CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College women's basketball team won its season opener in record-breaking fashion on Friday evening at Kohawk Arena, defeating the Cornell College Rams 81-49. The Kohawks shook off a slow start to the game and hit a program-best 18 3s in the victory, with eight different players hitting from long range. Cornell started well in the first quarter, edging Coe 8-5 in the opening six-plus minutes. The Kohawks responded with a dominant closing stretch in the first and another big run in the second, extending their lead to 36-22 at the half. Freshman
Marian Dabney continued her hot shooting from the first half in the second, starting the third quarter with a pair of 3s as Coe stretched the lead to 44-27. Cornell put together one last run with five consecutive points, but a 15-2 quarter-ending run for the Kohawks put the game on ice. Dabney finished with a game-high 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including 5-of-7 from deep.
Averiel Brady (13),
Madden Wilson (13) and
Taylor Brunson (10) all joined her in double figures, while Brunson finished with 11 rebounds for a double-double.
GAME FACTS:
COE 81 - CORNELL 49
- Cornell started hot, outscoring Coe 6-3 as the defense from the Rams limited the hosts to one early field goal. The Kohawks controlled the closing minutes of the quarter, ripping off a 10-4 run that featured five points from Dabney and three from Grubbs. Coe stayed hot to start the second, scoring the opening five points as Brunson capped off the start with a 3-pointer for 18-12. Cornell settled into the quarter, trading buckets with Coe during the next phase to stay within four at the midway point. The Kohawks pulled away in the next four-plus minutes, scoring 12 of the final 14 points of the half to extend their lead to 14 at 36-22. Coe hit a pair of 3s during the run, including a long-range jumper from Grace Linder to end the frame. Dabney and the Kohawks started hot in the second half, getting two more triples from the freshman to extend the lead. Cornell pushed back with five in a row to make it 44-32 but Coe ripped off a 15-2 run to put the game away. Brady hit two 3s on the run while Laiken Haas and Dabney also added a deep ball.
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