WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball will resume American Rivers Conference play this week with a home matchup against Central on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 5:30 p.m. and then on the road against Nebraska Wesleyan University on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 8-4 and a 3-0 mark in A-R-C play.
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The Series
- Central
- Wednesday will mark the 89th matchup in the all-time series
- The Knights lead the series 64-24
- Wartburg has won the last 19 matchups
- Nebraska Wesleyan
- Saturday will be the 20th all-time matchup between these schools
- Wartburg leads the series 19-1
- The Knights have won the last 15 matchups
Wartburg
- The Knights enter the week with a record of 8-4 overall and 3-0 in American Rivers Conference play
- The Knights are currently 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 16.0 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game
- Four Knights are averaging double digit points per game so far this season
- Britney Young is currently 13th overall in three pointers made in Division III with 34 total
- All four losses this season have come to Top-25 ranked opponents
- Wartburg season shooting percentages
- 39.3% FG
- 30.3% 3P
- 69.1% FT
Record Watch
- At 780 career points, Murphy is just 220 points from joining the 1,000-point club
- The individual single season record for three pointers made in a season is 81
- Young is currently at 34 made with 13 regular season games remaining
- Murphy's career scoring average of 14.4 points per game currently seventh all-time in a career
Central
- The Dutch enter the week with an overall mark of 3-9 and an 0-3 record in A-R-C play
- On a five-game losing streak
- Central is averaging 68.8 points per game while allowing an average 74.3 points per game
- Central's season shooting percentages:
- 35.4% FG
- 27.7% 3P
- 67.4% FT
- Three players are averaging 10+ points per game:
- Kelsea Hurley: 14.1 PPG
- Abby Johnson: 13.5 PPG
- Allison Van Gorp: 11.2 PPG
- Van Gorp is also leading the team in rebounding with 8.4 per game
- Ranks fourth in the A-R-C
Nebraska Wesleyan
- The Prairie Wolves enter the week with a record of 5-5 overall and a 1-3 mark in A-R-C play
- Have lost last three games
- NWU is 4-2 at home this season
- Nebraska Wesleyan has the lowest ranked scoring offense in the A-R-C with an average of 57.7 points per game
- NWU's scoring defense is fifth in the A-R-C with 62 points per game allowed
- Ellie Brean leads the Prairie Wolves with 8.3 points per game and six rebounds per game
- NWU's season shooting percentage:
- 32.5% FG
- 24.9% 3P
- 71.8% FT
