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Women's Basketball Travels to Cornell

WAVERLY, Iowa-- Wartburg (5-1 overall) travels to face Cornell (4-2) Saturday at 1 p.m. The Rams enter the weekend on a four-game winning streak, while the Knights have won their last three straight.

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The Series
The Knights lead the all-time series at 40-6, but the programs have not met since 2012 when Cornell was in the Iowa Conference. Wartburg has claimed the last nine straight meetings.

Wartburg
Sophomore Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) leads the team with 14.7 PPG and senior Kailey Kladivo (Traer) follows closely with 14.2 PPG. Classmate Bobbie Burrows (Bondurant) completes the leading scores with 11.7 PPG. Kladivo nearly averages a double-double with her 8.3 rebounds/game. Sommer has a team-best 26 assists.

Kladivo needs 53 points to reach the 1,000 mark for her career.

Cornell
Three Rams also average in double digits as Diamond Boyd leads the squad with 17.4 PPG. Kellie Kuzmanic has 10.7 and Maggie Hogen follows with 10.2. Boyd also leads the team on the glass with 8.0 rebounds per game.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 14 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.

The Knights rank 14th in three-point field-goal defense (19.2), 17th in fewest turnovers (67), 23rd in assist turnover ratio (1.10), 20th in turnovers per game (13.4), 25th in field-goal percentage (44.5), 33rd in three-point field-goal percentage (36.6), 34th in three-point field goals per game (7.4), 35th in fewest fouls (80) and 39th in scoring margin (15.4). The Orange and Black also rank 63rd in defensive rebounds per game (30), 64th in personal fouls per game (16.0), 67th in scoring offense (71.6), 67th in won-lost percentage (80.0) and 94th in scoring defense (56.2).

Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of five categories. Katie Sommer ranks first in three-point field-goal percentage (73.3) and 16th in field-goal percentage (63.4).

Senior Bobbie Burrows (Bondurant) ranks eighth in assist turnover ratio (4.00), 17th in three-point field goals per game (3.20), 47th in three-point field-goal percentage (45.7) and 75th in three-point field goals made (16).

 
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