LINDSBORG - Kansas Wesleyan Men's Basketball got its first win of the season on Saturday as the Coyotes rallied in the second half to dispatch the Bethany Swedes 71-62 at Hahn Gym.
After trailing by three at the half, 31-28, the Coyotes fell behind by as many as nine, 43-34 with 15:36 left in the game.
That's when the Coyotes got things going.
Free throws by AJ Walker got the Coyotes within three at 45-42 with 12:11 left and a bucket by Coley Burgess got the Coyotes within a point at 47-46 with 10:29 to go.
Wesleyan trailed by four with 8:48 left when the push came. Riley Wolf hit a 3-pointer, Brandon Redic hit a free throw to tie it and Walker's bucket with 5:26 left gave the Coyotes the lead.
Another 3-pointer by Burgess pushed KWU's lead out to six and Braylin Goins' bucket with 2:30 left put the Coyotes up 10 at 63-53.
Bethany didn't get any closer than seven the rest of the way.
KWU led 8-4 to start the game but Bethany came back and tied it at eight with 14:32 left in the first. The Swedes took an 11-8 lead before the Coyotes got a three-point play by Kavon Phillips to tie things up at 11 and Attie Reeves' bucket with 12:17 left gave KWU the lead 13-11.
The lead swung back and forth between the teams, as the Coyotes led by four several times, the last at 3:53 on free throws by Wolf before Bethany came back and took a 31-28 lead at the half on a 7-0 run.
Walker led the Coyotes with 17 points while Redic had 16 and 12 rebounds for the Coyotes. Goins added 10 as KWU was 23 of 56 shooting for 41.1 percent for the game.