"Molly is the epitome of what we are going to be about at Arizona in our women's basketball program...I'm gonna play her the rest of the way out, because that's somebody I'm gonna build around."
- @ArizonaWBB's Becky Burke on freshman Molly Ladwig in her fifth start this season
🏀 RECAP: 𝐌𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟕𝟓-𝟔𝟓; 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧-𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠
Men's basketball went on the road and closed the regular season with a 75-65 win over Simpson College on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Wartburg has now swept the regular season series against Simpson in two-straight seasons.
Luke Ladwig led all scorers with 19 points as four Knights finished with double-digit scoring figures. Wartburg finishes regular season play with an overall record of 14-11 and an American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) record of 6-10. Simpson now moves to 9-15 overall and 6-9 in A-R-C play.
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Asked Becky Burke what she liked from Molly Ladwig, who played one of her best games in a Wildcat uniform:
"[I saw] that scores mentality, that blue collar chip on her shoulder, straight line driver, confident kid. And I hope this just launches her into an upward trajectory."