WAVERLY, Iowa - No. 10/11 women's basketball is back in action twice this week for American Rivers Conference play against Loras and Nebraska Wesleyan. The Knights host Loras on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m. and then travel to Lincoln, NE on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m.
 
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The Series

• Loras
  • The Knights lead the all-time series 62-29
  • Wartburg is 35-15 at home in the series
  • The Knights won 64-56 earlier this season
• Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Wartburg leads the all-time series 20-1
  • The Knights have won the last 17 matchups
    • Won 74-39 earlier this season
  • Wartburg is 9-1 on the road in this series

 
Wartburg

• The Knights enter the week 18-2 overall and 11-0 in conference action
• Wartburg is ranked No. 10 in the latest Women's Basketball College Association (WBCA) and is ranked No. 11 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll
• Jaedon Murphy and Sara Faber lead the Knights in scoring with 14.5 PPG and 12.7 PPG respectively
  • Murphy is third in the conference and Faber is eighth
• The Knights lead the conference in three pointers made per game with 8.8 made per game
• Wartburg has the best scoring defense (55.3 PPG) in the conference
  • Opponents shooting percentage: 36.8% FG, 27.4% 3P and 63.9% FT
• The Knights are second in the conference with 15.25 assists per game
  • Macy Harris and Britney Young are tied for sixth individually with 3.4 APG

Record Watch

• Young is third all-time in three pointers made with 202
  • 15 threes away from tying second all-time (42 away from tying first)
• Murphy is ninth all-time in points scored with 1,296
  • 18 points away from eighth all-time
• Murphy is sixth all-time in three pointers made with 172
  • One three away from tying fifth all-time

Loras

• Loras enters the week with an overall record of 16-2 and conference record of 8-1
  • Have won 12 straight games
• Loras is first in the A-R-C in turnover margin (6.17) and scoring margin (17.1)
• The Duhawks are second in the A-R-C in scoring offense (72.6 PPG), three pointers made per game (8.6 per game) and opponents field goal percentage (36.4%)
• Loras team shooting percentages:
  • 42.9% FG (3^rd in A-R-C), 32.1% 3P (4^th), 66.9% FT (5^th)
• Sami Martin leads Loras with 13.6 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per game
  • 50% FG and 71.6% FT
• Daniella Jarrell is fourth in the conference averaging 3.8 assists per game

 
Nebraska Wesleyan

• Nebraska Wesleyan enters the week 0-16 overall and 0-11 in the A-R-C
• Brianna Denton leads the Prairie Wolves averaging 6.9 points per game
• Nebraska Wesleyan averages 34.9 rebounds per game while allowing 47.8 rebounds to opponents
• Anna Vandenack leads the team in rebounds averaging 5.8 per game
• The Prairie Wolves have a –3.44 turnover margin
  • Average of 20.3 turnovers per game and an average of 16.9 takeaways per game
• Miranda Oesterreich leads Nebraska Wesleyan in steals with an average of 1.6 per game
  • Tied for eighth in the conference