Trailing 24-14 with under nine minutes to play in the first half, Buena Vista went on a 29-9 run, which included a 17-0 spurt, to capture a 43-33 halftime advantage. The Knights were unable to trim the deficit to single digits the entire second half.
Buena Vista shot an impressive 31 of 48 (65%) from the field including 18 of 24 (75%) from the floor in the second half. BVU was a red-hot 12 of 17 (71%) from three-point range. Wartburg connected on just 27 of 79 (34%) of its field goal attempts.
Maguire nailed five of seven 3-point shots as she fell one point shy of matching her career high. Meyer scored a career-high 16 points and yanked down a career-high 10 rebounds while shooting four of six from behind the arc.
Meyer was making her first collegiate start as Buena Vista was playing without two of its regular starters, Kelli Staley and Jess Griggs. Tracy Hartwig added 12 points and a career-high six assists.
Elizabeth Campbell led Wartburg with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Tarah Mulder also added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds off of the Knight bench.
Wartburg, which committed 10 fewer turnovers than Buena Vista, was simply unable to offset BVU's hot shooting performance. The Beavers improved to 9-5 with the victory, 4-1 in the Iowa Conference. The Knights fell to 6-9, 3-4 in the IIAC.
Buena Vista will continue conference play by traveling to the University of Dubuque on Saturday, January 21.
Buena Vista vs Wartburg College 01/18/06 6 p.m. at Knights Gymnasium - Waverly, Iowa At Knights Gymnasium - Waverly, Iowa BUENA VISTA 91, WARTBURG COLLEGE 76 BUENA VISTA (9-5, 4-1IIAC) MAGUIRE, Katie 9-17 10-13 33; MEYER, Lindsey 5-7 2-2 16; HARTWIG, Tracy 5-7 0-1 12; EBEL, Katie 2-3 2-2 7; PUTNEY, Melissa 2-3 2-2 6; STOELK, Courtney 2-2 1-2 5; HEITMANN, Penni 2-3 0-0 4; ERNST, Katie 2-4 0-0 4; SCHWEITZBERGER, Jenn 2-2 0-0 4; MOORE, Tia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-48 17-22 91. WARTBURG COLLEGE (6-9, 3-4 IIAC) CAMPBELL, Elizabeth 6-15 5-8 18; MULDER, Tarah 5-10 2-3 12; FRANTZ, Jamie 4-8 0-0 11; BURRELL, LaToshia 4-11 0-1 10; DONAHUE, Ashton 3-12 0-0 8; HENDRICKS, Megan 1-5 5-6 7; FELD, Kayla 2-7 0-0 6; PIRKL, Laura 2-7 0-0 4; SCHOONOVER, Alecia 0-0 0-0 0; MEYER, Molly 0-1 0-0 0; KUGLER, Jessica 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-79 12-18 76. Buena Vista................... 43 48 - 91 Wartburg College.............. 33 43 - 76 3-point goals-Buena Vista 12-17 (MAGUIRE, Katie 5-7; MEYER, Lindsey 4-6; HARTWIG, Tracy 2-3; EBEL, Katie 1-1), Wartburg College 10-33 (FRANTZ, Jamie 3-7; DONAHUE, Ashton 2-9; BURRELL, LaToshia 2-5; FELD, Kayla 2-5; CAMPBELL, Elizabeth 1-6; PIRKL, Laura 0-1). Fouled out--Buena Vista-None, Wartburg College-None. Rebounds-Buena Vista 37 (MEYER, Lindsey 10), Wartburg College 40 (CAMPBELL, Elizabeth 10; MULDER, Tarah 10). Assists-Buena Vista 21 (MAGUIRE, Katie 9), Wartburg College 23 (PIRKL, Laura 6). Total fouls-Buena Vista 17, Wartburg College 19. A-650