WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 4/14 Wartburg women's basketball team (3-0 overall, 0-0 IIAC) travels to Dubuque Wednesday to face the Spartans (1-3, 0-0) at 6 p.m.
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The Series
The Knights hold the all-time series lead at 53-23, which includes the last six-straight.
Wartburg
Four Knights currently average in double digits. Senior Miranda Murphy (Alleman) leads the way at 13.7 PPG, classmates Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) and Abbie Haupert (Collins) follow at 12.3 and 11.0, and sophomore Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) rounds out the leading scorers at 10.7.
Sommer leads the team on the glass with 5.7 rebounds per game, free throw percentage (.889) and assists (20).
Career Leader List Watch
Katie is tied for 12th with 1,006 points, second with 370 assists, sixth with 126 three-point field goals, fourth with 324 free throws.
Twin sister Kristie ranks third with 184 three-point field goals. She needs 166 points to reach 1,000 for her career.
Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks fifth with 76 blocked shots.
Dubuque
Abbey Meyer is the team's leading scorer at 16.3 PPG and Morgan Boer follows at 12.0. CeCe Pope leads the team with 6.5 rebounds/game.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 15 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
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The Knights rank 1
st in won-loss percentage (100), 2
nd in free-throw percentage (83.9), 14
th in fewest fouls (28), 17
th in rebound margin (13.3), 25
th in scoring margin (23.3), 29
th in assist turnover ratio (1.18), 40
th in field-goal percentage (44.6), 44
th in assists per game (17.7), 47
th in fewest turnovers (45), 47
th in scoring defense (52), 50
th in scoring offense (75.3), 66
th in turnovers per game (15), 69
th in 3-point field goals per game (7), 81
st in 3-point field goal percentage (33.3), and 84
th in blocked shots per game (4).
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Individually, three Knights rank in the top 100 of six statistical categories. Katie Sommer ranks 12
th in assists per game (6.7), 51
st in assists (20), and 88
th in free-throw percentage (88.9). Miranda Murphy ranks 62
nd assist turnover ratio (2.25) and 95
th in 3-point field-goal percentage (42.9).
Gerdes ranks 3
rd in 3-point field-goal percentage (77.8) and 65
th in steals per game (3.33).
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