Anna Jueneman continued her outstanding freshman campaign for the Kansas Wesleyan Women's Basketball team on Wednesday night against the York University Panthers.
Jueneman scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds helping the Coyotes to a 77-66 win inside Mabee Arena.
The Coyotes started the game on fire, shooting 68 percent (13 of 19) and scoring 34 first quarter points, to race out to a 34-15 lead after a quarter and led 46-24 at halftime before York cut into the lead with a big third quarter.
An onslaught of 3-pointers by the Coyotes to open the game quickly pushed KWU's lead out to 21-7 after free throws by Raegann McDonald with 4:04 to go in the first. Five of KWU's first seven field goals were from 3-point range.
Jueneman's bucket just before the end of the first gave KWU a 34-15 lead after a quarter.
Buckets by Odessa Ozuna and McDonald pushed KWU's lead out to 23 points in the second, where the advantage stayed over the quarter.
York outscored the Coyotes 22-8 over the first six minutes of the third quarter, making things interesting at an eight-point margin at 54-46, but the Coyotes would push the lead back out to 13 at the end of the period on a steal and layup by Jueneman.
Jocelyn Hall's bucket with 9:07 left in the game pushed KWU's lead back out to 15 points at 67-52.
York made another run, a 12-4 charge to get within seven at 71-64 with 5:04 to go but got no closer the rest of the way.
Three other Coyotes reached double figures as Ozuna finished with 16, McCool with 14 and Adriana DiPrima had 10. McCool added eight rebounds. KWU was 32 of 65 shooting for 49.2 percent for the game.