WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball (5-2, 2-0 A-R-C) is back at home on Saturday, Dec. 10 for an American Rivers Conference matchup against Simpson College (2-5, 0-2 A-R-C) at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Saturday's matchup will mark the 92^nd meeting between these teams
• Simpson has won the last four matchups in the series
  • The Storm won all three matchups from last season, including two wins by under five points
  • Two of the last four games have gone to overtime
• The Storm lead the all-time series 37-54

 
Wartburg

• Wartburg is on a four-game winning streak, including A-R-C wins over Dubuque and Luther
• The Knights are receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll
• Jaedon Murphy leads the Knights with 16.7 points per game and 6.7 rebounds per game
• Three Knights are averaging 11+ points per game so far this season
  • Murphy: 16.7 ppg, Sara Faber: 11.6 ppg and Britney Young: 11 ppg
• Wartburg is averaging 77 points scored per game as a team
  • 42.7% FG
  • 33.8% 3P
  • 70.5% FT
• The Knights are currently 8^th out of 425 total teams in Division III in three pointers made per game with 9.9 through six games
• Wartburg currently has the 19^th ranked scoring offense in Division III with 77 points per game

 
Record Watch

• At 705 career points, Murphy is just 295 points from joining the 1,000-point club

 
Simpson

• The Storm enter the week on a three-game losing streak, including two conference losses to Loras and Coe
  • Simpson's overall record is 2-5 and 0-2 in A-R-C play
• Simpson is scoring an average of 69.9 points per game and allowing 67.9 points per game
• The Storm are being outrebounded by an average of 7.9 rebounds per game
• Simpson's offense is led by four players scoring 10+ points per game
  • Haley Rasmussen: 13.7 ppg
  • Anna Wanek: 13.4 ppg
  • Molly Lutmer: 10.4 ppg
  • Cassie Nash: 10 ppg
• Nash also averages:
  • 2.2 steals per game
  • 5.5 rebounds per game
  • 4 assists per game