WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball continues American Rivers Conference play on the road again this week with matchups against Coe College and Buena Vista University. The Knights face the Kohawks on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 5:30 p.m. and then BVU on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Coe
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 48-20 over Coe
  • Knights have won 11 of the last 12 matchups
• Buena Vista
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 49-36
  • The Knights have won 12 straight matchups against BVU

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with a record of 10-4 overall and 5-0 in American Rivers Conference play
  • Four-game winning streak
    • Wartburg is averaging 80 points per game and allowing an average of 41.3 points per game over the winning streak
• Jaedon Murphy leads the Knights with 15.1 points per game and 6.7 rebounds per game
  • Murphy is second in scoring in the A-R-C
• The Knights are currently eighth out of 425 total teams in Division III in three pointers made per game with an average of 9.2
• Wartburg's Assist/Turnover ratio of 1.02 currently leads the A-R-C and is ranked 27^th in Division III
• Sara Faber has scored at least 16 points in her last five games
  • Back-to-back 20+ point games
• The Knights are sixth out of 425 Division III teams in fouls committed per game with an average of 11.2
• Britney Young is currently 14th overall in three pointers made in Division III with 34 total
• Wartburg currently has the top scoring offense and the third best scoring defense in the A-R-C
• Olivia Baxter is currently second in the A-R-C in blocked shots with 17

Record Watch

• Murphy
  • Currently at 799 career points, putting her 201 away from joining the 1,000-point club
  • Her career scoring average of 14.27 points per game currently ranks eighth all time
• At 319 career wins at Wartburg, Head Coach Bob Amsberry is 17 wins from becoming the all-time wins leader in Wartburg women's basketball history
  • Monica Severson is the current leader at 335 wins

Coe

• The Kohawks enter the week on an eight-game winning streak
  • 12-3 overall and an A-R-C record of 4-2
• Kaalyn Petersen leads Coe with an average of 14.3 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game
  • Conference leader in rebounds and fourth in scoring
• Coe has the No. 2 scoring defense in the A-R-C, allowing 56.3 points per game
• No. 3 in the A-R-C in total rebounding margin
• Caydee Kirkham averages 13.2 points per game for the Kohawks and leads the conference in both field goal percentage and three-point percentage
  • 59.6% FG
  • 57.1% 3P
• Coe team shooting percentages:
  • 42.1% FG
  • 32.6% 3P
  • 68.8% FT

 Buena Vista

• The Beavers enter the week with an overall record of 6-8 and an A-R-C mark of 1-5
  • Two game losing streak
  • Will face Central before Saturday's matchup
• BVU is averaging 62 points scored per game, but are allowing 69.9 points per game
• McKenna Cone and Lindsey Anhalt lead the BVU offense with 11.3 and 10.1 points per game
• Danika Demers leads the conference in assists with 4.5 per game
• BVU shooting percentages:
  • 36.7% FG
  • 26.4% 3P
  • 74.9% FT