News Release

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Senior Mike Kilburg led the Kohawks to their second victory of the weekend over Marian College Saturday night at Eby Fieldhouse. Kilburg\'s 25 points and 13 rebounds paced the Kohawks in a thrilling 67-53 win in a game that was close until the final minutes.

Kilburg played 27 minutes tonight, compared to the 13 he played last night after getting in foul trouble. Eleven of Kilburg\'s 25 points came from the charity stripe.

Junior Kyle Kuenstling, from Dunkerton, Iowa, finished with his second double-digit performance of the season with 10 points. He also dished out six assists, pulled down seven rebounds and blocked four shots.

The Dunkerton connection didn\'t end with Kuenstling as his running mate Brian Brungard added 13 points off the bench, his second straight double-digit scoring performance of the season.

The Kohawks return to action Tuesday night as they travel across town to take on Mount Mercy.

Newspaper Box Score
MARIAN vs Coe College
11/18/06 7:30 p.m. at Eby Fieldhouse
At Eby Fieldhouse
COE COLLEGE 67, MARIAN 53
MARIAN (1-1)
Redmond, Titus 7-15 1-2 15; Holewinski, Jerid 5-12 3-3 15; Van Ess, Jordan
4-8 0-1 9; Horsch, Joe 1-3 2-2 5; Franklin, Wayne 2-4 0-1 4; Ashbeck, Bryan
1-1 0-0 3; Arndt, Derek 1-1 0-0 2; Boettcher, Brock 0-0 0-0 0; Stern, Geoff
0-0 0-0 0; Rankin, Logan 0-1 0-2 0; Bestor, Justin 0-1 0-0 0; Popp, Kyle 0-0
0-0 0; Hudak, Kevin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-46 6-11 53.
COE COLLEGE (2-0)
KILBURG, Mike 7-11 11-15 25; BRUNGARD, Brian 5-8 0-0 13; KUENSTLING, Kyle
2-3 6-6 10; PETERSEN, Kale 1-5 4-4 7; BREITBARTH, Aaron 2-5 3-4 7; HANNA,
Rob 0-5 2-2 2; TIMMERMANS, Ross 1-1 0-0 2; KEHE, Chris 0-1 1-2 1; DILLON,
Zach 0-0 0-0 0; YANSKY, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0; DUX, Kevin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
18-40 27-33 67.
MARIAN........................   29   24  -   53
Coe College...................   32   35  -   67
3-point goals-MARIAN 5-12 (Holewinski, Jerid 2-7; Horsch, Joe 1-2; Van Ess,
Jordan 1-1; Ashbeck, Bryan 1-1; Franklin, Wayne 0-1), Coe College 4-12
(BRUNGARD, Brian 3-5; PETERSEN, Kale 1-3; HANNA, Rob 0-2; KEHE, Chris 0-1;
KUENSTLING, Kyle 0-1). Fouled out--MARIAN-Arndt, Derek, Coe College-None.
Rebounds-MARIAN 21 (Van Ess, Jordan 7), Coe College 33 (KILBURG, Mike 13).
Assists-MARIAN 7 (Hudak, Kevin 2; Holewinski, Jerid 2), Coe College 12
(KUENSTLING, Kyle 6). Total fouls-MARIAN 28, Coe College 15. A-350