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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana women’s basketball team saw its season conclude on Saturday afternoon, falling 83-73 to Sioux Falls in the Elmen Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In her final collegiate game, Miranda Lomax<\/a> scored 21 points while knocking down five 3-pointers. Also making her final collegiate appearance, Kristin Edmonds<\/a> scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds. Isabella Sanneh<\/a> ended a monster season with 13 points and 10 rebounds while Maliyah Elliott<\/a> had 11 points and five assists. Rounding out the seniors was Marianna Freeman<\/a>, closing her career on the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n After the Cougars jumped to a 4-3 advantage, Lomax took over. She ended three consecutive Viking possessions with 3-pointers for her own 9-0 run, giving AU a 12-4 lead and forcing a USF timeout with 5:06 to go in the first quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Cougars clawed back after holding the Vikings scoreless for more than three minutes while evening the score at 12-12. Lomax would get a layup to go to end the scoreless stretch but the Cougars scored the final bucket of the quarter to make it 14-14 into the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sanneh opened the second quarter with a layup and Lomax hit a 3-pointer to set the Viking lead to five points. USF scored the next five points to tie it but, with 6:57 left in the half, Edmonds knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Vikings a 22-19 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n USF would get within a point in the next minute of action before Edmonds made her run. An and-one and 3-pointer later, the Viking lead jumped to 29-22. USF countered with seven straight points to even the game at 29-29. Elliott scored the next three points and the Cougars hit a 3-pointer to make it 32-32 at the half.\u00a0<\/p>\n USF scored 10 of the first 16 points to open the third quarter, putting them in front 42-38 at the 6:10 mark. The Vikings scored six of the next seven points, including four from Edmonds, to grow a 46-43 advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n Six of the next eight points went to the Cougars before a Lomax 3-pointer put them back in front. In the final 1:42, USF scored five of the last seven points to give them a 54-53 lead into the fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Vikings stayed within a possession until a 10-2 Cougar run put them ahead 71-61 with 4:25 to play. From there, AU closed the gap to seven points as late at the 34 second mark, but it wouldn’t be enough before the game came to its final score.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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