Heinen's 23 points lead Pipers over Auggies

The Auggies and Pipers played a close opening half, trading one and two-point leads in the first half until the final five minutes of play before the break. At 5:01 remaining, Tiana Wilkinson's (So., St. Louis Park, Minn.) jumper kicked off a Piper 10-point run to put the hosts up 37-27 with less than two minutes to play in the half.

A series of free throws by Heinen, and a three-pointer by Grace Weinreich (Jr., Wahkon, Minn.) with half a minute to play gave Hamline a 16-point halftime lead at 45-29.

The Pipers held on to that momentum in the second half, never allowing the Auggies to close the gap to less than 14 points.

Mary Wilkowski (Fy., Savannah, Ga.) added 18 points in the win, while Krystal Tschumperlin (Jr., Watkins, Minn.) was the third Piper in double-digits with 11 points.

Augsburg was led by first-year player Melanie Wigen (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), who had 22 points in the game.

The Pipers improved to 6-2, 3-2 MIAC, while the Auggies fell to 4-4, 2-3 MIAC. Hamline remains at home to host Concordia College at 5:45 p.m. on Monday, January 7.