Wednesday Games Recap 12-4-19

Instead of heading over to Hutton Arena tonight to catch the GAC - Hamline game as I had hoped, I was bottled up here at home as I came down with a rather nasty cold early in the week that relegated me to watching games online as best I could.  For the most part, I concentrated on the GAC - Hamline game; a game that the Gusties won convincingly after being up only 37-32 at the half.  A quick 8-0 run by GAC to start the third period turned the tide as the Gusties cruised to a comfortable 76-57 win.  Juniors Ava Gonsorowski, Marisa Gustafson, and Paige Richert all finished in double-figures on the night as did freshman newcomer Caitlin Rorman.  Freshman Maddy Rice also looked good tonight so the Gusties still look solid despite the loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps this last Saturday out in the Motherland (aka Southern California).

Without question, the wildest game on this night was down in Winona between visiting St. Kate's and host SMU where the Wildcats finally got the job done in double OT by a final score of 79-77 (yes, it was as wild and weird as it sounds).  You have to tip your hat to Head Coach Don Mulhern and this team for finding a way to get a cherished road win and the trip back up U.S. Highway 61 and the Canadian Pacific Railway River Sub mainline to the Twin Cities will be a little more enjoyable for the Wildcats tonight.  Meanwhile on the SMU side, they're continually finding ways to lose games and the Cardinals still do not have any marks to put on the good side of the ledger which almost makes Saturday's game with Concordia a "must" win for SMU and it's not even Christmas yet. 

Elsewhere, things pretty much went as expected.  Augsburg beat St. Olaf at home in Si Melby Hall 76-61 while CSB had a relatively easy win over Concordia tonight 82-67 at home in St. Joe.  Bethel likewise held serve at home in Robertson Center against Carleton comfortably enough 67-44 and UST made the quick run on Summit over to Macalester where they unceremoniously dropped the Scots 74-53. 

Hopefully by Saturday I'll be over this damn cold and back at it again.  :)