CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Men's basketball fell to Coe 79-69 on the road in a hard-fought American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) matchup on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The Knights are now 10-7 overall and 3-5 in A-R-C play, while Coe is now 10-7 overall and 4-4 in A-R-C play.
 
Game Summary

• First Half
  • Luke Ladwig scored the first four points for the Knights after two driving layups to give Wartburg a 4-3 lead early
  • Marshun Williams scored the next four points for Wartburg, but a Coe three pointer put the Kohawks in front 10-8 with 15:43 left in the first half
  • An Austin Bienemann driving score tied the game up before Williams scored five more points to give Wartburg a 15-13 lead
  • Coe answered with an 8-0 run to take a 21-15 lead before Williams connected on a three pointer and then found an open Richie Rosenblum for a fastbreak layup to cut the lead to one
  • The Kohawks went on a 12-3 run over the next five minutes to stretch their lead to 33-23 with 4:36 left in the half
  • Wartburg outscored Coe 9-7 to close the half behind a balanced mix of scoring from Williams, Isaac Besh, Ethan Yungtum and Gabe Trujillo
    • Coe led 40-32 at the break
• Second Half
  • The Knights came out of the halftime break scoring as Trujillo knocked down a triple and Ladwig scored in the paint to cut the Coe lead to five
  • Wartburg kept chipping at the Coe lead to get the score to 47-44 with just under 15 minutes left to play
    • Minutes later, Ladwig found Bienemann for an alley-oop slam that tied the game at 47-47
  • Over the next three minutes of play, Coe went on a 10-0 run to take a 57-47 lead with 10:24 remaining
  • Wartburg outscored Coe 14-10 over the next six minutes to make the score 67-61, Coe, with 3:30 left to play
    • Williams, Rosenblum, Trujillo, Besh and Bienemann all scored for the Knights during the run
  • A Williams three pointer made it a five-point game with just under three minutes to play, but Coe was able to regain a nine-point lead with 1:43 left in the game
    • Trujillo scored five points in the final minutes, but Coe held on for a 79-69 win over the Knights

 
Top Performers

• Marshun Williams
  • 25 points
  • Eight rebouns
  • Four assists
  • Two steals
  • One block
• Gabe Trujillo
  • 16 points
  • Six rebounds
  • Two steals
• Luke Ladwig
  • 10 points
  • Four rebounds
  • Four assists
  • Four steals

 
Notes/Streaks

• Ninth 25+ point game for Williams this season
• Coe has won the last six matchups against Wartburg
• Second time this season with 10 or more steals as a team
• Trujillo has now scored 15+ points in four games this season
• Ladwig tied a career single-game high with four steals

 
Next Time Out
Wartburg is back in action on Saturday, Jan. 25 for a home game against Central College at 4 p.m.