Old computer's been in the shop so I've pretty much the whole week to catch up on.
Monday, Jan. 21--Big, big game, rivalry game, 1st place at stake, OVERTIME. This one had everything and it was the St. Thomas men edging the Johnnies 74-72 to stay unbeaten in the MIAC and increase their lead over the 2nd place Johnnies to 2 games in the loss column. St. John's led 51-40 at 14:05 of the 2nd half but the Tommies came back to lead 62-61 on a Connor Pair layup at 3:18. Neither team scored inside of 2:41 to set up the OT.
In OT, St. John's led again 71-69 but Anders Nelson hit a pair of throws and a 2, and each team added a FT for the 74-72 final. Zach Hanson and David Stokman scored 17 each for St. John's, Elijah Hannah scored 13 off the bench to lead the Tommies.
Player, Team and Coach of the Day--David Stokman, St. Thomas men, Johnny Tauer
Tuesday, Jan. 22--That was the day the Gophers came up short at #5 19-1 Michigan. The Gophers led 36-29 early in the 2nd half, then fell behind 52-39 as a result of a 23-3 Michigan run. A bit later it was 57-47 when the Gophers ripped off 10 straight points. A Gabe Kalscheur 3 tied it up at 0:31. Charles Matthews saved the Wolverines' bacon with a floater at the buzzer. Jordan Murphy led the Gophers with 15 points and 11 rebounds. The Gophers are 4-4, good for 7th in the Big 10. They need to be over .500 to have NCAA tournament hopes, and to do that they need more from Amir Coffey.
Jordan Murphy, Gopher men; Ryan Saunders led the Timberwolves to a 118-91 win at Phoenix.
Thursday, Jan. 24--This was the day the Gopher women came up short 64-53 to Purdue at home. It was a familiar script as the Gophers shot just 31 percent from the field and Purdue shot 46. The Gophers are 2-6, or 12th in the Big 10, and 13-6 overall. With that 11-0 non-conference schedule, a .500 conference record might be good enough but they are going to have to find their shooting touch again to have any chance.
Meanwhile the Timberwolves defeated the LeBron-less Lakers, still a nice win at 120-105 as Karl Anthony Towns scored 27 with 12 boards. In 4 games this week he scored 115 points with 52 boards, or an average of 29 pts and 13 boards.
Karl Towns, Timberwolves, Ryan Saunders again.
Friday, Jan. 25--The UMD women (now 11-3 in the NSIC) handed MSU Moorhead their 1st conference loss 69-53 as Sammy Kozlowski came up big with 20 points and 5 assists. She nailed 5-of-7 3s to lead Duluth to a 58 percentage on 3s as a team.
Sammy Kozlowski, UMD women, Mandy Pearson.
Saturday, Jan. 26--The St. Mary's women edged Gustavus 72-70, leaving both at 7-4 in the conference. St. Mary's led 54-47 after 3 but Gustavus stormed back to make it a one possession game a half dozen times or more but each time St. Mary's fought back. A Maddie Wagner FT brought the Gusties within 69-68 at 0:48, but Claire Patterson answered with a layup at 0:27. Kendall Thompson scored at :08 to make it 71-70, but Patterson made a FT for the final score. Thompson led all scorers with 19 points plus 5 boards and 6 assists for Gustavus.
Still, the Player of the Day was Booker Coplin of the Augsburg men with 25 points-7 boards-3 assists-2 steals and 2 blocks, though the Augies lost at Concordia 79-76.
Team and Coach--St. Mary's women and coach David Foley.
Next week we'll add our final 5 daily award winners and then we'll be ready to pick our Player, Team and Coach of the Month for January. Then in April we'll be picking our award winners for the 2018-2019 basketball season.
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