WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg women's basketball continues American Rivers Conference play this week with a road game against Central College on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 5:30 and then back at home against Buena Vista University on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Central
  • Defeated Central 80-37 earlier this season
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 65-24
  • The Knights have won the last 20 matchups
• Buena Vista
  • Defeated BVU 85-66 earlier this season
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 50-36
  • The Knights have won the last 13 matchups

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week on a 11-game winning streak
  • 17-4 overall and 12-0 in A-R-C play
• The Play4Kay event will take place on Saturday against Buena Vista
  • We wear pink EVERY home game in February in honor of ALL cancer victims and survivors.
  • We encourage all fans to wear pink and consider a donation to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund
    • Check out the Kay Vow Cancer Fund here
• Wartburg is receiving votes in both the D3hoops.com Top 25 and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top 25
• The Knights are currently third out of 425 total teams in Division III in three pointers made per game with an average of 9.8
• Sara Faber
  • Leads the team in scoring with 14.5 points per game (Third in A-R-C)
  • 40.4% FG and 34.9% 3P (3P% is fourth in A-R-C)
• Jaedon Murphy
  • Averaging 14.3 points per game (Fifth in A-R-C)
  • 45.7% FG and 37.8% 3P (3P% is third in A-R-C)
  • Leads the team in rebounding at 5.9 per game (Eighth in A-R-C)
• The Knights are eighth out of 425 Division III teams in fouls committed per game with an average of 11.6
• Wartburg's Assist/Turnover ratio of 1.10 currently leads the A-R-C and is ranked 21st in Division III
• Three players average nine or more points for the Knights:
  • Britney Young: 9.7 PPG
  • Macy Harris: 9.5 PPG
  • Maggie Wilkins: 10.1 PPG
• The Knights average of 13.2 turnovers per game is 15^th best in all of Division III
• Wartburg currently has the top scoring offense and the third best scoring defense in the A-R-C
  • 74 points scored per game (32nd in Division III)
  • 56.4 points allowed per game

 
Record Watch

• Murphy
  • Currently at 887 career points, putting her 113 away from joining the 1,000-point club
• Head Coach Bob Amsberry is now 10 wins away from becoming the all-time leader in wins in program history
• 11 straight wins ties the sixth longest winning streak in school history
• At 206 made threes as a team, the Knights are 87 made three away from breaking the team record set during the 2019-20 season

Central

• The Dutch enter the Wednesday's matchup with a 6-15 overall record and a 3-9 mark in A-R-C play
  • 2-3 in last five games
• Central is led by:
  • Abby Johnson:
    • 14.4 PPG (Fourth in A-R-C)
    • 5.4 RPG
  • Kelsea Hurley:
    • 13.9 PPG
    • 6.6 RPG
  • Allison Van Gorp:
    • 12.5 PPG
    • 8.4 RPG (Third in A-R-C)
    • 1.5 BPG (Tied for first in A-R-C)
• The Dutch allow the most points in the A-R-C with an average of 72 points allowed per game
• Central is eighth in the A-R-C in both field goal percentage and three point percentage
  • Defense allows opponent field goal percentage of 39.6% (Sixth in A-R-C) and opponent three point percentage of 26.9% (Second in A-R-C)

 
Buena Vista

• The Beavers enter the week on a nine-game losing streak
  • Overall record of 6-15 and 1-12 in the A-R-C
• Buena Vista ranks eighth in the A-R-C in both scoring per game and points allowed per game
  • Average of 61.7 points per game scored
  • Average of 71.5 points per game allowed
• McKenna Cone is the only player averaging above 10 PPG
  • 12 PPG
    • 39.4% FG
    • 27.1% 3P
    • 76.5% FT
• Lindsey Anhalt averages 9.7 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game
• Fourth best team in defensive rebounding
  • Average of 27.4 rebounds per game