WAVERLY – Jenna Lehman scored 16 points and Allie Wirth added 11 as the sixth-seeded Coe women’s basketball team upset No. 3 seeded Wartburg, 66-60, in the first round of the Iowa Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Wartburg.
The Kohawks (15-11) will face No. 2 seed Loras (17-8) in the semifinals Thursday at Loras.
Aleena Hobbs scored nine points for Coe. Mickey Hansche and Ashley Stulken both had eight points. Hansche’s two 3-point goals gave her 81 for the season, breaking her own school mark set last year.
The 15 wins for coach Nate Oakland are the most ever for a first-year coach at Coe.
Kailey Kladivo scored 23 points to lead the Knights (19-7). Linn-Mar grad Kristie Sommer scored 12 points.
COE (66): Wirth 4 2-2 11, Hobbs 3 3-3 9, Hansche 2 2-2 8, Lehman 5 2-2 16, Stulken 4 0-0 8, Holmes 1 2-4 4, Boltz 1 0-0 3, Power 0 0-0 0, McCrary 1 0-0 3, Lehmann 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 11-13 66.
WARTBURG (60): Burrows 0 0-0 0, Katie Sommer 1 2-2 5, Jones 3 0-0 6, Kristie Sommer 3 3-3 12, Miranda Murphy 3 0-0 7, Megan Murphy 0 0-0 0, Neuendorf 3 0-0 7, Kladivo 8 7-8 23, Haupert 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 12-13 60.
Halftime – Coe 36, Wartburg 29. 3-point goals – Coe 9 (Lehman 4, Hansche 2, Wirth, Boltz, McCrary), Wartburg 6 (Kristie Sommer 3, Katie Sommer, Miranda Murphy, Neuendorf).
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