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No. 2/6 Wartburg Travels to Face Nebraska Wesleyan

WAVERLY, Iowa--  The No. 2/6 Wartburg women's basketball team (16-0 overall, 7-0 IIAC) travels to face Nebraska Wesleyan (11-5, 2-5) Wednesday at 6 p.m. This will complete the first half of the Iowa Conference schedule. The Knights continue to stand atop the IIAC standings, while the Prairie Wolves are tied for sixth.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 8-1, which includes the last five meetings.

Wartburg
Senior Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the leading scorer for the Knights with 13.1 PPG. She also has a team-high 100 assists, and 31 steals. She is now the seventh leading scorer in the IIAC at 15.6 PPG and leads the conference with 6.6 assists/game.

Classmate Miranda Murphy (Alleman) follows with 11.9 PPG and is second with 5.1 rebounds/game. Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) leads the team with 5.8 rebounds/game and has a team-best 21 blocks.

In IIAC games, senior Kristie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the 11th leading scorer with 12.4 PPG. Jones and senior Morgan Neuendorf (Plainfield) average double digits at 10.9 and 10.0 PPG, respectively.

Career Leader List Watch
Katie moved into 10th with 1,178 points, the all-time career leader with 450 assists, seventh with 153 three-point field goals, and third with 373 free throws.

Twin sister Kristie ranks second with 212 three-point field goals. She needs five to tie the all-time mark of 217, set by Samantha Harrington from 2007-11.

Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks fourth with 97 blocked shots.

Nebraska Wesleyan
Caitlin Navratil leads her team with 16.8 PPG and Kate Schulte joins her in double digits at 11.9. Schulte leads the team on the glass with 6.5 rebounds/game.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 22 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1st in won-lost percentage (100.0), 2nd in personal fouls per game (11.8), 6th in three-point field goals per game (8.5), 8th in three-point field goals made (128), 9th in assists per game (18.3), 10th in scoring margin (21.3), 11th in assist turnover ratio (1.18), 12th in assists (275), 18th in fewest fouls (177), 19th in field-goal percentage (44.7), 21st in three-point field-goal percentage (36.2), 23rd in free-throw percentage (74.2), 26th in scoring offense (75.4), 30th in defensive rebounds per game (31), 30th in final points (1,131), 37th in three-point filed goals attempted (354), 46th in rebound margin (7.7), 53rd in scoring defense (54.1), 59th in field-goal percentage defense (34.1), 72nd in turnovers per game (15.6), 91st in free throws made (201), and 100th in blocked shots (56).
 
Individually, one Knight ranks in the top 100 of five statistical categories: Katie Sommer ranks 8th in assists (94), 9th in assists per game (6.3), 56th in free throws made (62), 57th in assist turnover ratio (1.88), and 100th in free throw attempts (78).
 
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