2008 Woodie Awards
Coyotes end season with several records
David Toelle
Issue date: 3/16/07 Section: Sports
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The loss snaps a 19-game winning streak for the Coyotes, the second longest in Wesleyan history. The Coyotes also finish the season with a school record 28 wins, three better than the 2000 Wesleyan team that finished the year 25-9 and captured the National Small College Athletic Association National Championship.
It took just over a minute for either team to find the basket, as Anthony Smith gave the Coyotes an early 2-0 lead with 18:48 left. Karl Towns would tie things up on a pass from Eric Kruger.
The Coyotes would hold onto the lead, but allowed the Red Raiders to tie things up several times, until Mark DeYounge would hit a three with 13:30 left giving Northwestern its first lead 9-8 following a Josh Berry bucket.
The Raiders would continue their offensive assault with a 13-2 run to take a nine point lead with 9:41 left on a three by Andrew Stimson. Stimson would be fouled on the play by Boone, but would miss the free throw. Ben Brown would then score four unanswered for Northwestern as they built another eight point lead with 5:41 left. Baron would hit a pair of free throws as the Coyotes chipped away at the Raider lead, eventually taking a 28-27 lead with 1:28 left on a free throw by Berry.
Towns would hit free throws with a minute left giving Northwestern the lead back at 29-28, before Anthony Smith would hit a three with 41 seconds left to give the Coyotes a 31-29 lead. Kale Wiertzma would then answer with a three to give the Raiders the 32-31 lead that would carry over to the halftime break.
Cameron Jackson would score tying things up for the ninth time with 10:32 left at 43, before the wheels would fall off for the Wesleyan offense as the Raiders would go on a decisive 27-4 run to take their biggest lead of the night at 70-47 with 2:30 left.
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