MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Junior Addison Metcalf and sophomore Ryan Warren combined for 27 points off the bench to spark the St. Olaf College men's basketball team to an 88-77 road win over Augsburg University on Saturday afternoon at Si Melby Hall.

Metcalf scored all of his career-high 15 points in the first half and Warren was in double figures for the first time in his career with 12 points for St. Olaf (4-5, 3-3 MIAC), which downed Augsburg (3-6, 1-5 MIAC) for its fourth-straight road win in the series. The win was the Oles' third in their last four Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) games after an 0-2 start to conference play.

Senior Connor Martin scored a game-high 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting to lead four Oles in double figures in the win. Metcalf was 3-for-6 behind the arc to score 15 points in 17 minutes for his fourth double-figure scoring performance in the last six games, while Warren hit all five of his field goals to score 12 points in 17 minutes. Fifth-year senior Brendan Kauls added 12 points, seven rebounds, and four assists on an afternoon where St. Olaf shot 58.2 percent (32-for-55) as a team.

Trent Gomez led four Auggies in double figures with 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including going 4-for-5 from three-point range. Elias Batala came off the bench to score 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting, while Isaac Rabaey was 6-for-6 from the field to add 14 points and a team-high six rebounds. Colin Meade contributed 12 points for the Auggies, who shot 53.6 percent (30-for-56) from the field.

Gomez drained a pair of three-pointers in the first three minutes to help Augsburg to an early 8-3 lead, which was the hosts' largest lead of the game. The Auggies were up four at 27-23 with 7:52 in the half before the Oles went on a 17-3 run over a four-minute span that gave St. Olaf a 40-30 lead. Warren started the run with a three-pointer and Metcalf scored the final six points on an "and-one" and a three-pointer.

Another Metcalf three-pointer with 1:43 remaining in the half stretched St. Olaf's lead to 48-33 before Batala capped the half with a three-point play for Augsburg to make it a 48-36 game at the half. Led by Metcalf's 15-point half, the Oles' bench scored 24 points before the break in a half where St. Olaf shot 58.1 percent (18-for-31) from the field.

St. Olaf led by at least 10 points for the entire second half and led by as many as 18 on a fast-break bucket by Martin with 3:52 remaining. Martin scored 13 of his 21 points after the break, going 5-for-6 from the field in the second half.

The Oles have two non-conference road games remaining in 2023, beginning with a trip to UW-River Falls on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.