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Julie Drewes
53
Coe Coe 17-7,9-6 American Rivers
71
Winner Wartburg WAR 20-4,15-0 American Rivers
Coe Coe
17-7,9-6 American Rivers
53
Final
71
Wartburg WAR
20-4,15-0 American Rivers
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Coe Coe 15 5 17 16 53
Wartburg WAR 23 14 11 23 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Ben Woods

Knights Clinch Regular Season A-R-C Title With a 71-53 Win Over Coe

WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 20/25 Wartburg women's basketball clinched its 10th American Rivers Conference regular season championship with a 71,-63 win over Coe College on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Knights are now 20-4 overall and a perfect 15-0 in A-R-C play.
 
Game Summary
  • First Quarter
    • The Knights first basket came from a Britney Young three and then Sara Faber went 1/2 from the free throw line and then hit a three the following possession to put the Knights ahead 7-5 after almost four minutes of play
    • Lauren Woeste scored back-to-back layups assisted by Macy Harris and Maggie Wilkins and then a Natalie Bearbower three pointer extended the lead to 14-8 with 3:36 left in the quarter
    • Wartburg made three pointers on its next three possessions with Wilkins making two and Young making the other
    • Coe scored the last seven points to make the score 23-15 Wartburg after the first quarter
  • Second Quarter
    • Woeste started the second with a layup and then the Kohawks answered with a three to cut the Wartburg lead to seven with 7:36 to play in the half
    • Baskets from Faber and Woeste put the Knights back up by 10+ points with six minutes left in the half
    • Wartburg closed the half on a 6-0 run to take a 37-20 lead into halftime
  • Third Quarter
    • The Knights lead got to 20 early in the third after a Taylor Runchey three pointer and a Harris layup
    • Over the next three minutes Coe battled back and a three pointer cut the lead to 44-30 with 3:23 left in the third
    • Baskets from Faber and Wilkins kept the Knights lead over 10, but Coe trailed by just 11 going into the fourth quarter
  • Fourth Quarter
    • Coe started the quarter with a layup to make the score 48-39 Wartburg, but the Knights responded with three pointers from Faber and Jaedon Murphy
    • Faber connected again from deep with 6:59 to play and the Knights never looked back
    • After three points from Wilkins and another triple from Murphy, Wartburg led 63-46 with 3:23 to play
    • The lead got as high as 20, but the Knights closed out a 71-53 win at home
 
Top Performers
  • Faber
    • 19 points
      • 5/11 FG
      • 3/7 3P
      • 6/8 FT
    • Five rebounds
    • Three assists
    • Two steals
  • Woeste
    • 11 points
      • 4/4 FG
      • 3/5 FT
    • Six rebounds
    • One block
  • Murphy
    • 10 points
      • 4/12 FG
      • 2/7 3P
    • Seven rebounds
    • Three blocks
    • One assist
 
Notes/Streaks
  • 252nd Conference title for Wartburg among all sports.
  • Clinches No. 1 Seed and home court advantage throughout the A-R-C Tournament
    • 1st Round Bye
  • Fifth title under head coach Bob Amsberry
  • Wartburg scored 22 points off turnovers compared to Coe's nine
  • Harris led the team in assists with six
  • Wartburg shooting percentages:
    • 41.8% FG
    • 32.4% 3P
    • 73.7% FT
  • Young's four steals marks a season high
 
Next Time Out
The Knights will close the regular season on the road against No. 24 Loras College on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m.
 
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