Was back at it on this Wednesday night at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League and here's the results of the games I was able to cover on this night:
6:15 P.M. Games
GAC Alumni - 53
Midwest Basketball - 52
UW-River Falls - 42
Macalester - 39
Northwestern - 51
St. Kate's - 50
7:00 P.M. Games
GAC Black - 73
Guards Of The Galaxy - 61
GAC Gold - W
UW-River Falls
CSB - 72
Carleton - 57
All I can say, is that if you wanted to be in the right place at the right time where you had some very good and very close games going on, then the 6:15 P.M. slot this last Wednesday night at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League is exactly where you wanted to be at and I had a heckuva time trying to keep up with everything happening on all three courts so bear with me on this one. 😁 So first, over on Court 1, the Midwest Basketball team was taking on the GAC Alumni team and you knew somehow that this one was going to be good from the get-go. It would be the Midwest Basketball team having the upper hand early on in this contest as they would hold a 7-3 advantage midway through the opening period and they would grow that lead to 20-12 by the end of the first period. A three-point bomb early on in the second period would expand the Midwest Basketball team's lead to 23-12 and in the latter stages of the second period, the GAC Alumni team appeared to be in a heap of trouble down 31-17 although one late score just before the halftime buzzer cut into that deficit just a bit to make it 31-19. A 5-0 push by the Midwest Basketball team early on in the third period to make it 36-19 had things looking quite dire for the GAC Alumni team but somehow, someway, the GAC Alumni team hunkered down and slowly but surely battled their way back into this one and by the end of the third period, that had closed the gap to six at 45-39. By this juncture, momentum was clearly on the side of the GAC Alumni team and that was underscored even more when they closed the gap to a scant point at 45-44 early on in the fourth period. The GAC Alumni team would eventually poke its nose out in front and hold a 52-49 lead in the latter stages of the fourth period but the Midwest Basketball team would eventually get this one tied at 52 which is how things ended in regulation. So, a 1:00 overtime period was in the offing and both teams missed out on opportunities early on. Finally, in the waning seconds, the GAC Alumni team got the break they were looking for and got it from the player you would have least expected to get it from - Megan Morgan - who is actually going to be a freshman at CSB this next season. She was fouled with no time left and got one free throw to go down as the GAC Alumni team got an incredibly thrilling and fun win.......So, while all this was going on, another fun one was brewing over on Court 2 in a WIAC/MIAC clash of sorts with the UW-River Falls team taking on the Macalester team and you knew that this one had unpredictability written all over it. Things started out as a very low-scoring affair with the UW-River Falls team clinging to a 2-0 advantage in the early stages of the contest but things would be knotted at five a piece midway through the first period and then the Macalester team would use a 4-0 push to hold a 9-5 lead by the end of the first period. The Macalester team would still hold the upper hand with a 16-11 lead midway through the second period but it didn't take long for the UW-River Falls team to get untracked and get into a bit of a groove offensively. One three-point bomb leveled the game at 16 with 2:20 left and the UW-River Falls team would soon take a 19-16 lead. Not to be outdone, the Macalester team would respond with a three-point bomb of their own with just :03 left as this one was deadlocked at 19 by the halftime break. The Macalester team would hold a slim 23-22 advantage early on in the third period and they would still be up 25-24 near the midway point of the third period. The UW-River Falls team would soon get the contest leveled at 25 and then use a push in the late stages of the third period to forge a 32-28 lead heading into the fourth period. The Macalester team would soon recover, however, and with 3:10 left in regulation, they would hold a 36-35 advantage but a "3" by the UW-River Falls team would push them back out in front 38-36 with 2:35 left and another quick push by them would grow that lead to six at 42-36 with 1:25 left. The Macalester teams wasn't ready to waive the white flag just yet, however, and managed to close to within a single possession down 42-39 with :25 left but they were unable to get any closer as the UW-River Falls team claimed a hard-earned "W"......And if that wasn't enough, another fun one was going down over on Court 3 in a MIAC/UMAC clash of sorts that saw the St. Kate's team taking on the Northwestern team. Things would be tight early on in this contest as well with the Northwestern team taking a 3-2 lead on a three-point bomb at the 7:50 mark of the opening period and that seemed to give the Northwestern team a boost as they would grow their lead to 12-6 in the latter stages of the first period and still be up 14-10 by the end of the first period. The Northwestern team would still enjoy a 19-14 advantage midway through the second period but the St. Kate's team would soon make things uncomfortable for its opponent as they would close to within a single possession down 19-16 and stay in that three-point range down 22-19 at the halftime break. The Northwestern team would get on a push after the halftime break, however and get some breathing room established with a 32-23 lead midway through the 3rd period and they would still hold a nine-point edge up 41-32 by the end of the third period. So while it appeared that the Northwestern team definitely had the upper hand going into the fourth period, the St. Kate's team slyly whittled away at the deficit as the fourth period ensued and with 1:45 left in regulation, the Northwestern team's lead was down to four at 51-47 and things would become precarious for them when the St. Kate's team closed the gap to a scant point down 51-50 but the St. Kate's team was unable to complete its comeback bid as the Northwestern team held on for an exciting victory.
The 7:00 P.M. slot seemed like a letdown after everything that took place beforehand but still some interesting action nonetheless. On Court 1, the Guards Of The Galaxy team was taking on the GAC Black team in a game that was basically former Gusties versus current Gusties. The Guards Of The Galaxy team would hold a 5-4 edge early on in the contest but the GAC Black team would get things turned around in their favor late in this first period with a 17-16 advantage and one free throw would up that lead to 18-16 by the end of the first period. The GAC Black team would open up a bit more space with a 26-20 lead midway through the second period and a 33-28 advantage by the halftime break. In the third period, the Guards Of The Galaxy team started to falter just a bit and that allowed the youngsters on the GAC Black team to establish a double-digit advantage at 48-33 late in the third period and by the end of the third period they were still up comfortably at 55-42. Not much would change in the early stages of the fourth period with the GAC Black team enjoying a 59-47 lead and just beyond the midway point of the fourth period they had things in cruise control up 69-54 to get the win in the end......Over on Court two, the other half of these GAC young ones - the GAC Gold team - was taking on the UW-River Falls team which was doing double-duty on this night and after a tough one in the 6:15 P.M. slot, they soon found that their collective gas tank was running a bit on the low side as the GAC Gold team would establish the lead early on and hold a 13-5 lead late in the second half and enjoy a 19-10 lead by the halftime break. The GAC Gold team's lead would stretch to 28-12 early on in the third period and by the end of the third period they were up comfortably 34-14. I was unable to get the score on this one during the fourth period because the danged sun was shining right on the scoreboard and when the game ended, the scoreboard operator turned the score off. 😒 That'll happen.......And not much drama to speak of either on Court 3 that had two old MIAC rivals facing off with the CSB team taking on the Carleton team. Whether the CSB team was looking to make amends from the night before is unsure but they definitely came out with a purpose early on as they would get a lead and hold onto it like a snapping turtle; up 19-5 late in the first period and a three-point bomb helped the CSB team establish a sizable 24-8 lead by the end of the first period. By the latter stages of the second period, the CSB team had the lead stretched out to twenty at 36-16 and although the Carleton team was able to make a push down the stretch, they were still on the wrong side of a 36-23 game at the halftime break. The CSB team would kick it into gear again once the third period got underway; up 46-28 midway through the third period and up 51-37 at the end of the third period. The CSB team would manage to keeps its opponent at bay throughout the fourth period; enjoying a 67-54 advantage just beyond the midway point as they had it in cruise control the rest of the way enroute to the win.
Had to head home to get some much-needed rest on this night for another workday so was unable to cover the 7:40 P.M. games.....This next week, the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League reverts to a Wednesday night-only format so make sure you get down to catch all the action.
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