WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 13/15 Wartburg women's basketball team (23-3 overall) will host Loras (22-4) in the American Rivers Conference Tournament Championship Saturday at 4 p.m. The Knights are the No. 1 seed and the Duhawks are the No. 2 seed. The Orange and Black enter the night on a 12-game winning streak and the Duhawks have won their last seven in a row.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 52-26, which includes the last eight-straight. The Knights won both meetings in the regular season.
In the Conference Tournament
Wartburg has qualified for the Conference Tournament for the 11th-straight year and 19th time overall (since the tournament began in 2000). The Knights are 22-14 in the tournament and have won four tournament championships. The Knights are 5-2 against the Duhawks in the tournament and have never previously met in the title game.
Wartburg
Senior Adrienne Boettger (Cedar Falls) leads the team with 12.6 PPG and junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) follows at 11.8 PPG. Gerdes has a team-best 5.7 rebounds/game and 123 assists.
Boettger has a team-best .699 field goal percentage, while junior Amanda Brainerd (DeWitt) leads the team from beyond the arc (.435) and from the free throw line (.849).
Single Season Record Watch
Boettger's field goal percentage stands second on the single season leader list. Gerdes' assist total ranks fourth.
Career Record Watch
Gerdes has 260 assists, which ranks seventh on the career leader list.
Loras
Four players average in double digits as Marissa Schroeder leads the team with 15.7 PPG. Riley Eckhart has 12.7, Kari Fitzpatrick has 12.2, and Macenzie Kraemer has 11.1. Fitzpatrick leads the team on the glass with 7.4 rebounds/game.