Coe Women's Basketball

Coe women bomb away in easy win

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Coe launched a school-record 41 3-point field goal attempts, making 13, en route to an easy 86-58 women's basketball win over MacMurray on Sunday in the final day of the Holiday Inn Express Thanksgiving Classic.

Jenna Lehman and former Cedar Rapids Washington prep Aleena Hobbs led the Kohawks with a game-high 17 points apiece. Lehman also added nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals. She tied her career high in assists. Hobbs added six rebounds

Mickey Hansche had 16 points and seven rebounds, while former Prairie standout Courteney McCrary had nine points off the bench. Allie Wirth had a game-high 11 rebounds, while also collecting three assists and three steals for Coe (3-1).

Brianna Markusic led MacMurray (0-4) with 16 points.

MACMURRAY (58): Brianna Markusic 6-17 4-6 16; Kayla Horlacher 5-10 0-0 13; Kylie Dostin 3-10 2-2 11; Andie Marvel 2-6 0-0 5; Paige Zertuche 1-2 2-2 5; Ashley Huels 1-2 0-0 3; Reagan Witherell 1-2 0-0 2; Melinda Wilson 1-7 0-0 2; Liz Kruemmelbein 0-4 1-2 1; Jordan Wall 0-0 0-0 0; Taylor Wheeler 0-1 0-0 0; Emily Riddle 0-0 0-0 0; Alana Brown 0-0 0-0 0; Jamie Hopper 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-64 9-12 58.

COE (86): Jenna Lehmanna 7-12 2-3 17; Aleena Hobbs 5-12 4-6 17; Mickey Hansche 5-10 2-2 16; Jenna Power 4-13 0-0 12; Courteney McCrary  4-8 0-0 9; Shelby Lehmann 3-5 1-2 7; Jordan Holmes 1-5 1-2 3; Allie Wirth 1-2 1-2 3; Taylor Anderson 1-4 0-0 2; Janai Robinson 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 11-17 86.

Halftime: Coe 46, MacMurray 27. 3-point goals: MacMurray 9-29 (Dostin 3-6; Horlacher 3-8; Huels 1-2; Marvel 1-5; Zertuche 1-2; Hopper 0-2; Kruemmelbein 0-2; Brianna Markusic 0-2), Coe: 13-41 (Power 4-13; Hansche 4-7; Hobbs 3-5; Lehmana 1-4; McCrary 1-4; Robinson 0-3; Anderson 0-2; Holmes 0-3). Fouled out: Zertuche. Rebounds: MacMurray 43 (Horlacher 8), Coe 51 (Wirth 11). Assists: MacMurray 14 (Dostin 3), Coe 20 (Lehman 7). Total fouls: MacMurray 19, Coe College 13. Technical fouls: A: 75.

Coe women fall at La Crosse

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Rachel Atchison did not start the game for Wisconsin-La Crosse against Coe College on Saturday, but she helped finish off the Kohawks in a non-conference affair in Wisconsin.

Atchison came off the bench to score 20 points as Wisconsin-La Crosse handed Coe its first loss of the season, 75-66. Atchison poured in six 3-pointers.

La Crosse (3-2) clobbered the Kohawks in bench points, 40-8, with Atchison netting half of those.

Mickey Hansche led Coe (2-1) with 22 points and hit four 3-pointers. Jenna Lehman had 15 points for the Kohawks. Aleena Hobbs finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.

COE (66): Wirth 2 0-2 4, Hobbs 4 0-1 9, Hansche 7 4-6 22, Lehman 5 3-5 15, Lehmann 4 0-0 8, Holmes 0 2-6 2, Boltz 0 1-2 1, McCrary 2 0-0 5. Totals 24 10-22 66.

LA CROSSE (75): Anderson 4 0-0 8, Watrud 0 0-0 0, Bishop 5 1-1 11, DeNoyer 4 0-0 9, Miller 2 3-6 7, Clemment 0 0-0 0, Chapin 4 2-2 10, Atchison 6 2-2 20, Kannel 1 3-5 5, Selk 1 3-4 5, Ellis 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 14-20 75.

Halftime - Coe 29, La Crosse 27. 3-point goals - Coe 8 (Hansche 4, Lehman 2, Hobbs 1, McCrary 1), La Crosse 7 (Atchison 6, DeNoyer 1).

Hansche helps Coe drill Mustangs

Mickey Hansche is a phenomenal 3-point shooter, but she doesn't like to keep track of how many she's made during a game.

"I try not to keep track of it, because I don't like thinking about it," she said Tuesday night.

Just about everyone else at Eby Fieldhouse was keeping track Tuesday as the sweet-shooting junior kept swishing 3-pointer after 3-pointer from long range, some from 25 feet away.

Hansche popped in seven straight 3-pointers before finally missing and poured in 27 points as Coe topped Mount Mercy, 92-73 , in a women's basketball game at Eby.

"Just hitting the first one really opened it up, and then we started driving and we played rally good defense," she said. "That opened it up on offense a lot."

Hansche, a 5-foot-6 junior from Iowa City, finished 7 of 9 from long distance. She set the school record with eight 3-pointers in a single game last season and has an uncanny touch.

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Hobbs named IIAC athlete of the week

Coe sophomore forward Aleena Hobbs, a Cedar Rapids Washington graduate, has been named the Iowa Conference's female athlete of the week.

Hobbs scored  career high 28-points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field and pulled down 10 rebouonds in a 70-59 win last week over rival Cornell. It was Hobbs' fifth career double-double.

She was named the IIAC player of the week once last season as a freshman.