WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 17/19 Wartburg women's basketball team (5-1 overall, 2-0 American Rivers) travels to face Loras (4-2, 1-0) Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 51-26, which includes the last six-straight.
Wartburg
Sophomore Tori Hazard (Janesville) leads the team with 11.7 PPG. Junior Amanda Brainerd (DeWitt) and senior Adrienne Boettger (Cedar Falls) join her in double digits with 10.8 and 10.5 PPG, respectively.
Brainerd is the leading rebounder (5.5/game). Junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) leads the team with 30 assists.
Loras
Saturday's game against Buena Vista was postponed due to weather.
Four players average in double digits as Marissa Schroeder leads the way with 16.8 PPG and 7.3 rebounds/game. Macenzie Kraemer follows at 14.2, Kari Fitzpatrick at 11.8, and Riley Eckhart at 11.3.
Against the Conference
Through two games, Brainerd is the ninth-leading scorer (13.0 PPG).
Gerdes is the second-leading rebounder (11.0/game), and freshman Hannah Anderson (Forest City) is second from beyond the three-point arc (.600).
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 17 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
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The Knights rank 7
th in assists per game (20.3), 8
th in field-goal percentage (48.5), 20
th in assists (122), 29
th in assist turnover ratio (1.11), 30
th in rebound margin (10.3), 33
rd in personal fouls per game (13.8), 36
th in three-point field-goal defense (22.4), 41
st in scoring margin (17.5), 51
st in free-throw percentage (73.3), 56
th in scoring offense (73.8), 57
th in fewest fouls (83), 58
th in won-lost percentage (83.3), 68
th in three-point field goals per game (7.3), 85
th in defensive rebounds per game (29), 89
th in three-point field-goal percentage (33.8), 92
nd in scoring defense (56.3), and 95
th in three-point field goals made (44).
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Individually, one Knight ranks in the top 100 of three statistical categories: Gerdes ranks 32
nd in assists per game (5.3), 43
rd in assist turnover ratio (2.46), and 45
th in assists (32).