DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Coe College men's basketball team picked up a midweek victory at the University of Dubuque Wednesday night, completing the season sweep of the Spartans with a 73-62 victory. The Kohawks established a small lead early in the first half, maintaining the advantage throughout the period. The visitors built on their 30-26 halftime advantage early in the second, getting an 11-4 run to push their lead to 11 as
Deuce Walters spurred the stretch with six points for Coe. The Kohawks pulled further away in the next phase, taking a commanding 54-39 lead midway through the second half with another long scoring stretch. UD refused to give in, fighting back with a big run to make it 60-54 with 4:53 to play.
Cooper Nailor, who totaled 25 points, 16 rebounds and six assists in a near triple-double performance, helped put the game away for Coe in the following moments. The senior led a 7-0 run, capping off the game-sealing stretch with a clutch 3 to make it 67-54, a large enough lead for the Kohawks to see out. Walters joined Nailor as the only other double-digit scorer for Coe, totaling 15 points while
C. Reece Breitenbach (8),
Kanyon Bryte (8) and
Ryan Dolphin (7) rounded out the bigger scoring contributions.
GAME FACTS
COE 73 - UD 62
- Coe managed to start better than the hosts, limiting UD to just two field goals across the opening nine-plus minutes. UD settled in and began trading buckets with the Kohawks, outscoring the visitors 15-13 to cut the deficit to two with 3:15 left in the opening period. Coe pushed the lead back to four ahead of the halftime break, getting a 6-4 run that featured four points from Walters to make it 30-26 after 20 minutes. The Kohawks jumped out of the locker room, scoring 11 of the first 15 points in the second half to extend the lead to 11. Walters sparked the run with six points, scoring all six in just under a minute as a steal helped net an easy bucket along the way. Dubuque settled down and cut the lead back to single digits momentarily, using a 7-4 run to make it 45-37. The Kohawks pulled away over the next three minutes, getting a 9-2 spurt that included a 3 from Zach Strauss to establish a 54-39 lead near the midway point. UD stormed back in the next four minutes and change, ripping off a 15-6 spurt to pull within six with just under five minutes to play. Coe fought off the charge with a huge answer, scoring seven unanswered including a clutch game-sealing 3 from Nailor to push the lead to 13 with 2:40 to play. UD got within nine later in the half to make it interesting again but free throws from the Kohawks and missed opportunities from the Spartans sealed the win for Coe.
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