Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League Results For Wednesday 7-24-19

I realize I'm late getting this in but after being on the road for most of this last weekend, it couldn't be helped.


5:00 P.M. Games

GAC Gold - 55
UW-River Falls - 36

Anoka-Ramsey - 47
Hamline - 40


5:55 P.M. Games

UST Purple - 73
Millennials - 40

GAC Gold - 52
Hamline - 41

Minnesota's Best - 44
NIACC - 32


6:50 P.M. Games

Southwest Minnesota State - 50
GAC Black - 36

GAC Alumni - 55
St. Kate's - 51

UST Purple - 58
Anoka-Ramsey - 22


7:45 P.M. Games

Southwest Minnesota State - 63
Minnesota's Best - 50

Twin City Swish - 50
Macalester - 44


Got settled in at halftime of the games going on in the 5:00 P.M. slot.....Over on Court 1, the GAC Gold team held a rather comfy 34-18 lead on the UW-River Falls team at the half and although the latter was able to cut into that deficit a bit during the third period, they still found themselves down by fifteen by the start of the fourth period at 37-22.  The GAC Gold team put more distance between themselves and their opponent up 49-30 midway through the fourth period enroute to the easy win.  Things were a bit tighter over on Court 2 with the Anoka-Ramsey team up 28-23 at the halftime break on the Hamline team and although key three-point bombs in the third period helped the Anoka-Ramsey team extend their lead to eleven points at 36-25 midway through the third period and as much as 42-27 by the start of the fourth period, the Hamline team  refused to give up and managed to get back into single-digit range toward the end before falling.

Three games in the 5:55 P.M. slot had me doing the roaming thing again.  On Court 1, the UST Purple team; likely still smarting from their second upset loss to the Macalester team in as many weeks, took out their frustrations on the Millennials team that, for the most part anyway, had had a good showing in this year's summer league.  But on this evening, they ran into a brick wall as the UST Purple team jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead and were up 14-3 by the midway point of the opening period.  Up 25-8 by the start of the second period, a 7-0 push by the UST Purple team extended that lead to 32-8 midway through the second period and by the halftime break, they had a commanding 41-14 advantage.  Things didn't get any better for the Millennials team as they found themselves on the wrong end of a 51-18 score midway through the third period and by the start of the fourth period, things were pretty much academic with the UST Purple enjoying a 63-26 advantage enroute to the blowout win.  A much closer contest was ensuing over on Court 2 between the GAC Gold team and the Hamline team as the latter was up 7-6 midway through the first period and the Hamline team held a 12-8 lead by the end of the first period.  The Hamline team still held the upper hand in this one with an 18-16 advantage midway through the second period and a 26-23 lead at the halftime break.  But the GAC Gold team managed to turn the tables once the third period got underway; getting things tied up at 31 a piece midway through the third period and by the end of the third period, the GAC Gold team had poked its nose out in front by a 39-37 count.  Two free throws by freshman-to-be Maddy Rice had the GAC Gold team up 43-40 midway through the fourth period and two more free throws by Maddy Rice got the lead to 47-41 with 3:25 left as the GAC Gold team claimed a hard-fought victory.  Over on Court 3, the NIACC team was taking on the Minnesota's Best team and here the latter jumped out to a 6-0 advantage midway through the first period and led 9-5 by the end of the first period.  The Minnesota's Best team stretched their lead to 14-5 midway through the second period and led 23-7 by the halftime break.  The NIACC team managed to overcome its cold-shooting performance once the third period got underway but were still down 29-15 midway through the third period and by the start of the fourth period the Minnesota's Best team held a commanding 36-17 lead.  Not much changed once the fourth period got underway with the Minnesota's Best team still up comfortably 43-28 midway through the fourth period enroute to the victory.

In the 6:50 P.M. slot, an interesting contest was ensuing between the GAC Black team and the Southwest Minnesota State team and things would be very tight early on with things tied at 3-all early on and 8-all midway through the first period.  The Southwest Minnesota State team was finally able to get the upper hand with a key push down the stretch of the opening period to hold a 16-11 lead by the start of the second period.  The Southwest Minnesota State team still enjoyed the five-point edge at 22-17 midway through the second period but the GAC Black team managed to tighten things up by the halftime break as the Southwest Minnesota State team was up by only a bucket at 24-22.  The GAC Black team would have this game tied at 26-all early in the third period and things looked up for grabs but the Southwest Minnesota State team would slowly regain control up 30-26 midway through the third period and by the end of the third period that lead grew to 34-26.  By the midway point of the fourth period the Southwest Minnesota State team had control up 42-30 as they avoided the upset.  A very good game was taking place over on Court 2 between the St. Kate's team and the GAC Alumni team and the St. Kate's team got off to a very good start in this one as they were up 11-5 midway through the opening period and although the GAC Alumni team got a boost from a Kelsey Carpenter (GAC '17) three-point bomb before the first period buzzer, the St. Kate's team was still enjoying a 17-12 advantage.  The GAC Alumni team, however, used its skill set and experience to slyly cut into the deficit in the second period as they were down by only a point at 18-17 midway through the second period and they would have the game tied at 20-all a short time later.  The St. Kate's team had a 26-25 lead at the halftime break but the momentum turned in the third period for the GAC Alumni team as a Miranda Rice (GAC '18) "3" was huge as they poked their nose out in front 29-28 early in the third period.  The St. Kate's team managed to come right back to reclaim the lead at 30-29 midway through the third period and they still held that one-point advantage at 37-36 by the start of the fourth period.  But the GAC Alumni team took the lead for good early on in the fourth period on two Miranda Rice freebies and a Carpenter jumper at 41-39 and by the midway point of the fourth period the GAC Alumni team grew the lead to five points at 46-41.  Both Miranda Rice and Carpenter would get the job done at the charity stripe down the stretch as the GAC Alumni team held on for a tough win.  No such drama over on Court 3 as the UST Purple team had its way with the young Anoka-Ramsey team as the UST Purple team was up 6-1 midway through the first period and led 18-11 by the start of the second period.  The UST Purple team's lead grew to 27-13 midway through the second period and there was little doubt as to how this one was going to turn out as the UST Purple team was up 35-18 at the half.  The UST Purple team would be up 47-20 midway through the third period and led 54-20 by the start of the fourth period as they cruised to an easy victory.

Finally, in the 7:45 P.M. slot on this night, an interesting matchup was taking place over on Court 1 between the Southwest Minnesota team - fresh off of its victory in the earlier time slot - and the Minnesota's Best team which had also emerged victorious earlier as well.  The Southwest Minnesota State team had a 13-7 edge midway through the first period but that lead would grow to nine points at 29-20 by the end of the opening period thanks to some clutch three-point shooting.  The Southwest Minnesota State team saw their lead balloon to 43-20 midway through the second period and by the halftime break things were looking very good for the Southwest Minnesota State team as they enjoyed a 52-26 lead.  Not much changed once the third period got underway as the Southwest Minnesota State team was up 55-34 midway through the third period and led 58-39 by the start of the fourth period as they had things in cruise control the rest of the way.  The other game in this time slot took place over on Court 2 between the Twin City Swish team and the Macalester team which had been flying high as of late with two thrilling wins over the heavily-favored UST Purple team.  The Macalester team got off to a decent start in this one; up 10-6 midway through the first period but the Twin City Swish team was able to reduce the deficit to a scant point at 14-13 at the end of the first period.  The Twin City Swish team poked its nose out in front by a 21-20 count midway through the second period and things would be knotted at 24 a piece by the halftime break.  The Macalester team regained the lead at 30-28 midway through the third period and a lay-up in transition by senior-to-be Holly Hull had things looking very good for the Macalester team as they held a 36-30 advantage a bit later.  But the Twin City Swish team showed a lot of resilience and got the deficit down to just two points at 38-36 at the end of the third period and once the fourth period got underway, the Twin City Swish team slowly started to gain control of things; up 41-38 early in the fourth period.  Still, the Macalester team; which had been in these close affairs more than once this summer, got things tied up again at 41 a piece midway through the fourth period and it looked as if the Macalester team might be able to pull off yet another miracle for the third week in a row.  But on this night, the Macalester team saw their luck run out as they never could quite seem to find a big score at the right time and that allowed the Twin City Swish team to get a 46-41 lead late in the game as they advanced with a tough victory.