WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 12/14 Wartburg women's basketball team (17-2 overall, 9-1 IIAC) hosts Simpson (7-12, 4-6) Saturday at 2 p.m.
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The Series
Simpson holds the all-time series lead at 48-31, but the Knights have won the last four-straight games, including the meeting earlier this season, 76-60 on Dec. 3, 2016 in Indianola.
Wartburg
Junior Miranda Murphy (Alleman) leads the team with 13.5 PPG. Classmate Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) follows at 12.9 PPG, twin sister Kristie is third at 10.4 and Aryn Jones rounds out the leading scorers with 10.2. Katie is the leading rebounder with 6.1/game.
Katie currently ranks third-best on the program's all-time career leader list in assists with 299. She needs eight to move into second. Katie is also ninth on the career leader list for three-point field goals made (106).
Kristie currently ranks sixth in that category with 149 and needs 18 to move into fifth.
Jones has now moved into fifth in blocks (70).
Simpson
Noreen Morrow leads her team at 16.3 PPG and 8.5 rebounds/game.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 22 NCAA stat categories: rank 8th in three-point field goals made (152), 8th in scoring margin (22.3), 9th in personal fouls per game (13.2), 9th in free-throw percentage (76.8), 9th in points (1,442), 11th in assists (324), 14th in assist turnover ratio (1.15), 17th in field-goal percentage (44.7), 18th in won-lost percentage (89.5), 19th in three-point field goals per game (8.0), 20th in free throws made (294), 20th in scoring offense (75.9), 23rd in three-point field-goal percentage (35.4), 27th in assists per game (17.1), 28th in three-point field goals attempted (429), 39th in turnovers per game (14.9), 47th in scoring defense (53.6), 50th in free throw attempts (383), 53rd in fewest fouls (251), 72nd in turnover margin (3.53), 90th in field-goal percentage defense (34.5), and 90th in defensive rebounds per game (29).
Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of 10 different categories. Junior Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ranks 7th in assists (105), 14th in assists per game (5.5), 15th in assist turnover ratio (2.23), 24th in free throws made (91), and 25th in free throw attempts (120).
Junior Miranda Murphy (Alleman, Iowa) ranks 24th in field-goal percentage (55.7). Junior Kristie Sommer (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ranks 18th in three-point field goals made (50), 43rd in three-point field goals per game (2.63), 48th in three-point field-goal percentage (38.8), and 49th in three-point field goals attempted (129).