The win gives the Storm the #3 seed for the Iowa Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. Simpson (15-10, 11-5 IIAC) will host #6 Cornell Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in Indianola.
Both teams were hot from the field in the opening frame. Simpon shot nearly 80% from floor, making 19-of-their-24 field goal attempts (79.2%). Coe was 16-30 from the floor (53.3%), and shot 53% from three-point range (8-15). Coe did not allow a Storm offensive rebound in teh first half and outrebounded Simpson 35-28 for the game.
The Storm managed to cool the Kohawks down in the second half, holding Coe to 9-30 from the field (30%). With the scored tied at 71 and a little under four minutes to go, Simpson went on a 9-2 run that was capped off by Nick Boyd's fourth three-point field goal of the night. Simpson pushed the lead to as much as 10 late in the contest.
Boyd recorded 14 on the night, and was 5-7 from the field in his first career varsity start. Ryan Hittenmiller also scored 14 for the Storm.
Coe (14-11, 10-6 IIAC) was led by Brandon Sain who had a game high 25 points on 9-13 shooting. The 6-6 center was 6-9 from beyond the three-point arc. Jake Fish was 8-11 from the floor to post 23 points. Fish added a game high eight rebounds.
SIMPSON COLLEGE 84, COE COLLEGE 76 COE COLLEGE (14-11, 10-6 IIAC) SAIN, Brandon 9-13 1-4 25; FISH, Jake 8-11 7-9 23; WILKINS, Nick 2-9 2-2 6; AXDAHL, Brad 2-5 0-0 6; NIEMANN, Luke 1-5 2-2 5; HAMILTON, Seth 2-6 0-0 4; HOPKINS, Jeramy 1-5 0-0 3; STANEK, Justin 0-3 3-4 3; TAGTOW, Nat 0-2 1-3 1; KRUEGER, Chris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 16-24 76. SIMPSON COLLEGE (15-10, 11-5 IIAC) WALKER, Dirk 3-7 10-11 16; SNYDER, Jason 6-7 2-2 16; BOYD, Nick 5-7 0-0 14; HITTENMILLER, Ryan 6-9 2-2 14; BURKHARDT, Jason 3-5 2-5 9; MOORE, Barry 3-4 2-2 8; BROWN, Matt 1-4 0-0 3; SOPPE, Jason 1-3 0-2 2; ELLENS, Scott 0-1 0-0 0; MARTIN, Mike 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-49 20-26 84. Coe College................... 48 28 - 76 Simpson College............... 48 36 - 84 3-point goals-Coe College 10-27 (SAIN, Brandon 6-9; AXDAHL, Brad 2-5; HOPKINS, Jeramy 1-5; NIEMANN, Luke 1-2; TAGTOW, Nat 0-2; WILKINS, Nick 0-2; FISH, Jake 0-2), Simpson College 8-17 (BOYD, Nick 4-6; SNYDER, Jason 2-2; BURKHARDT, Jason 1-2; BROWN, Matt 1-2; MARTIN, Mike 0-2; HITTENMILLER, Ryan 0-1; WALKER, Dirk 0-2). Fouled out--Coe College-WILKINS, Nick, Simpson College-None. Rebounds-Coe College 35 (FISH, Jake 8), Simpson College 28 (SNYDER, Jason 6). Assists-Coe College 12 (KRUEGER, Chris 4), Simpson College 16 (WALKER, Dirk 9). Total fouls-Coe College 24, Simpson College 21. A-400