WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 10/13 women's basketball is on the road twice this week for American Rivers Conference games against Luther and Simpson. The Knights head to Decorah, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. and then to Indianola, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Luther
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 55-40
  • Wartburg has won the last 11 matchups
    • Won 71-59 earlier this season
  • Luther is 26-20 at home in the series
• Simpson
  • The Storm lead the all-time series 53-40
  • Wartburg has won the last three games
    • Defeated Simpson 83-72 earlier this season
  • Simpson is 29-19 at home in this series

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week with an overall record of 16-2 and an American Rivers Conference record of 9-0
• Wartburg is ranked No. 10 in the latest Women's Basketball College Association (WBCA) Top 25 poll and is ranked No. 13 in the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25 poll
• Wartburg is leading all A-R-C teams in blocked shots (3.94 per game), scoring defense (55.3 PPG alllowed) and three pointers made per game (8.8 per game)
• Jaedon Murphy and Sara Faber have led the Knights in scoring so far with 14.9 PPG and 12.5 PPG respectively
  • Tied for second and ninth leading scorers in the A-R-C
• Wartburg has the fourth best scoring offense (70.4 PPG) in the conference
  • Wartburg shooting among A-R-C: 41.9% FG (4th), 31.5% 3P (5th) and 71% FT (2nd)
• Macy Harris and Britney Young are both top 10 in the A-R-C individually in assists
  • Harris: 3.5 APG and Young: 3.4 APG

 
Record Watch

• Harris is 13 points away from reaching 1,000 career points
• Young is 47 made three pointers away from tying the all-time record at Wartburg
• Murphy is 5^th all-time in blocked shots with 102
  • 16 blocks away from tying second all-time (77 away from first all-time)
• Harris and Young are both top 10 all-time in assists
  • Harris – 7^th (273)
  • Young – 8^th (272)
• Bob Amsberry is two wins away from reaching win number 350 at Wartburg

 
Luther

• The Norse enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 9-9 and an A-R-C mark of 4-5
  • 1-4 in last five games
• Luther is the top rebounding team in the A-R-C with an average of 43.1 rebounds per game
  • Second overall in rebounding margin at +7.4
• Halie Strum and Kailey Jones lead the Norse in scoring with 11.5 and 11.2 points respectively
• Jones is second in the A-R-C in rebounding with 9.2 per game
• Luther shooting among A-R-C: 38.8% FG (8^th), 29.3% 3P (6^th) and 71.2% FT (1^st)
• The Norse have a negative turnover margin at -2.53 (6^th in A-R-C)

 
Simpson

• Simpson enters the week with an overall record of 10-7 and an A-R-C mark of 6-3
  • Have won five of its last six games, but fell to UD 83-76 in last contest
  • Will face Central College on Wednesday, Jan. 24 before Saturday's game
• The Storm have the top scoring offense in the A-R-C, averaging 74.5 points per game
  • Fourth in the A-R-C in scoring margin with a mark of +11.5
• Haley Rassmussen is tied with Murphy for second leading scorer in the A-R-C at 14.9 PPG
• Cassie Nash averages 13.6 points per game, 4.4 assists per game and 3.4 steals per game and 0.9 blocks per game which rank sixth, second, first and fifth in the A-R-C
• Simpson leads all A-R-C teams in three-point shooting percentage (34.5%), assists per game (15.65) and steals per game (13.29)
• The Storm generate the most opponent turnovers while turning the ball over themselves second least among all A-R-C teams