WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball is set to open American Rivers Conference play this week with a home game against the University of Dubuque on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 5:30 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Tuesday will mark the 89^th matchup between these programs all-time
• Wartburg leads the all-time series 63-25
• Wartburg is 15-1 in the last 16 matchups
  • Knights had won the previous 15 straight before losing last season's second matchup

 
Wartburg

• After back-to-back losses against Top 25 ranked opponents, the Knights got back in the win column with a 65-41 win over Cornell College on Wednesday, Nov. 16
• Wartburg is averaging 10.5 three pointers made as a team so far this season
• Three Knights are averaging 10+ points
  • Jaedon Murphy – 19.3 PPG
  • Britney Young – 11.5 PPG
  • Sara Faber – 11.3 PPG
• Wartburg has averaged 14.5 assists per game
• Wartburg shooting percentage averages:
  • Field goal – 43.0%
  • Three point – 36.5%
  • Free throw – 73.1%
• Opponent shooting percentage averages:
  • Field goal – 42.1%
  • Three point – 31.3%
  • Free throw – 75.0%
• Wartburg is out rebounding opponents by an average of 3.8 rebounds per game

 
Record Watch

• At 665 career points, Murphy is just 335 points from joining the 1,000-point club
• Murphy's career average of 14.5 points per game is currently seventh best all-time at Wartburg
• Faber's career three-point percentage of 38.5% is currently tied for ninth all-time in Wartburg career history

 
Dubuque

• The Spartans come into the conference opener with a record of 2-3
  • Won first two games of the season and have dropped last three
• UD was picked to finish fourth in the A-R-C preseason coaches' poll
  • Wartburg picked first
• Dubuque is averaging 71.6 points scored per game and is allowing an average of 65.6
• The Spartans are led by Tabria Thomas and Morgan Hawkins
  • Thomas
    • 12.4 PPG
    • 57.5% FG
    • 5.2 RPG
  • Hawkins
    • 11.4 PPG
    • 51.2% FG
    • 5.6 RPG
• Kathleen Mathias has 18 steals to lead UD
• Dubuque shoots 44.3% from the field and 30.5% from beyond the arc