The St. Catherine University basketball team continued its impressive start to the season with an unbelievable upset of Bethel University Wednesday to open the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) schedule. Unfortunately, the Wildcats snapped their three-game win streak after falling 61-50 to Gustavus Adolphus College in the final minutes of the game Saturday afternoon in St. Peter, Minnesota.
The game opened up in favor of the Wildcats as they jumped out to an early lead and were even up by seven with 13:23 to play in the first half. As a team, the Wildcats made four 3-pointers in the first half to put the pressure on the talented Gusties who managed to pull away late in the opening half for a narrow 32-27 lead going into the break.
However, the Wildcats came out strong with a 6-0 run to regain the lead just 1:49 into the second half. The Wildcats continued to remain strong as they held a lead with less than 10 minutes to play in the game before the Gusties took a small lead. The Wildcats regained the lead and were up by four points with 7:25 remaining to play, but the Gusties finally broke away for the win going on a 15-1 run to end the Wildcats' hopes of defeating the Gusties for the first time since 2008.
LaShay Holt (Minneapolis, Minn./Humboldt) backed up her performance from Wednesday with another remarkable performance. The sophomore picked up a season-best and game-high 21 points and 15 rebounds for her third double-double of the season, sixth of her career and second in a row. She shot 41.2 percent for the field going 7-of-17 and 7-of-11 from the free throw line. Holt also had a game-high four steals and added two assists to complete her stat line.
Audra Clark (Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon-Wanamingo) also posted a double-digits in scoring with 14 points including a team-high two 3-point field goals. She also had a team-best three assists as well as two steals, two rebounds and a block.
Kennedy Jennings (Grimes, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes) came off the bench for five rebounds, four points, a steal and an assist, while
Shauna Horsch (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley) also had four points for the Wildcats.
Mikayla Miller led the Gusties with 19 points, while Miranda Rice added 12 points and Hannah Howard had nine points and a team-best eight rebounds.
The Wildcats will take a break from MIAC play as they return home for a non-conference contest with the University of Northwestern-St. Paul Wednesday evening. Start time is slated for 7 p.m. in the
Butler Center.
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