AUSTIN — Austin stayed unbeaten on Friday night as it used hot shooting and strong defense to beat Rochester Mayo 79-50 in Big Nine Conference boys basketball.
The Packers are now 2-0 in the Big Nine and 3-0 overall. Mayo slips to 1-3, 1-4.
Mayo coach Shaun Lang gave the Packers lots of credit.
"Austin overwhelmed us early with their aggressive zone traps and their hot shooting from the perimeter," Lang said. "They do what they do very well and we did not respond the way we wanted to. Lots of turnovers on our end made for a very frustrating night."
Austin was led by Duoth Gach with 15 points. Both Gach had 12 points, and Oman Oman and Mark Manyuon had 11 points each.
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Mayo, which trailed 47-29 at halftime, was paced by Trajan Grimsrud with 14 points. He buried four 3-pointers.
Cooper Ramaker added 11 points.
Austin 79, Mayo 50
MAYO (50)
D'Ante Ross 3 P, 4 R; Trajan Grimsrud 14 P, 4 R, 4 3-PT; Mazin Hammadelniel 0 P, 0 R; Lucas Ellerbusch 6 P, 3 R, 2 3-PT; Connor Lang 4 P, 3 R, 0 3-PT; Cooper Ramaker 11 P, 2 R, 2 3-PT; Stephen Douglas 3 P, 1 R, 1 3-PT; Levi Poppe 0 P, 2 R; Connor Swertfeger 1 R; Kyle Wernstrom 7 P, 5 R, 0 3-PT; Matthew Bartlett 2 P, 2 R.
AUSTIN (79)
Both Gach 12 P, 1 R, 2 3-PT; Elijah Andersen 2 P, 2 R; Tyler Tupy 0 P, 1 R; Tate Hebrink 6 P, 1 R, 2 3-PT; Jany Gash 0 P, 0 R; Mark Manyuon 11 P, 0 R; Deng Deng 0 P, 0 R; Jesse Synaground 0 P, 0 R; Jace Murray 6 P, 4 R; Zach Coffey 4 P, 2 R; Pat Hagan 2 P, 1 R; Moses Issa 2 P, 1 R; Duoth Gach 15 P, 3 3-PT; Trent Brown 0 P, 1 R; Oman Oman 11 P, 3 R, 3 3-PT; Kyle Oberbroeckling 8 P, 4 R.
Halftime:AUS 47, MAYO 29.
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Free throws:MAYO 5-6, AUS 5-13.
Three-point goals:MAYO 9, AUS 10.
