LINCOLN, Nebraska – No. 10/11 women's basketball grabbed win number 20 on the season as they defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 93-41 Saturday afternoon. The Knights move to 20-2 overall and 13-0 in American Rivers Conference play.
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • First Quarter
    • Britney Young converted on a three-point play to score the first points of the game and then layups by Jaedon Murphy and Taylor Runchey minutes later put the Knights up 7-2 early
    • Sara Faber scored her first points of the game on a three-pointer followed by a three-pointer from Murphy to push the lead to 11
    • Grace Hennessy joined the scoring knocking down two three pointers while Murphy made a pair of free throws to give the Knights a 22-7 lead after one
  • Second Quarter
    • Wartburg went on a 15-7 run to start the second led by Lauren Golinghorst with five and three-pointers from Natalie Bearbower and Faber
      • Lauren Woeste and Macy Harris each added a layup
    • A Knights 13-0 run over the next 2:42 extended the lead to 34 with two minutes remaining in the half
      • Golinghorst made a deep ball followed by two from Young, Murphy and Woeste each added two
    • Woeste added two free throws at the end of the half to send the Knights into halftime leading 52-20
• Second Half
  • Third Quarter
    • Young started a 10-0 Wartburg run with six of her own followed by free throws from Lauren Donlea and Woeste
    • Golinghorst converted a three-point play followed by a three-pointer from Hennessy a few possessions later
    • Golinghorst made a layup before the Knights went scoreless over the final four minutes and take a 71-28 lead into the fourth
  • Fourth Quarter
    • Bearbower connected on a triple to start the final quarter for the Knights, which Olivia Baxter followed with a layup to make it 76-32
    • Hennessy made her fourth three-pointer of the day to spark a 7-2 run over the next two minutes with Ava Trettin adding three points of her own
    • The Knights finish the game on a 10-7 run with eight points scored at the line to win 93-41

 
Top Performers

• Lauren Golinghorst
  • 16 points (Career-high)
    • 5/6 FG
    • ½ 3P
    • 5/7 FT
  • Three rebounds
  • One block
  • One steal
• Britney Young
  • 15 points
    • 5/11 FG
    • 2/8 3P
    • 3/3 FT
  • Four rebounds
  • Three assists
  • Three steals
• Grace Hennessy
  • 12 points
    • 4/8 FG
    • 4/7 3P
  • Two rebounds
  • One assist

 
Notes/Streaks

• 14 Wartburg players scored in today's game
• The Knights are now 21-1 all-time in the series
  • Have won the last 18 matchups
• Career-high nine rebounds for Olivia Baxter
• Career-high points for Golinghorst
• Murphy moves into eighth all-time in points scored with 1,323 (37 away from tying sixth)
• Wartburg has won 20+ games in the last eight seasons (Excluding the shortened 2020 season)

 
Next Time Out
Wartburg is back in action next week to host the University of Dubuque Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m.