DWU vs Hastings

Well, the game lost some of it's importance when DWU won Wednesday night and Hastings lost. DWU wins the conference no matter what happens tomorrow. However, it sure would be nice to win the last regular season game. And although it has lost some importance in dealing with the conference champion, this game may have just become even more important for Hastings. If they win on Saturday, they remain #2 in the conference, probably still get a decent national ranking, and regardless of how they do in the conference tournament, most likely get an at large bid to the national tournament. However, if they lose, they have the same conference record as both USF and Briar Cliff. Both of those teams, through many different tie breakers involving head to head and beat the top teams in the conference, win the tie breakers against Hastings (that is, of course, if USF and Briar Cliff both win on Saturday). And if that were the situation, Hastings would possibly drop out of the top 25, become the #4 seed in the conference tournament, and then the only way for them to go to the national tournament would be to win the conference championship, which would mean beating DWU at the Corn Palace in the semi-finals. So the game may have lost some of it's luster, but it really became more important for Hastings.

About Hastings... they can score, and shoot, and score. They average over 84 points per game on the season and besides their loss to Dana on Wednesday, they had been averaging just a point or two shy of 100 per game in their previous 6. DWU's guards will have all they can handle defensively as their top three scorers are guards. Vontz (21), Slough (5), and Fletcher (13) are the guys to watch out for. But the other guys can shoot it also and like to. Hastings attempted 45 3-point field goals vs Dana on Wednesday night.

The girls will have their hands full as they host #1 rated team in the country. Come support the DWU women and men at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. If you absolutely can't make, you can watch it here:

Webcast of game - courtesy of Daily Republic