WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 8/13 women's basketball capped off its second-straight 16-0 American Rivers Conference regular season record after defeating Coe College 72-58 at home on Saturday, Feb. 22. The Knights close the regular season with an overall record of 23-2 and an A-R-C mark of 16-0, while Coe moves to 19-6 overall and 11-5 in A-R-C play.
This is just the second time in program history Wartburg has gone back-to-back seasons undefeated in A-R-C play.
Game Summary
- First Half
- First Quarter
- Britney Young got the scoring underway with a layup with an assist from Jaedon Murphy, but Coe answered with a three pointer to take a 3-2 lead after two minutes
- Murphy put the Knights back on top with a three pointer of her own before Lauren Woeste made back-to-back baskets in the paint to stretch the Wartburg lead to 9-3
- Coe closed the final five minutes of the first quarter on a 13-6 run to take a 16-15 lead after the Kohawks were 3/5 from three during the run
- Murphy scored five of Wartburg's six points during the run
- Second Quarter
- Despite scores from Murphy and Woeste, Coe pushed its lead to 24-19 after an 8-4 run in the first three minutes of the quarter
- Trailing 26-19 with under six minutes to play, the Knights closed the lead with a 9-5 run over two minutes led by back-to-back three pointers from Lauren Donlea and Young
- Following a Kohawk timeout, Wartburg closed the half on a 8-2 run that put the Knights in front 36-33 at halftime
- Young made another three pointer to lead the run in scoring, while Murphy, Faber and Woeste all scored once in the final minutes of the half
- Second Half
- Third Quarter
- Coe hit back-to-back shots from deep to begin the second half to take a three point lead, but a Woeste score in the paint and a third three from Young kept the Knights in front 41-39 with 7:28 left in the third
- Each side scored eight points over the next two minutes of play to make the score 49-47
- Both Young and Faber connected from three-point range during the run for the Knights
- After almost three minutes of scoreless play, Woeste stopped the draught with a layup followed by two points each from Lauren Golinghorst and Grace Hennessy to give Wartburg a 55-47 lead with 1:27 left in the third
- Faber connected from three to give the Knights a 58-47 lead after three quarters
- Fourth Quarter
- After Coe scored a layup early into the fourth, Murphy connected on her third three of the game to put Wartburg ahead by 12
- Donlea made another three pointer for the Knights and both Murphy and Faber scored two each to push Wartburg's lead to 68-53 with 5:37 left to play
- Murphy and Young both scored in the final minutes to close out a 72-58 win over the Kohawks
Top Performers
- Jaedon Murphy
- 19 points
- 10 rebounds
- Seven assists
- Three blocks
- One steal
- Lauren Woeste
- 14 points
- Seven rebounds
- Three assists
- Two blocks
- Britney Young
- 16 points
- Four assists
- Two rebounds
- Sara Faber
- 13 points
- Five rebounds
- Three assists
- Two steals
Notes/Streaks
- Back-to-back seasons 16-0 in regular season A-R-C play
- Second time in program history
- Wartburg is now 47-1 over the last three regular seasons in A-R-C play
- Knights close the regular season on a 15-game winning streak
- Career high in assists for Murphy today with seven
- Season-high 16 points for Young
- Young has made four three pointers in back-to-back games
- Third game with four made three pointers this season
- Wartburg has held opponents under 60 points in six-straight games
- Back-to-back games with 10+ made threes and 40% from three as a team
- Only the sixth game this season with less than 10 offensive rebounds for Wartburg
Next Time Out
The Knights are the number one seed in the A-R-C Tournament and will host the winner of Dubuque/Luther on Thursday, Feb. 27 inside Levick Arena at 7 p.m.
