Posted: Jan 29, 2013

CUW women get a BIG road win 71-53

Concordia Wisconsin

(14-6, 11-2 NAC)

Maranatha Baptist

(11-4, 8-4 NAC)

Final

Concordia Wisconsin (14-6, 11-2 NAC)

Maranatha Baptist (11-4, 8-4 NAC)

Game Leaders

Concordia Wisconsin

Pts: Katie Luethe - 19

Reb: TEAM - 10

Ast: Brittany Zietlow - 6

Maranatha Baptist

Pts: Autumn Peotter - 15

Reb: Laci Peterson - 8

Ast: Hallie Sheley - 3

Team Stats

Concordia Wisconsin

Maranatha Baptist

Field Goals

(27-54)

(20-52)

Field Goal %

50.0%

38.5%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

WATERTOWN, Wis.- Just five weeks ago Maranatha (11-5) defeated CUW 52-50 on the Falcons' home court to take over first place in the NAC ... for a short while.

Tonight that game seemed an aberration as Stacey Brunner-Jones' team, 12-2 in the NAC, dismantled the Crusaders who fell to 8-5 in league play. The win was CUW's ninth in their last ten games.

Maranatha's largest lead was 9-4 in the early going before CUW pulled out to a 32-23 halftime margin by picking up the pace and rattling the hosts into numerous turnovers via double teaming efforts.

From that point on it was simply a matter of the final score being tallied as CUW built leads of 20 plus points before a mini MBBC surge.

Katie Luethe (Jr./ Oshkosh, Wis.) and Megan Coenen (Fr./ Pulaski, Wis.) were forces inside this time around with 19 and 15 points respectively. Luethe was 7-12 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds.

The Falcons shot an impressive 50% from the floor while holding MBBC to 39%. The teams were evn on the boards 33-33 but Concordia defenders forced 17 turnovers.

"I was pleased with our defense and "Z" (Brittany Zietlow) really made us go," smiled Coach Brunner-Jones.

Autumn Peotter and Laci Peterson combined for 29 of Maranatha's points.

Concordia, 15-6 overall, hosts Rockford on Saturday at 2:00pm. Second place Alverno (9-4) is 2 1/2 games behind the Falcons.