October 28 2019: Minnesota 113 Washington 110

Muskie's Rickey Green: Game MVP

Washington went to Minnesota in search of its first win of the season but came away empty handed with a 113-110 loss.  Minnesota managed to rest some key players like Danny Ainge and Bill Walton and still won the contest.   The Muskie bench came out to play.  G Rickey Green was the game MVP with 23 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds.  Other key contributors included Charles Barkley ( 18 points and 11 rebounds ), Kiki Vandewigh ( 16 points ), John Paxson ( 17 points ), Robert Parish ( 9 rebounds, 8 points ) and Craig Hodges ( 13 points, 5 assists).

The game featured 20 lead changes with the Muskies surviving some failed  3 point attempts by the Wizards in the last minute of play.  

Derek Smith led the Wizards with 15 points and 6 rebounds.  Other standouts included Gus Williams ( 16 points, 9 assists, 3 steals ) , James Donaldson ( 12 points , 9 rebounds) and Sleepy Floyd ( 15 points, 6 rebounds ). 

Coach Russell noted some improvement given the Wizard bench outscored the Muskies 61-36.  Nevertheless, there are no moral victories in Bill Rusell's universe.