WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 4/13 Wartburg women's basketball team (7-0 overall) travels to compete in the UC Santa Cruz Tournament Dec. 19-20. The Knights will face host-UC Santa Cruz (2-6) Tuesday at 6 p.m. (Pacific) and California Lutheran (5-2) Wednesday at 4 p.m. (Pacific).

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The Series
The Knights and the host-Banana Slugs have never previously met. The series is tied 1-1 with California Lutheran, though the teams haven't met since 2013.

Wartburg
Senior Miranda Murphy (Alleman) leads the team with 12.4 PPG, while classmate Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) follows at 11.0.

Sommer leads the team on the glass with 5.6 rebounds per game, and assists (41). Junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) has a team-best 16 steals.

Career Leader List Watch
Katie ranks 11th with 1,046 points, second with 391 assists, seventh with 134 three-point field goals, and third with 332 free throws.

Twin sister Kristie ranks third with 190 three-point field goals.

Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks fifth with 80 blocked shots.

UC Santa Cruz
Two players average in double digits as Katie Young has 12.0 PPG and Kim Tom has 11.1. Kaitlin Stephenson leads the team on the glass with 11.1 rebounds/game.

Cal Lutheran
Kayla Watterson averages a double-double with 10.0 PPG and 12.3 rebounds/game. Kiana Gray follows at 9.1 PPG.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg  ranks in the top 100 of 21 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in won-lost percentage (100), 4^th in fewest fouls (81), 12^th in scoring margin (26), 15^th in assist turnover ratio (1.24), 15^th in three-point field goals per game (8.7), 16^th in free-throw percentage (76.3), 17^th in scoring defense (48.1), 26^th in turnovers per game (14), 28^th in fewest turnovers (98), 34^th in assists per game (17.4), 40^th in turnover margin (6.43), 41^st in field-goal percentage defense (33.2), 41^st in three-point field goals made (61), 44^th in scoring offense (74.1), 44^th in rebound margin (8.4), 62^nd in defensive rebounds per game (30), 62^nd in three-point field-goal percentage (34.5), 66^th in three-point field goal defense (25), 68^th in three-point field goals attempted (177), 77^th in field-goal percentage (42), and 86^th in assists (122).
 
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of five statistical categories: Katie Sommer ranks 14^th in assists per game (5.9), 32^nd in assists (41), 51^st in assist turnover ratio (1.95), and 62^nd in free-throw percentage (85.7); and Miranda Murphy ranks 57^th in three-point field-goal percentage (43.2).