WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 16/18 Wartburg women's basketball team (11-2 overall, 4-0 American Rivers) hosts Luther (4-7, 3-1) Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Knights are in first in the conference standings while the Norse are tied for third.

The Orange and Black have won their last five straight and the Norse have won their last two consecutive games.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 45-41. The Knights have claimed the last five meetings.

Wartburg
Junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) leads the team with 13.1 PPG. Senior Adrienne Boettger (Cedar Falls) and junior Amanda Brainerd (DeWitt) and join her in double figures with 10.6 and 102 PPG, respectively.

Brainerd leads the team on the glass with 6.2 rebounds/game and Gerdes has a team-best 62 assists.

Luther
Sarah Holtz and Laura Hamilton pace their team with 14.4 and 12.5 PPG, respectively. Holtz nearly averages a double-double with her team-best 7.1 rebounds/game.

Against the Conference
Wartburg leads the league in scoring margin (15.3), assists (17.50), and scoring defense (55.8).

Gerdes is the 17th-leading scorer (11.0 PPG), is the fifth-leading rebounder (8.3), and leads the conference in assists (5.5). Brainerd is perfect from the free throw line to lead the league (12-12).

National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of nineteen statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 6^th in assists (246), 7^th in assists per game (18.9), 9^th in field-goal percentage (46.2), 11^th in personal fouls per game (13.5), 19^th in three-point field goal defense (23.5), 27^th in won-lost percentage (84.6), 33^rd in scoring margin (16.4), 33^rd in rebound margin (9.3), 41^st in assist turnover ratio (1.03), 51^st in free-throw percentage (72.8), 52^nd in three-point field-goal percentage (34.3), 57^th in three-point field goals made (94), 58^th in fewest fouls (175), 61^st in three-point field goals per game (7.2), 63^rd in scoring offense (71.8), 68^th in scoring defense (55.4), 81^st in final points (933), 85^th in defensive rebounds per game (29), and 87^th in free throws made (179).
 
Individually, one Knight ranks in the top 100 of four statistical categories: Gerdes ranks 33^rd in assists (64), 41^st in assists per game (4.9), 62^nd in steals (36), and 78^th in steals per game (2.77).