No. 18/21 Wartburg Hosts Central

WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 18/21 Wartburg women's basketball team (16-3 overall, 9-1 American Rivers) hosts Central (6-12, 2-7) Saturday at 2 p.m. The Knights are in first place in the A-R-C standings, and the Dutch are in seventh. Wartburg enters the weekend on a five-game winning streak, while Central has lost its last four.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 58-24. The Knights have claimed the last 13 meetings, which dates back to the 2012-13 season.

Wartburg
Senior Adrienne Boettger (Cedar Falls) leads the team with 13.2 PPG and junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) follows at 11.8 PPG.

Boettger has a team-best .707 field goal percentage, while junior Amanda Brainerd (DeWitt) leads the team from beyond the arc (.435) and from the free throw line (.841).

Brainerd and Gerdes co-lead the team on the glass with 5.6 rebounds/game. Gerdes has a team-high 89 assists.

Central
Jenna Clark is her team's leading scorer with 11.2 PPG. Kendall Brown joins her in double digits ith 10.5. Brown is also the leading rebounder with 8.3/game.

Against the Conference
Wartburg leads the conference in scoring (79.1 PPG), scoring margin (18.8), field goal percentage (.470), and free throw percentage (.770).

Boettger is the fifth-leading scorer (14.3 PPG) and leads the league in field goal percentage (.684). Gerdes is the sixth-leading rebounder (7.3), and leads the conference in assists (4.9). Brainerd is first in free throw percentage (.875).

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