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The St. john's basketball team defeated Gustavus 79-60 in Collegeville Wednesday night. St. john's led 36-28 at halftime and expanded that lead in the 2nd half. Ryan Thissen led the Johnnies with 16 points, Brandon Adelman chipped in 12 points, Kyle Johnson added 11 points and Blake Berg chipped in 10.

St. John's basketball lost 81-76 at Concordia-Moorhead Wednesday before St. Ben's fell to Concordia-Moorhead 67-56.

Several Minnesota collegiate dance teams will be returning home from the national championships with some new hardware.

Two central Minnesota collegiate athletes performed well on the national stage.

The Minnesota Wild rallied for a win against St. Louis in overtime, the Timberwolves fell to New Orleans in OT, and the Twins got blown out by Kansas City. Meanwhile, collegiate baseball and softball teams ended up with three sweeps and a split.

The Timberwolves earned an upset win against the Utah Jazz, the Wild won their seventh straight game and secured a spot in the playoffs, and the Twins failed to get much offense going in a loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday. Local college baseball and softball teams had a mostly successful day as well. Between St. Cloud State, St. John's, and St. Ben's, three teams earned doubleheader sweeps and one was swept.

The College of St. Benedict hockey team hit the ice for the first time this season and came up short against Hamline University Saturday.

The College of St. Benedict basketball team ended their season in a loss to Bethel on the road Saturday.

The College of St. Benedict basketball team dropped their final home game of the season to the University of St. Thomas on Saturday.

The College of St. Benedict basketball team was not able to close out the final seconds of a close game against Hamline University on Saturday.