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