DECORAH — Central College senior guard Emily Dine (Oldsmar, Fla., East Lake HS) scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds in a 66-48 loss to Luther College Wednesday night.

Wednesday's game was the first Iowa Conference match-up for Central, who fell to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in conference.

Luther raced out to an 11-0 lead in the first quarter and Central cut the lead to 4 with 3:37 left in the first half but never closed the gap.

"Emily had a really nice first half and kept us in the game with some early threes but we couldn't get anything to drop in the second half," said coach Joe Steinkamp.

Senior forward Jackie Kriegel (Marengo, Iowa Valley HS) grabbed 13 rebounds and tallied seven points.

Fellow senior forward Tina Lane (Williamsburg) grabbed 11 rebounds in the loss.

"I thought Jackie and Tina fought hard all night long," said Steinkamp.

The Dutch defense held the Norse (3-4 overall, 1-0 conference) to just 31.6 percent from the field however shot 22.1 percent themselves.

"Luther is a very good defensive team and did a nice job contesting shots and forcing turnovers," said Steinkamp.

Both teams grabbed 58 rebounds but Central had 21 turnovers while Luther had just 10.

League play continues for the Dutch Saturday in Pella at P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium with a women's-men's doubleheader. The women's game begins at 2 p.m. Live stats and broadcast can be found at athletics.central.edu.