WAVERLY - A furious rally by the Coe men's basketball team fell short Saturday and the Kohawks lost to Wartburg, 71-65, in an Iowa Conference game at Levick Arena in Waverly.

The Kohawks chopped an 18-point deficit to just three points at 68-65 on a layup by Andrew Wirth with 1:26 remaining, but the rally ended there and Coe did not score again.

Wirth scored 20 points for the Kohawks (9-6, 1-3).

Taylor Jacobsmeier, Jordan Cannon and Clay Cook scored 14 points apiece for Wartburg (8-7, 2-2).

COE (65): Wirth 8 2-2 20, Timm 0 1-2 1, Daoust 2 3-4 7, JT Vonderhaar 2 2-4 6, Fahey 0 2-2 2, Pyritz 2 2-2 6, Schmarzo 3 0-1 8, M.Vonderhaar 1 2-2 4, Wadsworth 0 1-2 1, Vorba 1 0-0 3, Stix 0 0-0 0, Delgado 1 2-2 4, Truhlsen 1 1-2 3. Totals 21 18-25 65.

WARTBURG (71): Jacobsmeier 3 6-6 14, Diemer 4 3-4 11, Perkins 0 4-4 4, Cannon 4 3-4 14, Thomas 1 0-0 2, Kramer 0 0-0 0, Treibel 0 0-0 0, Pitz 0 0-0 0, Webber 3 0-0 8, VanGroningen 1 0-0 2, Ahlgren 1 0-1 2, Cook 4 6-9 14. Totals 21 22-28 71.

Halftime - Wartburg 40, Coe 26. 3-point goals - Coe 5 (Wirth 2, Schmarzo 2, Vorba 1), Wartburg 7 (Cannon 3, Jacobsmeier 2, Webber 2). A - 950.