DUBUQUE, Iowa – No. 10/13 women's basketball clinched its third American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) regular season championship in a row with a 64-55 road win over the University of Dubuque on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Knights are now 21-2 overall and move to 14-0 in A-R-C play, while Dubuque is now 9-13 overall and 6-7 in A-R-C competition.
Game Summary
- First Half
- First Quarter
- The Knights took a 5-0 lead early after Lauren Woeste scored the first basket of the game followed by a three pointer from Britney Young
- After back-to-back scores from the Spartans, Wartburg went on a 7-2 run to take a 12-6 lead with 5:11 left in the opening quarter
- The Knights outscored Dubuque 9-5 in the final five minutes of the first to take a 21-11 lead into the second quarter
- Natalie Bearbower and Woeste led the Knights in scoring on the run with three points each
- Second Quarter
- Britney Young began the quarter with her second made three of the game and Woeste scored the next three points for the Knights to make the score 27-15 with 7:08 left in the quarter
- UD outscored the Knights 6-2 over the next two minutes to cut Wartburg's lead to eight points, but Murphy closed the half with the next five points to put the Knights back up 34-21 at halftime
- Murphy scored the final seven points for Wartburg in the half (outscored UD 7-6 in final six minutes of the half)
- Second Half
- Third Quarter
- Murphy picked up right where she left off in the first half as she scored four points in the first minute of the third quarter
- Following a made UD three pointer, Sara Faber recorded her fourth steal of the game and then made a three pointer on the other end to push the Wartburg lead to 41-26 with 6:46 left in the third
- Minutes later Faber made another three pointer along with one free throw for Wartburg's next four points
- Woeste and Murphy each scored in the paint before Young closed the quarter with her third three pointer of the game to make it 52-38 after three quarters
- Fourth Quarter
- After two Spartan baskets began the final quarter, Faber connected on her third three pointer of the game to stop the run
- Woeste and Lauren Golinghorst each scored after two minutes of scoreless play to make the score 59-47 with 5:16 left in the game
- UD cut it to a nine-point lead with 3:19 left, but Wartburg responded with scores from Murphy, Woeste and Faber in the final minutes to close out a 64-55 win on the road
Top Performers
- Jaedon Murphy
- 20 points
- Five rebounds
- Three assists
- One steal
- Lauren Woeste
- 18 points
- Nine rebounds
- Four steals
- Sara Faber
- 11 points
- Eight rebounds
- Four steals
- Three steals
- One block
Notes/Streaks
- With today's win, the Knights clinch the regular season A-R-C Championship for the third-straight season
- Second three-peat in program history (2000-2003 and 2022-25)
- 12th title in program history (seventh under Bob Amsberry)
- Wartbug has now won 30 A-R-C games in a row
- 45-1 in last three seasons of A-R-C play
- The Knights are now 69-24 all-time against UD
- Woeste has posted career-highs in steals in back-to-back games with three against Nebraska Wesleyan and four tonight
- The Knights recorded 14 steals as a team
- Woeste and Faber each had four to lead the team in steals
- Donlea posted a season-high in steals with three
- Young and Faber each hit three three pointers to lead the Knights
- Wartburg made nine as a team
- Four players had three or more assists tonight
- Donlea (five) and Young (four) led the team in assists
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 15 on the road against Buena Vista University at 2 p.m.
