WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 15/16 Wartburg women's basketball team (19-3 overall, 12-1 American Rivers) hosts Nebraska Wesleyan (12-10, 7-6) Saturday at 2 p.m. The Knights are in first place in the A-R-C standings, and the Prairie Wolves are sixth. Both teams have qualified for the conference tournament, but seeds are still yet to be determined.
Wartburg enters the weekend on a seven-game winning streak, while Nebraska Wesleyan has won its last three-straight.
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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 11-1. The Knights have claimed the last eight meetings, which includes the first meeting of the season, 86-55, in Lincoln.
Wartburg
Senior Adrienne Boettger (Cedar Falls) leads the team with 13.1 PPG and junior Emma Gerdes (Cedar Falls) follows at 11.7 PPG. Gerdes has a team-best 5.9 rebounds/game and 98 assists.
Boettger has a team-best .714 field goal percentage, while junior Amanda Brainerd (DeWitt) leads the team from beyond the arc (.411) and from the free throw line (.843).
Single Season Record Watch
Boettger's field goal percentage stands second on the single season leader list. Gerdes' assist total ranks eighth.
Nebraska Wesleyan
Caitlin Navratil leads her team with 20.5 PPG and Klaire Phillips joins her in double digits with 11.4. Bailey Meehan is the leading rebounder with 5.0/game
Against the Conference
Wartburg leads the league in scoring margin (20.6), free throw percentage (.800), assists (19.8) and assist:turnover ratio (1.19).
Boettger is the A-R-C's fifth-leading scorer (14.0 PPG) and leads the conference in field goal percentage (.700). Gerdes is the fourth-leading rebounder (7.5) and Brainerd leads the league from the free throw line (.872).