CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College men's basketball team picked up its first A-R-C victory on Saturday afternoon with an 84-65 victory over Luther College. The victory moves Coe to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the American Rivers Conference while Luther drops to 4-6 overall and 0-2 in the A-R-C. Coe opened the contest with a 10-5 run and never looked back, holding a lead for 38:23 of the contest. Adam McDermott led the Kohawks with 25 points, eight rebounds, and three assists. Three other Kohawks eclipsed double figures as Jacob Robertson (19 points), Austin Roth (11 points) and Josh Schmitt (10 points) all went over the mark. 
 
Coe and Luther traded baskets early in the contest but layups from Schmitt and Robertson gave the Kohawks a 12-7 lead with 15:15 left in the first. The back-and-forth action continued over the next few minutes of the half but four-straight points from Tommy Hook gave Coe a 21-14 lead with just under ten minutes left in the frame. 
 
Luther continued to fight, exchanging baskets with Coe over the next five minutes but the Kohawks put together a 10-3 run from the 4:57 mark to the 2:08 mark of the half, grabbing their largest lead at 37-28. Despite its largest lead, Coe continued to pressure, scoring four of the final six points of the half while taking a 41-30 lead into the break. 
 
The Norse opened the second half with a 7-2 spurt in the first 1:12 seconds of the period to cut the Kohawk lead to six but Coe did not panic. Instead, the Kohaws ripped off a 17-6 outburst over a 4:31 stretch to extend their lead to 17 points at 60-43. Coe's dominance continued for the remainder of the contest as the Kohawks stifled Luther on defense while staying hot on the offensive side of the ball.
 
Up Next: Coe is back in action on Monday, December 16 where the Kohawks will face MacMurray in Jacksonville, Ill. at 6 p.m. 
 
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