MEDFORD, Mass.-- The No. 24 Wartburg women's basketball team fell 60-51 to No. 1/1 Christopher Newport Friday in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. The Knights close the 2022-23 season with an overall record of 23-7.

Game Summary

• First Quarter
  • Christopher Newport scored the first five points before a Jaedon Murphy layup got the Knights on the board
  • CNU stretched the lead to 10-2 with just over five minutes left in the first
  • Lauren Woeste made a free throw and Maggie Wilkins scored a layup, but Wartburg trailed 14-5
  • Macy Harris scored and then Wilkins converted on another layup to make the score 21-9 after one quarter
• Second Quarter
  • Sondra Fan scored to start the second for the Captains and Sara Faber answered with a basket of her own
  • Wartburg didn't score again for three minutes when Britney Young connected on her first triple of the game to make the score 31-14 with 4:09 left in the half
  • Wilkins made a three and then Olivia Baxter scored with 1:47 left in the half to make the score 33-19 CNU
  • Young closed the quarter with another three and the Knights trailed 36-22 at the break
• Third Quarter
  • Scores from Harris and Faber cut the lead to 12 points early in the third
  • The Knights got within 10 after Young's third three of the game with 5:48 left in the third
  • Murphy connected on a four-point play that made the score 35-44, but the Captains scored the last four of the quarter to make the score 48-35 after three
• Fourth Quarter
  • Murphy opened the fourth with a three pointer to cut the lead to 10 and then Faber cut the lead back down to 10 after a CNU answer
  • Christopher Newport was able to keep a 10+ point lead throughout the fourth quarter, despite a layup from Woeste and another three from Maggie Wilkins
  • The Captains held on to win 60-51

 
Top Performers

• Murphy
  • Double-double
    • 12 points
      • 4/13 FG
      • 2/5 3P
      • 2/3 FT
    • 13 rebounds (Career-high)
    • Three blocks
    • One steal
    • One assist
• Young
  • 12 points
    • 4/10 FG
    • 4/10 3P
  • Four assists
  • Three rebounds
• Wilkins
  • 10 points
    • 4/9 FG
    • 2/4 3P
  • Two assists
  • Two steals
  • One block

 
Notes/Streaks

• The Knights made 293 three pointers this season, which is a new school record for a season
  • Previous record was 292 during the 2019-20 season
• Murphy
  • Fifth career double double
    • Third this season
  • Joined the 1,000 point club with 12 points tonight
    • 18^th player in program history
• 23-16 all time in NCAA Tournament games now
  • 14-7 under Bob Amsberry
• Wartburg shooting percentages:
  • 34.6% FG
  • 33.3% 3P
  • 70% FT
• The Knights will lose no players to graduation