Women's Basketball | 1/2/2020 10:11:00 AM

STORM LAKE, Iowa (January 2, 2020) - The Buena Vista women's basketball team will tip-off the new year tonight when the Beavers host Coe College in American Rivers Conference play.  The game is a rescheduled contest from November 26 when it was postponed due to winter weather.  It will then turn right around on Saturday to host Luther College in a regularly scheduled game.

GAME DETAILS
Thursday, January 2, 2020 | Storm Lake, Iowa | SIebens Fieldhouse | 5:30 p.m.
Coe (6-5, 1-1 A-R-C) at Buena Vista (1-10, 0-2 A-R-C) | WATCH | STATS

Saturday, January 4, 2020 | Siebens Fieldhouse | Storm Lake, Iowa | 2 p.m.
Luther (4-5, 2-0 A-R-C) at Buena Vista (1-10, 0-2 A-R-C)  | WATCH | STATS

LAST TIME OUT
The Beavers hosted Mount Marty on December 30 in a contest that was recorded as an exhibition game for the Beavers.  After BVU took a 54-53 lead to start the fourth quarter, the Lancers would score nine straight points and hold on for a 73-62 victory.  Nicole Lange scored 20 straight points for the Beavers, including a three-pointer that gave the team that fourth quarter advantage, and finished with a team-high 24.  The last official contest for BVU was back on December 15 when it dropped a 78-60 contest to Whitworth University out in Walla Walla, Wash., as part of the Whitman College Tournament.  Destiny Einerwold turned in 20 points to help lead the way and was also named to the All-Tournament Team at the conclusion of the day.

SERIES OUTLOOK
The Beavers hold a 29-23 all-time series lead over the Kohawks but Coe has won three straight and nine of the last 12 meetings.  BVU's last win in the series was an 85-66 triumph inside of Siebens Fieldhouse during the first of two match-ups in 2017-18.  The Norse hold a 45-37 advantage in the all-time series over BVU and has won four straight.  The Beavers' last win was a 19-point triumph back in 2016-17.

SCOUTING COE
The Kohawks take the floor having played three straight games away from home and are 1-2 in those games.  It's most recent outing was an 84-78 setback at Augustana College (Ill.) on December 30.  Jackie Feldt scored a team-high 21 points for the team which marked just the second time this season that the team's leading scorer surpassed the 20-point plateau.  The 78 points marked only the third time the Kohawks have scored over 70 points in a contest this season.  Madeline Wilkins is averaging a team-best 12.3ppg and has made 28 three-point buckets while shooting nearly 36 percent from long range.  Feldt is right behind in scoring at 11.5ppg and is also hauling in a team-leading 5.8 rebounds per game. The team is allowing just under 60 points per contest.

SCOUTING LUTHER
The Norse began the year winless at 0-5 and will enter Saturday's showdown having won four straight overall.  It's first win of the year came in the A-R-C opener at home when the team held on for a thrilling 80-77 victory over then 17th-ranked Loras College on December 4.  The Norse then followed that win up with a 78-54 road victory at Coe College.  Sarah Holtz and Laura Hamilton have been the team's top scorers for much of the season to this point.  Holtz is averaging a team-leading 16.0ppg with Hamilton close behind at 11.8ppg.  Holtz is shooting over 51 percent through the first two league contests and turning in better than 20 points.  As a team, the Norse are shooting nearly 50 percent in those first two outings and have gone 20-of-40 from long range.  They're averaging 10 points more during conference play than it has against non-conference opponents.

ABOUT BUENA VISTA
The Beavers take the floor looking to snap a current eight-game overall losing streak this season.  The team has been shooting the ball a bit more efficient as of late, shooting over 40 percent from the field in two of the last four contests after being held to under 35 percent in each of its first seven games of the year.  Destiny Einerwold comes in ranked second in the A-R-C in scoring this season at 16.5ppg and leads the conference with 57 made free-throws.  She averages nearly seven trips to the charity stripes per contest.  Erin Gerke follows Einerwold at 12.1ppg and leads the team in assists (35), steals (28) and three-point makes (14). She's also averaging a team-leading 36.4 minutes per game.