WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 11/12 Wartburg defeated Coe 52-45 Wednesday night in a back-and-forth battle. The win moves the Knights to 15-2 overall and 8-0 in American Rivers Conference play.
 
Game Summary

• First half
  • First quarter
    • Coe started the game on a 9-0 run before Lauren Woeste made a layup and Britney Young connected on a three-pointer to cut the lead to four
    • Jaedon Murphy made a layup and Sara Faber made two free throws to cut the Kohawk lead to two with two minutes left in the quarter
    • Finley Fitzgerald finished the quarter for the Knights with a made layup to make it 15-11 Coe after one
  • Second quarter
    • Taylor Runchey started the scoring in the second half with a made three-pointer followed by two free throws by Macy Harris to make it 16-15 Wartburg with 8:30 left in the second
    • Lauren Donlea and Woeste made back-to-back layups to give the Knights the lead at 20-17 with 2:15 left in the half
    • Woeste finished the half for Wartburg with a free throw to put Wartburg up 21-20 at the half

• Second half
  • Third quarter
    • Coe started the half on an 8-0 run before Murphy scored five points of her own to cut the Kohawk lead to three, with four minutes remaining in the quarter
    • Runchey and Woeste both made layups to make it 31-30 Coe with 2:30 left in the quarter
    • Runchey connected on a three for the Knights before Coe could answer with a layup to tie it at 33 headed to the fourth
  • Fourth quarter
    • Woeste started the fourth for the Knights with a layup followed by a layup by Harris to give Wartburg the lead at 37-36
    • Faber made a layup followed by a three-pointer by Harris to give Wartburg a 42-40 lead with 2:15 remaining in the game
    • Murphy connected on a three-pointer and made a layup to push the Knights lead to 47-42
    • Wartburg finished off the game with a free throw from Runchey and a pair of free throws from both Murphy and Woeste to give the Knights the 52-45 win

 

The Knights keep rolling as one of the best teams in DIII ball this season. @WartburgWBBALL stays perfect in the ARC, thanks to a last-minute push from Jaedon Murphy. pic.twitter.com/ZCZWW7gFa1

— Owen Siebring (@owensiebring) January 18, 2024

Top performers

• Jaedon Murphy
  • 14 points
    • 5/11 FG
    • 2/6 3P
  • Five rebounds
  • Three blocks
• Lauren Woeste
  • 11 points
    • 4/6 FG
  • 10 rebounds
  • One block
  • One steal
• Macy Harris
  • Seven points
    • 2/6 FG
    • 2/2 FT
  • Seven rebounds
  • Two assists
  • One steal

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg now leads the all-time series 50-20
• The Knights have now won 14 of the last 15 meetings
• Career-high in rebounds for Woeste
• Wartburg outrebounded Coe 47-38
• Harris is 24 points away from 1,000 career-points

 
Next Time Out
Wartburg will travel to Pella on Saturday, Jan. 20 to face Central at 2 p.m.