WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 6/7 women's basketball continued its NCAA Tournament run on Saturday, Mar. 2 with a home win over No. 16/20 Illinois Wesleyan 62-59. The Knights will move on to the Sweet 16 next week, with opponent and location still TBD. 
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • First Quarter     
    • After an early, basket from Illinois Wesleyan, a Sara Faber three pointer got the Knights on the board
    • Points were hard to come by early, as a Lauren Woeste layup made the score 5-2 with 6:28 left in the first
    • Britney Young and Taylor Runchey both scored for Wartburg, but IWU scored five straight to take its first lead of the game 9-8
    • The Titans led by four with just over a minute left, but a three from Runchey and a three from Faber knotted the score at 14 all after the first
  • Second Quarter
    • IWU made an early three, but the Knights took the lead minutes later after a Woeste layup and a three ball from Young
    • After two Faber free throws put Wartburg up four, the Titans went on a 7-0 run to take a 26-21 lead with 2:42 left in the half
    • The lead grew to seven, but another Young three cut the lead to 29-24 at halftime
• Second Half
  • Third Quarter
    • Wartburg came out of halftime hot, scoring seven straight points after baskets from Jaedon Murphy and Macy Harris as well as Young's third three of the game
      • Score was tied at 31 with 7:47 left in the third
    • Woeste stopped a three minute scoring drought with a layup and then Young broke the tie with another three pointer to make the score 36-33 with just over three minutes left in the third
    • Wartburg closed the quarter with a three ball from Harris and a basket in the paint from Woeste
      • Knights led 41-35
  • Fourth Quarter
    • Three pointers from Faber and Young pushed the lead to 11 points with 8:03 remaining
    • Young connected on her sixth three of the night with 7:02 remaining to make the score 52-38
    • The Titans never stopped fighting and were able to claw back inside double-digits with just over four minutes left
    • The Wartburg lead shrunk to as many as just one point, but a free throw from Runchey and a clutch driving basket from Harris kept the Knights in front 60-56 with 16 seconds left
    • IWU made a late three, but free throws from Young and Murphy iced the game for the Knights
      • Wartburg won 62-59

 
Top Performers

• Britney Young
  • 22 points
    • 7/11 FG
    • 6/10 3P
    • 2/4 FT
  • Four rebounds
  • Three steals
• Sara Faber
  • 14 points
    • 4/10 FG
    • 4/8 3P
    • 2/2 FT
  • Four assists
  • Three rebounds
  • One steal
• Macy Harris
  • Nine points
    • 4/10 FG
    • 1/4 3P
  • Three rebounds
  • Two assists

 
Press Conference


Notes/Streaks

• Knights advance to round of 16 in back-to-back seasons
• First win in program history over Illinois Wesleyan
  • 1-2 overall
• Young's 22 points marked a career high
• Young also set a school record for threes made in an NCAA Tournament game with six
• Wartburg shooting: 43.8% FG, 41.4% 3P and 53.3% FT
  • IWU shooting: 40.4% FG, 28.6% 3P and 77.8% FT

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Next Time Out
The Knights will now await the rest of Saturday's results to determine where they will play the Sweet 16 round matchup.