Box Score
Augsburg achieved its only lead of the second half, hitting a jumper with just :14 to play, and held on to defeat Macalester 55-54 Saturday at the Leonard Center in St. Paul.

Always trailing from the middle of the opening half until the closing seconds, pulled to within a single point at 52-51 before Macalester stretched its advantage to 54-51 on a Kathryn Medinger (Sr., Sitka, Alaska) basket with 1:28 left.  However, Augsburg's Jill Tichy scored with 1:17 to go to get her team within a single point.  Tichy then netted the game-winning basketball with only :14 remaining.

Medinger scored a season-high 14 points and grabbed four rebounds to lead the way for Mac.  Erin Murray (So., Sparta, Wis.) finished with 12 points and Veronika Jakubovie (Sr., Maple Grove, Wis.) registered a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards to go along with three blocks.

Augsburg, which led 12-5 in second chance points, was led by Tichy with 21 points and Marie Fitzgerald with 16.

The Auggies are now 10-10 overall and 7-10 in MIAC play.  Macalester is 3-18 overall, 2-16 in the MIAC.

The Scots are off until next Wednesday (Feb. 12) when they take on St. Benedict in St. Joseph.

_{Photo above: Kathryn Medinger (left) led Macalester with 14 points.}