WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball continued its winning streak with a 63-51 home win over No. 21 Loras College on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The Knights are now 13-4 overall and remain a perfect 8-0 in American Rivers Conference play.
Game Summary
- First half
- Loras led 3-2 for the first three minutes, before Maggie Wilkins and Jaedon Murphy both connected from deep to put the Knights up 8-5 with 5:45 left in the first
- Loras responded with an 8-0 run to take a 13-8 lead that led to a Wartburg timeout
- Sara Faber was able to hit from beyond the arc to cut the lead to 15-14 as the first quarter closed
- After each team scored early in the second, the score was 18-18 with 9:17 to play in the second quarter
- After being down three, the Knights took control with a 9-0 run led to go up 28-22 with under three minutes left in the half
- Faber closed the half with a steal and layup to put the Knights up 30-24 at halftime
- Second half
- Wartburg answered an early Loras three with a layup from Murphy and a three ball from Faber to go up 35-29 a minute and a half into the third
- With Loras trailing four, Macy Harris scored for points and Faber scored five over the next four minutes to put the Knights up 46-33 with 3:14 left in the third
- Murphy made a three in between Loras makes to keep the Knights up 10+
- Britney Young and Taylor Runchey both scored to close the third making the score 52-37 Wartburg
- Wartburg opened the final quarter with a 6-0 run that gave them its biggest lead of the night, up by 21
- After five straight Loras points Murphy stopped the run with a layup and then after another Loras make Young connected from deep to keep Wartburg up 63-46
- Loras scored the final five points and Wartburg closed out a 63-51 win
Top Performers
- Faber
- 23 points
- Six rebounds
- Two assists
- One steal
- Murphy
- 15 points
- Six rebounds
- Two blocks
- Two steals
- Young
- Seven points
- Four assists
- Two blocks
Notes/Streaks
- Seventh win in a row for the Knights
- First win over a ranked team this season
- Wartburg is now 61-27 in the all-time series
- Faber had her fifth 20 point game of the season
- Has scored at least 20 in four of last five games
- The Knights defense held Loras to its second lowest scoring game of the season
- Harris led the team in rebounding today with eight
- Wartburg shooting percentages:
Next Time Out
The Knights are off the rest of the week and will pick up play in a week on Wednesday, Jan. 25 against the University of Dubuque at 5:30 p.m. in Dubuque, Iowa.
