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No. 2/6 Wartburg Travels to Face Loras to Open Second Half of Conference Play

WAVERLY, Iowa--  The No. 2/6 Wartburg women's basketball team (17-0 overall, 8-0 IIAC) travels to face Loras (12-6, 4-5) Wednesday at 6 p.m. This will begin the second half of the Iowa Conference schedule for the Knights. The Knights continue to stand atop the IIAC standings, while the Duhawks are tied for fourth

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time lead at 48-26, which includes the last four-straight. The Knights used a big second-half effort to claim the first meeting of the season, 64-46 on Dec. 6, 2017.

Wartburg
Senior Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the leading scorer for the Knights with 13.6 PPG. She also has a team-high 107 assists, and 33 steals. She is now the sixth leading scorer in the IIAC at 16.4 PPG and leads the conference with 6.6 assists/game.

Classmate Miranda Murphy (Alleman) follows with 11.8 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 25 blocks.

In IIAC games, senior Kristie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the 11th leading scorer with 12.8 PPG. Jones and senior Morgan Neuendorf (Plainfield) average double digits at 10.6 and 10.5 PPG, respectively.

Career Leader List Watch
Katie moved into 10th with 1,200 points, the all-time career leader with 457 assists, seventh with 156 three-point field goals, and third with 382 free throws.

Twin sister Kristie ranks second with 216 three-point field goals. She needs one to tie the all-time mark of 217, set by Samantha Harrington from 2007-11.

Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks fourth with 101 blocked shots.

Loras
The Duhawks enter the night on a three-game winning streak.

Addie Oberman leads the team with 12.5 PPG and Marissa Schroeder averages 10.9. Schroder is the 12th leading scorer in conference games at 12.2 PPG.

Cyerra Hutchins has a team-best 7.5 rebounds/game.

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 24 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights ranks 1st in won-lost percentage (100.0), 3rd in personal fouls per game (12), 5th in three-point field goals made (151), 5th in three-point field goals per game (8.9), 8th in assists per game (18.9), 8th in assists (322), 9th in assist turnover ratio (1.24), 10th in scoring margin (22.2), 11th in field-goal percentage (45.5), 14th in three-point field-goal percentage (36.8), 15th in final points (1,322), 15th in fewest fouls (204), 17th in scoring offense (77.8), 24th in free-throw percentage (73.9), 25th in defensive rebounds per game (31), 33rd in three-point field goals attempted (410), 42nd in rebound margin (7.9), 61st in free throws made (241), 64th in turnovers per game (15.3), 66th in field-goal percentage defense (34.4), 72nd in scoring defense (55.6), 83rd in fewest turnovers (260), 87th in blocked shots (66), and 91st in blocked shots per game (3.9).
 
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of six statistical categories: Katie Sommer ranks 7th in assists (107), 8th in assists per game (6.3), 42nd in free throws made (74), 50th in assist turnover ratio (1.95), and 72nd in free throws attempted (94), and Jones ranks 88th in blocked shots per game (1.79).
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