One of the things I love about the Northern Sun is their men's/women's doubleheaders. This weekend Southwest MN State and Winona State took to the road for a pair of doubleheaders each and, as it happens, those 8 games were the only ones between Friday night and Saturday night that featured all-MN matchups.
On Friday it was Southwest State at St. Cloud State, and Winona State and MN State-Mankato. On Saturday it was Southwest at UMD, and Winona at Concordia St. Paul.
The best game of the 8 was Friday night's women's matchup at Mankato, won by Winona 79-69 in 2OT. Winona led 49-39 after 3 but Mankato roared back to tie it up at 63-all. In fact, Winona needed a last-second bucket to force OT. In the 1st OT each team scored just 2 points. In the 2nd, Gabie Doud hit a quick 3 and scored 6 points total as the Warriors were able to pull away. Allie Pickrain's (Eastview) line was 16 points-6 boards-8 assists and 3 steals for Winona, while Brooke Tonsfeldt (Moorhead) went 11-18-4-2 for Mankato.
No wonder, then, that Winona ran out of gas the following night. Concordia SP outscored them 11-4 down the stretch for a 53-49 win as guard Anna Schmidt (Waconia) scored the Bears final 5 points.
Meanwhile, the Southwest State women lost to St. Cloud State 72-60 and to UMD 60-39 as Madelin Dammann (Waconia and St. Cloud) and Sarah Grow (Centennial and Duluth) each scored 20 with 8 boards against the Mustangs.
OK, then, then men: both Southwest and Winona split their weekend games. Both lost on Friday: Southwest to St. Cloud 80-60 and Winona to Mankato 78-62. But, both won on Saturday: Winona defeated CSP 82-66 and Southwest knocked off UMD 75-63. Ryan Bruggeman of Southwest scored 30 points, including 11-of-11 FT, on Saturday, after scoring 16 on Friday.
All of this leaves Mankato and St. Cloud in 2nd place in the NSIC South and North, respectively, among the men, with one conference loss. Northern State and Wayne State are undefeated and in 1st place. Winona and Southwest are tied for 5th in the South at 2-3.
Among the women, MSU-Moorhead and Augustana are undefeated, UMD has just one loss, while St. Cloud, Winona and Concordia all have 2 losses. Southwest State is a disappointing 1-4.
Game of the Day(s)--Winona State women 79 MSU Mankato 69 (2OT) on Friday
Player of the Day(s)--Ryan Bruggeman, Southwest State men, 46 points in 2 games, became the school's all-time leading scorer
Team of the Day(s)--UMD women, also defeated Sioux Falls on Friday
Coach of the Day(s)--Karla Nelson, MSU Moorhead women, who defeated Mary and Minot to remain unbeaten in the NSIC
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