Gustavus Adolphus remains in third place in the MIAC, improving to 9-7 overall and 7-4 in the league. Macalester drops to 7-9 on the season, 4-7 in MIAC play.
Doble, who was 9-for-11 from the field, was joined in double figures by Trevor Wittwer with 20 points, Kane Sivesind with 16 and Phil Sowden with 15. The four GA players in double figures combined to go 26-for-36 from the floor (72%).
Tom Conboy finished with 22 points to pace Macalester, while Brad Liddell added 17 with the help of five three-pointers. Jesse Hollander had eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. MIAC assist leader Abe Woldeslassie dished out six helpers and Andy Stein came off the bench to provide eight points.
Gustavus out-scored the hosts 40-26 in points in the paint and 37-18 in bench scoring.
Macalester led for much of the first half and was on top 24-16 at the 7:42 mark before the visitors closed out the period on a decisive 22-6 run from that point forward to take a 38-30 lead into the locker room at halftime. Mac cut the lead to three points at 50-47 at 12:27 with a 10-2 run but could get no closer as Gustavus then went on a 13-5 rally to get the margin back up to 11 points at 7:08 to play. The lead was never in jeopardy after that.
Macalester has a bye Monday and returns to action Wednesday (Jan. 24) against St. Mary’s. The Golden Gusties play Monday (Jan. 22) at Augsburg.
Gustavus Adolphus vs Macalester 1/20/07 3:00 p.m. at St. Paul, Minn. (Macalester Gymnasium) At St. Paul, Minn. (Macalester Gymnasium) GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 79, MACALESTER 70 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS (9-7 / 7-4 MIAC) Andrew Doble 9-11 3-3 21; Trevor Wittwer 7-10 5-5 20; Kane Sivesind 5-7 3-4 16; Phil Sowden 5-8 3-5 15; Mike DesLauriers 2-3 0-1 4; Jay Stien 1-4 1-2 3; Andrew Olson 0-1 0-0 0; Jesse Van Sickle 0-2 0-0 0; Robert Schmidt 0-0 0-0 0; Tyler Kaus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-46 15-20 79. MACALESTER (7-9 / 4-7 MIAC) Tom Conboy 11-19 0-2 22; Brad Liddell 6-16 0-1 17; Andy Stein 4-6 0-0 8; Brian Ranwick 2-7 0-0 6; Jesse Hollander 2-6 0-1 6; Lars Johnson 2-4 0-0 5; Paul Richie 2-3 0-0 4; Abe Woldeslassie 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 30-66 0-4 70. Gustavus Adolphus............. 38 41 - 79 Macalester.................... 30 40 - 70 3-point goals-Gustavus Adolphus 6-12 (Kane Sivesind 3-4; Phil Sowden 2-3; Trevor Wittwer 1-2; Andrew Olson 0-1; Jesse Van Sickle 0-2), Macalester 10-32 (Brad Liddell 5-13; Jesse Hollander 2-3; Brian Ranwick 2-7; Lars Johnson 1-3; Abe Woldeslassie 0-2; Paul Richie 0-1; Tom Conboy 0-3). Fouled out--Gustavus Adolphus-None, Macalester-Lars Johnson. Rebounds-Gustavus Adolphus 27 (Jay Stien 6), Macalester 31 (Jesse Hollander 8). Assists-Gustavus Adolphus 17 (Mike DesLauriers 4), Macalester 17 (Abe Woldeslassie 6). Total fouls-Gustavus Adolphus 12, Macalester 18. A-425