DECORAH, Iowa – No. 10/13 women's basketball defeated Luther 78-64 Wednesday night. The win moved the Knights to 17-2 overall and 10-0 in American Rivers Conference play.
 
Game Summary

• First half
  • First quarter
    • Sara Faber connected on a three-pointer to score the first points of the game and followed with a layup to give the Knights an early 5-3 lead
    • Minutes later, Grace Hennessy made a deep ball followed by layups from Britney Young and Hennessy on back-to-back possessions to cut the lead to three with 3:25 left in the quarter
    • Jaedon Murphy and Lauren Golinghorst made layups on back-to-back possessions to end the quarter and made it a 18-16 Luther lead after one
  • Second quarter
    • Faber started the quarter with a pair of free throws followed by a made layups from Murphy, Faber and Golinghorst to take a 24-23 lead two minutes into the quarter
    • Macy Harris added six points to the Knights scoring as she converted on two three-point plays, followed by a Lauren Woeste layup to make it 32-29 Wartburg halfway through the second quarter
    • Finley Fitzgerald made two free throws, before Golinghorst made a layup and Harris added five of her own to finish the half down 44-41
• Second half
  • Third quarter
    • Young, Murphy, and Harris all connected on three-pointers as Faber followed up with a made layup to make it 52-48 Knights, four minutes into the half
      • The made three by Harris pushed her over 1,000 points for her career
    • Hennessy and Young each added a layup, before Lauren Donlea made one free throw to push the lead to seven for the Knights
    • Murphy connected on another three-pointer followed by two free throws made by Taylor Runchey to finish the quarter with a 62-53 lead
  • Fourth quarter
    • Woeste scored the first points of the quarter to give the Wartburg an 11-point lead, before Luther went on 5-0 run to cut the lead to six
    • Golinghorst made a layup followed by a three-pointer and layup from Faber on back-to-back possessions to make it 71-62 Wartburg with 2:51 remaining
    • Young connected on a deep ball before the Knights finished the game at the line with made free throws from Harris and Murphy to make the final score 78-64 Wartburg

 
Top Performers

• Macy Harris
  • 16 points
    • 5/6 FG
    • 1/1 3P
    • 5/5 FT
  • Two rebounds
  • Two assists
  • One steal

 

• Sara Faber
  • 16 points
    • 6/9 FG
    • 2/3 3P
    • 2/2 FT
  • Two assists
  • Four steals

 

• Britney Young
  • 10 points
    • 4/8 FG
    • 2/6 3P
  • Three rebounds
  • Two assists
  • One steal
  • One block

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg now leads the all-time series 56-40
  • The Knights have won the last 12 meetings
• Macy Harris has eclipsed the 1,000-career point mark
  • 20^th player to surpass 1,000 points in program history
• Britney Young now sits in third for career three-point field goals with 199
  • Would be third player in program history to reach 200 made three-pointers
• Knights start 10-0 in conference play for second straight season

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 27 as they travel to take on Simpson at 2 p.m.