WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 7/7 women's basketball opened up play at its own holiday tournament with an 86-42 rout of Crown College on Friday, Dec. 29. The Knights are now 11-1 overall and remains 4-0 in American Rivers Conference play.
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • First Quarter
    • After early baskets from Crown, both Sara Faber and Macy Harris scored in the paint to make the score 5-4
    • The Knights tied the game at nine after a three from Grace Hennessy and then took their first lead after a Lauren Woeste layup to make the score 11-9 halfway through the first
    • Faber connected on three three pointers in the final minutes of the quarter to give Wartburg a 22-16 lead
  • Second Quarter
    • The Knights came out firing to start the second, with three pointers from Taylor Runchey, Hennessy and Harris to put Wartburg ahead 33-18 just two minutes into the period
    • A Jaedon Murphy three ball put the Knights ahead by 20 with 4:30 left in the half
    • Wartburg closed the half on a 12-0 run capped off by three pointers from Lauren Golinghorst and Britney Young
      • Knights led 52-22 at the break
• Second Half
  • Third Quarter
    • The Knights dominated the third quarter, coming out of the half on a 19-0 run to go up 71-22 with 2:35 left in the third quarter
      • Faber and Murphy combined for the first nine points of the run
      • Harris and Young both made three's in the run
      • Wosete scored two at the line and Finley Fitzgerald made an and-one layup
    • Fitzgerald took a steal coast-to-coast to close the third and Wartburg led 73-29
  • Fourth Quarter
    • Layups from Murphy and Woeste kept the Knights up 40+ points halfway through the fourth
    • Wartburg continued to score as Ava Tretin scored twice in the paint and Tatum Grubbs scored five points capped off by a three pointer
    • Wartburg won 86-42

Top Performers

• Faber
  • 18 points
    • 7/13 FG
    • 4/9 3P
  • Four rebounds
  • Two steals
• Woeste
  • 16 points (Career-high)
    • 7/7 FG
    • 2/2 FT
  • Two steals
• Harris
  • Eight points
    • 3/6 FG
    • 2/3 3P
  • Eight assists
  • Five rebounds

 
Notes/Streaks

• This was the first matchup between these programs
• Woeste tied career high in field goal percentage and set new career high in scoring with 16 points
  • Second time going 7/7 in her career
  • Fourth time going 5/5+ in her career
• Knights won the second quarter and third quarter by a combined 51-13
  • Held Crown to six points in second and seven in the third
• Wartburg held a 52-30 advantage in rebounds
  • 20-9 in offensive rebounds
• Wartburg shooting: 45.8% FG, 35.7% 3P, 62.5% FT

 
Next Time Out
The Knights will move on to tomorrow's final against the winner of UW-River Falls and WashU at 3 p.m. inside Levick Arena.