WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 8/14 women's basketball (5-0, 1-0 A-R-C) is set for American Rivers Conference action this week, beginning with a top-25 road matchup against No. 19/24 Loras College (4-0, 1-0 A-R-C) at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The Knights will then host Central College on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. inside Levick Arena.
 
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The Series

• Loras
  • This will be the 91^st all-time meeting between these teams
    • Wartburg leads the all-time series 61-29
  • The Duhawks have won the last two meetings
  • Watburg is 26-13 on the road in the series
• Central
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 64-22
  • The Knights have won the last 21 matchups
  • Wartburg is 37-6 at home in the series

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with a 5-0 overall record and a 1-0 record in A-R-C play
  • Defeated Luther and UW-Eau Claire last week
• After three 20+ point wins to begin the season, Wartburg won two close games last week
• Wartburg is shooting 43.3% from the field and 33.9% from the three as a team through five games
  • The Knights are averaging 73.4 points per game
• Jaedon Murphy leads the Knights in scoring, rebounding, blocks and steals
  • 16.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.6 BPG and 1.6 SPG
• The Knights are currently 17^th in Division III in bench points per game with an average of 32.4
• Three Knights have double-digit assists this season:
  • Macy Harris (16), Britney Young (15) and Lauren Donlea (12)
• Wartburg has allowed an average of 51.2 points per game
  • Opponent shooting percentages: 33.1% FG, 25.3% 3P and 63.6% FT
• The Knights defense averages eights steals per game and four blocks per game as a team

 
Loras

• Loras enters the week with a 4-0 overall record and a 1-0 mark in A-R-C play
  • Ranked No. 19/24 in latest D3hoops.com and Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 polls
• Opened A-R-C play with a 51-36 win over Coe College last week
• The Duhawks currently have an average scoring margin of +16 points
  •  Averaging 70.3 PPG and allowing an average of 54.3 PPG
• Both teams average 8+ three pointers so far this season (Loras 8.0 and Wartburg 8.6)
• Three Duhawks are averaging 10+ PPG this season
  • Sami Martin (13.3 PPG), Emerson Whittenbaugh (12.3 PPG) and Madison Fleckenstein (10.0 PPG)
• Martin also leads Loras in rebounding with an average of 7.8 RPG
• The Duhawks average 12 steals per game as a team, which ranks 59^th in Division III

 
Central

• Central enters the week with an overall record of 3-3 and an 0-1 record in A-R-C play
  • Fell to Simpson 63-56 in A-R-C opener
• Defeated UW-Eau Claire earlier this season 69-53
• Central's offense is averaging 58 points per game
  • 43.4% FG, 34.2% 3P and 59.8% FT
• Allison Van Gorp and Abby Johnson both average 11+ points per game and 6+ rebounds per games to lead the Dutch
• The Dutch defense allows 56.3 points per game
  • 34% FG, 25.8% 3P and 69.6% FT
• Central is out rebounding teams by an average of 5.8 rebounds per game over the first six games