CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Coe Head Women's Basketball Coach
Randi Peterson has been named the Iowa Conference Coach of the year. She becomes the first Coe women's basketball coach to win the honor. Four Kohawks were also named to the All-Iowa Conference team, with two being first team selections.
Peterson led
Coe to its first Iowa Conference women's basketball championship with a
13-3 record in league play. The Kohawks closed
their season at 19-8 after an IIAC Tournament Championship loss to
Simpson. Coe's 19 wins is the second most in school history.
Coe led the Conference in scoring defense (59.4 points/game),
rebounding margin (+5.1), assists (17.22 assists/game), rebounding
(40.5 rebounds/game), rebounding defense (35.4 rebounds/game), field
goal percentage defense (37.8 percent), 3-point field goal percentage
defense (30.2 percent), and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.94). This marks
the first time Peterson has been named IIAC Women's Basketball Coach
of the Year.
Two Kohawks, junior
Kayla Lincoln (Maynard, Iowa/West Central) and
sophomore
Kayla Waskow (Dunkerton, Iowa/Dunkerton) were named to the
All-Iowa Conference First Team. Juniors
Devvin Rolston (Clinton,
Iowa/Clinton) and
Kaitlin Breitbach (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington) were
honorable mention selections.
Waskow broke Coe's single-season scoring record with 395 points. SHe
was fifth in the Iowa Conference in scoring and third in field goal
percentage, while also ranking 15th in the nation in field goal
percentage.
Lincoln hit 50 3-point baskets on the year, the third most in school
history. She was fifth in the league in 3-pointers made, while ranking
sixth in blocked shots.
Breitbach was second in the league in assists and first in
assist-to-turnover ration. She ranked 15th in the nation in
assist-to-turnover ratio, while she was 67th in assists per game.
Rolston ranked fourth in the league in field goal pecentage and 15th in
blocked shots.
This was the first time being named to the All-Iowa Conference team for
any of the four players selected.