Here are the results of the games I was able to cover on the final night of this year's version of the Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League:
6:15 PM Games
Curry Crew - 91
Arden Hills - 75
Beavs - 65
Swish - 53
St. Olaf - 43
GAC Black - 33
CSB - 47
Anoka-Ramsey - 45
7:10 PM Games
Alumni - 68
St. Kate's - 44
MN-NYCE - 66
Beavs - 48
GAC Gold - 62
She Got Game - 26
Curry Crew - 83
Rusty Buckets - 45
Horrible bumper-to-bumper traffic resulted in it taking over an hour for me to get from my place in the northwest suburbs over to the Midtown YWCA to catch the last night of action. I finally arrived between 6:15 and 6:30 PM with the games in the 6:15 PM slot already well-underway. On Court 1, the Curry Crew team was taking on the Arden Hills team and by the midway point of the second period, the Curry Crew team had already established a double-digit advantage at 33-20 and they would maintain this cushion up 47-34 with 1:05 left and by the halftime break, the Curry Crew team was in good shape up 47-36. The Curry Crew team would still have the eleven-point lead at 54-43 by the 8:05 mark of the third period but they would then open up more distance after that and build a 77-56 lead by the end of the third period. The Curry Crew team would hold a 79-61 lead by the 7:30 mark of the fourth period and would outscore the Arden Hills team down the stretch to claim the dub on this one.........Things were significantly tighter over on Court 2 in this time slot between the Beavs team and the Swish team as the Swish team held a slim 29-27 advantage with 1:15 left in the second period and the Swish team would increase the lead to 32-29 by the halftime break. But the Swish team would see its lead cut to 36-35 by the 6:20 mark of the third period and soon thereafter the Beavs team would grab the upper hand and hold a 40-36 advantage with 4:30 left. A key 11-4 push by the Beavs team down the stretch would have them up double digits at 51-40 by the end of the third period. The Swish team was unable to find any answers once the fourth period got underway as the Beavs team grew its lead to 58-44 near the midway point and they were able to put things in cruise control the rest of the way to snag the win.........Two long-standing MIAC rivals were going at it on Court 3 as the GAC Black team was taking on the St. Olaf team. By the looks of things once I got settled in, this one was a close battle from the initial tip as the St. Olaf team was holding a slim 21-19 lead by the halftime break. The St. Olaf team would manage to get a bit more breathing room with a 23-19 advantage by the 7:30 mark of the third period but then the St. Olaf team would launch a big run that had them up double digits at 37-25 with 1:25 left and the St. Olaf team would hold onto this lead by the end of the third period. The GAC Black team would manage to climb back into single-digit range down 40-31 with 3:15 left in the fourth period but they could never get any closer than that down the stretch as the St. Olaf team closed out their summer league schedule with a good win.........Likely the best game on this night was taking place over on Court 4 that saw the Anoka-Ramsey team battling the CSB team. With 3:40 left in the second period, the Anoka-Ramsey team held a 20-16 lead and they would maintain this four-point cushion down the stretch to own a 22-18 advantage by the halftime break. But the Anoka-Ramsey team would see its lead cut to just one at 26-25 by the 6:45 mark of the third period and a 7-0 run by the CSB team suddenly had them up 32-26 near the midway point. The CSB team would own a 34-29 lead with 1:25 left and they still held this five-point edge up 39-34 by the end of the third period. But just when you thought the CSB team had things going its way, their fortunes appeared iffy in the fourth period as they saw the Anoka-Ramsey team claw back to within a single possession down 41-38 by the 6:15 mark and by the midway point, the Anoka-Ramsey team had this game leveled at 43-all. With 1:20 left in regulation, this game was still up for grabs tied at 45-all. With :33 left, the Anoka-Ramsey team was called for a foul and the CSB team got two free throws to go down to assume a 47-45 advantage. The Anoka-Ramsey team had two good opportunities in the waning moments of the game but couldn't get a shot to go down as the CSB team got out of Dodge with the win.
Blowouts were the buzzword in the 7:10 PM slot on this night. On Court 1, the Alumni team was taking on the St. Kate's team and the Alumni team would own a 7-3 advantage by the 7:30 mark of the opening period and by the end of the first period, the Alumni team had grown its lead to 19-10. The Alumni team would get its lead to double digits at 27-16 by the 7:20 mark of the second period and with 3:45 left, the Alumni team had doubled-up its opponent with a 36-18 advantage. By the halftime break, the Alumni team had a cozy 38-22 lead. Not much changed once the third period got underway as the Alumni team's lead grew to 43-22 by the 7:00 mark and they would get their lead stretched out to 51-29 with 2:55 left. By the end of the third period, the Alumni team was rolling with a 53-29 advantage. The Alumni team's lead would balloon to 57-34 by the 7:00 mark of the fourth period and they would be up safely 64-39 with 3:35 left in regulation as they rolled home with a big win.........Over on Court 2, the MN-NYCE team was taking on the Beavs team which was doing double-duty on this last night. Things would be close in the opening period with the MN-NYCE team holding a slim 10-8 lead near the midway point but down the stretch of this first period, the MN-NYCE team was able to establish more breathing room and by the end of the first period they would own an 18-12 advantage. The Beavs team would up its lead to 23-14 by the 8:55 mark of the second period and by the midway point, the Beavs team got its lead to twelve at 28-16 and they would maintain this cushion up 32-20 with 2:20 left. But the Beavs team appeared to have new life as they went on an 8-2 run down the stretch that at least had them back in the thick of things down 34-28 by the halftime break. But the Beavs team appeared to run out of gas once the third period got underway as the MN-NYCE team rebuilt its lead to 38-28 by the 7:00 mark and increased the lead to 40-28 near the midway point. The MN-NYCE team would be up 46-33 with 2:40 left and that lead would grow to 56-37 by the end of the third period. The MN-NYCE maintained this sixteen-point spread at 56-40 by the 6:10 mark of the fourth period and ran away with things the rest of the way to claim an easy victory.........Over on Court 3, the GAC Gold team was taking on the She Got Game team and it was all GAC Gold from the beginning as they would own an 11-4 advantage with 4:05 left in the opening period and even though the She Got Game team got the deficit slimmed down a bit at 13-8 with 1:20 left, the GAC Gold team would stretch its lead to 16-8 by the end of the first period. Up 16-9 by the 8:05 mark of the second period, the GAC Gold would get their lead to 24-11 near the midway point and would stretch it to 28-11 with 1:50 left. By the halftime break, the GAC Gold team would hold a 30-11 advantage. The GAC Gold team would slowly stretch its lead once the third period got underway; up 34-12 by the 7:15 mark and up 36-12 with 4:05 left. A 7-2 run down the stretch by the GAC Gold team had them up handily at 43-14 by the end of the third period. By the midway point of the fourth period, the GAC Gold team was running away with this one up 56-18 as they romped to an easy win.........Over on Court 4, the Rusty Buckets team was taking on the Curry Crew team. The Curry Crew team established an 18-10 lead with 3:30 left in the opening period but the Rusty Buckets team would embark on an 8-2 run that had the Curry Crew team's lead cut to just two at 20-18 by the end of the first period. This game seemingly had all the makings of a close one as the Rusty Buckets team grabbed a 25-24 lead by the 8:05 mark of the second period and they still had the upper hand near the midway point with a 28-26 advantage. The Curry Crew team would get this one tied at 28 a piece with 1:50 left and would then go on a game-changing 7-0 push that had them up 35-28 by the halftime break. The Rusty Buckets team never recovered from that and the Curry Crew team stretched its lead to 39-28 by the 8:55 mark of the third period and by the midway point, the Curry Crew was sitting pretty up 48-30. Things would only get worse for the Rusty Buckets team from then on as the Curry Crew team would own a 56-35 lead with 2:00 left and that lead would balloon to 60-37 by the end of the third period. By the 7:00 mark of the fourth period, the Curry Crew team had all but put the daisy on this one with a 72-41 advantage as they also romped to an easy win on this night.
Just want to give a shout out to Bruce Smith and his crew over at the Midtown YWCA for putting on another excellent Women's College Summer League this years that saw a lot of good teams, players and games. Was glad to cover another fun season of it!
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