MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A 26.8 percent shooting performance from the floor prevented Macalester from keeping pace with Augsburg in a 67-36 loss to the Auggies.

The game started well for the Scots who, after giving up the first two points of the contest, got a jump shot from Kareem Ismail and a three-point basket by Dylan Kilgour to take a 5-2 lead, one minute, 12 seconds into the game.

The Auggies then went on a 16-2 run but Macalester answered by scoring seven consecutive points to get to within four at 18-14 on a Sager Moritzky three-point basket.

Augsburg then scored 16 consecutive points to take a 34-14 lead with 5:12 to play in the opening half and Ryan Gilmer's three-point basket at the horn gave the hosts their largest lead of the first half, taking a 40-18 lead into halftime.

A layup by Hans Erickson to open the second half, a three-pointer by Kilgour and a three baskets by Ismail carved six points out of the Auggies lead but the hosts slowly extended that lead and finished the game on a 15-3 run.

Ismail's 12 points led Macalester, which hit just 15 of 56 shots from the field. Meanwhile, Augsburg made 24 of 52 field goals, including nine of 24 three-point attempts.

The Scots had a 39-35 edge in rebounds with Phil Levine-Caleb grabbing a game-high eight rebounds while Ismail and Kyle Bernhard each had seven.

Macalester has eight days off before playing its final game of 2014, a rare, midweek matinee when it hosts Stevenson University, Thursday, Dec. 18, beginning at 1 p.m.