Harrigan scored 18 in the first half as the Vikings shot 55 percent and led by a 37-27 score. The visitors' lead was 46-37 with 15:06 remaining when the Cougars made their move. Freshman Kas Wleklinski hit a free throw and followed with a three on the next possession. After a basket by Augustana's Jay McAdams-Thornton (17 points), Bryan Ganek answered with a three. Moments later, Justin Gray scored on a fast break, and the home team was down by just 48-46.
The score stood at 54-51 with 7:30 left when - who else? - Harrigan made the play of the game. Harrigan connected on a three from the left wing and was fouled on the shot. He hit the free throw to complete the rare four-point play and give the Vikings a seven-point lead. The next two possessions resulted in threes by Mike Kolze and Harrigan, and Augustana had bolted to a 64-51 lead with 6:11 to play. Concordia would get no closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Harrigan's final line read 14-20 from the field including 5-9 from three-point range, and 5-7 from the foul line. The Vikings finished 28-53 (53 percent) from the field and 7-15 (47 percent) from three-point range. Concordia finished with four players in double figures, led by Wleklinski's 13 and Bobby Smith's 11.
Newspaper Box Score Augustana College vs Concordia (IL) University 12/10/05 8p at River Forest, IL - Geiseman Gymnasium At River Forest, IL - Geiseman Gymnasium AUGUSTANA COLLEGE 75, CONCORDIA (IL) UNIVERSITY 58 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (7-0) Harrigan, Rick 14-20 5-7 38; McAdams-Thornton, Ja 7-16 3-5 17; Rorer, Oliver 2-3 2-2 6; Kolze, Mike 1-2 1-2 4; Brusveen, Pat 2-3 0-0 4; Swetalla, Nate 1-5 0-0 3; Collins, Chandlor 1-1 0-0 2; Wessels, Drew 0-2 1-2 1; Rukavina, Dan 0-1 0-0 0; Delp, Jordan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-53 12-18 75. CONCORDIA (IL) UNIVERSITY (4-3) WLEKLINSKI, Kas 3-5 4-6 13; SMITH, Bobby 5-6 1-3 11; GRAY, Justin 3-13 4-6 10; BELL, Lafeyette 2-7 2-2 7; MIKRUT, David 1-3 2-2 4; SMITH, Andre 2-3 0-1 4; GANEK, Bryan 1-1 0-2 3; LORENZEN, Robert 1-6 0-1 3; YOUNG, Ryan 1-6 0-0 3; HALE, Cortez 0-0 0-0 0; WARD, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0; STENNIS, Mark 0-0 0-0 0; WALTON, Reggie 0-2 0-0 0; PICKLE, Bobby 0-0 0-0 0; TRIMBLE, David 0-0 0-0 0; SPEAKS, Jacob 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-52 13-23 58. Augustana College............. 37 38 - 75 Concordia (IL) University..... 27 31 - 58 3-point goals-Augustana College 7-15 (Harrigan, Rick 5-9; Kolze, Mike 1-2; Swetalla, Nate 1-2; Brusveen, Pat 0-1; Wessels, Drew 0-1), Concordia (IL) University 7-24 (WLEKLINSKI, Kas 3-4; BELL, Lafeyette 1-3; LORENZEN, Robert 1-5; YOUNG, Ryan 1-4; GANEK, Bryan 1-1; WALTON, Reggie 0-1; SMITH, Andre 0-1; MIKRUT, David 0-2; GRAY, Justin 0-3). Fouled out--Augustana College-Rorer, Oliver, Concordia (IL) University-None. Rebounds-Augustana College 37 (McAdams-Thornton, Ja 9), Concordia (IL) University 29 (GRAY, Justin 4; BELL, Lafeyette 4). Assists-Augustana College 7 (Kolze, Mike 3), Concordia (IL) University 9 (SMITH, Bobby 2; MIKRUT, David 2; LORENZEN, Robert 2). Total fouls-Augustana College 18, Concordia (IL) University 19. A-500