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December 03, 2005
  

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Augustana 83, Simpson 74

Rock Island, Ill. — Augustana defeated Simpson 83-74 Dec. 3 in Rock Island, Ill. For the second week in a row a CCIW guard torched the Storm. The game was close throughout as the lead exchanged hands 12 times and the game was tied seven times. Both teams shot 50% from the field, but the Vikings were able to get to the line 15 more times and converted 29 times in 33 chances from the charity stripe. Simpson's press forced 22 Augustana turnovers with the Storm making 14 steals.

For the second week in a row, a CCIW guard scored more than 30 against the Storm. Elmhurst's Chris Martin had 40 against Simpson last week in Elmhurst. The week, Augustana's Rick Harrigan led all scorers with 31 as he shot 10-for-17 from the field. The Storm were led by Ryan Hittenmiller who had 22. Jason Soppe shot 9-for-13, scoring 21. Soppe led the Storm with seven rebounds.



AT ROCK ISLAND, Ill.
AUGUSTANA 83, SIMPSON 74

SIMPSON (2-4)
HITTENMILLER, Ryan 7-14 5-6 22; SOPPE, Jason 9-13 3-3 21; PARKINSON, Jason 4-9 0-1 8; ELLENS, Scott 3-5 0-0 8; GILBERT, Matt 3-4 0-0 7; HAWKINS, Lyndon 1-1 4-6 6; COMBS, David 0-1 2-2 2; ALLEN, Chris 0-1 0-0 0; LARSEN, Kaj 0-0 0-0 0; THORSON, Adam 0-3 0-0 0; CERMAK, Brett 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-53 14-18 74.

AUGUSTANA (4-0)
HARRIGAN, Rick 10-17 9-10 31; MCADAMS-THORNTON, Ja 4-12 4-4 12; SWETALLA, Nate 5-6 1-1 11; WESSELS, Drew 1-4 7-9 9; ROSE, Shaun 3-6 3-4 9; CARICATO, Joe 2-2 0-0 4; KOIZE, Mike 0-1 3-3 3; BRUSVEEN, Pat 1-2 0-0 2; RORER, Oliver 0-0 2-2 2; SWETALLA, Dain 0-1 0-0 0; JOHNSON, Sam 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-52 29-33 83.

Simpson College                 35   39  -   74
Augustana College              39   44  -   83

3-point goals-Simpson 6-17 (HITTENMILLER, Ryan 3-6; ELLENS, Scott 2-3; GILBERT, Matt 1-1; COMBS, David 0-1; THORSON, Adam 0-2; CERMAK, Brett 0-1; PARKINSON, Jason 0-3), Augustana 2-8 (HARRIGAN, Rick 2-3; MCADAMS-THORNTON, Ja 0-1; WESSELS, Drew 0-3; BRUSVEEN, Pat 0-1). Fouled out--Simpson-None, Augustana-None. Rebounds-Simpson 23 (HAWKINS, Lyndon 6), Augustana 34 (SWETALLA, Nate 12). Assists-Simpson 12 (CERMAK, Brett 5), Augustana 9 (WESSELS, Drew 3). Total fouls-Simpson 25, Augustana 16. A-523

News release submitted by Simpson on Dec 03, 2005 at 10:52 PM
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