Kansas Wesleyan Women's Basketball coach Harper Taylor picked up her first collegiate head coaching win on Saturday as the Coyotes blitzed the William Penn Statesmen 71-45 inside Mabee Arena in the Coyote Classic.
Wesleyan got wins in every quarter, but a 24-13 advantage in the first set the tone for the night.
A bucket plus free throw by freshman Raegann McDonald gave the Coyotes a 7-6 lead with 7:28 left in the first, a lead that would not be relinquished the rest of the night.
Seven straight points from Izzy McCool gave the Coyotes a 14-8 lead with 6:03 to go, and a bucket by game leading scorer Jocelyn Hall made it 16-8 with 5:32 left.
Emma Gertken's score with two minutes left in the quarter gave KWU a 24-12 lead before taking a 24-13 lead after one quarter.
McDonald's score with 4:46 left in the second pushed the Coyote lead out to 20 points at 35-15. William Penn got within 14 before Hall's score with just under a minute left made it 29-23 at the half.
Wesleyan extended the lead in the third, pushing the margin out to 23 points on a 3-pointer by Adriana DiPrima with 4:36 left in the quarter at 50-27.
The Coyotes got the lead out to 29 points with 3:03 left in the game on a score by Addison Denney that made it 67-38.
Hall's 19 led all scorers in the game as KWU shot 29 of 61 from the field for 47.5 percent and hit 5 of 20 3-point tries in the game. McDonald had her first collegiate double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Hall added seven boards and Odessa Ozuna had six. Ozuna and DiPrima had five assists each.