WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 2 women's basketball opened the 2024-25 season at home in the Wartburg Tipoff Tournament with a 60-46 win over Westminster College on Friday, Nov. 8.
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • First Quarter
    • Jaedon Murphy scored the first points of the Knights' season when Maggie Wilkins found her open for a three pointer to tie the game at 3-3 early on
    • Following two free throws from Lauren Woeste, Grace Hennessy buried a three pointer from the corner with an assist from Finley Fitzgerald to put Wartburg ahead 8-3 with 6:30 remaining in the first
    • Westminster tied the game at 10 in the final minutes of the quarter, but Jenna Saunders made a three to put the Knights up three before the Blue Jays closed the quarter on a 5-0 run to make it 15-13 after one quarter
  • Second Quarter
    • Wartburg retook the lead in the first minute of the second quarter after a basket from Laruen Woeste and free throws from Lauren Golinghorst
    • After scores from Hennessy and Woeste, the game was tied 22-22 with 5:40 left in the half
    • Murphy made back-to-back layups for the Knights and Sara Faber tacked on a free throw to keep Wartburg in front 27-25, but Westminster closed the quarter with four straight points to take a 29-27 lead into half
• Second Half
  • Third Quarter
    • The Knights opened the half on a 5-0 run after a three from Faber and a layup from Woeste
    • Faber and Woeste continued to extend the lead to 38-31 with 6:02 left to go in the third
    • The lead was stretched to 10 after baskets from Hennessy, Golinghorst and Murphy and Wartburg led 44-33 after three quarters
  • Fourth Quarter
    • Following an early score from the Blue Jays, Wartburg went on an 8-0 run following a jumper from Faber and three pointers from Murphy and Saunders
    • Faber scored the next four points for Wartburg to bring the lead to 14 with 2:33 left to play
    • Woeste made the final bucket for the Knights as they closed out a 60-46 home victory

 
Top Performers

• Jaedon Murphy
  • 14 points – 5/12 FG, 2/7 3P
  • Nine rebounds
  • Six blocks
  • One steal and one assist
• Lauren Woeste
  • 12 points – 5-8 FG, 2/2 FT
  • 10 rebounds
  • One assist, one block and one steal
• Sara Faber
  • 14 points – 4/13, 1/7 3P and 5/6 FT
  • Seven rebounds
  • Four steals, three assists and two blocks

 
Notes/Streaks

• Second career double double for Woeste
• Six blocks in a game is a career-high for Murphy
  • Murphy is now at 125 career blocks, which is second all-time at Wartburg
• Team shooting:
  • Wartburg: 35.7% FG, 20.7% 3P and 87.5% FT
  • Westminster: 27.4% FG, 23.5% 3P and 72.7%
• Wartburg had a 12-0 advantage in bench points
  • Westminster's Annette Ramirez scored 35 of the Blue Jays' 46 points
• Faber and Wilkins led the team in assists with three each

 
Next Time Out
The Knights continue the Wartburg Tipoff Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 9 against Greenville University at 3 p.m.