DECORAH, Iowa – No. 2/2 women's basketball (6-0, 1-0 A-R-C) went on the road and defeated Luther College (4-1, 0-1 A-R-C) 78-62 in the first American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) action of the season for both teams.
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • First Quarter
    • The Knights' first basket of the game was a three pointer from Jaedon Murphy with an assist from Britney Young
    • Sara Faber scored five of the next six points for Wartburg and the Knights led 9-7 with 5:05 left in the opening quarter
    • Murphy, Faber and Lauren Woeste all scored to give Wartburg a 15-9 lead, but Luther battled back to make it 15-13 after one quarter
  • Second Quarter
    • The Knights jumped out to a 20-13 lead after a three pointer from Murphy and a layup from Woeste
    • Wartburg went on an 8-2 run to make the score 30-19 with 5:25 left in the half after back-to-back threes from Young and Murphy followed by a Faber layup
    • Wartburg closed the half with four three pointers in the final four minutes of the half to make it 44-27 at the break
      • Faber (two), Murphy and Young closed the half with made threes
• Second Half
  • Third Quarter
    • Luther came out of halftime and went on an 8-2 run to cut Wartburg's lead to 11 points
    • Faber went 2/2 from the free throw line to stop the run and then minutes later she recorded a steal and found an open Grace Hennessy for three to make the score 51-37 with 6:59 left in the third
    • The Knights continued to build a lead after going on a 14-8 run led by seven straight points from Lauren Golinghorst
    • Woeste scored the final five points of the quarter and Wartburg led 67-47 after three quarters
  • Fourth Quarter
    • The Norse began the quarter on a 6-2 run after two made three pointers but a layup from Murphy put the Knights back up by 18 with just over six minutes left
    • Hennessy got to the free throw line, where she made both attempts to stop another Luther run
      • Wartburg led 73-58 with less than four minutes to play
    • Faber scored four of the final five points to close out a 78-62 victory on the road

 
Top Performers

• Sara Faber
  • 23 points
  • Six steals
  • Three assists
  • Three rebounds
• Jaedon Murphy
  • 19 points
  • Five rebounds
  • Three blocks
• Lauren Woeste
  • 15 points
  • 10 rebounds
  • Three asssits

 
Notes/Streaks

• 13^th straight win over Luther for Wartburg
• Third-straight game with 20+ points for Faber
  • Also back-to-back games with six steals
• Murphy and Hennessy combined for six blocked shots
• The Knights made a season-high 11 three pointers
  • Shot 40.7% as a team (11/27)
• Fifth double-double of the season for Woeste

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action next Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. inside Levick Arena against Loras College.