WAVERLY, Iowa - The No. 7-ranked Wartburg women's basketball team is on the road this week to face conference rival Simpson Storm on Wednesday, Jan. 22 with tipoff at 5:30 p.m. The team then travels to play Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday, Jan. 25 with a game start time at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 22 - 5:30 p.m. - Cowles Fieldhouse - WATCH - LIVE STATS
Wartburg Knights (14-2, 6-1 A-R-C) vs. Simpson Storm (13-3, 5-2 A-R-C)

Saturday, Jan. 25 - 5 p.m. - Snyder Arena - WATCH - LIVE STATS 
Wartburg Knights (14-2, 6-1 A-R-C) vs. Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (5-10, 2-6 A-R-C)

Matchup Notes

• The Knights won both matches over the Storm last season (83-69 & 88-73)
• Wartburg won both games over Nebraska Wesleyan (86-55 & 95-56)
• Simpson hosted Wartburg in the IIAC Tournament semifinal during the 2013-14 season with Wartburg advancing after a one-point victory (55-54)

Wartburg

• The Knights are national leaders in field-goal percentage (49.0) and are ranked in the top 10 in final points (1309.0), scoring offense (81.8), scoring margin (21.8), free-throw percentage (77.0), three-point field goals per game (9.9), assists per game (18.8), three-point field goals made (159.0) and assists (301.0)
• Wartburg is second in American Conference Standings and leads A-R-C scoring margin 
• Senior Emma Gerdes ranks second in conference assists and is nationally ranked in the top 25 for assists per game (5.2), assist turnover ratio (2.24) and assists (83.0)

Simpson

• The Storm are nationally ranked in the top 10 for final points (1349.0), scoring offense (84.3), field-goal percentage (49.0), three-point field-goal percentage (41.1), three-point field goals made (152.0) and assists (283.0)
• Sophomore Kia Rasmussen is ranked second nationally in three-point field goal percentage (53.7) senior Cassie Chubb ranked ninth (47.5) and junior Cameron Kincaid is ranked seventh in free-throw percentage (91.3)
• Senior Claire Johnson leads the conference in assists (84) and Chubb is second in rebounding (110)

Nebraska Wesleyan

• The Prairie Wolves are nationally ranked fifth in final opp points (1319.0)
• Senior Caitlin Navratil is ranked in the top 10 in final points (363.0), points per game (24.2), triple doubles (1.0) , field goals made (136.0) and leads conference scoring
• Navratil opened 2020 as the A-R-C player of the week (Jan. 6) after scoring a career-high 40 points over No. 23 Loras, the only player in program history to reach 40 points in a single game