WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 9/10 Wartburg women's basketball team (13-1 overall, 5-0 IIAC) travels to face Buena Vista (8-5, 4-0) Wednesday at 6 p.m. in a battle for first place in the conference standings as each team is undefeated in IIAC play.
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The Series
Wartburg holds the narrow all-time series lead at 37-36. BV claimed both meetings last season by single digits.
Wartburg
Junior Miranda Murphy (Alleman) leads the team with 14.8 PPG and classmate Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) joins her in double digits at 12.9 PPG. Sommer has a team-best 6.3 rebounds/game and Murphy follows at 6.0.
Sommer currently ranks sixth-best on the program's all-time career leader list in assists with 275. She needs two to move into fifth. Sommer is also ninth on the career leader list for three-point field goals made (99).
Twin sister Kristie Sommer currently ranks sixth in that category with 132 and needs 35 to move into fifth.
Junior Aryn Jones (Marion) has moved into sixth in blocks (64).
Buena Vista
Jasmine Demers paces her team at 13.0 PPG and Sidney Beckman joins her in double digits with 11.0. Claudia Larson leads the team on the glass with 7.5 rebounds/game.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 21 NCAA stat categories.
The Knights rank 3
rd in personal fouls per game (12.4), 5
th in free-throw percentage (78.0), 5
th in field-goal percentage (46.2), 5
th in assists (252), 7
th in three-point field goals made (117), 8
th in scoring margin (24.1), 8
th in final points (1,074), 11
th in assists per game (18.0), 15
th in assist turnover ratio (1.18), 16
th in won-lost percentage (92.9), 17
th in three-point field goals per game (8.4), 19
th in three-point field-goal percentage (36.7), 19
th in scoring offense (76.7), 24
th in three-point field goals attempted (319), 39
th in scoring defense (52.6), 42
nd in free throws made (199), 46
th in turnovers per game (15.3), 48
th in rebound margin (7.6), 54
th in fewest fouls (174), 74
th in defensive rebounds per game (29), and 84
th in rebounds (564).
Individually, four Knights rank in the top 100 of 14 different categories. Katie Sommer ranks 5
th in assists (81), 9
th in assists per game (5.8), 13
th in assist turnover ratio (2.70), 27
th in free throws made (63), 38
th in free throw attempts (84), and 97
th in double doubles (4).
Miranda Murphy ranks 14
th in field-goal percentage (59.4), and 70
th in field goals made (82). Kristie Sommer ranks 36
th in three-point field goals made (33), 63
rd in three-point field-goal percentage (38.8), 85
th in three-point field goals per game (2.36), and 91
st in three-point field goals attempted (85). Jones (Linn-Mar) ranks 77
th in blocked shots (21) and 100
th in blocked shots per game (1.62).
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