Historic offensive outburst leads Augustana past North Central

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AUGUSTANA) — The Augustana women’s basketball team dominated from deep to knock off North Central 106-47 on Thursday night at the Elmen Center.

The 106-point outburst is the most for a Viking team since November 21, 2013. The 59-point victory is also the largest margin of victory for AU since the same game, a 108-46 win over Presentation.

AU (3-3) shot 54.3 percent from the field, the highest single-game shooting percentage since 2023, and knocked down 16 of 33 3-pointers while limiting the Rams (3-6) to 36.4 percent shooting from the field and 4 of 16 shooting from deep.

Isabella Sanneh scored 19 points on 8 of 14 shooting while grabbing 17 rebounds and grabbing three steals to lead the team while Kristin Edmonds knocked down five 3-pointers and scored 17 points. Mia Donald scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds in 20 bench minutes while

Greta Dillinger scored 12 points on 4 of 6 from deep. Maliyah Elliott scored nine points and dished six assists with four steals and Payton Hardy added a pair of blocks to seven points and six rebounds.

AU opened the night with pace and pressure, and it showed immediately on the scoreboard. After North Central scored first, Isabella Sanneh went to work inside with back-to-back putbacks and a layup to swing the lead to the Vikings.

Sanneh then picked a pass and finished in transition to spark a quick surge, and AU’s defense kept forcing empty trips on the other end. Miranda Lomax buried a pair of 3-pointers during the run, and the Vikings kept stacking stops into offense. Kristin Edmonds and Clarissa Sauer added fast-break finishes late in the quarter, helping AU close the first on a 13-0 push and take a 26-10 advantage.

The Vikings’ second unit continued to dictate the game early in the second quarter. Mia Donald scored on a second-chance turnaround, and Sanneh returned to the floor to deliver an and-one and steady scoring at the rim. Edmonds knocked down a 3 from the wing, and Sauer turned a steal into a layup to stretch the margin past 20.

North Central briefly slowed the tempo with a few paint scores and a triple. Still, every Lion bucket was met with another Viking answer—Greta Dillinger splashed consecutive 3-pointers, and Marianna Freeman finished a short jumper off ball movement. Donald capped the half at the line in the final seconds, sending AU into the locker room up 48-27.

AU blew the game open coming out of halftime. Edmonds drained a pair of early 3-pointers, then Payton Hardy hit a second-chance triple as the Vikings’ ball movement and rebounding piled up extra possessions. Another Edmonds 3 off a turnover made it four long-balls in the first three minutes, and Sauer followed with a triple of her own.

The Vikings weren’t done—Lomax and Dillinger each connected from deep, Maliyah Elliott knocked down a transition 3, and Freeman finished a fast-break layup as AU’s pressure kept creating runouts. Sanneh cleaned up multiple offensive boards for putbacks to close the quarter, and AU carried an 82-39 lead into the fourth.

With control firmly in hand, the Vikings stayed aggressive in the final period. Ava Pautz converted a turnover into a layup to open the quarter, Donald protected the paint with a block, and the defense continued to funnel stops into offense. Elliott finished another fast-break layup,

Hardy canned a 3 from the top, and the Vikings lived at the line over the final minutes to keep the lead climbing. Dillinger added a late corner 3, while Pautz and Donald closed out the scoring at the stripe and on a final paint finish. The Vikings finished the night with a 106-47 win, leading for nearly the entire game and outscoring North Central in every quarter.

The Vikings return to the Elmen Center Thursday night, hosting Southwest Minnesota State in NSIC action with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m.

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