WAVERLY, Iowa - Wartburg women's basketball (6-4, 3-0 A-R-C) will host the Wartburg Holiday Tournament on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 29-30 at Levick Arena. The Knights will host the University of Northwestern (Minn.) (5-5) on Thursday at 1 p.m. and then face Bethany Lutheran College (3-8) on Friday at 3 p.m.


Tournament Schedule (All games at Levick Arena)

• 12/29
  • 1 PM: Wartburg vs UNW
  • 3 PM: Simpson vs Bethany Lutheran
• 12/30
  • 1 PM: Simpson vs UNW
  • 3 PM: Wartburg vs Bethany Lutheran 

Follow the Knights

Live Stream (vs UNW)
Live Stats (vs. UNW)

Live Stream (vs BLC)
Live Stats (vs. BLC)

The Series

• Univ. of Northwestern (Minn.)
  • The Knights are 4-0 all-time against the Eagles
• Bethany Lutheran College
  • Wartburg is 9-0 in the all-time series against Bethany Lutheran

Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with a record of 6-4 overall and 3-0 in American Rivers Conference play
  • Two game losing streak
• All four losses have come to Top-25 ranked opponents
• The Knights are currently tied for 12th out of 425 total teams in Division III in three pointers made per game with an average of 9.0
• Jaedon Murphy leads the Knights with 16.4 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game
• Four Knights are averaging double digit points per game so far this season
  • Murphy: 16.4 ppg, Sara Faber: 11.7 ppg, Britney Young: 10.2 ppg and Maggie Wilkins: 10.0 ppg
• Wartburg season shooting percentages
  • 39.9% FG
  • 31.3% 3P
  • 68.4% FT

Record Watch

• At 752 career points, Murphy is just 248 points from joining the 1,000-point club

UNW

• The Eagles enter the tournament with a record of 5-5 overall
  • Have lost three of the last five games
• UNW is 0-2 vs A-R-C opponents this season
  • Fell to Univ. of Dubuque and Luther College
• The Eagles offense is led by Lexi Hagen
  • 16.6 PPG
    • 49% FG
    • 37% 3P
  • 6.4 RPG
• UNW's offense averages 62.1 points per game and allows 59.6 points per game
• The Eagles shoot 75.4% from the free throw line as a team

Bethany Lutheran

• The Vikings enter the week with a record of 3-8 overall
  • Have lost three of last five games
• 1-1 vs A-R-C opponents
  • Defeated Central College and lost to Coe College
• Bethany Lutheran is allowing an average of 69.5 points per game and is scoring an average of 63.0 per game
• The Vikings have three athletes averaging 10+ points per game
  • Sara Kottke: 12.6 PPG
  • Haley Meyer: 11.6 PPG
  • Ashley Schindele: 10.4 PPG
• The Vikings shoot 71.1% from the free throw line as a team