WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 9/10 Wartburg (4-0 overall, 0-0 IIAC) hosts Nebraska Wesleyan (3-1, 0-0) Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Iowa Conference opener. NWU became members of the IIAC this year.
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The Series
Wartburg holds the 6-1 all-time series lead over Nebraska Wesleyan, but the programs have not met since 2014.
Wartburg
Junior Miranda Murphy (Alleman) leads the team with 14.5 PPG and 7.3 rebounds/game. Juniors and Marion natives Aryn Jones and Katie Sommer round out the leading scorers with 11.3 and 10.8 PPG, respectively. Sommer has a team-high 23 assists to date.
NWU
The Prairie Wolves enter tonight's contest on a three-game winning streak. Addie Wetzel is the leading scorer with 13.5 PPG, while Kate Schulte and Caitlin Navratil follow with 12.5 and 11.0 PPG, respectively.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 18 NCAA stat categories: 1
st in won-lost percentage (100.0), 4
th in field-goal percentage (48.9), 5
th in assists per game (21.0), 5
th in personal fouls per game (11.5), 10
th in scoring margin (29.0), 18
th in scoring defense (46.8), 22
nd in assist turnover ratio (1.24), 26
th in three-point field goals per game (8.8), 30
th in assists (84), 36
th in three-point field-goal percentage (38.0), 38
th in three-point field goals made (35), 45
th in fewest fouls (46), 45
th in three Pt FG defense (21.1), 47
th in scoring offense (75.8), 63
rd in rebound margin (8.5), 70
th in field-goal percentage defense (33.0), 87
th in three-point field goals attempted (92), and 99
th in free-throw percentage (70.4).
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of five different categories.Katie Sommer ranks 26
th in assists per game (5.8), 34
th in assists (23), 76
th in assist turnover ratio (2.30), and 96
th in free throw attempts (26).
Miranda Murphy (Alleman, Iowa) ranks 4
th in field-goal percentage (72.7).
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