WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball looks to continue American Rivers Conference success on the road this week with matchups against the University of Dubuque and Simpson College. The Knights will face UD on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. and then Simpson on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Dubuque
  • Knights won 78-72 in overtime earlier this season
    • Back-to-back matchups have gone to OT
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 64-25
  • Knights have won 16 of the last 17 matchups
• Simpson
  • Wartburg defeated Simpson 72-58 earlier this season
    • Snapped four-game losing streak
  • Simpson leads the all-time series 54-38
  • In the last 10 matchups, both teams have won five games

Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week on a seven-game winning streak
  • 13-4 overall and 8-0 in A-R-C play
    • Wartburg is averaging 78 points scored per game and allowing an average of 48.6 points per game over the winning streak
• The Knights are currently ninth out of 425 total teams in Division III in three pointers made per game with an average of 9.2
• Sara Faber
  • Leads the team in scoring with 14.9 points per game (Third in A-R-C)
  • 40.4% FG and 33.3% 3P
  • Has scored at least 20 points in four of her last five games
• Jaedon Murphy
  • Averaging 14.8 points per game (Fourth in A-R-C)
  • 46.6% FG and 37.8% 3P (3P% is third in A-R-C)
  • Leads the team in rebounding at 6.2 per game (Tied for eighth in A-R-C)
• The Knights are eighth out of 425 Division III teams in fouls committed per game with an average of 11.8
• Wartburg's Assist/Turnover ratio of 1.06 currently leads the A-R-C and is ranked 27^th in Division III
• Britney Young leads the A-R-C in three pointers made with 41
• Wartburg currently has the top scoring offense and the third best scoring defense in the A-R-C
  • 73.5 points scored per game (32^nd in Division III)
  • 57.7 points allowed per game
• Olivia Baxter is currently tied for second in the A-R-C in blocked shots with 19

 
Record Watch

• Murphy
  • Currently at 839 career points, putting her 161 away from joining the 1,000-point club
  • Her career scoring average of 14.22 points per game currently ranks eighth all time

 
Dubuque

• UD enters the week with an overall record of 11-7 and a A-R-C mark of 5-4
  • The Spartans are 9-2 at home this season
• Dubuque ranks fourth in the A-R-C in scoring offense and scoring defense
  • Scoring 68.2 points per game and allowing 60.3 points per game
• Thomas Tabria is currently second in the conference in scoring with an average of 15.2 points per game
  • 58% FG and 39.3% 3P
• Morgan Hawkins leads the team in rebounding with 7.5 per game (Sixth in A-R-C)
  • 13.7 points per game
• UD is the A-R-C leader in steals with an average of 13.2 per game
  • 28^th in Division III
• Spartans season shooting percentages:
  • 41.7% FG
  • 28.9% 3P
  • 66.8% FT

 Simpson

• Simpson enters the week on a two-game winning streak with an overall record of 10-8 and a conference record of 5-4
  • Will play Loras on Wednesday prior to Saturday's matchup
• The Storm have the second ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C with 73.2 points per game
  • 34^th in Division III
• Simpson has four players averaging 10+ points per game:
  • Haley Rasmussen: 13.1 ppg, Cassie Nash: 12.9 ppg, Anna Wanek: 12.3 ppg and Molly Lutmer: 10.3 ppg
• Nash
  • 4.5 assists per game (Second in A-R-C)
  • 3.7 steals per game (Second in A-R-C)
• Storm season shooting percentages:
  • 43.7% FG (First in A-R-C)
  • 32.7% 3P (First in A-R-C)
  • 63.6% FT (Ninth in A-R-C)