WAVERLY - The No. 6-ranked Wartburg women's basketball team will host UW-Stout at Levick Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 11 for its first home game of the season and hosts Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday, Dec. 14. 

Wednesday, Dec. 11 - 7 pm - Levick Arena
Wartburg Knights (6-1, 2-0 A-R-C) vs, UW-Stout Blue Devils (5-1, 0-0 WIAC)

Saturday, Dec. 14 - 2 pm - Levick Arena 
Wartburg Knights (6-1, 2-0 A-R-C) vs. Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (5-4, 2-0 A-R-C)

Matchup Notes

• Wartburg and UW-Stout last played during the 2011-12 season at the Lakeland College Tournament
• Wartburg had a 59-54 victory over the Blue Devils 
• The Knights were down three points at half and were able to come back and win by five points 
• The Orange and Black made 5-of-6 free throws in the final seven seconds to give UW-Stout its first loss of the 2011-12 season
• Wartburg hosted Nebraska Wesleyan in the last matchup and had a 95-56 win
• Tori Hazard and Payton Draper each notched 10 points for the Orange and Black
• Emma Gerdes and Amanda Brainerd each scored eight points and tallied one steal
• The Knights were 35-of-70 in field goal shooting and 13-of-16 from the free throw line

UW-Stout

• UW-Stout has scored 448 points this season with an average of 74.7 points per game
• Junior Liz Oswald has tallied 79 points with 15 rebounds and six steals
• Senior Shannan Watkins has contributed 78 points with 35 rebounds and 13 steals
• The Blue Devils suffered one loss this season falling 84-75 to Illinois Wesleyan

Nebraska Wesleyan

• The Prairie Wolves have scored 718 points this season and averages 79.8 points per game
• Senior Caitlin Navratil has notched 220 points for Nebraska Wesleyan with an average of 24.4 points per game
• Freshman McKenzie Teten has scored 124 points and averages 13.8 points per game
• The Prairie Wolves are 2-0 in conference beating Buena Vista 99-74 and Dubuque 95-85

Wartburg

• The Knights have scored 555 points this season with an average of 79.3 points per game
• Senior Emma Gerdes has notched 73 points, 31 total rebounds and 38 assists
• Junior Payton Draper has tallied 72 points, 27 rebounds and three assists
• The Orange and Black suffered one loss to UW-Platteville falling 75-65

Last Time Out

Wartburg traveled to Storm Lake to face Buena Vista on Saturday, Dec. 7 where the Knights took an 82-42 victory. Kaitlyn Volesky led the Orange and Black with 13 points and notched three rebounds and two assists. Macy Harris tallied 11 points, three steals, two assists and one rebound. The Knights were 34-of-63 in field goal shooting and were 6-of-10 from the free throw line.