St. Peter, Minnesota --The Gusties lost a heartbreaker Wednesday evening to conference opponent Concordia at Gus Young Court 61-67. The game began very tight, as both exchanged mini-runs the first half, with Gustavus claiming the edge at halftime, 33-30. The second half saw physical play by both teams and Concordia took a decisive seven point lead with 5:35 remining on a Leah Sonsteli free throw. Gustavus refused to yield to the Cobbers and battled back to regain the lead three minutes later on a Nissa Stolp (SO, Mankato/West) , layup to make the score 59-58. Concordia faught back and took the lead for good on a Sara Spears layup with 1:24 remaining in the game. The Cobbers would hit clutch free throws down the stretch to claim victory, 67-61.
Stolp led all Gusties with 17 points on six-for-nine shooting from the field and a perfect five-for-five from the charity stripe while grabbing four rebounds. Continuing strong post play was Liz Reed (JR, Faribault) who tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds.
The loss drops the Gusties to 1-1 in the MIAC and 2-2 overall. Concordia
is 3-2, 1-1 The Gusties continue MIAC play at home this Saturday
when they meet the Wildcats of St. Catherine's at 3:00 pm.
1997-98 Cobber Women's Basketball
1 2 total
Concordia 30 37
67
Gustavus 33
28 61
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Concordia Cobbers vs Gustavus Adolphus Co 12-10-97 5:30 pm at Gus Young Court, St. Peter, MN
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VISITORS: Concordia Cobbers TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 30 Heidi Schwichtenberg f 1 4 1 3 3 6 2 0 2 2 6 1 2 0 1 25 44 Sara Spears f 6 11 0 0 3 4 4 5 9 0 15 2 1 0 0 26 54 Leah Sonstelie c 6 17 0 0 5 10 6 4 10 0 17 5 0 3 0 31 10 Sara Kragerud g 4 7 0 0 4 5 1 2 3 2 12 1 3 0 0 29 24 Sarah Jacobson g 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 22 20 Brandi Myers 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 14 22 Nikki Vetter 1 6 1 3 1 2 5 3 8 0 4 2 6 0 2 24 32 Steffi Backer 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 42 Rebecca Karli 3 9 0 0 3 3 2 2 4 3 9 1 3 0 1 15 50 Nichole Walla 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM REBOUNDS................................ 4 2 6 TOTALS 22 68 2 9 21 32 26 26 52 9 67 12 19 4 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-37 .297 2nd Half: 11-31 .355 Game: .324 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 7 .143 2nd Half: 1- 2 .500 Game: .222 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 7- 9 .778 2nd Half: 14-23 .609 Game: .656 6 -----------------------------------------------------
HOME TEAM: Gustavus Adolphus Co
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Shelly Bishop f 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 4 0 1 24 42 Katie Hansen f 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 11 34 Liz Reed c 7 13 0 0 0 0 2 8 10 4 14 1 3 0 0 34 10 Sheila Schonrock g 2 6 0 3 1 2 0 4 4 2 5 5 5 0 4 35 12 Sara Schonrock g 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 22 20 Sarah Behnken 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 13 22 Becca Wold 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 9 3 3 0 1 21 30 Jessica Hogan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 40 Krista Larson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 50 Nissa Stolp 6 9 0 0 5 5 2 2 4 3 17 0 2 0 0 31 TEAM REBOUNDS................................ 2 1 3 TOTALS 27 60 1 9 6 7 7 25 32 25 61 20 20 0 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-34 .441 2nd Half: 12-26 .462 Game: .450 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 4 .000 2nd Half: 1- 5 .200 Game: .111 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 3- 3 1.000 2nd Half: 3- 4 .750 Game: .857 1
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OFFICIALS: Mike Vipond, Jim Christianson TECHNICAL FOULS: Concordia Cobbers - none Gustavus Adolphus Co- none ATTENDANCE:
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Concordia Cobbers 30 37 0 0 0 0 67 Gustavus Adolphus Co 33 28 0 0 0 0 61