WAVERLY - Megan Hayes scored 21 points and Hannah Breitbach added 17 to lead Coe to a 74-70 win over Wartburg in an Iowa Conference women's basketball game Saturday at Levick Arena.

Coe (7-8, 2-2) scored the first six points of the game and built a 16-point lead in the first half.

Wartburg (7-8, 1-3) whittled the Kohawks' lead to 37-31 by halftime. The Knights hed their only lead of the game, 54-52, on Kailey Kladivo's layup with 10:27 left in the game.

Coe regained the lead, 55-54, on Hayes' three-point play with 9:57 to play. The Kohawks never trailed for the remainder of the game, but they couldn't shake the Knights.

Kladivo's layup with 2:28 left forged a 67-67 tie.

Mickey Hansche's 3-pointer with 1:13 left broke the tie and put the Kohawks up, 70-67.

Hayes added a layup and Hansche drained a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left to seal the win.

Hansche finished with 11 points, making three 3-pointers and both her free throws.

Alyssa Sager led Wartburg with 16 points.

COE (74): Megan Hayes 8 5-10 21, Hannah Breitbach 7 1-1 17, Mickey Hansche 3 2-2 11, Mackenzie Reed 3 3-6 10, Allie Wirth 3 0-0 6, Lindsey Buckles 1 2-5 4, Lindsey Jipp 1 0-0 3, Mary Halvorson 1 0-0 2, Brooke Wheelwright 0 0-0 0, Logan Lynch 0 0-0 0. Totals 27-63 14-24 74.

WARTBURG (70): Alyssa Sager 6 3-3 16, Holly Hallstead 3 5-6 13, Allison Emrich 2 4-4 8, Mary Brown 1 1-3 3, Carly Jacobs 0 0-0 0, Bobbi Burrows 4 2-4 11, Kailey Kladivo 3 3-4 9, Chelsey Wedeking 3 0-0 8, Elisa Bilderback 1 0-0 2, Jamie Peterson 0 0-0 0. Totals 23-63 18-24 70.

Halftime - Coe 37, Wartburg 31. 3-point goals - Coe 6 (Hansche 3, Breitbach 2, Jipp), Wartburg 6 (Hallstead 2, Wedeking 2, Sager, Burrows). Rebounds - Coe 39 (Reed 7), Wartburg 46 (Emrich 10). Total fouls - Coe 21, Wartburg 18. Fouled out - Reed.