Coe Men's Basketball

No.2 Augustana holds off Coe

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. - The Coe College men's basketball team gave second-ranked Augustana (Ill.) a good battle Tuesday before falling short, 71-66, at a tournament in Wisconsin Dells.

The Kohawks chopped a 15-point deficit down to three points at 66-63 on a 3-pointer by Jake Timm with 1:19 left in the game. The Kohawks pulled within three points again at 69-66 on a 3-pointer by Max Schmarzo with four seconds to go, but they ran out of time.

Schmarzo and Matt Daoust scored 16 points apiece for Coe (5-5). Schmarzo made five 3-pointers.

Hunter Hill scored 21 points for Augustana (10-1). Ben Ryan netted 20 points for the Vikings.

COE (66): Daoust 5 4-4 16, JT Vonderhaar 3 1-2 7, Fahey 2 1-4 5, Timm 3 3-4 9, M. Vonderhaar 2 1-2 5, Pyritz 0 0-0 0, Meyer 1 0-0 2, Wadsworth 0 2-2 2, Vorba 1 0-0 2, Stix 1 0-0 2, Schmarzo 5 1-1 16. Totals 23 13-19 66.

AUGUSTANA (71): Hill 5 10-10 21, Johnson 4 4-7 13, Jurgutis 1 3-4 6, Ryan 8 4-7 20, Motzel 2 0-1 4, Roth 2 0-0 6, Straughter 0 1-2 1, Rils 0 0-0 0, Hoekstra 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 22-31 71.

Halftime - Augustana 34, Coe 24. 3-point goals - Coe 7 (Schmarzo 5, Daoust 2), Augustana 5 (Roth 2, Hill 1, Johnson 1, Jurgutis 1).

Wisconsin-Superior rallies past Coe

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. - Ty Ketz and Johnquez Brooks scored 21 points apiece as Wisconsin-Superior rallied to down Coe, 85-78, in men's basketball on Monday night.

Coe led 42-39 at halftime.

Jacob Timm led Coe (5-4) with 19 points. Matt Daoust added 18, Matt Vonderhaar 13 and Christian Fahey 11. Fahey led the Kohawks with eight rebounds.

The win upped Wisconsin-Superior's record to 6-5.

WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (85): Ty Ketz 5-12 7-8 21; Johnquez Brooks 6-14 7-11 21; Zach Schradle 5-9 7-11 17; Caleb Burch 3-3 0-0 9; Cole Minnich 2-2 2-2 7; Brian Lindblom 2-8 2-2 6; John Denny 2-4 0-0 4; Taylor Mattison 0-0 0-0 0; Cade Stackpool 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 25-52 25-36 85.

COE (78): Timm, Jacob 6-9 6-6 19; Daoust, Matt 6-12 4-4 18; Vonderhaar, Matt 5-10 0-0 13; Fahey, Christian 5-8 1-1 11; Vonderhaar, JT 2-6 5-8 9; Delgado, David 1-1 0-0 2; Meyer, Matt 0-3 2-3 2; Vorba, Lincoln 0-1 2-2 2; Pyritz, Sean 1-1 0-1 2; Schmarzo, Max 0-7 0-0 0; Stix, Sam 0-0 0-0 0; Wadsworth, Brian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 20-25 78.

Halftime: Coe 42, UWSM 39. 3-point goals--UWSM 10-17 (Ty Ketz 4-8; Caleb Burch 3-3; Johnquez Brooks 2-4; Cole Minnich 1-1; Zach Schradle 0-1), Coe College 6-18 (Vonderhaar, Matt 3-5; Daoust, Matt 2-2; Timm, Jacob 1-2; Meyer, Matt 0-1; Vorba, Lincoln 0-1; Schmarzo, Max 0-5; Vonderhaar, JT 0-2). Fouled out--UWSM-Taylor Mattison, Coe College-Vonderhaar, JT. Rebounds--UWSM 33 (Zach Schradle 9), Coe College 31 (Fahey, Christian 8). Assists--UWSM 8 (Ty Ketz 3), Coe College 7 (Pyritz, Sean 3). Total fouls--UWSM 21, Coe College 30. Technical fouls--UWSM-None, Coe College-None. A-225

Coe pushes No.1 team to the limit

The Coe men's basketball team squandered an opportunity to knock off the top-ranked NCAA Division III club in the country Saturday afternoon.

Unfortunately for the Kohawks, too many missed free throws and too many blown layups got in the way.

Washington University of St. Louis escaped Eby Fieldhouse with an 88-78 victory that left the Kohawks disappointed with the result but encouraged about the future.

"In order for us to beat a team like this today - the way they played - we needed to make more free throws and capitalize on those easy opportunities," said Coe Coach Bryan Martin. "It feels good to know we went toe-to-toe with them, yet we have areas for improvement.

"If we shore them up we can play with some high-level teams like these guys," he said.

Washington has one of the top D3 programs in the country, with national titles in 2008 and 2009 and a perfect 11-0 mark this year. They have talented players, shoot well and make few mistakes.

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Coe’s Schmitz is All-American

Coe College senior football player Matt Schmitz has been named to the D3football.com All-American Second Team. It is the fourth-straight year Coe College has had a selection.

Schmitz, a Jesup native and Union High School graduate, also was a Iowa Conference First Team selection and made the the D3football.com All-West Region First Team. A defensive tackle, Schmitz led the Iowa Conference in tackles for loss with 9.5 and tied for the league lead with two fumble recoveries. He also ranked second in sacks with 4.5 and tied for 19th with 51 tackles.

He ranked 20th in the nation with two blocked kicks and 123rd in tackles for loss. He ends his career ranked fourth in school history in blocked kicks and tied for 10th with eight quarterback hurries.