CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball extended its winning streak to five on Wednesday, Jan. 11 with a 78-58 win over Coe College. The Knights are now 11-4 overall and sit atop the American Rivers Conference with a conference mark of 6-0.

The @WartburgWBBALL team is all alone on top of the @AmerRiversConf after pulling away from Coe on the road. pic.twitter.com/fQwZsAaxKa

— Owen Siebring (@owensiebring) January 12, 2023

 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • The Kohawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead early, but the Knights tied the game after a Macy Harris three-point play and Jaedon Murphy free throw
  • It was tied 6-6 before baskets from Lauren Woeste and Maggie Wilkins put the Knights up 10-6 with 4:39 left in the first quarter
  • After Coe made a 6-0 run to take a 12-10 lead, each team scored but the Kohawks took a 15-14 lead going into the second quarter
  • Murphy scored the opening five points of the quarter for Wartburg to take a 19-15 lead, but Coe tied it back up with 6:46 left in the half
  • The Knights went on a 10-0 run led by five points from Wilkins and a three pointer from Sara Faber
  • Wartburg held a 10 point lead before Murphy and Faber both connected on another three
  • The Knights led 41-26 at half
• Second Half
  • The Orange & Black opened the second half with an 11-0 run led by eight points from Faber and a three ball from Britney Young
  • Coe scored the next seven points to cut the lead to 52-33 with 5:55 remaining in the third quarter
  • Wartburg kept control of the game with a 11-3 run that put them ahead 63-36 with under a minute left in the quarter
  • Wartburg led 63-42 after three quarters
  • Faber started the fourth quarter with a three-point play to put the Knights up 68-42
  • After nine straight points from Coe, Faber made a layup and Wilkins connected from beyond the arc to put Wartburg up 73-51
  • The Knights held on to a 20 point lead down the stretch and won 78-58

 
Top Performers

• Faber
  • 24 points (Game-high)
    • 8/16 FG
    • 5/10 3P
    • 3/3 FT
  • Five rebounds
  • Two assists
  • Two steals
• Young
  • 11 points
    • 4/9 FG
    • 1/5 3P
    • 2/2 FT
  • Six assists
  • Six rebounds
  • Three steals
  • Two blocks
• Wilkins
  • 11 points
    • 5/9 FG
    • 1/2 3P
    • 1/1 FT
  • Four rebounds
  • Three assists
  • Three steals

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg now leads the all-time series 49-20
• The Knights have won four straight games by 20 or more points
• Wartburg dominated points off turnovers 33-7 and led points in the pain by 10 points
• Faber has scored 20+ points in three-straight games
• With 11 points today, Murphy is now 190 points away from 1,000 in her career

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are on the road again on Saturday, Jan. 14 against Buena Vista University at 2 p.m.