Box ScoreWAVERLY, Iowa-- Junior Kailey Kladivo (Traer) and freshmen Kristie and Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) finished with 24, 16 and 14 points, respectively in the 68-59 loss to Luther Wednesday.
Kladivo's point total was just five shy of her career mark and scored 16 points in the first frame alone.. She also finished a perfect 8-8 from the free throw line. This was the fifth time in her career shy has finished a perfect 1.000 from the stripe.
The Norse earned their eighth-straight victory as they also opened the Iowa Conference portion of their season 1-0.
The Knights are now 9-3 on the season.
The Orange and Black opened the game on a 14-4 lead over the first five minutes of the game and took the 34-30 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Luther sliced the lead to one point at 15:26 in the second half, but Wartburg answered with a 6-4 run over the next two minutes to build its margin to three with 13:02 to go.
The Norse took the lead at 49-47 at 12:20 and did not relinquish it.
The Knights return to the court Saturday when they travel to Dubuque to face the Spartans at 2 p.m.
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