CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The University of Dubuque women's basketball team bounced back from a heartbreaking loss on Saturday with a 65-55 road win at Coe College. The game was a defensive battle as neither team shot above 40%, but with the score all square at 44 all entering the fourth quarter, the Spartans would outscore the Kohawks 24-14 in the fourth quarter to pull away from the win. The Spartans move to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play, while Coe falls to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the A-R-C.

Three Spartans reached double figures in points, led by Tabria Thomas with 13 points, going 9-10 from the free throw line while also grabbing seven rebounds, blocking two shots and grabbing four steals. Vanessa Eniola and Kathleen Mathias added 12 and 10 points, respectively. 

After the Kohawks jumped out to a 19-14 lead after the first quarter, the Spartans would dominate the second quarter. UD scored seven of the first nine points to tie the game at 21-21 with 5:46 until halftime. After a three-point play from the Kohawks, the Spartans would close the half on a 12-1 run to take a 33-25 lead into the break.

Coe would come out of the locker room with a 9-0 run to quickly erase the Spartans lead to take the lead in just 3:29. Over the remaining 6:31 of the third, the teams would trade baskets and go into the fourth quarter tied at 41. The trend of alternating hot starts to quarters continued as UD scored the first seven points of the fourth to take a 48-41 lead with 7:37 remaining. The Kohawks made a little run to get the UD lead down to two points but the Spartans held them off from getting any closer and iced the game away at the free throw line to close out the victory. 

A key difference on Wednesday night came at the free throw line. The Spartans got to the line 30 times, connecting on 25 of them, while UD limited the Kohawks to just 17 attempts, only making 11.  

The Spartans are back at home on Saturday when they host Nebraska Wesleyan at 2:00 p.m.