WAVERLY, Iowa – The Carleton College women's basketball team dropped the season opener 68-40 at No. 18-ranked Wartburg College.
Junior guard
Addy Huss posted her 11th career double-double, leading Carleton (0-1) with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Audrey Whitney added nine points and six boards, while
Maggie Winesett tallied six points chipped in five points.
Liesl McCallum contributed four ponts, four rebounds, and blocked shot.
Newcomers
Isabella Keberlein accounted for five points, three steals, and two offensive rebounds, while fellow rookies
Maya Jenkins and
Cadence Brecker notched their first collegiate baskets.
Carleton trailed 8-7 after Jenkins scored midway through the opening period, but Wartburg (1-0) went on a 12-3 run over the remainder of the quarter. Carleton got no closer than eight points the rest of the night.
Carleton shot 22.8 percent from the field while going 5-for-29 (17.2 percent) from beyond the arc and 9-of-15 (60 percent) at the charity stripe. Meanwhile, Wartburg connected at a 43.3 percent clip and was 8-of-27 (29.6 percent) from long range and 8-of-13 (61.5 percent) at the free throw line.
Preseason All-American Katie Boulanger led Wartburg with 23 points including a 4-of-6 showing from deep. Grace Hennessy and Emma Townsley also finished in double figures for the hosts, accounting for 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton will face University of Dubuque at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, the final day of the Wartburg Tip-Off Tournament,
