CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College women's basketball team suffered a narrow 60-59 defeat to A-R-C foe, Dubuque, on Wednesday evening at Kohawk Arena. The Kohawks took a 33-32 lead into the halftime break but the Spartans outscored the hosts 19-13 in the third quarter to regain control of the contest. UD then hung tough for the final 10 minutes of action as Coe attempted to mount its own comeback but the Kohawks fell just short in the end. The loss drops the Kohawks to 4-10 on the season and 1-4 in the A-R-C while UD improves to 9-4 overall and 3-2 in league action.
Coe was led by freshman guard
Ellie Wisner as she scored a team-high 19 points while shooting 6-of-13 from the floor.
Alyse Southard was second on the team with 15 points, going 5-of-5 from the free-throw line while sophomore
Kaalyn Petersen registered her eighth double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 boards. The forward also added a team-high five assists on offense while posting three steals and two blocks.
DUBUQUE 60 - COE 59
Game Facts
- The visitors opened the game with four-straight points to grab an early lead but the Kohawks fought back immediately, getting a layup from Petersen and a pair of free throws from Wisner to make it 4-4. The squads then went back and forth over the next five-plus minutes of the quarter with Coe narrowly outscoring UD by two points to hold a 16-14 advantage after one.
- The Kohawks started the second quarter on fire, scoring the first six points of the period to extend the lead to 22-14. The Spartans showed no panic despite the deficit, ripping off an 11-3 spurt to tie the game at 25 with 3:04 left in the first half. Again the teams ended the half with seesawing action however Coe took a 33-32 lead into the break after edging the hosts down the stretch.
- The Spartans quickly stormed back in the third quarter, using an 8-4 run in the first two-plus minutes to regain a 40-37 lead. Coe remained calm and continued to click on offense, using its own 7-3 spurt over the next four minutes of action to take a one-point lead at 44-43. UD ended the quarter on top, scoring eight of the final 10 points in the period to grab a 51-46 lead with just ten minutes remaining.
- UD scored the opening bucket of the fourth quarter to extend its lead to seven points but Coe clapped back with five straight including a 3 from Southard to slice the deficit to two points with 5:51 to play. Both teams went cold for the next two minutes until UD broke the stretch with a two-point bucket to reclaim a four-point lead with 3:26 remaining.
- The Kohawks answered the call on the ensuing offensive possession, getting a clutch 3 from Molly Buck as she made it a 55-54 game with just over three minutes to play. UD split a pair of free throws on its next possession to regain a 56-54 lead which it held for the remainder of the contest as Coe struggled to find the mark in the waning moments of the game.
Up next: Coe returns to the road this weekend for its next conference contest at Buena Vista on Saturday at 2 PM.
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