Wasn't able to make it down for last week's games on 6-13 and 6-14 as I had to work late both days and was just too pooped to pop when I got home. But wasn't going to let that happen this week and here's the results of the games I was able to cover on this last Tuesday evenng 6-20:
6:15 P.M. Games
GAC Gold - 77
CSB - 75
Hamline - 51
St. Scholastica - 40
7:15 P.M. Games
Wash-Ups - 71
St. Scholastica - 44
Retired Athletes - 68
UW-Eau Claire - 63
Bethel - 45
Northwestern - 41
Only two games in the 6:15 P.M. slot on this Tuesday night as GAC wasn't able to bring enough players to field two teams that would have featured one of those teams taking on St. Kate's so that pretty much forced the St. Kate's team to split up and scrimmage against itself and a couple of CSB players. But, on Court 1, easily the best game on this night saw the GAC Gold team taking on the CSB team as these two old MIAC rivals know each other very well. This contest would be leveled at three a piece early on as both teams traded early three-point bombs but then the CSB team got a big lift from senior-to-be Carla Meyer when she knocked down a jumper from the left corner just inside the arc that gave them a 13-8 advantage with 3:35 left in the first period and CSB would hold the upper hand by the end of this opening period at 22-18 in what was already proving to be a high-scoring affair. The GAC Gold team would pull to within a single possession down 26-24 by the 7:00 mark of the second period but then Meyer would strike again - this time from three-point land - to give the CSB team the lead at 29-26 by the midway point of the second period. Undaunted, the GAC Gold team would battle right back and a three-point bomb by senior Izzy (Izzy Izzy, you're making me dizzy) Quick would give the GAC Gold team a brief 40-39 lead before a late score by the CSB team propelled them back in front at 41-40 by the halftime break. The CSB team would get a bit more breathing room by the 7:00 mark of the third period with a 50-43 advantage but a push by the GAC Gold team; punctuated by a Quick lay-up, had them right back in the thick of things down 50-47 by the midway point of the third period. The GAC Gold team would continue with its momentum; taking a 59-55 lead coming down the home stretch of the third period but that four-point cushion was whittled down to a scant point when the CSB team connected with a buzzer-beating three-point bomb by the end of the third period. The GAC Gold team would hold a 63-61 advantage by the 6:50 mark of the fourth period but Meyer would come through yet again for the CSB team with another three-point bomb that pushed them back in front at 64-63 by the 6:10 mark. Right back came the GAC Gold team as they would grab a 75-70 lead with 2:25 left in regulation but the CSB team would make one last bid and climb back to get to within a single possession down 77-75 with exactly 1:00 left. Alas, it was not to be for the CSB team as the GAC Gold team hung on for an exciting win........Two other MIAC rivals were going at it over on Court 3 as the St. Scholastica team was taking on the Hamline team. The Hamline team would grab a 6-2 lead by the 6:30 mark of the opening period and they would hold a 10-5 advantage by the midway point of the first period. But the gamey St. Scholastica team would hang tough and slyly chip away at the deficit and by the end of the first period they were right back in the thick of things down 17-16. A quick 5-0 push by the Hamline team gave them a bit more breathing room up 22-16 by the 8:00 mark of the second period and near the midway point the lead grew to eight at 24-16 but a spurt by the St. Scholastica team cut the deficit to four at 24-20 with 3:00 left in the second period although the Hamline team was able to increase their safety net by the halftime break up 26-20. The Hamline team started to take control of things once the third period got underway as they would increase their lead to 28-20 by the 8:10 mark of the third period and by the 6:20 mark the Hamline team was keeping this big run going with a cozy 34-20 advantage. The Hamline team would be up 38-22 with 2:25 left and they would still hold a sizable 38-25 advantage by the end of the third period. To their credit, the St. Scholastica team would finally get things going again after a relatively dormant third period and cut the deficit to twelve at 40-28 by the 7:30 mark of the fourth period and they would keep picking away and finally crawl back to within single-digit range again down 49-40 with 2:30 left in the contest but the hole they had dug for themselves in that third period was costly as the Hamline coasted in for the win.
The St. Scholastica team would do double-duty on this night and the immediate task in front of them in the 7:15 P.M. slot would be even more daunting as they would be taking on perhaps the best team in this Midtown YWCA Women's College Summer League - the Wash-Ups team. And the Wash-Ups team looked anything but "washed up" as they would take an early 3-0 lead thank to a three by former UST and Lester Prairie lefty standout Madi Radtke's bomb from behind the arc. The St. Scholastica team would have this game deadlocked at eight a piece midway through the first period and they would take a brief 17-16 lead with :30 left in the first period but the Wash-Ups team would take the lead right back on another three-point bomb and add another late score to hold a 21-17 lead by the end of the first period. Things soon started going south for the St. Scholastica team after that as the Wash-Ups team would increase their lead to 30-21 by the midway point of the second period and with :50 left, another dagger "3" by Radtke helped give the Wash-Ups team a sizable 39-21 advantage by the halftime break. The Wash-Ups team was rolling up 44-24 by the 7:00 mark of the third period and a pretty coast-to-coast lay-up by Caitlin Peterson (St Cloud St '21) enabled the Wash-Ups team to hold an insurmountable 58-31 advantage by the end of the third period. The Wash-Ups team had things in cruise control by the fourth period; enjoying a 69-38 advantage enroute to an easy win........A much tighter contest was ensuing over on Court 2 between the UW-Eau Claire team and the Retired Athletes team as the former would hold an early 3-0 edge and the UW-Eau Claire team would still be out in front 9-7 by the midway point of the first period and would establish a bit more breathing room up 18-13 by the end of the first period. Things were still looking good for the UW-Eau Claire team as they would grow their lead to 26-19 by the 6:00 mark of the second period and would increase that lead to nine at 28-19 with 3:30 left in the second period but it was here that the Retired Athletes team got things in gear. A three-point bomb by former Park Center standout Ann Simonet (UM-Duluth '22) helped bring the Retired Athletes team right back into the thick of things down just 31-28 with 1:45 left and by the halftime break, the Retired Athletes had snared the lead away with a 32-31 advantage. The Retired Athletes team would hold a 37-35 edge early on in the third period and got a bit of breathing room with a 42-38 advantage by the midway point of the third period. The UW-Eau Claire team would slice the deficit down to one at 44-43 with 3:21 left in the third period but the Retired Athletes team found a second wind and late run to hold a 54-48 lead by the end of the third period. The UW-Eau Claire initially looked like they might be in some trouble at this point but they quickly set out to turn the tables once the fourth period got underway and a 7-0 push to start the fourth period had them back out in front 55-54 at the 7:45 mark of the fourth period. The Retired Athletes team would come right back, however, and take a 62-58 lead with 4:20 left in regulation and increase that lead to 66-61 with 2:05 left to claim the hard-earned victory with former Park Center standout Danielle Schaub (Sioux Falls '22) unofficially tallying 26 points on this night........A north metro neighborhood rivalry between teams from the MIAC and UMAC was going down over on Court 3 as the Bethel team was taking on the Northwestern team. The latter would grab an early 4-0 lead and they would hold the upper hand throughout the first period; enjoying an 11-8 advantage with 2:15 left in the first period and they would maintain the three-point edge with a 14-11 lead by the end of the first period. The Northwestern team would attempt to get a bit of space early on in the second period on a three-point bomb that had them up 20-15 by the 8:25 mark but the Bethel team showed that it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon as they had themselves back to within a single possession down 20-17 midway through the second period. With 1:10 left in the second period, the Northwestern team's lead had shrunk to two at 23-21 and by the halftime break, the Northwestern team was clinging to a 23-22 advantage. The Bethel team would finally push ahead at 25-23 early on in the third period but the Northwestern team; thus far relying on its three-point prowess, forged back in front at 26-25 by the 7:25 mark of the third period. The Northwestern team would manage to keep the slightest of upper hands; holding a 34-29 lead with 2:25 left in the third period and seeing that lead shrink again up 34-32 with 1:25 left and by the end of the third period, the Northwestern team once again was hanging by a thread up 35-34. Things would be deadlocked at 38 by the 6:15 mark of the fourth period but the Northwestern team would again rely on its three-point shooting that allowed them to take a 41-38 lead by the midway point of the fourth period. Down the stretch however, the three-point shooting aspect would betray the Northwestern team and the Bethel team would rely on a timely "3" of their own to get the game tied again at 41 with 4:50 left. Less than a minute later, the Bethel team would poke its nose out in front by a 43-41 count and that would grow to 45-41 with 2:00 left as the Bethel team hung on for the tough win.
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