Coe Women's Basketball

Regional honors for Hansche, Hobbs

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Coe sophomore Mickey Hansche has been named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region Third Team, while freshman Aleena Hobbs was named the site's West Region Rookie of the Year.

Hansche ranked 10th in the nation with 2.96 3-pointers per game, while ranking fifth in percentage at 45.2. She was the only player in the country to make more than 69 3-pointers while shooting 45 percent or better. Hansche set the school record with 80 3-pointers on the season. Her 45.2 percent was the fourth best in school history. She shot 87.5 percent from the free throw line, the second best percentage in school history. Her 353 points scored were the ninth most in school history.

Hobbs, a Washington graduate, recorded four double-doubles on the year. Her 111 free throws made this season were a school record. She ranked 88th in the nation in free throw percentage at 81 percent. Her 367 points were the seventh most in school history and the most by a freshman.

3 Coe women named all-IIAC

Megan Hayes, Mickey Hansche and Aleena Hobbs from the Coe women's basketball team have earned first-team honors in the Iowa Conference this season.

Hayes became the 11th player in league history to be selected to four all-conference teams in her career and the second in school history. Hayes was a second-team pick as a freshman, sophomore and junior before making the first team this year.

Hayes is a senior from Bettendorf, Hansche is a sophomore from Iowa City High and Hobbs is a freshman from Cedar Rapids Washington.

Moran Lonning of Luther was named the Most Valuable Player in the league.

Coe women fall at Luther, 89-82

DECORAH - The Coe women's basketball team put 82 points on the board Thursday night and had six players in double figures, but it wasn't enough in the semifinals of the Iowa Conference tournament.

The Kohawks lost to Luther, 89-82, and finished the season with an 18-9 record.

Coe fell behind by 16 points in the second half and was never able to catch up. The Kohawks pulled within seven points in the final minute on 3-pointers by Courteney McCrary and Mickey Hansche, but ran out of time.

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Coe women surge into IIAC semifinals

The Coe women's basketball team rode a 20-3 surge in the second half to a 70-64 victory over Simpson in the opening round of the Iowa Conference tournament at Eby Fieldhouse Tuesday night.

The Kohawks (18-8) will play at Luther in the semifinals Thursday night.

Coe and Simpson were locked in a 33-33 tie at halftime Tuesday. It was still tied at 35-35 when the Kohawks took control of the game with their 20-3 run, grabbing a 55-38 lead on a 3-pointer by Aleena Hobbs with 8:30 left in the game.

Simpson (16-10) got within seven points at 63-56 with 1:33, but Coe stopped the bleeding and prevailed by the six-point final margin.

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