Wasn't able to get over to catch Tuesday night's action but definitely was over for Wednesday night's action and here's the results of the games I was able to cover:
6:00 P.M. Games
Bethel - 53
St. Olaf - 26
UW-River Falls - 62
St. Kate's - 50
6:50 P.M. Games
Macalester - 62
CSB - 55
GAC Alumni - 52
Augsburg - 49
Bethel - 40
Concordia St Paul - 39
7:45 P.M. Games
Northwestern - 60
Java - 32
GAC Gold - 47
Hamline - 35
Not much drama-wise in the 6:00 P.M. slot. Over on Court 1, the Bethel team was having its way with the St. Olaf team. With the game tied at three a piece at the 17:00 mark of the first half, the Bethel team would knock down two quick three-point bombs that had them up 9-3 by the 12:45 mark and by the midway point of the first half, the Bethel team increased the lead to 14-5. The St. Olaf team continued to struggle through most of this first half and with 5:30 left, the Bethel team increased their lead to 20-5. About the only thing the St. Olaf team had to hang their hat on was a half court buzzer-beater but the Bethel team still enjoyed a 20-8 lead at the break. The Bethel team would hold a 29-13 lead at the 16:53 mark of the second half and by the 12:00 mark that lead would be twenty at 35-15. Midway through the second half, the Bethel team would be up 43-17 and a "3" by senior Makenna Pearson had the Bethel team up 49-19 with 6:29 left as they cruised to an easy win. It was much the same story over on Court 2 where the UW-River Falls team used some hot three-point shooting early on to assume a 14-3 lead on the St. Kate's team by the 15:00 mark of the first half and the UW-River Falls team would have a ten-point cushion at 17-7 by the 12:00 mark. The hot three-point shooting would continue for this UW-River Falls team as they would enjoy a 23-11 advantage midway through the first half before the St. Kate's team finally started showing some life offensively as they managed to crawl back into single-digit range down 29-20 with 5:30 left. But this UW-River Falls team meant business on this night as they went right back to work and re-established the double-digit advantage at 35-22 by the halftime break. And the UW-River Falls team had no intention of letting their foot off the gas pedal anytime soon as they were up 43-29 at the 16:29 mark of the second half and by the midway point of the second half, the UW-River Falls team was up comfortably at 57-36. To their credit, the St. Kate's team made a courageous comeback attempt; getting the deficit down to fifteen at 60-45 with 5:00 left and a "3" with just over two minutes left reduced the deficit to twelve at 62-50 but they could never get any closer than that.
A busy, busy time in the 6:50 P.M. slot with three games going on. On Court 1, an interesting clash was taking place between the Macalester team and the CSB team which saw the latter holding onto a slim 14-11 advantage by the 11:40 mark of the first half. Things would continue to stay tight for the rest of the first half as well as the Macalester team would hold a 23-22 edge with 5:05 left but the CSB team would bounce back to hold a 29-26 lead by the halftime break. Things would be tied early on in the second half at 31 a piece but the Macalester team would embark on a key 5-0 push to grab a 36-31 advantage by the 15:35 mark. The CSB team was unable to answer and this opened the door for the Macalester team to widen its lead which it did as they held a 47-39 lead with 8:00 left. With just 2:00 left in the contest, the Macalester team held a double-digit cushion at 60-49 as they recorded an important win. Another tough battle was ensuing over on Court 2 between the Augsburg team and the GAC Alumni team as the Augsburg team would hold a 16-11 lead at the 12:30 mark of the first half and they still had things going their way up 20-14 midway through the first half. Despite the slow start, the GAC Alumni team finally started finding itself and would hold a 25-22 lead lead with 4:00 left and would hold a 33-31 edge by the halftime break. The Augsburg team would manage to get this one tied at 33 a piece at the 18:30 mark of the second half but the GAC Alumni team would open up a four-point lead at 40-36 by the 14:40 mark. But this gamey Augsburg team had no intentions of going anywhere anytime soon and things would stay tight the rest of the way. The GAC Alumni team would hold a 45-43 edge with 9:10 left in the contest and although they were able to up that lead to six at 49-43 with 6:30 left, the Augsburg team closed back to within a single possession within a minute left but they could never quite get over the hump. Meanwhile, over on Court 3, a late entrant to the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League; the Concordia St Paul team, was taking on the Bethel team which was doing double-duty on this night. Scoring would come at something of a premium early on in this contest and you didn't exactly need an abacus to keep track of things. Nonetheless, the Concordia St Paul team would forge a 9-6 advantage midway through the first half but the Bethel team would stay within striking distance for the entire length of this first half and a tough score in the paint by Makenna Pearson that drew a foul along with the obligatory "and one" had the Bethel team down by only one at the halftime break 21-20. The Concordia St Paul team would manage to establish a five-point edge at 27-22 at the 15:20 mark of the second half but putting this Bethel team in the rearview mirror would prove to be a bridge too far as things would be knotted at 31 a piece with 9:00 left. With the Bethel team clinging to a 38-37 lead, newcomer freshman Courtney Nuest out of Becker would connect with a lay-up with 1:30 left to make it 40-37. The Concordia St Paul team would close to just a one-point deficit at 40-39 on two free throws with :22 left but couldn't pull any magic tricks in the waning seconds as the Bethel team recorded its second victory of the night.
A slightly calmer stretch in the 7:45 P.M. slot with just the two-game format again. On Court 1, things would be close early with the Northwestern team holding a 7-5 lead on the Java team by the 16:00 mark of the first half. But things would change quickly as the Northwestern team unleashed a 10-0 run that suddenly had them up 17-5 midway through the first half. The Northwestern team would unleash further damage when senior-to-be Kelsea Lund uncorked a three-point bomb to make it a 24-9 game with 6:30 left and by the halftime break, the Northwestern team had established a twenty-point cushion up 32-12. The Northwestern team would hold a 38-17 lead by the 17:00 mark of the second half and by the 12:05 mark, the Northwestern team was rolling; enjoying a 43-21 advantage. With 6:38 left, the Northwestern team upped that lead to 47-21 so there was little doubt as to how this one was going to wind up. Over on Court 2, the GAC Gold team was taking on the Hamline team and it didn't take long for this incredibly talented and young GAC Gold team to shine as they would hold a 9-3 advantage at the 14:33 mark of the first half and a lay-up by sophomore-to-be Riley Queensland that drew a foul and resulted in an "and one" had the GAC Gold team up 12-4 at the 11:00 mark. With 6:00 left, the GAC Gold team would hold a 16-7 advantage and a jumper by newcomer freshman-to-be Morgan Kelly punctuated an important push by this GAC Gold team as they upped their lead to 22-10 with 3:10 left. The GAC Gold team would hold a seemingly comfortable 24-13 lead by the halftime break and when junior-to-be Anna Sanders drained a "3" early on in the second half, the GAC Gold team was in full command with a 30-16 lead. But the Hamline team finally got some things going on its end as they managed to trim the deficit down to single digits at 32-23 by the 12:20 mark and a short time later, they would have the deficit down to seven at 32-25. But getting things closer than that was just not going to happen on this night as the GAC Gold team would hold that seven-point edge at 37-30 with 7:00 left and less than a minute later, they had re-established the double-digit advantage at 41-30 and they would hold that safe cushion the rest of the way.
Wasn't able to stick around for the 8:40 P.M. game between the GAC Black team and the Carleton team but another fun night of action will be taking place this next Wednesday night at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League.
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