WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 24 Wartburg women's basketball team (23-6 overall) will face No. 1/1 Christopher Newport (28-0) Friday, March 10 at 5 p.m. ET in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. Tufts University will serve as host in Medford, Mass. for the next two rounds. 

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The Series

• This will be the first ever matchup between these programs

 
Sweet 16 History

• Wartburg
  • This marks the fifth trip to the round of 16 for the Knights and fourth under head coach Bob Amsberry
    • 3-0 in sweet 16 games under Amsberry
  • The last sweet 16 game played for Wartburg was during the 2018-19 season where the Knights defeated the University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh 70-57
• Christopher Newport
  • This is the seventh consecutive trip to the sweet 16 dating back to the 2015-16 season
  • Ninth round of 16 appearance under head coach Bill Broderick
    • 2-6 all-time in sweet 16 games

 
Wartburg

• Wartburg enters the round of 16 after defeating No. 13/17 Baldwin Wallace University 57-43 and then upsetting the defending national champions No. 6/7 Hope College 81-67 in a tough road environment
• Through two rounds of the NCAA Tournament:
  • The Knights have allowed:
    • 55 points per game
    • 35.5 FG percentage
    • 30.4% 3P percentage
  • The Knights on offense:
    • 69 points per game
    • 49% FG percentage
    • 46.6% 3P percentage
      • Average of 11 made threes per game
• Britney Young averages 15 points per game this NCAA Tournament with five made three pointers in each game
• Jaedon Murphy was a double-digit scorer in both tournament games and is averaging 13.5 points per game with 2.5 blocks per game
• Maggie Wilkins and Lauren Woeste have provided 9.5 points per game and nine points per game off the bench respectively
• Wartburg opponents are averaging 17 turnovers per game this tournament

 
Record Watch

• Young
  • Made five three's in both first and second round games to set an NCAA Tournament high for three pointers in a game at Wartburg
  • With her third three against Hope, she set the single-season record for three pointers in a season
    • Currently at 84 and counting
• Murphy
  • Needs six more points to reach the 1,000 point club
    • Murphy would be the 18^th player in program history to earn this milestone
• The Knights are eight made three pointers away from breaking the Wartburg team record for made threes set in 2019-20
  • Record is 292

 
Christopher Newport

• The Captains enter this round of 16 matchup with an overall record of 28-0 this season and a record of 54-1 in the last two seasons
  • Won the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Regular Season & Tournament title
• Christopher Newport enters the game ranked No. 1 nationally in both the d3hoops.com and Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll
  • Have been No. 1 for last four weeks in d3hoops and the last 10 weeks in WBCA
• Captains leading scorers this season:
  • Sondra Fan
    • 14.1 points per game
      • 46.9% FG
      • 39% 3P
  • Anaya Simmons
    • 13.7 points per game
      • 68.5% FG
    • 7.8 rebounds
• Christopher Newport has seven other players averaging between six and eight points per game
• The Captains defeated Brooklyn College 89-52 to open the NCAA Tournament and then defeated Elizabethtown College 65-55 in round two