Here are the results of the games I got to cover on this last Wednesday night at the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:
6:15 PM Games
The HAMster Balls - 34
Bemidji St. - 32
The Currey Crew - 77
Leaky Roof - 65
Lions Black - 54
Arden Hills - 52
Court Crashers - 65
Luther - 61
7:15 PM Games
The Mix Ups - 52
Lions Gold - 43
KATZ - 79
Bemidji St - 56
Sara's Shooters - 77
Court Crashers - 35
Free Agents - 67
CSB - 60
A busy night in both time slots on this Wednesday night and especially in the 6:15 PM slot with two very good games going on. One of them was taking place over on Court 1 between The HAMster Balls team and the Bemidji St team. The HAMster Balls team would take an early 2-0 lead by the 8:45 mark of the opening period but the Bemidji St team would respond and push ahead by an 8-4 count with 2:45 left and they would establish a bit more breathing room with a 12-6 advantage by the end of the first period. But the Bemidji St team's lead would be slimmed down to 14-10 by the 7:15 mark of the second period and The HAMster Balls team would eventually get this game leveled at 19 a piece by the halftime break. Things would still be knotted up at 23 a piece by the 7:45 mark of the third period but the Bemidji St team found a second wind and established a 29-24 advantage with 2:30 left and they appeared to have things going their way with a 32-26 lead by the end of the third period. But The HAMster Balls team double down on defense once the fourth period got underway and clawed their way back to within a single possession down 32-30 near the midway point of the fourth period. The Bemidji St team was unable to find much offensively down the stretch and that allowed The HAMster Balls team to finally get this one tied up once more at 32 a piece with 1;45 left in regulation. With under thirty seconds left in regulation, The HAMster Balls team pushed ahead 34-32 and they would hold on in the frantic few final seconds to earn a hard-fought win.......Meanwhile, an interesting contest was brewing over on Court 2 between The Currey Crew team and the Leaky Roof team. The Currey Crew team would grab a 3-0 lead out of the gate in the first period at the 9:50 mark and they would still have the upper hand with a 12-7 advantage with 2:05 left and would maintain the five-point cushion at 17-12 by the end of the first period. But the Leaky Roof team would get this contest tightened up significantly by the 7:45 mark of the second period down just 22-20 and they would get this game leveled at 22 a short time later. Things would still be knotted up at 28 a piece with 3:30 left before The Currey Crew team was able to poke its nose back out in front by a 34-32 count with :35 left and they would own a slim 37-34 advantage by the halftime break. Not leaving anything to chance, The Currey Crew team would get on a spurt once the third period got underway and they would increase their lead to 43-37 by the 8:30 mark and they would establish a double-digit advantage at 54-42 with 3:45 left. The Leaky Roof team was unable to find the earlier magic they had enjoyed earlier and by the end of the third period, The Currey Crew team found themselves up 63-49. The Leaky Roof team would attempt one more bid to draw closer; cutting the deficit down to ten at 63-53 by the 7:25 mark of the fourth period and there was still a ray of hope when they had the deficit down to nine at 65-56 near the midway point of the fourth period but they could never get any closer than that as The Currey Crew team closed this one out down the stretch.......Another very good game was taking place over on Court 3 between the Arden Hills team and the Lions Black team. The Arden Hills team would own the upper hand in this contest coming out of the gate as they enjoyed an 8-4 advantage at the 6:50 mark of the opening period and they would stretch that lead to 11-4 by the 6:20 mark. But the Lions Black team would narrow the deficit to a single possession down 11-8 with 4:00 left and the Arden Hills team's lead would be down to just two at 16-14 by the end of the first period. But the Arden Hills team would step on the gas again once the second period got underway and get a bit more breathing room with a 20-16 advantage by the 8:45 mark of the second period and they would get that lead to seven at 28-21 with 2:55 left and they appeared to be in control of things with a 30-23 lead by the halftime break. But things changed quickly in this contest once the third period got underway as the Lions Black team stormed back with a 10-0 run to assume a 33-30 lead by the 6:10 mark of the third period and two scores by graduate senior Emma (not evil) Kniefel (lay-up and score in the paint) helps the Lions Black team maintain this three-point edge at 35-32 a short time later. The Lions Black team lead would be cut to 37-36 with 1:10 left but they would get a bit more breathing room up 40-36 by the end of the third period on a three-point bomb right before the buzzer. Things would remain tight once the fourth period got underway with the Lions Black team holding onto a 40-38 lead at the 8:05 mark and with 3:55 left in regulation, the Lions Black team was holding onto this tenuous two-point lead at 45-43. With 2:30 left in regulation the Lions Black team would be up 48-45 and they would up that lead to 50-45 with 2:00 left. The Lions Black team was still not out of the woods just yet as the Arden Hills team made one more bid down the home stretch but fell just short by two points at the end........Over on Court 4, the Court Crashers team was taking on the Luther team and this one was all the Court Crashers team at the beginning as they held an 8-4 lead by the midway point of the first period and would balloon that lead to 24-6 by the end of the first period. The Court Crashers team would own a 34-15 lead with 3:40 left in the second period and with a 40-24 lead by the halftime break, the Court Crashers team appeared to be safe. The Court Crashers team would enjoy a 48-32 advantage near the midway point of the third period and they would maintain this fourteen-point edge up 50-36 with 2:00 left and they still appeared to be in very good shape up 52-39 by the end of the third period. But the Court Crashers double-digit cushion would slowly but surely evaporate once the fourth period got underway as they lead was shrunk to 61-48 near the midway point of the fourth period and the Luther team would keep clawing away; eventually getting back into single-digit range again. They would get it down to just four points at 65-61 in the final minute of play but bringing this one back all the way proved to be a bridge too far as the Court Crashers team held on for a nail-biting win.
Nowhere near the drama in the 7:15 PM slot. On Court 1, The Mix Ups team was taking on the Lions Gold team. Things would stay tight early on in this one with The Mix Ups team holding a 3-2 advantage at the 9:05 mark of the opening period and the Lions Gold team would get this one tied at 10-all with 3:08 left. And although The Mix Ups team would hold a slim 14-12 lead by the end of the first peeriod, they would gradually get more breathing room as they would own a 21-16 lead midway through the second period and would up that lead to seven at 28-21 by the halftime break. The Lions Gold team would attempt to tighten things up in the early moments of the third period as The Mix Ups team's lead was down to 32-27 by the 7:45 mark of the third period but they would go on another push to up the lead to nine at 37-28 with 4:15 left and would have a ten-point cushion at 44-34 by the end of the third period. The Mix Ups team would maintain this ten-point cushion up 46-36 midway through the fourth period and they held their opponent at bay down the stretch to get the win.......Over on Court 2, the KATZ team was looking for some redemption after a tough first week for them as they were taking on a team doing double duty on this night - the Bemidji St team. The KATZ team jumped on their opponent quickly; building an 8-2 lead by the 7:13 mark of the first period and getting the lead to 16-8 with 3:00 left. The Bemidji St team would briefly cut the deficit down to six at 20-14 with 1:20 left but then the KATZ team unleashed a 4-0 spurt to own a ten-point cushion at 24-14 by the end of the first period. The Bemidji St team would briefly have the deficit down to single digits again at 28-20 at the 7:45 mark of the second period but the KATZ team would rebuild that double-digit cushion at 36-25 midway through the second period and would lead 40-28 with 2:30 left and they would enjoy a 45-34 lead by the halftime break. The KATZ team would grow this lead to 56-37 by the 6:40 mark of the third period and the lead would soon balloon to 62-39 with 4:30 left. Two free throws by junior-to-be Kaylee Miron had the KATZ team up 65-44 with 1:35 left and by the end of the third period, the KATZ team was rolling with a 69-44 advantage. There was little doubt as to how this one was going to end up as the KATZ team would hold a 71-50 lead at the 7:35 mark of the fourth period and they would maintain the status quo with a 73-52 lead midway through the fourth period as they rolled to an easy win........And certainly not much drama either on Court 3 in this time slot that saw the Sara's Shooters team taking on the Court Crashers team which was also doing double duty on this Wednesday evening. The Sara's Shooters team would hold an 11-5 lead at the 6:52 mark of the opening period and would be up 15-8 by the midway point of the first period. With 1:05 left, the Sara's Shooters team grew its lead to double-digits at 26-11 and they would hold this same lead by the end of the first period. The Sara's Shooters team would grow its lead to 30-14 by the 8:10 mark of the second period and that lead would bulge to 40-18 with 2:30 left. By the halftime break, the Sara's Shooters team was already cruising with a 46-19 lead. Not much changed once the third period got underway with the Sara's Shooters team up 51-20 by the 6:30 mark of the third period and a 56-25 lead with 1:30 left and they would be up 56-27 by the end of the third period. A 4-0 spurt by the Sara's Shooters team had this one all but in the books by the 7:45 mark of the fourth period with a 60-27 lead as they rolled to a blowout victory.......The weird game of the night took place over on Court 4 in this time slot that saw the CSB team taking on the Free Agents team. The CSB team appeared to take control early in this contest as they would hold an 11-8 lead by the midway point of the opening period and they would slowly grow this lead to 22-16 with 1:15 left and still have a 24-19 advantage by the end of the first period. The CSB team would grow its lead to seven at 33-26 by the 6:02 mark of the second period and up that lead to 41-32 with 1:05 left and with a 43-32 lead at the halftime break, all signs seemed to be pointing toward an easy win for the CSB team. But the Free Agents team would slyly whittle away at this deficit once the third period got underway; crawling back to within single digits down 50-42 midway through the third period and by the end of the third period, the CSB team definitely appeared to be losing its grip with a tenuous 53-49 advantage. The Free Agents team had the energy once the fourth period got underway and they would eventually poke their nose out in front 57-55 by the 6:05 mark of the fourth period and not let up. By the midway point of the fourth period, the Free Agents team had grown its lead to 63-55 and despite a late bid by the CSB team that got the deficit down to five at 65-60 with 2:00 left in regulation, the Free Agents team shut the door down the stretch to get the come-from-behind victory.
Things revert to a Wednesday night format this next week so make sure you get down to the Midtown YWCA to catch all the action!
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