ROCK ISLAND -- The Augustana Vikings men's basketball team saw its two-game winning streak come to an end on Sunday, falling to the visiting Illinois Wesleyan Titans by a score of 77-61.

The two teams battled back-and-forth to kick off Sunday's outing, finding themselves in an 18-18 deadlock after 10 minutes of action. From there, Illinois Wesleyan slowly grabbed a lead and pulled away, stretching it out to as many as 10 after an 18-8 run over the course of seven minutes. The Vikings and Titans traded baskets down the stretch of the first half as the visitors brought a 40-30 lead into the halftime break. Each team hit just two threes in the first, but the Titans knocked down 61 percent of their looks compared to Augie's 48 percent mark. Illinois Wesleyan finished the half with a 15-20 effort from two-point range.

Illinois Wesleyan notched its largest advantage of the game with the first points of the second half, but the Vikings continued to hang around, staying within seven points after seven minutes in. Up 46-39, the Titans halted the Augie momentum with another big scoring run, this time out-scoring the Vikings 20-9 over a span of six minutes for a new largest lead of the contest. Augustana successfully got it under 10 points twice more in the final six minutes, but three straight made buckets from Illinois Wesleyan with under four minutes to go all but sealed the win.

Three Vikings hit double figures in scoring on Sunday, led by Tyler Knuth with 19 points. Chase Larsen and Evan Ambrose each added 10. 

With the loss, Augustana drops to 5-10 on the season and 2-4 in the CCIW. The team will be back in action on Saturday, January 13 vs. Carroll.