WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 2/3 Wartburg women's basketball team (19-0 overall, 10-0 IIAC) travels to face Buena Vista (10-10, 5-6) Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Knights continue to hold steady atop the IIAC standings, while the BV is fifth
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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 41-36, which includes the last four meetings. The Knights were victorious, 98-62, in the first meeting earlier this month on Jan. 15.
Wartburg
Senior Katie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the leading scorer for the Knights with 14.4 PPG. She also has a team-high 114 assists, and 36 steals. She has moved into the fifth leading scorer in the IIAC at 17.4 PPG and leads the conference with 6.0 assists/game.
Classmate Miranda Murphy (Alleman) follows with 11.4 PPG and is second with 5.3 rebounds/game. Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) leads the team with 5.4 rebounds/game and has a team-best 27 blocks.
In IIAC games, senior Kristie Sommer (Cedar Rapids) is the 16th leading scorer with 11.6 PPG. Senior Morgan Neuendorf (Plainfield) and Jones average double digits at 11.2 and 10.1 PPG, respectively.
Career Leader List Watch
Katie is 10th with 1,243 points, the all-time career leader with 464 assists, seventh with 161 three-point field goals, and third with 396 free throws.
Twin sister Kristie is now the program's career leader in three-point field goals at 218.
Senior Aryn Jones (Marion) ranks fourth with 103 blocked shots.
Buena Vista
Four players average in double digits for BV as Jasmine Demers paces the team with 16.8 PPG. Morgan Muhlbauer follows at 14.0, Claudia Larson at 13.5, Holly Schneider at 11.3. Larson nearly averages a double-double with her 9.2 rebounds/game.
Demers is the conference's second-leading scorer at 19.5 PPG.
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of twenty-three statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
The Knights rank 1
st in won-lost percentage (100.0), 4
th in personal fouls per game (12.4), 6
th in three-point field goals made (168), 6
th in three-point field goals per game (8.8), 10
th in scoring margin (23.4), 10
th in assist turnover ratio (1.24), 11
th in assists (351), 11
th in assists per game (18.5), 12
th in defensive rebounds per game (31), 12
th in field-goal percentage (45.5), 13
th in scoring offense (78.7), 14
th in final points (1,496), 16
th in fewest fouls (235), 17
th in free-throw percentage (74.7), 20
th in three-point field-goal percentage (36.1), 31
st in three-point field goals attempted (466), 33
rd in free throws made (286), 41
st in rebound margin (8.1), 49
th in field-goal percentage defense (34.1), 52
nd in turnovers per game (14.9), 64
th in fewest turnovers (284), 71
st in scoring defense (55.4), and 89
th in free throw attempts.
Individually, two Knights rank in the top 100 of seven statistical categories: Katie Sommer ranks 9
th in assists (114), 10
th in assists per game (6), 32
nd in free throws made (88), 41
st in assist turnover ratio (1.93), 68
th in free throw attempts (109), and 98
th in free-throw percentage (80.7), and Jones ranks 97
th in blocked shots per game (1.69).