Minnesota Crookston, 12-12-15 Allowed less than 20 points in one HALF.....18 (1st) vs. Minnesota Crookston, 12-13-14 Shot 60% in one HALF .............................................65.5 (2nd) vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 Shot 70% in one HALF .......................................75.9 (1st) at Minnesota State, 1-9-16 Shot 80% in one HALF ..............81.5 (1st) at Southwest Minnesota State, 2-12-16 Shot less than 30% in one HALF ...............24.1 (2nd) vs. American (PR), 11-28-15 Shot less than 20% in one HALF ................11.4 (2nd) vs. Minnesota State, 1-4-13

Played in overtime...............................vs. Northern State State, 3-2-15 • Won 67-65 Played in double overtime...........................vs. Bemidji State, 1-7-12 • Won 103-93 Played in triple overtime .............................................................................................Never Won in overtime....................................vs. Northern State State, 3-2-15 • Won 67-65

Opponent shot 70% in one HALF.......................75 (1st) vs. Bemidji State, 1-10-14 Opponent shot 60% in one HALF....................61.8 (1st) at Northern State, 2-5-16 Opponent shot less than 30% in one HALF ...........25.8 (1st) St. Cloud State, 1-15-16 Opponent shot less than 20% in one HALF .....18.5 (1st) Minnesota Crookston, 12-13-14 Opponent made less than five FG in one HALF...........4 vs. Minnesota State, 12-3-11

Played a Top-25 team........................vs. No. 7 MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 • Won 89-76 Beat a Top-10 team.............................vs. No. 7 MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 • Won 89-76 Beat a Top-25 team.............................vs. No. 7 MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 • Won 89-76 Played an NCAA Division I team ...............vs. Iowa (Exhibition), 11-6-15 • Won 76-74

Individual Single Game Score 25+ points ................................26, Casey Schilling vs. MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 Score 30+ points ..........................................31, Daniel Jansen vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 Score 40+ points...............40, Cameron McCaffrey vs. University of Mary, 1-18-13

Made 10+ 3-point field goals .......................11, vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2-24-16 Made 15+ 3-point field goals.......................................16, at MSU Moorhead, 2-6-16 Made ZERO 3-point field goals...........................................vs. North Dakota, 1-24-04 Shot 60% or better from 3-point range ...60.9 (14 of 23) at Southwest Minnesota State, 2-12-16

Had 2+ players score 20+ points ...................................2, vs. Winona State, 2-29-16 ................................................................................ Casey Schilling (26), Daniel Jansen (25) Had 20+ rebounds ...............................22, Casey Schilling at Northern State, 2-5-16 Had 15+ rebounds.................................18, Casey Schilling vs. Turabo (PR) 11-27-15 Had 10+ assists...................................11, Jordan Spencer, vs. Wayne State, 12-19-15 Had 15+ assists .................................................16, Jordan Spence vs. U-Mary, 1-30-16 Had 7+ steals .......................................7, Drae Murray vs. University of Mary, 12-9-11 Had 5+ blocked shots...................5, Casey Schilling vs. Missouri Western, 11-9-13 Record a double-double ........Casey Schilling (20 pts, 12 reb) vs. Winona State, 2-20-16 Two players record a double-double....................Casey Schilling (27 pts, 13 reb.) .........................................Daniel Jansen (25 pts, 11 reb.) vs. Minnesota Duluth, 1-16-16 Three players record a double-double .................Jon Wagner (21 pts, 12 assists) ...........................................................................................Sean Hilgenberg (14 pts, 10 rebs.) ........................................David Homan (15 pts, 10 rebs.) vs. Mount Senario, 12-15-00 One player record a 15-15 game .............................................Casey Schilling (19 pts, 18 rebs.) vs. Turabo (PR), 11-27-15 One player record a 20-15 game ..................................Casey Schilling (21 pts, 16 rebs.) vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 1-18-14 One player record a 20-20 game ............................................Casey Schilling (29 pts, 22 rebs.) at Northern State, 2-5-16 One player record a 30-15 game ....................................Casey Schilling (30 pts, 15 rebs.) vs. Minnesota Duluth, 3-1-15 Five players score in double figures...............................vs. MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 ..................................Schilling (26), Jansen (19), Richter (16), Spencer (12), Beyer (11) Six players score in double figures ...................................vs. Bemidji State, 2-25-15 .......Schilling (20), Jansen (17), Huisken (16), Spencer (13), Richter (12), Beyer (11) Made a last-second shot to win a game................................................Daniel Jansen .....................................................................vs. Northwest Missouri State (W, 79-77), :00.5 Made a last-second free throw to win a game ...............................Corey McIntosh ................................................................................................vs. Minnesota State (95-87), 1.0 Lost on a last-second shot ..............................................................................Ty Bauschek ........................................................................................................vs. Wayne State (63-64), 7.0

Made 30+ free throws ............................................................34, vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 Made 35+ free throws ....................................................35, vs. Truman State, 11-20-04 Shot 90% or better from free throw line.....91.7% vs. Minnesota State, 1-10-15 Had 45+ rebounds...........................................................53, vs. St. Cloud State, 1-15-16 Had a rebound margin of +20.................................+21, vs. St. Cloud State, 1-15-16 Had a rebound margin of +25...................................+27, vs. Wayne State, 12-19-15 Had a rebound margin of -15.........................................-16, vs. Bemidji State, 1-7-12 Had 20+ assists..................................................................20, vs. MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 Had 30+ assists....................................................31, vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2-24-16 Had 15+ steals.......................................................................17, vs. Jamestown, 11-15-09 Committed 5 or less turnovers.....................................5, vs. MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 Committed 20 or more turnovers ....................................20, vs. Upper Iowa, 2-8-14 Committed 25 or more turnovers ...............................32, vs. Metro State, 11-21-03 Forced 20 or more turnovers........................................21, vs. Wayne State, 11-24-14 Forced 25 or more turnovers ....................................29, vs. Mayville State, 11-17-14 Made 35+ field goals ......................................................35, vs. MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 Made 40+ field goals......................................44, vs. Minnesota Crookston, 11-16-07 Shot 50% in a GAME .................................57.4 (35 of 61) vs. MSU Moorhead, 3-1-16 Shot 60% in a GAME...................60.0 (36 of 60) vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2-24-16 Shot less than 30% in a GAME............23.1 (15 of 65) vs. Minnesota State, 1-4-13 An opponent made 10 or more 3-pointers in a GAME......................11, vs. Sioux Falls, 2-27-16 An opponent made 15 or more 3-pointers in a GAME .....19, at Upper Iowa, 1-23-16

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

Misc. Records Won five consecutive true road games Nov. 23, 2015-Jan. 23, 2016 (7 straight) Lost 10 consecutive road games.............Dec. 6, 2003-Feb. 27, 2004 (10 straight) Won 10 consecutive games .....................Nov. 19, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016 (19 straight) Won 15 consecutive games .....................Nov. 19, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016 (19 straight) Lost 10 consecutive games ......................Jan. 18, 2002-Feb. 20, 2003 (10 straight) Lost 20 consecutive games .........................................1922 - Dec. 18-24 (21 straight) Scored 90 or MORE points in consecutive games (6)....93 vs. American (PR), 11-28-15 • Won, 93-61 ......................................................................97 vs. Minnesota State, 12-4-15 • Won, 97-68 .............................................................104 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 12-5-15 • Won, 104-66 ..........................................................................91 vs. Bemidji State, 12-11-15 • Won, 91-61 .........................................................92 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 12-12-15 • Won, 92-60 ......................................................................107 vs. Wayne State, 12-19-15, • Won, 107-62

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#1 AUSTIN SAUGSTAD GuARD • 6-1 • 190 • JuNIOR • MARSHALL, MINN. • MARSHALL HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Mayville State (11/17/14) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Presentation (11/20/13) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Dakota State (11/19/14) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 12 times 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, five times FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, nine times FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Bemidji State (12/12/14)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, twice Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, at Wayne State (11/23/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, four times 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, five times FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Sophomore): Appeared in 25 games ... averaged 1.6 points and 1.0 rebounds per game ... shot 39.3 percent from the field, 60 percent from 3-point range and 52.4 percent from the free throw line ... dished out a season-high three assists against Dakota State on Nov. 19 ... registered career-high seven points against Mayville State on Nov. 17 ... hauled in career-high four rebounds against Washburn on Nov. 14.

2013-14 (Freshman): Appeared in 22 games … averaged 1.2 points and 0.5 rebounds per game … shot 60 percent from the field … finished the season 58.3 percent from the free throw line … scored season-high six points and dished out season-high four assists against Presentation on Nov. 20 … had at least an assist in nine games.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn DNP Northwest Missouri State DNP Wayne State 10 1-3 Turabo 1 1-1 American (Puerto Rico) 9 0-0 Minnesota State 3 0-0 Concordia-St. Paul 5 0-0 Bemidji State 6 1-1 Minnesota Crookston 14 2-2 Wayne State 13 0-1 Sioux Falls 4 1-1 Southwest Minnesota State 10 0-1 Concordia-St. Paul 9 2-2 Minnesota State 2 0-0 St. Cloud State 9 0-0 Minnesota Duluth 2 0-0 Winona State 4 0-1 Upper Iowa 5 1-1 U-Mary 6 0-0 Minot State 10 0-1 Northern State 2 0-0 MSU Moorhead 2 0-0 Southwest Minnesota State 2 0-0 Sioux Falls 2 0-0 Upper Iowa 5 1-1 Winona State 6 0-1 Minnesota Crookston 13 0-2 Sioux Falls DNP Winona State 1 0-0 MSU Moorhead DNP Harding

3FG

FT

O-D-R PF A

TO

B

S

Pts

0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 00 0-1 0-1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-2-2 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-3-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2

1 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

2 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 5

2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 3 0 0 2 3 5 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

0-0

0-0

0-1-1

0

0

0

0

0

0

SAUGSTAD CAREER STATISTICS Year 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 22 25 26 73

GS 0 0 0 0

Min 123 195 155 473

Avg 5.6 7.8 6.0 6.5

FG 9 11 10 30

FGA 15 28 19 62

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct .600 2 5 .400 .393 6 10 .600 .526 6 11 .545 .484 14 26 .538

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FT 7 11 4 22

|--- Rebounds ---| FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg 12 .583 3 8 11 0.5 21 .524 8 17 25 1.0 4 1.000 4 19 23 0.9 37 .595 15 44 59 0.8

PF 16 23 14 53

FO 0 0 0 0

Ast 14 12 32 58

TO 10 14 12 36

Blk 0 0 2 2

Stl 1 3 10 14

Pts 27 39 30 96

Avg 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.3 18

#3 JOHN WARREN GuARD • 6-5 • 175 • FRESHMAN • HOPKINS, MINN. • HOPKINS HS SEASON-HIGHS Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, twice Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, at Wayne State (11/23/15) Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . .8, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 , twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . .3, at Southwest Minnesota State (2/12/16) FT attempts . . . . . . .4, at Southwest Minnesota State (2/12/16) 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 17 1-1 Northwest Missouri State 24 2-7 Wayne State 13 4-6 Turabo 10 0-3 American (Puerto Rico) 18 0-1 Minnesota State 17 2-5 Concordia-St. Paul 10 1-3 Bemidji State 10 0-2 Minnesota Crookston 7 0-0 Wayne State 14 2-5 Sioux Falls 3 0-0 Southwest Minnesota State 15 5-8 Concordia-St. Paul 14 2-6 Minnesota State 18 1-2 St. Cloud State 10 3-4 Minnesota Duluth 19 4-6 Winona State 11 0-2 Upper Iowa 6 1-2 U-Mary 17 1-3 Minot State 9 1-5 Northern State 23 0-5 MSU Moorhead 12 0-0 Southwest Minnesota State 21 4-6 Sioux Falls 19 1-4 Upper Iowa 20 2-4 Winona State 19 1-3 Minnesota Crookston 16 0-0 Sioux Falls 19 3-4 Winona State 16 1-3 MSU Moorhead 14 1-3 Harding

NEWS & NOTES High School: 2015 graduate of Hopkins High School ... played for coach Kenny Novak ... four-year letterwinner, three-year starter ... earned first team all-conference honors senior season ... named to Star Tribune AllMetro team in 2015 ... led team to section championship senior season averaging 18.7 points ... led the team in rebounds, blocks and steals senior season ... made back-to-back state tournament berths junior and senior seasons ... helped team to state championship game as a junior.

3FG 0-0 2-6 1-3 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-3 0-0 4-6 1-2 1-2 2-3 3-5 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-4 0-3 0-0 3-5 1-3 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-2 1-3

FT O-D-R PF A 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0-0 0-1-1 4 2 0-0 0-2-2 2 1 0-2 0-0-0 0 0 0-0 0-3-3 0 3 0-0 0-1-1 3 2 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 1-1 0-2-2 1 2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 0-0 1-1-2 0 1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0-0 0-3-3 0 1 0-0 1-1-2 0 2 1-2 0-0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0-2 1-0-1 0 1 0-0 1-1-2 2 3 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 3-4 1-1-2 1 1 0-0 1-4-5 0 1 0-0 1-2-3 2 1 0-1 0-0-0 2 3 0-0 0-2-2 0 2 0-0 0-2-2 0 2 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0-0 0-0-0 2 0

TO 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

B 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0

S 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Pts 2 6 9 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 0 14 5 3 8 11 1 3 3 3 0 0 14 3 5 3 0 7 3 3

WARREN CAREER STATISTICS Year 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 30 30

GS 0 0

Min 441 441

Avg 14.7 14.7

FG 43 43

FGA 103 103

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct .417 26 67 .388 .417 26 67 .388

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FT 5 5

FTA 12 12

Pct .417 .417

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg 7 31 38 1.3 7 31 38 1.3

PF 33 33

FO 0 0

Ast 32 32

TO 20 20

Blk 8 8

Stl Pts 19 117 19 117

Avg 3.9 3.9 19

#5 TANNER ODEGAARD GuARD • 5-10 • 150 • JuNIOR • BROOKINGS, S.D. • BROOKINGS HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, at Wayne State (12/20/14) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, at Minnesota Duluth (1/17/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, five times FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Winona State (1/23/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, five times 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, four times FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, five times

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, at Concordia-St. Paul (1/8/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Bemidji State (12/11/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Sophomore): Appeared in 30 of 34 games ... averaged 3.2 points per game ... shot 47.1 percent from the field ... hit 45.3 percent from 3-point range ... knocked down 2 of 2 free throws ... drilled 29 3-pointers on the season ... hit a career-high four 3-pointers three times ... scored career-high 12 points three times ... scored 12 points against Winona State on Jan. 23, Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 17 and against SMSU on Jan. 3 ... grabbed career-high three rebounds and dished out career-high two assists at Wayne State on Dec. 20.

2013-14 (Medical Redshirt): Missed the majority of the season due to injury, earning a medical redshirt … saw action in three games.

2012-13 (Freshman): Appeared in 20 games ... scored 1.9 points per game ... shot 45.8 percent from the field, all from 3-point range ... hit 11 of 24 shots from beyond the arc ... scored 11 points against Upper Iowa on Feb. 22 ... nailed season-high three 3-pointers against Upper Iowa on Feb. 22.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn DNP Northwest Missouri State 3 0-0 Wayne State 6 0-3 Turabo 4 1-1 American (Puerto Rico) 12 2-6 Minnesota State 3 1-1 Concordia-St. Paul 11 4-5 Bemidji State 10 2-3 Minnesota Crookston 14 1-2 Wayne State 7 3-3 Sioux Falls 7 0-1 Southwest Minnesota State 6 1-2 Concordia-St. Paul 9 0-3 Minnesota State DNP St. Cloud State 4 1-3 Minnesota Duluth 4 0-1 Winona State 1 0-0 Upper Iowa 4 1-2 U-Mary 8 2-2 Minot State 10 2-4 Northern State 12 0-1 MSU Moorhead 8 1-3 Southwest Minnesota State 2 0-0 Sioux Falls 2 0-0 Upper Iowa 6 1-1 Winona State 10 3-6 Minnesota Crookston 7 1-1 Sioux Falls DNP Winona State 1 0-0 MSU Moorhead 4 0-2 Harding

3FG

FT

O-D-R PF A

TO

B

S

Pts

0-0 0-3 1-1 2-6 1-1 4-5 2-3 1-2 3-3 0-1 1-2 0-3

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-2-3

0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0

0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1

0 0 3 6 3 13 8 3 9 0 3 0

1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-2 2-4 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-5 1-1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

3 0 0 3 6 6 0 3 0 0 3 8 3

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-0-0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

ODEGAARD CAREER STATISTICS Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 20 3 30 27 80

GS 0 0 0 1 1

Min 100 13 239 175 527

Avg 5.0 4.3 8.0 6.5 6.6

FG 11 0 33 27 71

FGA 24 4 70 56 154

Pct 3FG 3FGA .458 11 24 .000 0 3 .471 29 64 .482 26 54 .461 66 145

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pct .458 .000 .453 .481 .455

FT 4 0 2 3 9

|--- Rebounds ---| FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg 4 1.000 0 3 3 0.2 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 1.000 4 10 14 0.5 4 .750 3 15 18 0.7 10 .900 7 28 35 0.4

PF 4 4 12 9 29

FO 0 0 0 0 0

Ast 1 0 11 13 25

TO 5 0 6 2 13

Blk 0 0 1 0 1

Stl Pts 1 37 1 0 5 97 5 83 12 217

Avg 1.9 0.0 3.2 3.1 2.7 20

#11 ADAM BEYER GuARD • 6-6 • 185 • JuNIOR • DE PERE, WIS. • DE PERE HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, three times Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, twice Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . .9, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, vs. Upper Iowa (2/8/14) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, twice 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, six times FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, twice FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, twice

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, at Wayne State (11/23/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. St. Cloud State (1/15/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . .9, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) FG attempts . . . . . .12, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, twice 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Washburn (11/13/15) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Wayne State (12/19/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. Wayne State (12/19/15)

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Sophomore): Played in all 34 games, making 32 starts ... averaged 7.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game ... finished second on the team with 99 assists ... shot 48 percent from the field ... knocked down 33 3-pointers shooting 39.3 percent from 3-point range ... hit 78.6 percent of his free throws ... recorded 26 steals and 17 blocks ... scored 10 or more points in 14 games ... dished out five or more assists in nine games ... scored a career-high 20 points against Wayne State on Dec. 20 ... corralled a career-high nine rebounds in three different games ... knocked down career-high four 3-pointers in two games ... scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in regular season finale at Winona State on Feb. 21 ... knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 14 points against USF on Feb. 14 ... recorded seven points, nine rebounds and five assists against Winona State on Jan. 23 ... registered 15 points at St. Cloud State on Jan. 16.

2013-14 (Freshman): Played in all 30 games, making 21 starts … averaged 6.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists … led the team with 104 assists … finished the regular season ranking ninth in the NSIC in assists (3.3 per game) … led the team shooting 51.1 percent from the field … hit 12 3pointers on the season … shot 76.4 percent from the free throw line … had 28 steals on the season … dished out three or more assists in 21 games … had five or more assists in a game 10 times … handed out season-high nine assists against Northern State on Feb. 26 … grabbed a season-high six rebounds at Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 18 and against Dakota State on Nov. 23 … made a season-high six field goals against Upper Iowa on Feb. 8 and Feb. 21.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 36 4-9 Northwest Missouri State 31 4-7 Wayne State 21 3-5 Turabo 21 1-4 American (Puerto Rico) 17 0-1 Minnesota State 23 4-8 Concordia-St. Paul 26 3-4 Bemidji State 26 0-3 Minnesota Crookston 19 4-6 Wayne State 19 2-2 Sioux Falls 31 9-12 Southwest Minnesota State 22 1-5 Concordia-St. Paul 21 3-6 Minnesota State 33 3-5 St. Cloud State 23 4-7 Minnesota Duluth 29 2-4 Winona State 32 4-6 Upper Iowa 32 4-7 U-Mary 15 1-3 Minot State 23 3-5 Northern State 30 3-4 MSU Moorhead 32 5-8 Southwest Minnesota State 34 3-4 Sioux Falls 34 3-5 Upper Iowa 32 4-4 Winona State 23 1-4 Minnesota Crookston 19 1-1 Sioux Falls 27 4-5 Winona State 31 2-6 MSU Moorhead 36 3-4 Harding

3FG 2-6 2-3 2-3 0-2 0-1 3-4 2-2 0-2 3-4 0-0 3-4 1-3 1-3 0-0 2-3 1-3 3-4 3-5 0-2 1-2 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-4 2-3

FT O-D-R PF A 1-2 1-2-3 0 5 4-5 1-2-3 5 5 3-4 2-4-6 1 2 4-4 0-2-2 4 3 2-3 1-2-3 1 5 1-2 0-2-2 4 2 1-2 1-2-3 1 4 2-2 0-5-5 2 3 2-2 0-1-1 2 1 7-8 0-3-3 0 1 3-3 0-4-4 2 4 0-0 2-1-3 1 4 2-2 2-3-5 2 4 3-4 1-1-2 3 3 0-0 3-4-7 2 6 1-1 2-0-2 2 4 0-1 0-2-2 1 3 0-0 0-4-4 1 1 0-2 0-0-0 4 2 2-2 0-1-1 1 4 0-0 1-3-4 0 1 1-2 1-1-2 0 1 0-0 1-1-2 2 4 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 0-1 2-3-5 3 3 00 2-2-4 4 3 2-2 1-0-1 0 4 3-3 1-1-2 2 3 2-2 1-2-3 1 1 3-4 1-3-4 2 3

TO 4 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1

B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

S 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 11 14 11 6 2 12 9 2 13 11 24 3 9 9 10 6 11 11 2 9 7 12 7 7 10 3 4 11 7 11

BEYER CAREER STATISTICS Year 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 30 34 30 94

GS Min Avg FG 21 781 26.0 72 32 1005 29.6 95 30 798 26.6 88 83 2584 27.5 255

FGA 141 198 154 493

Pct 3FG 3FGA .511 12 32 .480 33 84 .571 39 73 .517 84 189

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pct FT FTA .375 42 55 .393 44 56 .534 49 63 .444 135 174

Pct .764 .786 .778 .776

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg PF FO 22 77 99 3.3 51 2 27 119 146 4.3 53 1 28 62 90 3.0 54 1 77 258 335 3.6 158 4

Ast 104 99 91 294

TO 63 51 41 155

Blk 2 17 12 31

Stl Pts 28 198 26 267 19 264 73 729

Avg 6.6 7.9 8.8 7.8 21

#21 MATTHEW BRAZENDALE GuARD • 6-3 • 185 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • TASMANIA, AuSTRALIA • ST. BRENDAN-SHAW COLLEGE CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, vs. South Dakota Mines (12/1/13) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, five times Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, twice Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. South Dakota Mines (12/1/13) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, vs. South Dakota Mines (12/1/13) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . .16, vs. South Dakota Mines (12/1/13) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. South Dakota Mines (12/1/13) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. South Dakota Mines (12/1/13) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, four times FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, at Sioux Falls (12/7/13)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, vs. Turabo (11/27/15) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Turabo (11/27/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Wayne State (12/19/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, three times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, twice FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Sioux Falls (1/2/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, twice 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Turabo (11/27/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Turabo (11/27/15)

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn DNP Northwest Missouri State DNP Wayne State 10 2-3 Turabo 16 3-5 American (Puerto Rico) 19 2-3 Minnesota State 9 1-2 Concordia-St. Paul 8 2-5 Bemidji State 8 2-3 Minnesota Crookston 9 3-5 Wayne State 11 1-3 Sioux Falls 13 2-6 Southwest Minnesota State 14 1-5 Concordia-St. Paul 9 0-2 Minnesota State 6 0-1 St. Cloud State 9 3-6 Minnesota Duluth 8 1-1 Winona State 11 3-5 Upper Iowa 19 1-2 U-Mary 10 1-5 Minot State 12 2-4 Northern State 5 0-1 MSU Moorhead 6 0-2 Southwest Minnesota State 2 0-0 Sioux Falls DNP Upper Iowa 7 1-3 Winona State 3 0-0 Minnesota Crookston 7 1-3 Sioux Falls DNP Winona State 1 1-1 MSU Moorhead DNP Harding

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Sophomore): Appeared in two games before suffering a season-ending injury ... scored seven points in the season-opener against Wahburn and nine in just 17 minutes against Pittsburg State.

2013-14 (Freshman): Played in 22 games, making nine starts … missed eight games from Dec. 14 to Jan. 18 due to injury … ranked third on the team averaging 7.7 points per game … grabbed 1.4 rebounds and dished out 1.4 assists per game … had two or more assists in eight games … dished out season-high four assists against Missouri Western on Nov. 9 and Black Hills State on Nov. 30 … scored in double-digits 10 times … poured in a season-high 25 points against South Dakota Mines on Dec. 1 … scored 20 points against Sioux Falls on Dec. 7 … made a season-high nine field goals and four 3-point field goals at South Dakota Mines on Dec. 1.

3FG

FT

O-D-R PF A

TO

B

S

Pts

2-3 3-5 1-2 0-1 1-4 2-2 2-3 1-3 0-1 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-4 0-0 3-5 1-2 1-5 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-0

1-2 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-2-2 0-4-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0

2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 12 6 2 5 8 8 3 4 4 0 0 9 4 9 3 3 6 0 0 0

1-2 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1

0 0 1

0 0 1

0 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

3 0 2

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

0

0

0

0

0

2

BRAZENDALE CAREER STATISTICS Year 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 22 2 25 49

GS 10 0 0 10

Min 419 35 232 686

Avg 19.0 17.5 9.3 14.0

FG 57 5 33 95

FGA 145 11 76 232

Pct .393 .455 .434 .409

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

3FG 3FGA Pct 19 50 .380 3 6 .500 20 50 .400 42 106 .396

FT 36 3 14 53

FTA 53 6 19 78

Pct .679 .500 .737 .679

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg 2 28 30 1.4 1 1 2 1.0 5 10 15 0.6 8 39 47 1.0

PF 42 3 19 64

FO 1 0 0 1

Ast 31 3 12 46

TO 41 3 15 59

Blk 0 0 0 0

Stl Pts 9 169 1 16 3 100 13 285

Avg 7.7 8.0 4.0 5.8 22

#23 JORDAN SPENCER GuARD • 6-2 • 170 • SOPHOMORE • MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND • SHENLEY BROOK END SCHOOL CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, vs. Winona State (2/20/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, vs. U-Mary (1/30/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, at Minot State (1/31/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, vs. Minnesota State (12/4/15) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, at Winona State (2/21/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, at Winona State (2/21/15)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, vs. Winona State (2/20/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, vs. U-Mary (1/30/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, four times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, twice FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, at Concordia-St. Paul (1/8/16) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, at Concordia-St. Paul (1/8/16)

NEWS & NOTES

2014-15 (Redshirt Freshman): Named NSIC Freshman of the Year ... earned second team All-NSIC honors ... named to D2 Bulletin All-Freshman Team ... started and played in 32 of 34 games ... averaged 11.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and a team-high 6.3 assists per game ... dished out the third-most assists in a single season at Augustana with 202 ... scored 10 or more points in 24 games ... dished out 10 assists in a game twice ... dished out five or more assists in 25 games ... dished out five-plus assists in the last 15 straight games ... scored 10-plus points and dished out five or more assists in the last 13 games of the season ... nearly recorded three triple-doubles ... finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists against Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 9 ... recorded first career double-double with 10 points, 10 assists and four rebounds against Minnesota State on Jan. 10 ... recorded nine points, nine rebounds and eight assists against Arkansas Tech on March 14 ... registered first career 20-point game with a season-high 20 points to go with eight assists and five rebounds at Upper Iowa on Feb. 20.

2013-14 (Redshirt): Joined the team at semester break ... sat out the season as a redshirt.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 30 5-12 Northwest Missouri State 28 2-8 Wayne State 25 1-5 Turabo 32 1-6 American (Puerto Rico) 18 2-5 Minnesota State 28 9-11 Concordia-St. Paul 27 0-6 Bemidji State 29 5-7 Minnesota Crookston 28 2-5 Wayne State 23 1-4 Sioux Falls 33 1-7 Southwest Minnesota State 25 2-6 Concordia-St. Paul 26 1-6 Minnesota State 33 3-7 St. Cloud State 29 2-7 Minnesota Duluth 35 2-6 Winona State 36 9-13 Upper Iowa 32 3-7 U-Mary 33 3-5 Minot State 22 1-5 Northern State 32 6-18 MSU Moorhead 35 8-14 Southwest Minnesota State 27 6-8 Sioux Falls 31 1-8 Upper Iowa 33 3-8 Winona State 30 1-2 Minnesota Crookston 20 1-3 Sioux Falls 38 7-13 Winona State 36 2-5 MSU Moorhead 34 5-8 Harding

3FG 1-6 0-4 0-1 0-2 1-2 3-5 0-5 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-3 2-6 0-3 1-4 1-3 1-3 3-5 1-2 2-2 0-3 4-10 7-11 5-6 0-4 1-4 1-2 0-1 2-7 0-0 2-5

FT O-D-R PF A 0-0 2-3-5 3 5 0-0 0-0-0 3 5 1-2 2-3-5 0 7 1-2 1-2-3 1 7 2-2 1-1-2 2 6 1-1 0-2-2 1 5 0-0 0-1-1 2 11 0-0 1-0-1 2 6 1-2 0-5-5 0 6 0-0 0-5-5 0 11 0-0 2-4-6 1 7 4-6 0-3-3 1 9 8-8 0-5-5 2 3 5-5 1-2-3 2 5 0-0 1-7-8 0 11 3-5 0-2-2 3 11 1-3 0-3-3 0 8 1-2 0-3-3 2 5 0-0 0-5-5 3 16 0-0 0-3-3 1 5 2-2 1-2-3 3 3 0-0 0-4-4 3 3 0-0 0-3-3 2 7 1-2 0-1-1 2 5 5-5 1-5-6 3 9 0-0 2-9-11 1 4 0-0 0-6-6 0 7 6-9 0-4-4 0 4 0-0 1-6-7 2 5 0-0 0-8-8 3 4

TO 3 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 0 5 1 1 6 0 3 1 1

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

S 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Pts 11 4 3 3 7 22 0 11 6 2 2 10 10 12 5 8 22 8 8 2 18 23 17 3 12 3 2 22 4 12

SPENCER CAREER STATISTICS Year 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 32 30 62

GS Min Avg FG 32 1003 31.3 114 29 888 29.6 95 61 1891 30.5 209

FGA 245 225 470

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .465 49 100 .490 91 108 .422 40 113 .354 42 56 .445 89 213 .418 133 164

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pct .843 .750 .811

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg 14 110 124 3.9 14 104 118 3.9 28 214 242 3.9

PF 50 48 98

FO 0 0 0

Ast 202 200 402

TO 59 56 115

Blk 4 0 4

Stl Pts 39 368 28 272 67 640

Avg 11.5 9.1 10.3 23

#24 STEVEN SCHAEFER GuARD • 6-3 • 165 • SOPHOMORE • RAPID CITY, S.D. • STEVENS HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, three times Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, three times Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, twice Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, seven times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, five times FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, twice 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, at Sioux Falls (1/2/15) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, five times FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. MSU Moorhead (2/7/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. MSU Moorhead (2/7/15)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, six times Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, twice 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15)

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 4 0-1 Northwest Missouri State 1 0-0 Wayne State 9 0-1 Turabo 6 0-1 American (Puerto Rico) 7 1-1 Minnesota State 17 2-3 Concordia-St. Paul 10 2-4 Bemidji State 8 1-2 Minnesota Crookston 11 2-5 Wayne State 13 1-3 Sioux Falls 7 0-1 Southwest Minnesota State 12 3-5 Concordia-St. Paul 5 0-1 Minnesota State DNP St. Cloud State 6 0-1 Minnesota Duluth 8 1-2 Winona State 1 0-1 Upper Iowa DNP U-Mary 2 0-0 Minot State 9 1-2 Northern State 1 0-0 MSU Moorhead DNP Southwest Minnesota State 1 1-1 Sioux Falls DNP Upper Iowa 3 0-0 Winona State DNP Minnesota Crookston 18 3-6 Sioux Falls 4 0-0 Winona State 7 1-1 MSU Moorhead DNP Harding

NEWS & NOTES

2014-15 (Freshman): Appeared in 27 games ... averaged 3.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game ... shot 42.5 percent from the field ... hit 41.7 percent from 3-point range ... was a 71.4 percent shooter from the free throw line ... dished out 13 assists ... scored season-high nine points three times ... matched season-high with four rebounds against USF on Feb. 14 ... matched season-high with nine points against Upper Iowa on Jan. 24 ... hit seasonhigh three 3-pointers and scored nine points at USF on Jan. 2 ... grabbed four rebounds against Minnesota Crookston on Dec. 13 ... scored seven points in first career game at Minnesota State on Dec. 5.

3FG 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 2-3 0-0 2-3 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0

FT O-D-R PF A 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1-2 0-1-1 1 1 2-3 0-1-1 0 0 0-0 1-3-4 0 1 0-0 1-0-1 1 1 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0

TO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

S 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 3 6 8 2 6 3 0 7 0

0-1 1-2 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0

0 1 0

1 1 0

1 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 3 0

0-0 1-2 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0

0 1 0

0 1 1

0 1 0

0 0 0

0 1 0

0 3 0

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0-0

0-0

1-0-1

0

0

0

0

0

3-4 0-0 1-1

0-0 2-2 0-0

0-5-5 0-0-0 0-0-0

3 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

9 2 3

3 0 0

SCHAEFER CAREER STATISTICS Year 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 27 24 51

GS 0 0 0

Min 353 170 523

Avg 13.1 7.1 10.3

FG 31 19 50

FGA 73 41 114

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct .425 20 48 .417 .463 14 25 .560 .439 34 73 .466

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

FT 10 5 15

FTA 14 7 21

Pct .714 .714 .714

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg 12 28 40 1.5 5 19 24 1.0 17 47 64 1.3

PF 43 13 56

FO 0 0 0

Ast 13 16 29

TO 19 5 24

Blk 2 0 2

Stl Pts 5 92 3 57 8 149

Avg 3.4 2.4 2.9 24

#25 BEN WEISBECK GuARD • 6-2 • 195 • SOPHOMORE • BISMARCK, N.D. • ST. MARY’S CENTRAL CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, twice Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Dakota State (11/19/14) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Mayville State (11/17/14) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, at U-Mary (1/30/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, twice FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, at U-Mary (1/30/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. Mayville State (11/17/14) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Mayville State (11/17/14) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, three times

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. U-Mary (1/31/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Wayne State (12/19/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, twice Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. U-Mary (1/31/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, twice 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15)

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn DNP Northwest Missouri State DNP Wayne State 6 0-1 Turabo 1 0-0 American (Puerto Rico) 8 0-1 Minnesota State 4 2-2 Concordia-St. Paul 6 1-2 Bemidji State 4 2-2 Minnesota Crookston 6 0-0 Wayne State 9 3-4 Sioux Falls 1 0-0 Southwest Minnesota State 5 0-2 Concordia-St. Paul 1 0-0 Minnesota State DNP St. Cloud State 8 2-3 Minnesota Duluth 2 0-0 Winona State DNP Upper Iowa DNP U-Mary 2 0-1 Minot State 6 4-4 Northern State 1 0-0 MSU Moorhead DNP Southwest Minnesota State 1 0-0 Sioux Falls DNP Upper Iowa 2 0-0 Winona State DNP Minnesota Crookston 8 2-2 Sioux Falls DNP Winona State 1 1-1 MSU Moorhead DNP Harding

NEWS & NOTES

2014-15 (Freshman): Appeared in 25 games ... averaged 1.4 points per game ... shot 33.3 percent from the field and 71.4 percent from the free throw line ... scored a season-high eight points at U-Mary on Jan. 30 ... scored seven points and dished out two assists against Mayville State on Nov. 17.

3FG

FT

O-D-R PF A

TO

B

S

Pts

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 0-2-2 1-0-1 0-0-0

1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 4 3 4 0 7 0 0 0

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-0-0

3 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

4 0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

0 2 1

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 8 0

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1-1

0-0

0-2-2

1

0

0

0

1

5

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Blk 0 0 0

Stl 1 3 4

WEISBECK CAREER STATISTICS Year 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 25 20 45

GS 0 0 0

Min 122 82 204

Avg 4.9 4.1 4.5

FG 12 17 29

FGA 36 25 61

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct .333 1 9 .111 .680 2 3 .667 .475 3 12 .250

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

FT 10 1 11

FTA 14 2 16

Pct .714 .500 .688

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg 5 12 17 0.7 6 7 13 0.7 11 19 30 0.7

PF 10 11 21

FO 0 0 0

Ast 6 2 8

TO 6 0 6

Pts 35 37 72

Avg 1.4 1.9 1.6 25

#30 MARCUS ASMUS FORWARD • 6-7 • 210 • SOPHOMORE • WESTMINSTER, COLO. • STANDLEY LAKE CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. Pittsburg State (11/15/14) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Wayne State (12/19/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, at Bemidji State (12/11/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, at Sioux Falls (1/2/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Pittsburg State (11/15/14) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. Upper Iowa (2/19/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, seven times FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Minot State (1/31/16) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, twice

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Wayne State (12/19/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, at Bemidji State (12/11/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (1/3/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, vs. Upper Iowa (2/19/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Minot State (1/31/16) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, twice

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn DNP Northwest Missouri State DNP Wayne State 16 1-3 Turabo 5 1-1 American (Puerto Rico) 12 2-6 Minnesota State 7 0-0 Concordia-St. Paul 10 1-1 Bemidji State 6 0-1 Minnesota Crookston 7 0-2 Wayne State 17 2-2 Sioux Falls 1 0-0 Southwest Minnesota State 9 3-4 Concordia-St. Paul 1 1-1 Minnesota State DNP St. Cloud State 6 1-2 Minnesota Duluth 3 1-2 Winona State 1 0-0 Upper Iowa DNP U-Mary DNP Minot State 11 0-0 Northern State 1 1-1 MSU Moorhead DNP Southwest Minnesota State 1 0-0 Sioux Falls DNP Upper Iowa 3 1-1 Winona State DNP Minnesota Crookston 13 2-4 Sioux Falls DNP Winona State 2 0-0 MSU Moorhead DNP Harding

NEWS & NOTES

2014-15 (Freshman): Appeared in 26 games ... averaged 1.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... shot 60 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line ... grabbed season-high three rebounds against Mayville State on Nov. 17 ... scored eight points in first career game against Pittsburg State on Nov. 15.

3FG

FT

O-D-R PF A

TO

B

S

Pts

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-6 2-3 0-0 1-2 0-0

1-2-3 0-1-1 2-1-3 0-0-0 2-1-3 1-0-1 1-1-2 1-5-6 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0

0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 2 6 0 2 0 4 6 0 7 2

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0

1 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

2 2 0

0-0 0-0

5-6 0-0

0-4-4 0-0-0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

1 0

5 2

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1-1

0-0

0-1-1

0

0

0

0

0

3

0-1

0-0

1-2-3

2

1

1

0

0

4

0-0

0-0

0-0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Blk 2 0 2

Stl 2 2 4

ASMUS CAREER STATISTICS Year 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 26 20 46

GS 0 0 0

Min 143 132 275

Avg 5.5 6.6 6.0

FG 21 17 38

FGA 35 31 66

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct .600 0 5 .000 .548 1 3 .333 .576 1 8 .125

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

FT 6 15 21

FTA 8 23 31

Pct .750 .652 .677

|--- Rebounds ---| Off Def Tot Avg 8 20 28 1.1 13 19 32 1.6 21 39 60 1.3

PF 25 19 44

FO 0 0 0

Ast 2 6 8

TO 7 2 9

Pts 48 50 98

Avg 1.8 2.5 2.1 26

#31 ALEX RICHTER GuARD/FORWARD • 6-5 • 215 • SENIOR • LAKEVILLE, MINN. • SOuTH HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, vs. MSU Moorhead (3/3/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, four times Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, vs. Presentation (11/22/14) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Washburn (11/13/15) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, at St. Cloud State (1/16/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at Upper Iowa (1/23/16)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, twice Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, twice Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, four times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Washburn (11/13/15) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, vs. MSU Moorhead (3/1/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, at Upper Iowa (1/23/16) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at Upper Iowa (1/23/16)

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Junior): Named All-NSIC First Team ... named to NSIC All-Tournament Team ... started all 34 games ... averaged 14.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game ... shot 52.7 percent from the field ... hit 44.2 percent from behind the arc ... shot 73.1 percent from the free throw line ... dished out 31 assists ... scored in double-digits in 27 of 34 games ... recorded first career double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds against MSU Moorhead on March 3 ... hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points against USF on Feb. 14 ... matched career-high with five 3-pointers while scoring 19 points against SMSU on Feb. 13 ... hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points at UMary on Jan. 30 ... knocked down four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 29 points at St. Cloud State on Jan. 16.

2013-14 (Medical Redshirt): Sat out the season due to injury ... earned a medical redshirt.

2012-13 (Sophomore): Started all 31 games ... averaged 9.0 points and 3.9 rebounds per game ... handed out 29 assists ... picked up 10 steals ... averaged 27.3 minutes per game ... shot 45.2 percent (99 of 219) from the field ... hit 29 3-pointers, second most on the team ... shot 65.4 percent (53 of 81) from the free throw line ... scored 10 or more points in a game 16 times ... scored season-high 18 points against Upper Iowa on March 16 in the Central Region Tournament ... grabbed season-high eight rebounds against Minot State on Jan. 19 ... made career-high seven field goals in a game three times during the season ... nailed career-high four 3-point field goals against Winona State on Feb. 23.

2011-12 (Freshman): Appeared in all 28 games as true freshman ... averaged 5.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game ... dished out 11 assists and had seven steals ... played 15.5 minutes per contest ... scored in double figures three times ... dropped 15 points on Northern State on Feb. 10 ... had 12 points in NCAA tournament game at Colorado School of Mines ... finished 56.6 percent (26 of 46) from behind the arc ... logged five games with trio of 3-pointers ... shot 47.8 from field ... peaked with 27 minutes against St. Cloud State on Jan. 28 ... shot 80 percent (24 of 30) from free-throw line.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 34 7-10 Northwest Missouri State 33 6-12 Wayne State 25 6-9 Turabo 29 4-13 American (Puerto Rico) 17 2-5 Minnesota State 22 2-2 Concordia-St. Paul 23 9-12 Bemidji State 27 4-10 Minnesota Crookston 22 5-8 Wayne State 16 4-6 Sioux Falls 29 7-9 Southwest Minnesota State 24 3-7 Concordia-St. Paul 24 3-7 Minnesota State 38 11-15 St. Cloud State 27 2-5 Minnesota Duluth 16 3-6 Winona State 27 3-12 Upper Iowa 34 5-14 U-Mary 30 5-9 Minot State 26 6-10 Northern State 28 5-10 MSU Moorhead 31 2-7 Southwest Minnesota State 34 5-7 Sioux Falls 34 6-9 Upper Iowa 29 4-8 Winona State 32 5-9 Minnesota Crookston 20 4-6 Sioux Falls 33 2-5 Winona State 25 3-8 MSU Moorhead 36 6-13 Harding

3FG 6-7 1-4 4-5 2-5 0-2 2-2 4-6 2-3 2-4 2-3 3-5 2-4 2-4 5-6 1-3 1-3 1-6 2-6 0-3 3-5 1-3 1-4 1-2 1-2 2-5 3-6 1-2 0-2 0-1 3-9

FT O-D-R PF A 2-3 0-2-2 2 1 1-1 6-3-9 0 0 6-6 1-3-4 2 1 2-3 2-6-8 1 1 3-5 1-4-5 1 1 1-2 1-1-2 1 2 0-1 2-1-3 2 2 0-0 2-4-6 2 1 0-2 2-2-4 2 0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 3-4 0-3-3 3 1 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0-0 1-0-1 3 0 4-4 3-2-5 1 0 2-2 2-2-4 1 0 0-0 0-2-2 3 2 0-0 0-2-2 1 1 8-11 6-3-9 1 1 3-5 3-3-6 2 1 2-2 2-1-3 0 3 3-4 0-0-0 3 0 0-0 2-0-2 1 2 1-1 1-1-2 3 1 3-4 1-0-1 3 0 0-2 0-1-1 1 1 1-2 0-3-3 0 0 4-5 1-2-3 2 2 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 3-3 2-0-2 1 0 1-2 2-2-4 2 3

TO 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

S 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 22 14 22 12 7 7 22 10 12 12 20 8 20 31 7 7 7 20 13 17 14 5 12 16 10 14 13 6 9 16

RICHTER CAREER STATISTICS Year 2011-12 2012-13 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP GS Min Avg FG 28 0 435 15.5 55 31 31 845 27.3 99 34 34 1051 30.9 185 30 30 832 27.7 144 123 95 3163 25.7 483

FGA 115 219 351 267 952

Pct 3FG 3FGA .478 26 46 .452 29 80 .527 65 147 .539 59 123 .507 179 396

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pct FT FTA .565 24 30 .363 53 81 .442 68 93 .480 58 80 .452 203 284

|--- Rebounds ---| Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO .800 23 42 65 2.3 35 1 .654 45 76 121 3.9 78 2 .731 56 81 137 4.0 57 0 .725 44 55 99 3.3 46 0 .715 168 254 422 3.4 216 3

Ast 11 29 31 27 98

TO 16 32 45 20 113

Blk 3 6 6 2 17

Stl Pts Avg 7 160 5.7 10 280 9.0 11 503 14.8 11 405 13.5 39 1348 11.0 27

#32 CASEY SCHILLING FORWARD • 6-6 • 215 • SENIOR • ELLSWORTH, MINN. • ELLSWORTH HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, vs. Minnesota State (1/10/15) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, at Northern State (2/5/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. MSU Moorhead (3/1/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, six times Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, vs. Missouri Western (11/9/13) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, three times FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, vs. Arkansas Tech (3/14/15) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, twice 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at Northern State (2/5/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, twice FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, vs. Minnesota State (12/14/13)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, at Northern State (2/5/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, at Northern State (2/5/16) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. MSU Moorhead (3/1/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, at Wayne State (11/23/15) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, vs. U-Mary (1/30/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, at Northern State (2/5/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, at Northern State (2/5/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, at Northern State (2/5/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, vs. Sioux Falls (2/27/16) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, vs. Sioux Falls (2/27/16)

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 37 4-8 Northwest Missouri State 34 6-14 Wayne State 19 5-11 Turabo 33 7-18 American (Puerto Rico) 25 10-14 Minnesota State 28 2-13 Concordia-St. Paul 21 4-9 Bemidji State 31 8-13 Minnesota Crookston 23 7-11 Wayne State 21 9-14 Sioux Falls 31 5-14 Southwest Minnesota State 28 7-13 Concordia-St. Paul 30 4-7 Minnesota State 28 6-13 St. Cloud State 28 6-15 Minnesota Duluth 31 9-15 Winona State 34 4-10 Upper Iowa 28 5-9 U-Mary 37 11-15 Minot State 23 9-12 Northern State 29 9-20 MSU Moorhead 35 8-16 Southwest Minnesota State 31 9-14 Sioux Falls 36 11-16 Upper Iowa 24 7-10 Winona State 36 8-16 Minnesota Crookston 18 3-7 Sioux Falls 37 7-12 Winona State 30 9-15 MSU Moorhead 36 11-17 Harding

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Junior): Named First Team All-NSIC ... named NSIC Defensive Player of the Year ... earned NABC All-District First Team honors ... named to Daktronics All-Central Region First Team ... earned Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention honors ... named D2 Bulletin All-America Honorable Mention ... named MVP of NSIC Tournament ... named to Central Region All-Tournament Team ... named NSIC Player of the Week three times ... started all 34 games ... averaged 18.9 points and a team-high 8.4 rebounds per game ... dished out 2.1 assists per game ... averaged 1.8 blocks and 1.1 steals per game ... shot 56 percent from the field ... knocked down 40 percent of his 3-pointers ... shot 73.4 percent from the free throw line ... scored in double-digits in 33 of 34 games ... scored 20-plus points in 16 games ... scored 30-plus points in a game twice ... led the NSIC and finished 25th in the nation with 12 double-doubles ... registered a doubledouble with 29 points and 13 rebounds in NCAA Central Region Tournament quarterfinal win over Arkansas Tech ... hit a career-high five 3-pointers while scoring 28 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in NSIC Tournament Championship game against MSU Moorhead ... registered first career 30-15 game with 30 points and 15 rebounds against Minnesota Duluth on March 2 ... registered 20 points and 12 rebounds against Bemidji State on Feb. 25 ... finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and three steals at Upper Iowa on Feb. 21 ... had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, one block and two steals against USF on Feb. 14 ... recorded career-high 31 points to go with 13 rebounds against Minnesota State on Jan. 10.

2013-14 (Sophomore): Earned Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team honors ... named to All-NSIC First Team … started all 30 games … led the team in scoring (18.0 points per game), rebounding (8.4 per game), blocks (37) and steals (53) … shot 49 percent from the field … was a 40.5 percent shooter from 3-point range … made 154 free throws and shot 76 percent from the line … dished out 88 assists (2.9 per game) … scored 12 or more points in 28 of 30 games … scored 20 or more points in 12 games … scored career-high 27 points against Minot State on Jan. 4 … had nine double-digit rebound performances … grabbed career-high 16 rebounds against Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 18 … recorded 20 or more points and 15 or more rebounds in the same game twice on the season both against Concordia-St. Paul … scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against the Golden Bears on Dec. 13 and had 21 points and 16 rebounds against them on Jan. 18 … finished the conference season ranking second in scoring (19.0 points per game), fourth in rebounding (8.5 per game), 10th in assists (3.2 per game), fourth in steals (1.8 per game) sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (45.7 percent) and 13th in blocks (0.9 per game) ... named NSIC Player of the Week on Nov. 11 and Dec. 16.

3FG 1-2 2-2 1-2 2-4 1-2 0-3 1-4 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-4 1-4 0-2 0-3 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-0 3-4 5-11 4-7 1-5 0-3 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-2

FT O-D-R 8-10 3-6-9 2-3 3-10-13 6-8 2-6-8 3-5 9-9-18 4-4 2-10-12 3-4 6-5-11 8-9 3-4-7 5-7 0-8-8 1-1 3-2-5 6-9 7-3-10 5-6 2-4-6 8-12 3-4-7 5-8 4-7-11 6-10 1-6-7 8-12 4-5-9 4-8 2-9-11 2-4 1-7-8 1-2 0-8-8 5-10 5-8-13 1-1 0-3-3 6-8 9-13-22 6-7 3-10-13 6-7 0-4-4 4-6 2-10-12 3-6 3-4-7 4-4 3-9-12 2-6 2-7-9 11-13 3-6-9 7-7 3-6-9 3-5 4-5-9

PF 2 3 3 3 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 4 3 0 3 2 3

A 3 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 6 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 8

TO 3 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1

B 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 2

S 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 1 2

Pts 17 16 17 19 25 7 17 21 15 24 16 23 13 18 20 23 10 12 27 22 29 26 25 26 18 20 8 26 26 26

2012-13 (Freshman): Appeared in 21 games, making 12 starts ... missed 10 games during middle of season with an injury ... averaged 25.0 minutes per game ... scored 8.0 points per game ... grabbed 5.2 rebounds per game, ranking second on the team ... shot 49.2 percent (59 of 120) from the field ... dished out 23 assists and recorded 20 steals ... shot 42.9 percent (15 of 35) from 3-point range ... was a 68 percent shooter from the free throw line ... scored a season-high 19 points against Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 27 ... scored 10 or more points in a game seven times ... grabbed season-high 10 rebounds against Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 27, recording his first career double-double ... dished out season-high four assists against South Dakota Mines on Nov. 16 and at SMSU on Feb. 16 ... corralled season-high four steals at Winona State on Dec. 14.

SCHILLING CAREER STATISTICS Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP GS Min Avg FG 21 12 524 25.0 59 30 30 973 32.4 170 34 34 1025 30.1 230 30 30 882 29.4 210 115 106 3404 29.6 669

FGA 120 347 410 391 1268

Pct .492 .490 .561 .537 .528

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

3FG 3FGA Pct FT 15 35 .429 34 45 111 .405 154 38 95 .400 146 29 86 .337 143 127 327 .388 477

FTA 50 201 199 202 652

|--- Rebounds ---| Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO .680 32 77 109 5.2 40 1 .766 79 174 253 8.4 76 2 .734 85 201 286 8.4 69 1 .708 92 198 290 9.7 73 0 .732 288 650 938 8.2 258 4

Ast 23 88 70 75 256

TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 29 6 20 167 8.0 64 37 53 539 18.0 59 36 61 644 18.9 42 26 39 592 19.7 194 105 173 1942 16.9 28

#33 ZACH HUISKEN FORWARD • 6-9 • 220 • JuNIOR • CHANDLER, MINN. • SOuTHWEST MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, vs. Presentation (11/22/14) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Southwest Minnesota State (12/7/12) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, five times Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, seven times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, twice FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (1/5/13) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Bemidji State (2/25/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, at Northern State (2/9/13)

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. American (PR) 11/28/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, three times Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, twice Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, four times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . .10, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . .3, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, at Wayne State (11/23/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, at Wayne State (11/23/15)

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 34 games, making two starts ... averaged 3.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game ... shot 45 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from 3-point range and 66 percent from the free throw line ... scored in double-digits three times ... finished with 11 points and four rebounds against Mayville State on Nov. 17 ... put up 10 points against Wayne State on Dec. 20 ... scored career-high 16 points to go with six rebounds against Bemidji State on Feb. 25.

2013-14 (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt.

2012-13 (Freshman): Appeared in all 31 games, making 21 starts ... averaged 6.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game ... shot 47.2 percent from the field ... was a 62.3 percent shooter from free throw line ... ranked second on the team with 17 blocks ... scored 10 or more points in a game seven times ... led the team in rebounding seven times ... scored a season-high 15 points at Northern State on March 2 in the NSIC Tournament ... grabbed a season-high seven rebounds twice ... played 19.8 minutes per game.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 13 1-1 Northwest Missouri State 9 0-0 Wayne State 13 4-7 Turabo 21 0-2 American (Puerto Rico) 14 2-3 Minnesota State 15 1-2 Concordia-St. Paul 18 1-2 Bemidji State 10 1-4 Minnesota Crookston 10 0-4 Wayne State 11 3-5 Sioux Falls 12 0-2 Southwest Minnesota State 7 1-2 Concordia-St. Paul 12 1-2 Minnesota State 8 0-0 St. Cloud State 11 3-6 Minnesota Duluth 12 4-6 Winona State 7 0-0 Upper Iowa 9 0-1 U-Mary 5 0-1 Minot State 12 1-4 Northern State 11 1-3 MSU Moorhead 5 0-1 Southwest Minnesota State 11 0-1 Sioux Falls 8 3-4 Upper Iowa 9 2-5 Winona State 11 1-3 Minnesota Crookston 18 7-10 Sioux Falls 13 0-3 Winona State 16 1-2 MSU Moorhead 6 1-2 Harding

3FG 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-2 0-0 3-3 0-1 0-1 0-0

FT O-D-R PF A 3-4 0-3-3 2 0 2-2 1-1-2 3 0 5-6 2-3-5 3 0 2-2 0-1-1 1 0 3-4 3-4-7 1 1 0-0 3-2-5 2 2 0-0 2-3-5 4 1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1-2 0-2-2 1 2 0-0 0-5-5 3 1 1-2 1-2-3 3 1 0-0 0-0-0 5 0 1-2 2-1-3 4 0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0-1 1-2-3 4 0 0-0 0-3-3 3 0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 2-2 3-1-4 3 1 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 1-2 1-2-3 3 1 1-4 2-2-4 1 0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0-0 0--2 0 0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1-2 1-1-2 0 1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0-0 1-0-1 0 2 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0-0 1-1-2 2 1 0-0 1-2-3 3 0

TO 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1

B 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

S 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 6 2 13 2 7 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 0 6 8 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 7 5 2 17 0 2 2

HUISKEN CAREER STATISTICS Year 2012-13 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 31 34 30 95

GS Min 21 615 2 488 0 337 23 1440

Avg FG 19.8 77 14.4 49 11.2 39 15.2 165

FGA 163 109 88 360

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .472 8 32 .250 48 77 .450 4 12 .333 31 47 .443 5 14 .357 23 35 .458 17 58 .293 102 159

AUGUSTANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

|--- Rebounds ---| Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO .623 39 85 124 4.0 72 2 .660 37 56 93 2.7 75 1 .657 25 48 73 2.4 63 1 .642 101 189 290 3.1 210 4

Ast 31 32 17 80

TO 33 29 18 80

Blk 17 14 5 36

Stl Pts 16 210 12 133 7 106 35 449

Avg 6.8 3.9 3.5 4.7 29

#34 DANIEL JANSEN FORWARD • 6-9 • 240 • SENIOR • ORANGE CITY, IOWA • MOC-FLOYD VALLEY HS CAREER-HIGHS

SEASON-HIGHS

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37, at Upper Iowa (2/21/14) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, vs. Winona State (1/23/15) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, twice Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, three times FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, at Upper Iowa (2/21/14) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, at Upper Iowa (2/21/14) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, vs. Northern State (2/6/15) 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, five times FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, at Minnesota Duluth (1/17/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, twice

Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, at Upper Iowa (1/23/16) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, at Minnesota Crookston (12/12/15) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, at MSU Moorhead (2/6/16) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Minnesota Crookston (2/24/16) Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, at Southwest Minnesota State (2/12/16) FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, twice FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, vs. U-Mary (1/30/16) 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, twice 3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, twice FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, at Minnesota State (1/9/16) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, at Minnesota State (1/9/16)

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn 29 5-13 Northwest Missouri State 37 9-13 Wayne State 24 2-9 Turabo 21 6-9 American (Puerto Rico) 19 8-15 Minnesota State 24 10-14 Concordia-St. Paul 22 4-10 Bemidji State 24 4-9 Minnesota Crookston 27 8-15 Wayne State 18 4-10 Sioux Falls 28 6-13 Southwest Minnesota State 22 6-10 Concordia-St. Paul 32 5-15 Minnesota State 34 8-12 St. Cloud State 27 10-12 Minnesota Duluth 29 8-18 Winona State 35 4-14 Upper Iowa 31 11-18 U-Mary 35 10-19 Minot State 22 5-10 Northern State 25 3-5 MSU Moorhead 34 10-16 Southwest Minnesota State 33 9-16 Sioux Falls 34 4-10 Upper Iowa 27 8-15 Winona State 30 2-8 Minnesota Crookston 21 11-15 Sioux Falls 29 9-13 Winona State 33 9-17 MSU Moorhead 34 8-12 Harding

NEWS & NOTES 2014-15 (Junior): Named to All-NSIC First Team ... named NSIC Player of the Year ... earned Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year honors ... named Daktronics AllCentral Region First Team ... named NABC All-District First Team ... named to NABC AllAmerica Team ... named to Daktronics All-America Second Team ... earned Basketball Times All-America Second Team honors ... earned D2 Bulletin All-America Second Team honors ... named to BennettRank.com All-America Second Team ... named NSIC Player of the Week three times ... named to NSIC All-Tournament Team ... set the single season scoring record at Augustana with 671 points ... averaged 19.7 points per game ... hauled in 7.1 rebounds per contest ... dished out 2.6 assists per game ... recorded 1.4 steals per contest ... scored in double-digits in 32 of 34 games ... recorded five double-doubles ... scored 20-plus points in 19 games ... scored 30-plus points twice ... scored 21 points in the second half alone in NSIC Tournament Championship win over MSU Moorhead ... hit the game-winning shot with 2.4 seconds left in the NSIC Tournament semifinals against Northern State to send team to championship ... recorded 17 points, six rebounds and four assists at Upper Iowa on Feb. 21 ... finished with 21 points and eight rebounds against SMSU on Feb. 13 ... hit career-high six 3-pointers and scored seasonhigh 35 points against Northern State on Feb. 6 ... recorded fifth double-double of the season with 28 points and 11 rebounds against MSU Moorhead on Feb. 7 ... dished out a career-high seven assists while scoring 20 points against Winona State on Jan. 23 ... recorded back-to-back double-doubles on a road trip at St. Cloud State (18 pts, 10 reb.) and Minnesota Duluth (29 pts., 11 reb.) ... hit a career-high 14 free throws at Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 17 ... became 30th member of 1,000-point club at Augustana with 26 points against Valley City State on Nov. 26 ... currently ranks 10th all-time at Augustana with 1,534 career points.

2013-14 (Sophomore): Named to All-NSIC First Team … started all 30 games … finished second on the team with 17.3 points per game … grabbed 5.8 rebounds per game … shot 49 percent from the field … hit 35 3-pointers … was a 41.7 percent shooter from 3-point range … led the team with 177 field goals … shot 67.4 percent from the free throw line … grabbed 173 rebounds … dished out 39 assists … had 15 blocks … recorded 26 steals … scored in double-digits 24 times on the season … scored 20 or more points in a game 12 times on the season … posted five double-doubles … had two 30-point games … scored 31 points with 11 rebounds against U-Mary on Jan. 3 … scored career-high 37 points with 11 rebounds against Upper Iowa on Feb. 21 … hit season-high three 3-point field goals in three games … had career-high six steals against Dakota State on Nov. 23 … had season-high three blocks at U-Mary on Jan. 3 … made career-high 12 field goals at Upper Iowa on Feb. 21 … made career-high 13 free throws at Upper Iowa on Feb. 21.

2012-13 (Freshman): Named NSIC Freshman of the Year ... started all 31 games ... averaged 24.4 minutes per game ... averaged 11.1 points per game ... led the team with 6.0 rebounds per game ... shot 51.4 percent from the field ... was a 40.5 percent shooter from 3-point range ... dished out 33 assists ... led the team with 22 blocks ... recorded 25 steals, ranking second on the team ... led the team with three double-doubles ... scored in double digits 21 times ... led the team in scoring four times ... scored seasonhigh 24 points at Northern State on Feb. 9, picking up second career double-double adding 11 rebounds ... grabbed season-high 12 rebounds against Upper Iowa in Central Region Tournament on March 16 ... dished out season-high six assists against St. Cloud State on Feb. 2 ... picked up first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at MSU Moorhead on Feb. 8.

3FG 0-5 4-5 0-2 1-3 2-5 3-5 1-4 2-4 1-5 1-4 2-3 1-4 1-4 0-1 4-5 1-6 2-6 3-5 1-4 2-5 1-2 2-5 3-4 2-4 3-7 0-4 2-4 3-6 2-5 0-1

FT O-D-R 7-10 3-1-4 1-2 0-4-4 3-4 1-8-9 8-12 3-4-7 2-2 2-3-5 5-9 0-12-12 8-8 0-6-6 10-12 0-7-7 0-0 4-10-14 8-8 1-6-7 4-8 5-4-9 5-6 4-4-8 10-13 1-7-8 12-13 1-10-11 4-7 2-5-7 4-4 4-7-11 5-6 2-9-11 6-6 2-8-10 4-6 3-8-11 1-2 2-5-7 1-5 2-2-4 3-6 4-3-7 5-6 1-5-6 7-7 2-4-6 8-10 0-8-8 9-12 1-5-6 0-3 0-3-3 10-12 1-4-5 5-7 1-7-8 3-3 2-1-3

PF 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 3

A 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 4 3 3 1 0 4 3 2 0 6 2 0 4 2 3 2 2 2

TO 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 2 0 1 3 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 0

B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1

S 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 2

Pts 17 23 7 21 20 28 17 20 17 17 18 18 21 28 28 21 15 31 25 13 8 25 26 17 27 13 24 31 25 19

JANSEN CAREER STATISTICS Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTAL

GP GS Min Avg FG 31 31 756 24.4 125 30 30 845 28.2 177 34 34 1000 29.4 215 30 30 840 28.0 206 125 125 3441 27.5 723

FGA 243 361 423 385 1412

Pct .514 .490 .508 .535 .512

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3FGA 37 84 149 127 397

Pct .405 .417 .389 .394 .398

FT 79 130 183 158 550

FTA 159 193 237 209 798

|--- Rebounds ---| Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO .497 69 118 187 6.0 58 1 .674 63 110 173 5.8 73 1 .772 77 163 240 7.1 64 0 .756 54 170 224 7.5 54 0 .689 263 561 824 6.6 249 2

Ast 33 39 87 59 218

TO 46 44 75 60 225

Blk Stl 22 25 15 26 19 48 16 37 72 136

Pts Avg 344 11.1 519 17.3 671 19.7 620 20.7 2154 17.2 30

#43 WILL HOISETH CENTER • 6-9 • 220 • FRESHMAN • DOHA, QATAR • AMERICAN SCHOOL OF DOHA SEASON-HIGHS Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, four times Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. American (PR) (11/28/15) FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, three times 3FG made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3FG attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FT made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15) FT attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12/5/15)

NEWS & NOTES High School: Played four years at the American School of Doha in Doha, Qatar ... averaged 18.7 points and 15.4 rebounds per game senior season ... recorded 2.8 blocks and dished out 1.6 assists per game as a senior ... named team's MVP following senior season ... averaged 16.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game as a junior ... recorded 3.3 blocks and 2.7 assists in 2013-14 ... named team MVP in 2013-14 ... averaged 10.1 points and 8.2 rebounds as a sophomore ... recorded 2.5 blocks and 1.8 assists per game sophomore season.

2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp. Min FG Washburn DNP Northwest Missouri State DNP Wayne State 3 0-0 Turabo 1 0-0 American (Puerto Rico) 5 2-2 Minnesota State DNP Concordia-St. Paul 3 0-1 Bemidji State 1 0-0 Minnesota Crookston 3 1-1 Wayne State 8 0-2 Sioux Falls DNP Southwest Minnesota State 1 0-0 Concordia-St. Paul DNP Minnesota State DNP St. Cloud State 3 0-0 Minnesota Duluth 2 1-2 Winona State DNP Upper Iowa DNP U-Mary 5 0-1 Minot State 12 1-4 Northern State DNP MSU Moorhead DNP Southwest Minnesota State DNP Sioux Falls DNP Upper Iowa DNP Winona State DNP Minnesota Crookston 2 0-0 Sioux Falls DNP Winona State DNP MSU Moorhead DNP Harding

3FG

FT

O-D-R PF A

TO

B

S

Pts

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 4

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-0-1

0 0 1 3

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 3

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

2 0 2 0

0-0

0-0

0-1-1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-0-0

2 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 2

0-1 0-1

0-0 1-2

0-0-0 1-2-3

2 3

1 1

0 1

0 0

0 1

0 3

0-0

0-0

0-1-1

0

0

1

0

0

0

HOISETH CAREER STATISTICS Year 2015-16 TOTAL

GP 12 12

GS 0 0

Min 36 36

Avg 3.0 3.0

FG 4 4

FGA 9 9

Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct .444 0 0 .000 .444 0 0 .000

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|--- Rebounds ---| FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg 2 1.000 1 6 7 0.6 2 1.000 1 6 7 0.6

PF 8 8

FO 0 0

Ast 0 0

TO 6 6

Blk 0 0

Stl 0 0

Pts 10 10

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TOM BILLETER Head Coach :: 13th Season Illinois, 1983

BILLETER AT A GLANCE All-time winningest coach in school history Named Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of the Year in 2012-13 u 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances u Nine 20-win seasons Tom Billeter, Augustana’s all-time winningest men’s basketball coach, enters his u 16 All-Conference Players 13th season as the head coach of the Vikings in 2015-16. Billeter led Augustana u 36 Academic All-Conference players to its most successful season in program history in 2014-15 guiding the Vikings u Seven All-America Award winners to a school record 31 wins (31-3) which included a school record 19-game win- u One NSIC Player of the Year ning streak. u One NSIC Defensive Player of the Year u Four NSIC Freshman of the Year Award winners Augustana won its fourth conference championship in program history in 2014-15 as Billeter led the Vikings to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Regular Season Championship with a final record of 20-2 in u Coached top two scorers in Augustana history league play. Augustana became the first team in NSIC history to win 20 conference games in a season in u Tutored several future NBA players 2014-15. The team did not stop there as it went on to win the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament in 201415 earning the right to host the NCAA Central Region Tournament for the first time in program history. u u

In a milestone-filled 2014-15, Billeter won his 300th career game, improving to 310-191 all-time as a collegiate head coach. In 12 seasons at Augustana, Billeter has compiled a record of 213-141.

Billeter’s players nearly swept all of the individual postseason awards from the NSIC in 2014-15 with three individuals earning player of the year honors. Daniel Jansen, an All-NSIC First Team selection, was named the NSIC’s Player of the Year. Junior Casey Schilling earned NSIC Defensive Player of the Year honors and Jordan Spencer was named the Freshman of the Year in the NSIC. Billeter has had four players earn NSIC Freshman of the Year honors during his career at Augustana, including Cody Schilling (2009), Cameron McCaffrey (2010), Daniel Jansen (2013) and Jordan Spencer (2015). Four players earned All-NSIC honors in 2014-15, including first team selections Daniel Jansen, Casey Schilling and Al Richter. Jordan Spencer earned All-NSIC Second Team honors last season.

Jansen went on to earn Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year honors and was named All-America by the NABC, Daktronics, D2 Bulletin and Basketball Times.

Schilling also earned first team all-region honors last season and was named honorable mention All-America by Daktronics and D2 Bulletin.

Augustana had the second-best winning percentage of all teams in NCAA Division II (91.2 percent) in 2014-15 and were one of just 18 teams across all divisions with 30-plus wins.

Under the direction of Billeter, Augustana set numerous single season records in 2014-15, including most points (2,955), field goals made (1,016), 3-point field goals made (313), 3-point field goals attempted (754), free throws made (610), free throws attempted (814) and rebounds (1,292). Daniel Jansen also set the individual single season scoring record in 2014-15 scoring 671 points.

Billeter has also seen two of his players re-write the Augustana men’s basketball record book after Cody Schilling became Augustana’s all-time leading scorer with 1,868 points from 2008-12, McCaffrey set the bar even higher scoring the second most points in a single season in 2012-13 (659 points) to surpass Schilling becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,964 career points from 2009-13.

Following McCaffrey’s Augustana playing career, he went on to sign a professional contract with Nuova Alius Pallacanestro in San Severo, Italy, becoming the 20th player in Augustana men’s basketball history and third under the direction of Billeter to sign a professional contract.

Coming off a successful season in 2012-13 where Augustana went 22-9, marking the fourth time in six seasons a Billeter-led team produced 20 or more wins, the Vikings finished 16-14 in 2013-14 with two sophomores and four true freshman gaining valuable playing experience. For just the second time since joining the NSIC in 2008-09, Augustana had two First Team All-NSIC selections in the same season with Casey Schilling and Jansen both earning first team laurels last season.

Casey Schilling went on to earn Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team honors, marking the sixth straight season Billeter has produced an All-Region caliber player.

Billeter has led Augustana to eight straight winning seasons and emerged from a field of 15 candidates to earn the 2013 Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of the Year Award following the 2012-13 season. He was also a finalist for the John McLendon Coach of the Year honors that season.

Billeter has taken the Vikings to the NCAA tournament five of the last seven seasons. In 2012-13 the 24th ranked Vikings reached the semifinals of the Central Region showdown for the second time during his tenure.

Billeter notched his 200th career coaching win in 2009-2010 and approaches the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 279-188. Billeter owns an all-time conference record of 160-120, including 84-44 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference games.

BILLETER MILESTONE VICTORIES Victory

Date

Opponent

Score

School

50

02/11/95

Augustana

85-71

North Dakota State

100

12/30/03

Augsburg

87-66

Augustana

150

12/28/07

Northern Michigan 75-66

Augustana

200

2/12/10

Upper Iowa

84-73

Augustana

67-66

Augustana

87-58

Augustana

In five seasons as the head coach at North Dakota State University, Billeter compiled 250 1/5/13 Concordia-St. Paul a 97-50 record. During his tenure the Bison posted four consecutive 20-win seasons 1/31/15 Minot State and earned four straight appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament. In 1994- 300 95 the Bison earned a share of the North Central Conference championship with a 12-6 record. Billeter compiled a 57-33 record against NCC opposition and the Bison were three-time conference runners-up.

Billeter began his coaching career at the University of Arizona, where he worked two seasons (1985-1987) alongside legendary coach Lute Olson. The Wildcats were 23-9 in 1985-86 and won the Pac 10 Conference title. Arizona advanced to the NCAA Tournament both seasons.

During his stint in Arizona, Billeter coached Sean Elliott (NBA), Steve Kerr (NBA), Tom Tolbert (NBA), Jud Buechler (NBA) and Kenny Lofton (MLB). He then moved to Rice, where he served as an assistant coach from 1987 to 1992. The Owls won 20 games in 1991-92, the first 20-win season since 1953-54. Rice narrowly missed being awarded berths in the NCAA and NIT tournaments. While at Rice, Billeter coached the Owls’ star center, Brent Scott (NBA).

Billeter’s 29 years in coaching includes experience outside the United States. In 1996 he coached Team America, a squad composed of NCAA Division I players ages 22-and-younger. His squad participated in the Turgut Atakol Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Following a five-year run at NDSU, Billeter spent the 1997-98 season at St. John’s (N.Y.), where he served under head coach Fran Fraschilla and helped the Red Storm to a 22-10 record. Led by Felipe Lopez (NBA) and Ron Artest (NBA), St. John’s advanced to the NCAA tournament.

Billeter then began a five-year run at Texas A&M under head coach Melvin Watkins. Together they helped the Aggies gain respect in the Big 12 Conference. In 200203, the Aggies posted a 14-14 record marking just the second .500 or better season in 14 years. While with the Aggies Billeter had the opportunity to coach prominent players including Bernard King and Antoine Wright (NBA). King is Texas A&M’s career scoring leader and the second all-time leading scorer in the history of the Big 12. Wright was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2002-03.

Billeter earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Illinois in 1983 and his master’s degree in exercise physiology from Arizona in 1987. Tom and his wife, Paula, are the parents of four children: Mike (Lindsie), Kelsey, Kyle, and Brett.

BILLETER COACHING APPOINTMENTS

THE BILLETER FILE Born Feb. 12, 1961

1985-86

Arizona

Assistant Coach

2001-02

Texas A&M

Assistant Coach

1986-87

Arizona

Assistant Coach

2002-03

Texas A&M

Assistant Coach

Hometown Byron, Ill.

1987-88

Rice

Assistant Coach

2003-04

Augustana

Head Coach

1988-89

Rice

Assistant Coach

2004-05

Augustana

Head Coach

Family Wife - Paula Children - Mike (Lindsie) Kelsey, Kyle, Brett

1989-90

Rice

Assistant Coach

2005-06

Augustana

Head Coach

1990-91

Rice

Assistant Coach

2006-07

Augustana

Head Coach

1991-92

Rice

Assistant Coach

2007-08

Augustana

Head Coach

1992-93

North Dakota State

Head Coach

2008-09

Augustana

Head Coach

1993-94

North Dakota State

Head Coach

2009-10

Augustana

Head Coach

1994-95

North Dakota State

Head Coach

2010-11

Augustana

Head Coach

1995-96

North Dakota State

Head Coach

2011-12

Augustana

Head Coach

1996-97

North Dakota State

Head Coach

2012-13

Augustana

Head Coach

1997-98

St. John’s

Assistant Coach

2013-14

Augustana

Head Coach

1998-99

Texas A&M

Assistant Coach

2014-15

Augustana

Head Coach

Education University of Illinois, 1983 Bachelor of Science Physical Education University of Arizona, 1987 Master of Science Exercise Physiology

Record as head coach 1999-00 Texas A&M Assistant Coach 2015-16 Augustana at North Dakota State 97-50 Texas A&M Assistant Coach at Augustana 241-143 2000-01 Career 338-193 BILLETER YEAR-BY-YEAR NCC 76-76 Year School Overall Conference NSIC 125-47 Conference 201-123 1992-93 North Dakota State 12-17 7-11 NCAA Appearances (10) 1994 - NDSU 1995 - NDSU 1996 - NDSU 1997 - NDSU 2008 - Augustana 2009 - Augustana 2010 - Augustana 2012 - Augustana 2013 - Augustana 2015 - Augustana

Head Coach

Conference Finish 8th

1993-94

North Dakota State

21-9

14-4

2nd

1994-95

North Dakota State

22-8

12-6

t-1st

1995-96

North Dakota State

20-9

12-6

t-2nd

1996-97

North Dakota State

22-7

12-6

t-2nd

2003-04

Augustana

6-21

2-12

8th

2004-05

Augustana

8-20

1-11

7th

2005-06

Augustana

12-16

5-7

5th

2006-07

Augustana

16-12

3-9

5th

2007-08

Augustana

22-9

8-4

2nd 6th

2008-09

Augustana

21-10

13-7

2009-10

Augustana

24-7

15-5

3rd

2010-11

Augustana

18-9

15-7

3rd

2011-12

Augustana

17-11

14-8

t-4th

2012-13

Augustana

22-9

15-7

3rd

2013-14

Augustana

16-14

12-10

t-9th

2014-15

Augustana

31-3

20-2

t-1st

2015-16

Augustana

28-2

21-1

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338-193

201-123

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