The Advance

Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Tanner Colvin Freshman guard LaCole Wilkinson goes up for a layup against a Bethany defender.

The Lady Coyotes have now dropped to 2-6 on the season after Saturday night's 77-67 loss at Bethany.

Although Bethany would lead throughout the game, the Coyotes managed to keep it close, shooting just 29 percent from the field.
The Swedes would go on a 12-4 run that pushed the lead to 35-25 with 2:51 left in the half, but the Coyotes would battle back before halftime going on a 9-1 scoring run of their own, going into halftime at 36-34.

Bethany came out scoring in the second half, and quickly increased their lead to 10 with 13:16 to go in the game.

Wesleyan would battle back and get within seven points thanks to an open floor lay-up from junior guard Emily Luckeroth.

The Swedes then went on a 6-0 run to put Bethany up 60-47 with 10:04 left. Wesleyan continued to battle back, with Luckeroth capping off a 9-1 Coyote run with 5:09 left in the game, cutting the Bethany lead to 5 at 65-60.

Bethany then answered back with five straight points of their own to take a 10 point advantage with 2:30 left in the game.

Senior guard Kelli Berg would get Wesleyan as close as six with 1:43 left, but Bethany proved too strong and won the game by a final score 77-67.

Luckeroth led the Coyotes with 20 points while Wesleyan senior forward Tierra Baldwin posted her second straight double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds in just 16 minutes of playing time.

The Coyotes were a dismal 20 of 70 from the field, including going just 2 of 21 from behind the 3 point arc.

The Coyotes did however win the rebounding battle 54-39 with Baldwin and senior Charressa Gray each grabbing 11 boards for the Coyotes.

The ladies will wrap up this semester
with games at Southwestern and McPherson.
Their first home game is scheduled for December 15th against visiting Mount Marty, S.D.

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