Harry Wessels has played in 85 games for Saint Mary's in three seasons and has not made a start. He played nine minutes against Gonzaga at UCU Pavilion on Saturday night and finished with two points and three rebounds.
And yet, Wessels became the Gaels' most important player in the final minute of their stirring 62-58 win over the Zags. And in turn, the 7-foot-1 center from Australia said that game might have been the most important for him in his college career.
"It may be the first time where (Mitchell) Saxen's fouled out and I really had to step up in a close game," Wessels in a postgame session with reporters.